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Comparative analysis of hybrid DC breaker and assembly HVDC breaker

  • Bhaskar Mitra
  • , Badrul Chowdhury

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Abstract

Voltage Source Converters (VSC) are becoming more common in modern High Voltage DC (HVDC) transmission systems. One of the major challenges in a multi-terminal VSC-HVDC is protection against DC side faults. Two major designs, namely, the hybrid DC breaker and the assembly HVDC breaker, are compared for operational behavior, speed of operation and current carrying capability. The Dual Modular Redundancy (DMR) technique is utilized for decision making of a fault scenario. This uses a dual voting system when one result contradicts the other. This helps in the design of a fail-safe mechanism for the operation of both types of breakers. Current threshold combined with directional change is considered for the breaker operation. A three-terminal bipolar VSC HVDC system is designed in PSCAD/EMTDC and simulation results are utilized to draw a comparison of the two different designs of DC breakers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781538626993
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 13 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event2017 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2017 - Morgantown, United States
Duration: Sep 17 2017Sep 19 2017

Publication series

Name2017 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2017

Conference

Conference2017 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMorgantown
Period09/17/1709/19/17

Keywords

  • Assembly HVDC Breaker
  • VSC-HVDC
  • etc
  • fault
  • hybrid DC breaker
  • protection

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