A Flexible Control Strategy to Prevent Sending-End Power System From Transient Instability Under HVDC Repetitive Commutation Failures

Abstract

High-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission systems have been rapidly developing, whereas they also become the crucial factors that affect the power system's stability. The repetitive commutation failures (RCF) of the HVDC link will put the sending-end power system at risk of transient instability, which greatly raises the demand of the system to enhance its ability to cope with such events. This paper proposes a flexible control strategy supported by the fast-acting energy storage system (ESS) based on the combination of the model predictive control (MPC) principle and the extended equal area criterion (EEAC) to ensure transient stability of the sending-end system when RCF occurs in a single HVDC link. The formulas to forecast the system's dynamic behavior are constructed. The optimal power expected to be provided by the ESS for each commutation failure (CF) is obtained by assessing the system stability margin. The proposed strategy is to maintain the system's transient stability by the consecutive appropriate responses of the ESS during RCF. Additionally, the blocking conditions of the HVDC link and the required consequent control are studied. The simulation results demonstrate the ability of the proposed strategy to ensure the transient stability of the sending-end power system when the RCF occurs.