Review of HVDC control in weak AC grids

J Khazaei, P Idowu, A Asrari, AB Shafaye… - Electric power systems …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Interconnection of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission systems to a
weak AC grid has been a challenge in recent years. The main target of this paper is to …

A critical review of modular multilevel converter configurations and submodule topologies from DC fault blocking and ride-through capabilities viewpoints for HVDC …

MN Sakib, SP Azad, M Kazerani - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Modular multilevel converters (MMCs) based on half-bridge submodules (HBSMs) are
unable to prevent the AC side contribution to DC side fault currents, thus necessitating circuit …

Power-synchronization control of grid-connected voltage-source converters

L Zhang, L Harnefors, HP Nee - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a novel control method of grid-connected voltage-source converters (VSCs) is
proposed. The method can be generally applied for all grid-connected VSCs but may be of …

Modeling of VSC connected to weak grid for stability analysis of DC-link voltage control

Y Huang, X Yuan, J Hu, P Zhou - IEEE Journal of emerging and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a small-signal model of voltage source converter (VSC) is developed to
investigate the stability of dc-link voltage control. This model contributes to representing the …

Interconnection of two very weak AC systems by VSC-HVDC links using power-synchronization control

L Zhang, L Harnefors, HP Nee - IEEE transactions on power …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, voltage-source converter (VSC) based high-voltage dc (HVDC) transmission is
investigated for interconnection of two very weak ac systems. By using the recently proposed …

Voltage dynamics of current control time-scale in a VSC-connected weak grid

M Zhao, X Yuan, J Hu, Y Yan - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Voltage problems are challenging in modern power systems with a high penetration of
renewables integrated via power electronics. This paper extends the transient time-scale …

Virtual synchronous control for grid-connected DFIG-based wind turbines

S Wang, J Hu, X Yuan - IEEE Journal of Emerging and selected …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a virtual synchronous control (VSynC) for doubly fed induction
generator (DFIG)-based wind turbines (WTs) to provide inertia contribution in particular …

Robust vector control of a very weak-grid-connected voltage-source converter considering the phase-locked loop dynamics

M Davari, YARI Mohamed - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Conventional vector-controlled voltage-source converters (VSC) suffer from stability and
performance problems when integrated into very weak ac grids (high-impedance grids). This …

Analysis and performance enhancement of vector-controlled VSC in HVDC links connected to very weak grids

MFM Arani, YARI Mohamed - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Voltage source converter (VSC)-based high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission
systems have been employed widely in recent years. However, connecting a VSC-HVDC …

DC-bus voltage control stability affected by AC-bus voltage control in VSCs connected to weak AC grids

Y Huang, X Yuan, J Hu, P Zhou… - IEEE Journal of …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the wide application of voltage source converters (VSCs) in power system, dc-bus
voltage control instabilities increasingly occurred in practical conditions, especially in weak …