Modelling of the Power Interface of the Digital-Physical Hybrid Simulation System of a VSC-HVDC Based on Virtual Resistance Compensation

• Published in: Electronics (Basel) Vol. 7; no. 11; p. 333
• Main Authors: Le, Jian, Zhang, Hao, Wang, Cao, Li, Xingrui, Zhu, Jiangfeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 2018
• Subjects: Accuracy; Algorithms; Control stability; Converters; Current sources; Direct current; Hybrid systems; Interface stability; Modular systems; Simulation; Stability analysis; Subsystems; Systems stability; United States > US
• ISSN: 2079-9292; 2079-9292
• DOI: 10.3390/electronics7110333

To enhance the stability and accuracy of the digital-physical hybrid simulation system of a modular multilevel converter-based high voltage direct current (MMC-HVDC) system, this paper presents an improved power interface modeling algorithm based on ideal transformer method (ITM). By analyzing the stability condition of a hybrid simulation system based on the ITM model, the current of a so-called virtual resistance is added to the control signal of the controlled current source in the digital subsystem, and the stability of the hybrid simulation system with the improved power interface model is analyzed. The value of the virtual resistance is optimized by comprehensively considering system stability and simulation precision. A two-terminal bipolar MMC-HVDC simulation system based on the proposed power interface model is established. The comparisons of the simulation results verify that the proposed method can effectively improve the stability of the hybrid simulation system, and at the same time has the advantages of high simulation accuracy and easy implementation.