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Modular multilevel converter bridge arm short circuit fault protection method

A modular multi-level, multi-level converter technology, used in emergency protection circuit devices, conversion of AC power input to DC power output, instruments, etc., can solve the increase of equipment noise and loss, power electronic devices and capacitors Failure, explosion and other problems, to achieve the effect of reducing equipment requirements and costs, improving accuracy, and reducing overvoltage

Active Publication Date: 2014-04-09
STATE GRID CORP OF CHINA +2
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[0004] The main hazards of bridge arm short-circuit faults in modular multilevel converters include: 1) The output voltage waveform of the converter changes to a sinusoidal waveform with DC bias, causing the bridge arm reactor or (and) the operating voltage of the transformer to appear DC bias, equipment noise and loss increase; 2) Make the non-faulty bridge arm connected to the same AC terminal withstand power frequency overvoltage, which may cause failure of power electronic devices and capacitors, and even explosion

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[0045] The specific implementation manners of the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0046] The invention provides a protection method for bridge arm short-circuit fault of a modular multilevel converter, the flow chart of which is as follows Figure 5 As shown, the method includes the following steps:

[0047]Step 1: Set the fault detection time interval Δt of the parallel protection switch of the bridge arm of the modular multilevel converter:

[0048] The modular multilevel converter is composed of three phases, and each phase is composed of upper and lower bridge arms connected in series with the same structure; the midpoint of the upper and lower bridge arms is connected to the AC end of the modular multilevel converter;

[0049] An example of its modular multilevel converter is figure 1 , each of the upper and lower bridge arms includes a reactor and N submodules 1 and 2 with the same structure; ...

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The invention relates to fault protection methods of converters, specifically to a modular multilevel converter bridge arm short circuit fault protection method. The method comprises the following steps of 1) setting a fault detection time gap [delta]t of modular multilevel converter bridge arm parallel protection switches; 2) setting a fault motion threshold value Q; 3) setting voltage threshold values Ulim.ac and Ulim.arm; 4) detecting voltage to ground Uac(t) of the alternating-current end of a modular multilevel converter and computing Q1=abs(aveage(Uac([delta]t)))-Ulim.ac; 5) detecting bridge arm voltage Uarm(t) of the modular multilevel converter and computing Q2= abs(aveage(Uarm([delta]t)))-Ulim.arm; 6) determining that a bridge arm short circuit fault occurs if Q2 x Q 1 > Q; and 7) trigging the bridge arm parallel protection switch of a sound phase when it is determined that the modular multilevel converter has the bridge arm short circuit fault. According to the invention, by employing the bridge arm parallel protection switches, the bridge arm short circuit fault time duration of the modular multilevel converter is shortened; the direct-current bias voltage borne by a transformer and the overvoltage borne by converter bridge arms are reduced; the equipment requirement and cost are lowered; and the economical efficiency and security are improved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a fault protection method for a converter, in particular to a protection method for a bridge arm short-circuit fault of a modular multilevel converter. Background technique [0002] Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) is a converter based on turn-off devices and pulse width modulation technology. Currently, the most commonly used turn-off devices are insulated gate bipolar Transistors (IGBTs). Compared with the traditional line voltage commutated converter (Line Commutated Converter, LCC), the modular multilevel converter uses a large number of energy storage capacitors, and at the same time makes the output voltage of the converter during operation The waveform remains the same. Therefore, from the perspective of grid operation voltage stability and voltage AC harmonic reduction, the modular multilevel converter has obvious advantages. [0003] During normal operation, the output voltage of the modular multilevel converter t...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H02H7/10G01R31/02
CPCH02M1/32H02H7/12H02M7/4835H02M1/0095
Inventor 李泓志贺之渊杨杰阎发友张海峰
Owner STATE GRID CORP OF CHINA
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