Abstract
A control scheme is proposed in order to minimize the losses in multi-terminal HVDC systems for large offshore wind power plants. This approach is based on two cascaded control schemes. A low level droop control regulates appropriately the DC current depending on the DC voltage with the purpose of ensuring a stable voltage in DC system. Another higher hierarchy controller guarantees that power flow is optimal. The proposed scheme enables to perform secondary and tertiary control strategies into the DC grid taking profit of the advantages of each individual control scheme: the robustness of droop control and the minimisation of losses ensured by the optimal power flow (OPF) algorithm. Total losses include transmission losses and converter station losses. A steady state analysis is provided to show the power flows that minimise several objective functions and dynamic simulations are performed to illustrate the dynamic behaviour of the control scheme under wind speed changes and communication faults.
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 48-55 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Electric Power Systems Research |
| Volume | 112 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |
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Keywords
- droop
- HVDC transmission
- multi-terminal HVDC
- offshore wind farms
- OPF
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Droop control for loss minimization in HVDC multi-terminal transmission systems for large offshore wind farms. / Aragüés-Peñalba, Mònica; Egea-Àlvarez, Agustí; Arellano, Samuel Galceran; Gomis-Bellmunt, Oriol.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Droop control for loss minimization in HVDC multi-terminal transmission systems for large offshore wind farms
AU - Aragüés-Peñalba, Mònica
AU - Egea-Àlvarez, Agustí
AU - Arellano, Samuel Galceran
AU - Gomis-Bellmunt, Oriol
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - A control scheme is proposed in order to minimize the losses in multi-terminal HVDC systems for large offshore wind power plants. This approach is based on two cascaded control schemes. A low level droop control regulates appropriately the DC current depending on the DC voltage with the purpose of ensuring a stable voltage in DC system. Another higher hierarchy controller guarantees that power flow is optimal. The proposed scheme enables to perform secondary and tertiary control strategies into the DC grid taking profit of the advantages of each individual control scheme: the robustness of droop control and the minimisation of losses ensured by the optimal power flow (OPF) algorithm. Total losses include transmission losses and converter station losses. A steady state analysis is provided to show the power flows that minimise several objective functions and dynamic simulations are performed to illustrate the dynamic behaviour of the control scheme under wind speed changes and communication faults.
AB - A control scheme is proposed in order to minimize the losses in multi-terminal HVDC systems for large offshore wind power plants. This approach is based on two cascaded control schemes. A low level droop control regulates appropriately the DC current depending on the DC voltage with the purpose of ensuring a stable voltage in DC system. Another higher hierarchy controller guarantees that power flow is optimal. The proposed scheme enables to perform secondary and tertiary control strategies into the DC grid taking profit of the advantages of each individual control scheme: the robustness of droop control and the minimisation of losses ensured by the optimal power flow (OPF) algorithm. Total losses include transmission losses and converter station losses. A steady state analysis is provided to show the power flows that minimise several objective functions and dynamic simulations are performed to illustrate the dynamic behaviour of the control scheme under wind speed changes and communication faults.
KW - droop
KW - HVDC transmission
KW - multi-terminal HVDC
KW - offshore wind farms
KW - OPF
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U2 - 10.1016/j.epsr.2014.03.013
DO - 10.1016/j.epsr.2014.03.013
M3 - Article
VL - 112
SP - 48
EP - 55
JO - Electric Power Systems Research
T2 - Electric Power Systems Research
JF - Electric Power Systems Research
SN - 0378-7796
ER -