Improved Thevenin Equivalent Model of MMC Considering Pre-charge Conditions and DC Side Fault Conditions

• Published in: Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society journal Vol. 36; no. 6; pp. 796 - 805
• Main Authors: Jin, Enshu, Song, Zhenyu, Yang, Xiaofan, Yu, Xin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pisa River Publishers 01.06.2021
• Subjects: Charging; Circuits; Control algorithms; Controllability; Electric power; Equivalence; Mathematical models; Numerical analysis; Radio frequency; Simulation; Topology; Versatility; Working conditions
• ISSN: 1054-4887; 1054-4887; 1943-5711
• DOI: 10.47037/2020.ACES.J.360622

The traditional Thevenin equivalent Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) model has poor versatility for the two working conditions of pre-charging and DC-side faults. In this paper, an improved Thevenin equivalent MMC model considering pre-charge conditions and DC side fault conditions is proposed. The model divides the pre-charging condition into a Controllable charging stage and an Uncontrollable charging stage. The DC-side fault condition is divided into the pre-blocking and post-blocking conditions of the converter. The circuit characteristics are analyzed, and the equivalent model topology is comprehensively improved to make it suitable for full-condition simulation, and a control strategy suitable for the equivalent model is proposed. The detailed model and the proposed improved equivalent model were built in PSCAD/EMTDC for comparison and analysis. The simulation results shows that the improved equivalent model can be applied to various working conditions, and the versatility of the traditional Thevenin equivalent model is improved.