Parameters affecting the harmonic distortion in a converter substation

Author

Christoforidis, G.P. ; MelioPoulos, A. P Sakis

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

6

Issue

4

fYear

1991

fDate

10/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1727

Lastpage

1734

Abstract

The authors describe in a quantitative way the effect of specific parameters on the generation of harmonics by converter substations. The parameters investigated are the following: delay angle of the converter control system, converter control type, electric load, capacitor banks, and stiffness of the AC/DC interconnection. The parametric analysis has been conducted using a nonlinear method suitable for accurate harmonic analysis. An appropriate modification of the IEEE Reliability Test System (RTS) has been used as the test power system. A DC transmission system including the converter substation, the DC transmission line, and the load is connected at different locations in the IEEE RTS system (one location at a time), and the effect of the parameters mentioned above on the harmonic distortion is illustrated

Keywords

DC transmission networks; capacitor storage; control systems; harmonics; load (electric); power convertors; power system interconnection; substations; AC/DC interconnection; DC transmission system; IEEE Reliability Test System; capacitor banks; converter control system; converter substation; delay angle; electric load; harmonic distortion; nonlinear method; parametric analysis; Analog-digital conversion; Control systems; Delay; Harmonic analysis; Harmonic distortion; Power system harmonics; Power system interconnection; Power system reliability; Substations; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.97713

Filename

97713