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Strategy for switchover between the ground return and the metallic return operation modes of MTDC systems

Huang, Manxi, Pan, Hengy, Li, Gen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0649-9493, Xu, Jianzhong and Jia, Xiufang 2021. Strategy for switchover between the ground return and the metallic return operation modes of MTDC systems. Presented at: 2021 5th International Conference on Power and Energy Engineering (ICPEE 2021), Xiamen, China, 2-4 December 2021. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Power and Energy Engineering. IEEE, pp. 6-13. 10.1109/ICPEE54380.2021.9662641

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Abstract

For a multi-terminal HVDC (MTDC) system in the bipolar configuration with earth electrodes, the switchover between the ground return operation mode and the metallic return operation mode is under researched. An optimal strategy for switchover needs to be selected to minimize the interrupting capacities of the metallic return transfer breaker (MRTB) and the ground return transfer switch (GRTS) so as to reduce capital costs. To select an optimal strategy for switchover between the two operation modes of MTDC systems, the paper not only develops location selection schemes and switching sequences of MRTB and GRTS but also proposes a concise and feasible method to address the maximums of the interrupting current functions of MRTB and GRTS under every scheme and sequence using the random number calculation method. In the paper, based on a three-terminal HVDC system, numerical examples using MATLAB have proved the effectiveness of the proposed method of selecting an optimal strategy for switchover between the two operation modes.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Schools > Engineering
Publisher: IEEE
ISBN: 9781665420471
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 27 October 2021
Date of Acceptance: 27 October 2021
Last Modified: 13 Aug 2025 13:24
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/145112

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