MMC-HVDC AC side Line Protection based on positive sequence Fault
component current ratio
- Hanqing Huang,
- Zengping Wang
Hanqing Huang
North China Electric Power University
Corresponding Author:huanghanqing_hbdl@163.com
Author ProfileZengping Wang
North China Electric Power University State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources
Author ProfileAbstract
The HVDC transmission based on modular multilevel converter shows the
weak feed characteristic of limited fault current amplitude when
connected to the traditional AC power grid, which leads to the risk of
sensitivity reduction or even failure of the traditional pilot
protection. In this paper, a MMC-HVDC AC side transmission line
protection scheme based on positive sequence fault component current
ratio is proposed. The positive sequence fault component current of the
MMC-HVDC side is calculated by using the positive sequence fault
component current of the power grid side, and the fault is identified
through the significant difference between the ratio of the positive
sequence fault component current of the MMC-HVDC side and the actual
positive sequence fault component current of the MMC-HVDC side in the
case of internal and external faults. This method has the advantages of
simple principle, low requirement for synchronous data, not affected by
capacitive current and strong resistance to high resistance. The
simulation results show that the algorithm can correctly partition
internal and external faults, and is not affected by fault location,
fault type and operation mode of converter station, and has high
sensitivity and reliability.18 May 2023Submitted to IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution 18 May 2023Submission Checks Completed
18 May 2023Assigned to Editor
21 Jun 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
26 Jul 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
03 Aug 2023Editorial Decision: Revise Major
08 Aug 20231st Revision Received
10 Aug 2023Submission Checks Completed
10 Aug 2023Assigned to Editor
10 Aug 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
25 Aug 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
28 Aug 2023Editorial Decision: Accept