Publication: Multi-terminal HVDC and power flow analysis
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2011-12
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2012-10-31
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The aim of this Specialization Project is to implement and demonstrate a general AC/DC
power flow solution in the Matlab environment. This task is interesting from the point of view
of the increasing development of the integration of offshore wind power, especially in the
North Sea area.
The solution proposed in this paper, is valid for systems consisting on one DC grid, each of
its buses is connected to different AC grids. Specifically, this study focuses on a general DC
grid of three nodes and three consequent AC grids.
In this project, a complete procedure on how to set-up the power flow model is developed
and described. The first step taken in this process consists on the calculation of the power
flows of all the AC grids, in a sequential way. In addition to the calculation of all the involved
AC systems, the DC power flow has to be solved as well. The calculations of both power
flows, AC and DC, have been implemented using the Newton-Raphson solution algorithm. A
key challenge in this procedure has been to model the connection between the AC and DC
grid through the HVDC converters. Several possibilities have been studied, mainly
depending on the type of bus in question. A study and comparison between a converter with
or without losses have been done as well.
The final achievements of this Specialization Project consist on a Matlab code solving
successfully this matter, highlighting that it is programmed in a general format, so that it
enables modifications on the previous explained configuration between the DC and AC
connection by simple changes. This enables the future connection of more AC grids if
needed. Additionally, it seems obvious that the election of the slack node is a critical
parameter that will influence the results; but in this work, an investigation and discussion is
made about the possibility of controlling other parameters of the grid, as for example the AC
and DC power at the nodes.
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Sistemas eléctricos, Electrónica de potencia, EnergÃa eólica, MATLAB (Programa de aplicación)