Protection Scheme for HVDC Converters to Limit Fault Current against Dc-Side Faults

Authors

  • M. Krishnakumari  Department of EEE, JNTU Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • P. Bharath Kumar  Department of EEE, JNTU Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Dr. P. Sujatha  Department of EEE, JNTU Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India

Keywords:

DC-side faults, double thyristor switch, fault current suppression, protection of HVDC converters.

Abstract

This paper presents a protection scheme for HVDC converters against DC-side faults with current suppression capability by combining and connecting double thyristor switch scheme across ac output terminals of the HVDC converter.The severity of dc-side faults can be limited by connecting double thyristor switches across the semiconductor devices.By turning them on, the ac current contribution into the dc side is eliminated and the dc-link current will freely decay to zero.This protection scheme provides advantages, such as lower dv/dt stresses and lower voltage rating of thyristor switches in addition to providing full seperation between the converter semiconductor devices and ac grid during dc-side faults.A simulation case study has been carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.

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M. Krishnakumari, P. Bharath Kumar, Dr. P. Sujatha, " Protection Scheme for HVDC Converters to Limit Fault Current against Dc-Side Faults, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 3, Issue 2, pp.179-190 , March-April-2017.