A control strategy for a multi-terminal HVDC network integrating wind farms to the AC grid

Abstract

This paper describes a novel control strategy of voltage source converters (VSC) in large-scale wind farm applications, in order to achieve a constant DC voltage for connecting to the long transmission system based on multi-terminal high voltage direct current (HVDC) technology. The control strategy is based on a multi-loop current and voltage control for tracking the predetermined value of the DC link voltage in the rectifier side station to achieve proper performance in the irregular circumstances of wind farm operation. In addition, the control strategy is able to transmit the maximum input power to the consumption side in different situations in grid side converter. Grid connection of the HVDC system is analysed under two conditions: balanced AC grid, and connection of unbalanced nonlinear load into the AC grid. The control strategy guarantees injection of minimum harmonic current components from the grid to the loads. MATLAB simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed strategy for different types of variations in AC voltage amplitude and frequency of wind turbines output voltage.