A novel multi-modular series HVDC tap

Tapping energy from a HVDC transmission line to serve small remote communities has been considered by researchers and HVDC manufacturers since the 1960s. Many HVDC taps proposed consider the performance of diodes, Thyristors and GTOs and the utilization of bulky and expensive high voltage transforme...

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Main Authors: Tang, Yunpeng, Watson, Alan James, Wheeler, Patrick, Farr, Ewan, Feldman, Ralph
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Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43948/
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author Tang, Yunpeng
Watson, Alan James
Wheeler, Patrick
Farr, Ewan
Feldman, Ralph
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Watson, Alan James
Wheeler, Patrick
Farr, Ewan
Feldman, Ralph
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description Tapping energy from a HVDC transmission line to serve small remote communities has been considered by researchers and HVDC manufacturers since the 1960s. Many HVDC taps proposed consider the performance of diodes, Thyristors and GTOs and the utilization of bulky and expensive high voltage transformers. This paper proposes a novel HVDC tap topology, the n-phase multi-modular series tap (MMST), which utilises capacitors to decouple HV voltage and IGBT H-bridge sub-modules typically found in modular multilevel converters to transfer HVDC to MVAC. The number of phases and operating frequency can be picked according to the requirement of the application. The feasibility of n-phase MMST has been verified by the results from simulation carried out in PLECS software.
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spelling nottingham-439482020-05-04T18:47:35Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43948/ A novel multi-modular series HVDC tap Tang, Yunpeng Watson, Alan James Wheeler, Patrick Farr, Ewan Feldman, Ralph Tapping energy from a HVDC transmission line to serve small remote communities has been considered by researchers and HVDC manufacturers since the 1960s. Many HVDC taps proposed consider the performance of diodes, Thyristors and GTOs and the utilization of bulky and expensive high voltage transformers. This paper proposes a novel HVDC tap topology, the n-phase multi-modular series tap (MMST), which utilises capacitors to decouple HV voltage and IGBT H-bridge sub-modules typically found in modular multilevel converters to transfer HVDC to MVAC. The number of phases and operating frequency can be picked according to the requirement of the application. The feasibility of n-phase MMST has been verified by the results from simulation carried out in PLECS software. 2017-05-29 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Tang, Yunpeng, Watson, Alan James, Wheeler, Patrick, Farr, Ewan and Feldman, Ralph (2017) A novel multi-modular series HVDC tap. In: 13th IET International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission, ACDC 2017, 14-16 Feb 2017, Manchester, UK. HVDC tap Multi-modular series tap PR regulator H-bridge sub-module http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7934973/?arnumber=7934973
spellingShingle HVDC tap
Multi-modular series tap
PR regulator
H-bridge sub-module
Tang, Yunpeng
Watson, Alan James
Wheeler, Patrick
Farr, Ewan
Feldman, Ralph
A novel multi-modular series HVDC tap
title A novel multi-modular series HVDC tap
title_full A novel multi-modular series HVDC tap
title_fullStr A novel multi-modular series HVDC tap
title_full_unstemmed A novel multi-modular series HVDC tap
title_short A novel multi-modular series HVDC tap
title_sort novel multi-modular series hvdc tap
topic HVDC tap
Multi-modular series tap
PR regulator
H-bridge sub-module
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43948/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43948/