Controllable reactor based hybrid HVDC breaker

Short circuit fault occurrence in high-voltage DC (HVDC) systems causes extremely high currents in a fast raising time that does not experience current zero-crossing. To protect HVDC systems/grids against fault current, fast HVDC breaker is an essential equipment. This study presents the design proc...

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Published inHigh voltage Vol. 5; no. 5; pp. 543 - 548
Main Authors Heidary, Amir, Bigdeli, Mehdi, Rouzbehi, Kumars
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Institution of Engineering and Technology 01.10.2020
Wiley
Subjects
circuit breakers
designed breaker performance
EMTP
extremely high currents
fast raising time
fault current
grid nominal current
high-voltage dc systems
HVDC power convertors
HVDC power transmission
hybrid HVDC breaker
novel HVDC breaker
power grids
power transmission control
series HVDC equipment
short circuit fault occurrence
solid-state controllable reactor
Special Issue: Advances in High Voltage DCSystems/Grids Control, Operation, andProtection
HVDC power convertors
fast raising time
fault current
EMTP
novel HVDC breaker
series HVDC equipment
extremely high currents
HVDC power transmission
power transmission control
grid nominal current
hybrid HVDC breaker
high-voltage DC systems
solid-state controllable reactor
designed breaker performance
short circuit fault occurrence
circuit breakers
power grids
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Summary:Short circuit fault occurrence in high-voltage DC (HVDC) systems causes extremely high currents in a fast raising time that does not experience current zero-crossing. To protect HVDC systems/grids against fault current, fast HVDC breaker is an essential equipment. This study presents the design procedure of a novel HVDC breaker based on solid-state controllable reactor which is able to reduce the fault current's rate of rise and fault current amplitude to less than grid nominal current in the breaking process. The main achievement of the proposed HVDC breaker is that not only breaker does not encounter fault current, but also none of the series HVDC equipment is influenced by the fault. The designed breaker performance is studied by PSCAD/EMTPS, and then the simulation results are validated by the developed laboratory experimental setup.
ISSN:2397-7264
2397-7264
DOI:10.1049/hve.2019.0354