Grid integration of a large offshore wind farm using VSC-HVDC in parallel with an AC submarine cable

Author

Giddani, O.A. ; Adam, G.P. ; Anaya-Lara, O. ; Lo, K.L.

Author_Institution

Electron. & Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

1-4 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The use of a voltage source converter high voltage DC (VSC-HVDC) transmission system in parallel with an AC submarine cable to connect a large offshore wind farm to the grid is discussed. The main objective of such connection is to address the reliability issues of the point-to-point VSC-HVDC transmission scheme in the event of AC and DC faults. Control system design is described in detail and the performance of this arrangement is explored under different fault conditions. The study was conducted in Simulink.

Keywords

HVDC power convertors; HVDC power transmission; control system synthesis; fault diagnosis; offshore installations; power generation control; submarine cables; wind power plants; AC faults; AC submarine cable; DC faults; Simulink; control system design; grid integration; large offshore wind farm; voltage source converter high voltage DC transmission system; Analog-digital conversion; Circuit faults; Converters; Induction generators; Power conversion; Power system stability; Pulse width modulation; Underwater cables; Voltage; Wind farms; Fixed speed induction generator; reactive power compensation; sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM); voltage source high voltage dc transmission system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), 2009 Proceedings of the 44th International

Conference_Location

Glasgow

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6823-2

Type

conf

Filename

5429393