Performance Analysis of 6-Pulse HVDC-VSC using Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO) Based controller in d-q Reference Frame Under Transient AC Fault Conditions

Abstract

This paper provides the PSO based control scheme for regulation of active power and reactive power flow across the HVDC-VSC.VSC-HVDC system provides freedom of individual and independent control of active and reactive power in synchronous reference frame. PSO is based on the principle of “survival of the fittest”, originating from the idea of describing the mechanism of natural selection of the best food location. PSO provides the scope of self-tuning of the PI controller i.e with the change in system operating condition, the controller adjusts itself or tunes itself, thereby regulating the active power and reactive power. Also, PSO depend on the value of the objective function thereby making the computation less tedious and easy for implementation. The system is subjected to AC faults, and the response of the system is validated using MATLAB/SIMULINK platform.