High-voltage direct current (HVDC) is a commonly used technology for long-distance power transmission, due to its low resistive losses and low costs. In this paper, a novel distributed controller for multi-terminal HVDC (MTDC) systems is proposed. Under certain conditions on the controller gains, it is shown to stabilize the MTDC system. The controller is shown to always keep the voltages close...

In the field of power electronics applications, advances in high voltage semiconductor devices have led specifically over the past few decades to tremendous improvements in terms of power handling capability and control. We focus in this paper on the recent developments with regard to optimizing the power semiconductor for the solid state HVDC breaker for HVDC grid applications. One of the trad...

The efficiency of overhead power lines can be increased by series compensation or HVDC transmission. These complex systems can be protected from overvoltages by metal oxide surge arresters. Both porcelain and polymer tube design surge arresters are used for these applications, however, polymer tube design surge arresters offer various advantages over porcelain arresters such as light weight, ex...

Real-time simulation of a three-terminal high-voltage directcurrent (HVDC) grid connected to a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind farm has been presented in this paper. A recently invented control strategy, known as powersynchronization control, is applied for the integration of the wind farm to the HVDC grid. The dynamic performance study of the system under normal wind power flu...

In the field of power electronics applications, advances in high voltage semiconductor devices have led specifically over the past few decades to tremendous improvements in terms of power handling capability and control. We focus in this paper on the recent developments with regard to optimizing the power semiconductor for the solid state HVDC breaker for HVDC grid applications. One of the trad...

Power electronic devices are non-linear loads that create harmonic distortion and can be susceptible to voltage dips if not adequately protected. The most common economically damaging power quality problem encountered involves the use of variable-speed drives. Variable-speed motor drives or inverters are highly susceptible to voltage dip disturbances and cause particular problems in industrial ...

A new model of Interphase Power Controller (IPC) for controlling active power is introduced in this paper. In this model, which is called VSC-based IPC, the voltage source converter (VSC) does the function of the phase shifting transformer (PST) in IPC. This new structure not only has the features of IPC, but also controls the output power effectively when the input power is changed by alternat...

Voltage Source Converter-High Voltage Direct Current (VSC-HVDC) is the most efficient and reliable method for electrical power transmission over long distances. The greatest challenge with VSC-HVDC system is that short-circuit faults damages the converter valves and the transmission network. The fault clearing time for the available DC breakers are not fast enough and reliable to provide adequa...

High-voltage dc transmission based on voltage-source converter (VSC-HVdc) is quickly increasing its power rating, and it can be the most appropriate link for the connection of offshore wind farms (OWFs) to the grid in many locations. This paper presents a steady-state operation model to calculate the optimal power transmission of an OWF connected to the grid through a VSC-HVdc link. The wind tu...

Large offshore wind farms are recently emerging as promising alternative power sources. Long distances between offshore generation and onshore distribution grid demand new solutions for their connection to the AC network. HVDC systems based on voltage source converters (VSC) are a promising alternative to conventional AC transmission above a certain cable length. This paper presents a new VSC t...