Abstract
Modular multilevel converter (MMC) based medium voltage DC (MVDC) distribution system has become a promising option in the future smart grid architecture due to many distinguishing features. However, MMC-MVDC distribution system is prone to face the short-term outage problem during bipolar DC faults, so how to implement DC fault ride-through (FRT) capability for MMC-MVDC is still a challenge. This paper intends to change the redundant half-bridge submodules (HBSMs) of the HB-MMC into the redundant full-bridge submodules (FBSMs), thus, a practical DC FRT method is proposed by using the combination of the hybrid MMC and the hybrid DC circuit breakers (CBs) for the MMC-MVDC system. Then, the DC fault current characteristics of the MMC with the proposed FRT method are discussed. Lastly, data analysis and simulations of a three-terminal MMC-MVDC system have been performed in PSCAD/EMTDC to validate the effectiveness of the proposed DC FRT method. The proposed DC FRT method is not only easy to implement, but also reduces the requirements and the investment of the DC CB.
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