Primary frequency regulation scheme applicable to LCC – VSC series hybrid HVDC considering AC voltage stability at receiving end

Abstract

The penetration of high proportion renewable energy generation in the load center reduces the inertia of the power system and causes frequency stability problems. Series hybrid HVDC (e.g., BaiHeTan-JiangSu) with landing point at load center should play an important role in primary frequency regulation. Thus, this paper proposes a control scheme that coordinates line-commutated converter (LCC) and voltage-source converter (VSC) operation of the series hybrid HVDC (SHHVDC) and couples inertia emulation control with droop control (CIEDC). The CIEDC absorbs or releases the energy stored in the augmented capacitor of VSC for inertia emulation through regulating DC voltage. Then the DC voltage of LCC is coupled with the DC voltage of VSC through the voltage distribution coefficient. Meanwhile, the DC voltage of the inverter side is used to transmit the frequency information to the rectifier side to change the DC current order value without communication-based. Next, The equivalent DC input resistance based on communication-free is introduced to obtain the reactive power variation caused by LCC, which is transmitted to the reactive power control link in VSC to suppress the AC side converter bus voltage fluctuation. Finally, The CIEDC control scheme is verified by case studies in the event of slight AC fault and step load variation compared with the Fixed-Inertia Emulation Control Scheme (FIEC) and conventional droop control (CDC) in AC bus voltage stability, frequency deviation, rate of change of frequency (RoCoF).