Travelling wave fault location principle for hybrid multi-terminal LCC-VSC-HVDC transmission line based on R-ECT

Abstract

This paper investigates the fault location issue of hybrid multi-terminal high voltage direct current (HVDC) overhead transmission line based on the line commutated converter (LCC) and voltage source converter (VSC). There exists two issues that should be addressed: (i) the travelling wave (TW) fault location principle’s adaptability to multi-terminal network topology and converter structures; (ii) the transfer method of high frequency TW signal. Therefore, a novel TW fault location principle for the hybrid multi-terminal LCC-MMC-HVDC transmission line is proposed based on the Rogowski coli based electronic current transformer (R-ECT). Firstly, the high frequency TW transfer capability of the R-ECT is studied. Secondly, a novel TW fault location principle based on the secondary differential current travelling wave (D-CTW) is proposed. Eventually, in order to verify the high accuracy of the proposed principle, a typical ±400 kV hybrid three-terminal LCC-VSC-HVDC transmission system is used for the case study based on PSCAD/EMTDC. Furthermore, its robustness against different fault locations, different fault resistances and different fault types is also investigated.