Non-Linear Control for Variable Resistive Bridge Type Fault Current Limiter in AC-DC Systems

Energies

MohammadAli Yousef Abido¹  AlaaEl-Din Hussein²  MdShafiul Alam² 

[1] Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia;;Department of Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum &

关键词: non-linear control;    variable resistive bridge type fault current limiter (VR-BFCL);    voltage source converter high voltage DC (VSC-HVDC);    transient stability;    voltage fluctuation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en12040713

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper proposes a non-linear control-based variable resistive bridge type fault current limiter (VR-BFCL) as a prospective solution to ease the effect of disturbances on voltage source converter-based high voltage DC (VSC-HVDC) systems. A non-linear controller for VR-BFCL has been developed to insert a variable optimum resistance during the inception of system disturbances in order to limit the fault current. The non-linear controller takes the amount of DC link voltage deviation as its input and provides variable duty to generate a variable effective resistance during faults. The VSC-HVDC system’s real and reactive power controllers have been developed based on a current control loop where direct axis and quadrature axis currents are used to control the active and reactive power, respectively. The efficacy of the proposed non-linear control-based VR-BFCL solution has been proved with balanced as well as unbalanced faults. The results confirm that the oscillations in active power and DC link voltage have been significantly reduced by limiting the fault current through the insertion of an optimum effective resistance with the proposed control technique. The real time digital simulator (RTDS) has been used to implement the proposed approach. The performance of the proposed non-linear control based VR-BFCL is compared with that of traditional fixed duty control.

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