Operation of a Modular DC–DC Converter for Hybrid Interconnection of Monopolar and Bipolar HVDC Links

Dey, Soma; Bhattacharya, Tanmoy

doi:10.1109/tia.2022.3173269

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“…It also presents different approximations and relaxations of the non-linear optimization problem. The authors in [15]- [17] present power flow control options for operating HVDC grids with mixed configurations, by considering additional DC-DC converters for connecting DC grids with different voltage levels. But, all the above-mentioned works model the DC grid as a balanced system using a single conductor representation which does not allow to represent the unbalanced DC grid configurations in an accurate way.…”

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Hybrid AC/DC OPF Model for Unbalanced Operation of Bipolar HVDC Grids

Jat,

Dave,

Van Hertem

et al. 2024

IEEE Trans. Power Syst.

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HVDC is a critically important technology for the large-scale integration of renewable resources such as offshore wind farms. Although to date mainly point-to-point and multiterminal HVDC systems are in operation with the advancement of VSC-based converter technologies, future HVDC systems are foreseen to develop into meshed HVDC grids. While existing HVDC systems predominantly use monopolar configurations, bipolar HVDC systems offer additional benefits in terms of availability and flexibility. Bipolar HVDC grids can be intentionally operated in an unbalanced way during single-pole converter and DC branch outages or by design in the form of mixed monopolar and bipolar configurations. In order to study the steady state behaviour of such systems (optimal) power flow tools are needed capable of representing such system unbalance. For this reason, in this paper, we present a multiconductor OPF model for AC/DC grids with separate modeling of the positive pole, negative pole, metallic return conductors, and ground return to capture the DC grid unbalance. In order to avoid numerical issues due to the low voltage values of the neutral conductor, we formulate the OPF model in the current-voltage space for the DC grid. The model's capabilities are demonstrated using a small test case, including a monopolar tapping in a bipolar DC link. Numerical results are presented for multiple test cases with various system sizes, starting from an 11-bus system to a 3120bus system to demonstrate the computational tractability of the chosen model formulation. Obtained results indicate that in edge cases converter loop flows can help to find a lower cost generation dispatch in unbalanced situations despite higher losses. Such behavior can only be captured using a multiconductor model as presented.Index Terms-HVDC transmission, unbalanced DC grid, hybrid AC/DC grids, meshed HVDC grids, optimal power flow, multiconductor DC grid model This paper has received support from the NEPTUNE project, the Belgian Energy Transition Fund.

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