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A Single-Ended Protection Principle for LCC-VSC-MTDC System with High Resistance Fault Tolerance

Dahai Zhang^*, Chuanjian Wu, Jinghan He

School of Electrical Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China

* Corresponding Author: Dahai Zhang. Email:

Energy Engineering 2023, 120(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.32604/ee.2022.023304

Received 19 April 2022; Accepted 16 May 2022; Issue published 27 October 2022

Abstract

Line-commutated converter-voltage source converter (LCC-VSC) power transmission technology does not have the problem of communication failure very usually. It therefore can support the long-distance, long-capacity transmission of electric energy. However, factors such as topology, control strategy, and short-circuit capacities make the traditional protection principles not fully applicable to LCC-VSC hybrid transmission systems. To enhance the reliability of hybrid DC systems, a single-ended principle based on transmission coefficients is proposed and produced. First, the equivalent circuit of the LCC-VSC hybrid DC system is analyzed and the expression of the first traveling wave is deduced accordingly. Then, the concept of multi-frequency transmission coefficients is proposed by analyzing the amplitude-frequency, and the characteristics of each element. Finally, the LCC-VSCDC system model is built to verify the reliability and superiority of the principle itself. Theoretical analysis and experimental verification show that the principle has strong interference resistance.

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