Generic EMT Model for Real-Time Simulation of Large Disturbances in 2 GW Offshore HVAC-HVDC Renewable Energy Hubs

Saran  Ganesh; Arcadio Perilla; Jose  Rueda Torres; Peter Palensky; Aleksandra Lekic; Mart van der Meijden

doi:10.3390/en14030757

Generic EMT Model for Real-Time Simulation of Large Disturbances in 2 GW Offshore HVAC-HVDC Renewable Energy Hubs

Saran Ganesh, Arcadio Perilla , Jose Rueda Torres, Peter Palensky, Aleksandra Lekic, Mart van der Meijden

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This paper proposes a Electro-Magnetic Transient (EMT) model of a 2 GW offshore network with the parallel operation of two Modular Multi-level Converter (MMC)—High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission links connecting four Offshore Wind Farms (OWFs) to two onshore systems, which represent a large scale power system. Additionally, to mitigate the challenges corresponding to voltage and frequency stability issues in large scale offshore networks, a Direct Voltage Control (DVC) strategy is implemented for the Type-4 Wind Generators (WGs), which represent the OWFs in this work. The electrical power system is developed in the power system simulation software RSCAD™, that is suitable for performing EMT based simulations. The EMT model of 2 GW offshore network with DVC in Type-4 WGs is successfully designed and it is well-coordinated between the control structures in MMCs and WGs.

Original language	English
Article number	757
Pages (from-to)	1-30
Number of pages	30
Journal	Energies
Volume	14
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/en14030757
Publication status	Published - 2021

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Direct voltage control
EMT
HVDC
Large scale offshore network
MMC

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Generic EMT Model for Real-Time Simulation of Large Disturbances in 2 GW Offshore HVAC-HVDC Renewable Energy Hubs

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