Small Signal Analysis of DC Voltage Control Based on a Virtual
Resistance of DC/DC Converter Integrated in a Multiterminal DC Grid
Abstract
The future multi-terminal direct-current (MTDC) grid will require the
interconnection of point-to-point high-voltage (HV) DC links with
different specifications such as DC voltage level, system grounding
configuration and HVDC technology. To adapt these differences, DC/DC
converters are obligatory to interconnect HVDC links. Additionally, they
are capable of providing supplementary functionalities as they are
highly controllable devices. In this paper, a primary virtual resistance
DC voltage controller associated with DC/DC converter is proposed for
managing DC grid voltages of the interconnected HVDC grids, increasing
the reliability of the system. The commonly known topology,
Front-to-Front Modular Multilevel Converter (F2F-MMC) is adopted for
DC/DC converter. Time-domain simulations are performed using EMTP
software for validating the controller behaviour under power
disturbances and large events of loss of one converter in a MMC-based
MTDC system. The converters are modelled using reduced order modelling
(ROM) methodology. Apart from this, dynamic studies have been carried
out using a linear state space model for small-signal stability analysis
of a HVDC system integrating DC/DC converter with a virtual resistance
DC voltage controller. The results are examined through parametric
sensitivity analysis.