Hybrid HVDC circuit breaker with self-powered gate drives
The ever increasing electric power demand and the advent of renewable energy sources have revived the interest in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) multi-terminal networks. However, the absence of a suitable circuit breaker or fault tolerant VSC station topologies with the required characteristics...
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| author | Effah, Francis Boafo Watson, Alan James Ji, Chao Amankwah, Emmanuel K. Johnson, Christopher Mark Davidson, Colin Clare, Jon C. |
| author_facet | Effah, Francis Boafo Watson, Alan James Ji, Chao Amankwah, Emmanuel K. Johnson, Christopher Mark Davidson, Colin Clare, Jon C. |
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| description | The ever increasing electric power demand and the advent of renewable energy sources have revived the interest in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) multi-terminal networks. However, the absence of a suitable circuit breaker or fault tolerant VSC station topologies with the required characteristics (such as operating speed) have, until recently, been an obstacle in the development of large scale multi-terminal networks for HVDC. This paper presents a hybrid HVDC circuit breaker concept which is capable of meeting the requirements of HVDC networks. Simulation results are presented which are validated by experimental results taken from a 2.5kV, 700A rated laboratory prototype. |
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| spelling | nottingham-327402020-05-04T17:37:21Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32740/ Hybrid HVDC circuit breaker with self-powered gate drives Effah, Francis Boafo Watson, Alan James Ji, Chao Amankwah, Emmanuel K. Johnson, Christopher Mark Davidson, Colin Clare, Jon C. The ever increasing electric power demand and the advent of renewable energy sources have revived the interest in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) multi-terminal networks. However, the absence of a suitable circuit breaker or fault tolerant VSC station topologies with the required characteristics (such as operating speed) have, until recently, been an obstacle in the development of large scale multi-terminal networks for HVDC. This paper presents a hybrid HVDC circuit breaker concept which is capable of meeting the requirements of HVDC networks. Simulation results are presented which are validated by experimental results taken from a 2.5kV, 700A rated laboratory prototype. IET 2016-02-10 Article PeerReviewed Effah, Francis Boafo, Watson, Alan James, Ji, Chao, Amankwah, Emmanuel K., Johnson, Christopher Mark, Davidson, Colin and Clare, Jon C. (2016) Hybrid HVDC circuit breaker with self-powered gate drives. IET Power Electronics, 9 (2). pp. 228-236. ISSN 1755-4543 fault tolerance; drives; HVDC power transmission; circuit breakers http://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/iet-pel.2015.0531 doi:10.1049/iet-pel.2015.0531 doi:10.1049/iet-pel.2015.0531 |
| spellingShingle | fault tolerance; drives; HVDC power transmission; circuit breakers Effah, Francis Boafo Watson, Alan James Ji, Chao Amankwah, Emmanuel K. Johnson, Christopher Mark Davidson, Colin Clare, Jon C. Hybrid HVDC circuit breaker with self-powered gate drives |
| title | Hybrid HVDC circuit breaker with self-powered gate drives |
| title_full | Hybrid HVDC circuit breaker with self-powered gate drives |
| title_fullStr | Hybrid HVDC circuit breaker with self-powered gate drives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hybrid HVDC circuit breaker with self-powered gate drives |
| title_short | Hybrid HVDC circuit breaker with self-powered gate drives |
| title_sort | hybrid hvdc circuit breaker with self-powered gate drives |
| topic | fault tolerance; drives; HVDC power transmission; circuit breakers |
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