Voltage Limit Control of Modular Multilevel Converter Based Unified Power Flow Controller Under Unbalanced Grid Conditions

The modular multilevel converter-based unified power flow controller (MMC-UPFC) is able to operate under unbalanced grid conditions with symmetric component decoupling. However, the constraint of the voltage limit of UPFC is not considered and no protection schemes are investigated to protect the UPFC from overmodulation under unbalanced grid conditions. To solve this problem, this paper proposes the cascaded control scheme for MMC-UPFC based on voltage limit control and symmetric component decoupling to balance the ac current of the transmission line. With appropriate transformer connections for MMC-UPFC, the negative- and zero-sequence currents are suppressed by the corresponding inner current loops. Considering the voltage limit of MMC, the operating ranges of UPFC-MMC under balanced and unbalanced grid conditions are investigated in both mathematical derivation and point scanning methods. The results are depicted and analyzed in 3-D vision. Based on the analysis of operating regions, the voltage limit control is proposed to protect the MMC from overmodulation and to maximize the controllable region under unbalanced grid conditions. Finally, the final cascaded control structure is constructed. The simulation results obtained in PSCAD/EMTDC are provided to validate the effectiveness and robust performance of the proposed control strategies.

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