Intelligent protection of multiterminal VSC-HVDC systems: aspects of simulation and implementation

• Grant number: 18/10667-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: August 15, 2018
• End date: August 14, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Power Systems
• Principal Investigator: Denis Vinicius Coury
• Grantee: Vinícius Albernaz Lacerda Freitas
• Supervisor: Olimpo Anaya-Lara
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Strathclyde, Scotland
• Associated to the scholarship: 15/21167-6 - Fault detection, fault location and intelligent protection of multiterminal HVDC lines, BP.DD

Abstract

The high short-circuit currents Voltage Source Converters (VSCs) which also have a rapid rise rate, are still a challenge for High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) multiterminal systems reliability. As soon as a fault starts in an HVDC grid, large over currents have to be rapidly detected and interrupted by breakers. However, it is not straightforward to locate the point of occurrence of a fault due to multiple current paths. Several algorithms were proposed for multiterminal VSC-HVDC grids, however, there is still a lack of techniques that selectively identify the short-circuited branch in the timescale needed in the VSC context. Thus, the present proposal proposes developing and implementing signal processing and intelligent algorithms for VSC-HVDC system protection, as they emerge as possible improvements for existing techniques. In order to develop a protection algorithm for multiterminal VSC-HVDC systems, the proposed methodology consists of simulations of several types of faults in a fourterminal symmetric monopolar VSC-HVDC system comprising Modular Multilevel Converters (MMCs), with posterior fault and algorithm-improvement analysis in software such as Matlabor Python. The final expected result is a protection algorithm which can identify the faulted portion of the multiterminal system within the timescale need in VSC-HVDC systems. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LACERDA, VINICIUS A.; MONARO, RENATO M.; PENA-ALZOLA, RAFAEL; CAMPOS-GAONA, DAVID; COURY, V, DENIS; ANAYA-LARA, OLIMPO. Control-based fault current limiter for modular multilevel voltage-source converters. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL POWER & ENERGY SYSTEMS, v. 118, JUN 2020. (18/10667-6)

TIAN, SHANGEN; CAMPOS-GAONA, DAVID; LACERDA, VINICIUS A.; TORRES-OLGUIN, RAYMUNDO E.; ANAYA-LARA, OLIMPO. Novel Control Approach for a Hybrid Grid-Forming HVDC Offshore Transmission System. ENERGIES, v. 13, n. 7, APR 2020. (18/10667-6)

LACERDA, VINICIUS ALBERNAZ; PENA-ALZOLA, RAFAEL; CAMPOS-GAONA, DAVID; MONARO, RENATO MACHADO; ANAYA-LARA, OLIMPO; COURY, DENIS VINICIUS. Short-Circuit Analytical Model for Modular Multilevel Converters Considering DC Cable Capacitance. IEEE ACCESS, v. 8, p. 202774-202784, 2020. (15/21167-6, 18/10667-6)

LACERDA, VINICIUS ALBERNAZ; MONARO, RENATO M.; CAMPOS-GAONA, DAVID; COURY, V, DENIS; ANAYA-LARA, OLIMPO. Distance protection algorithm for multiterminal HVDC systems using the Hilbert-Huang transform. IET GENERATION TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION, v. 14, n. 15, p. 3022-3032, AUG 3 2020. (18/10667-6)