Efficient Modeling of Modular Multilevel HVDC Converters (MMC) on Electromagnetic Transient Simulation Programs

By U. N. Gnanarathna, A. Gole, R. Jayasinghe. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2011

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Subfields: Control and Systems Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Accelerated Model of Modular Multilevel Converters in PSCAD/EMTDC (2013, methodology): “Based on the “Nested Fast and Simultaneous Solution” algorithm illustrated in [11] and [12], partitioning the network into smaller networks and solving the admittance problems separately can lead to a reduction in simulation time with the full accuracy preserved; thus, the proposed accelerated model”
Detailed and Averaged Models for a 401-Level MMC–HVDC System (2012, methodology): “Reference [19] develops an efficient methodology for simulating MMC systems in EMT-type programs, but it does not model a detailed MMC, including a large number of levels and integrated into a large-scale transmission system.”
Modular Multilevel Converter Models for Electromagnetic Transients (2014, methodology): “The derivation of these equations can be found in [12] and [13].”
A Generalized Power Control Approach in ABC Frame for Modular Multilevel Converter HVDC Links Based on Mathematical Optimization (2014, methodology): “Section IV shows the simulated results of using this equation to control a 200-level MMC high-efficiency model [9] in the Electromagnetic Transients Program.”
HVDC Transmission: Technology Review, Market Trends and Future Outlook (2019, methodology): “Besides vector control, there are other methods in literature to control VSC-HVDC systems [156, 157].”
Dynamic Averaged and Simplified Models for MMC-Based HVDC Transmission Systems (2013, methodology): “A simple circuit reduction is performed by eliminating internal intermediate nodes and creating a Thevenin equivalent for each arm of the converter [24], [25].”
Analysis of Active Power Control for VSC–HVDC (2014, methodology): “The submodules are modeled using the detailed equivalent modeling method [18].”
Suppressing DC Voltage Ripples of MMC-HVDC Under Unbalanced Grid Conditions (2012, methodology): “An efficient modeling method of MMC for electromagnetic transient simulations was proposed in [13].”
A Steady-State Analysis Method for a Modular Multilevel Converter (2013, background): “Designing circuit parameters and evaluating steady-state performance using EMT simulation is a time-consuming process [16], [17].”