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Abstract
Large offshore wind farms will require an extensive sub-sea power network to provide internal interconnection. Present solutions are based around conventional medium-voltage AC architectures. This paper proposes an alternative DC collection network based around modular DC/DC converters with input-parallel-output-series (IPOS) connection. Small-signal analysis of the converter is presented, to assist in control scheme development for the converter input and output stages. A Lyapunov controller is embedded within the conventional output voltage sharing control loop. A master-slave control scheme is proposed to ensure power sharing under a range of operating conditions, and provides fault-tolerant operation since the status of 'master' can be reallocated in the event that the present 'master' module fails.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 11th IET International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission |
Place of Publication | Piscataway, NJ. |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 1-8 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781849199827 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 Feb 2015 |
Event | 11th IET International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission - Birmingham, United Kingdom Duration: 10 Feb 2015 → 12 Feb 2015 http://conferences.theiet.org/acdc/index.cfm |
Conference
Conference | 11th IET International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Birmingham |
Period | 10/02/15 → 12/02/15 |
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Keywords
- DC collection network
- wind power plants
- voltage sharing control loop
- voltage control
- sub-sea power network interconnection
- small-signal analysis
- redundancy
- DC/DC converter
- fault detection
- fault diagnosis
- IPOS connection
- power sharing
- Lyapunov controller
- n+1 redundancy
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Doctoral training centre in wind energy systems
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/09 → 31/03/18
Project: Research - Studentship