Sarlette, Alain[Université de Liège - ULg > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Systèmes et modélisation >]
Ernst, Damien[Université de Liège - ULg > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Systèmes et modélisation >]
2011
Proceedings of the 17th Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC-11)
No
International
17th Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC-11)
August 22-26, 2011
Stockholm
Sweden
[en] frequency control ; multi-terminal HVDC system ; primary frequency reserve
[en] This paper addresses the problem of frequency control for non-synchronous AC areas connected by a multi-terminal HVDC grid. It proposes a decentralized control scheme for the DC voltages of the HVDC converters aimed to make the AC areas collectively react to power imbalances. A theoretical study shows that, by using local information only, the control scheme allows to significantly reduce the impact of a power imbalance by distributing the associated frequency deviation over all areas. A secondary frequency control strategy that can be combined with this control scheme is also proposed so as to restore the frequencies and the power exchanges to their nominal values in the aftermath of a power imbalance. Simulation results on a benchmark system with five AC areas illustrate the good performance of the control scheme.
Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Communauté française de Belgique) - F.R.S.-FNRS