Dual Grid-Forming Control With Energy Regulation Capability of MMC-HVDC System Integrating Offshore Wind Farms and Weak Grids

Abstract

To integrate weak onshore grids, some grid forming (GFM) control schemes taking advantage of DC voltage synchronization have been proposed for modular multilevel converter-based high-voltage direct current (MMC-HVDC) systems. In these control schemes, the sub-module (SM) capacitor energy is only used for grid synchronization. Since the SM capacitor is an energy storage device, it has the potential to actively regulate the stored energy. To fully exploit the energy management capability of MMC, a dual grid forming control scheme with energy regulation capability is presented in this paper. The proposed control scheme enables grid forming for both onshore and offshore MMC stations. Meanwhile, the capacitor energy of MMCs can be flexibly regulated to provide frequency support for the onshore grid. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme, case studies are first carried out in a point-to-point offshore wind farms (OWFs) integrated HVDC system. In addition, the frequency support performance is evaluated in a 3-area 4-machine grid integrated with two OWFs-HVDC systems. Finally, a single-terminal three-phase MMC prototype is developed to test the voltage decoupling and energy management capabilities of the proposed control strategy.