Assessment of Appropriate MMC Topology Considering DC Fault Handling Performance of Fault Protection Devices

This work was supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy of Korea through the Human Resources Program in Energy Technology of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) under Grant 20174030201780 and by the KEPCO Research Institute under the project entitled by "Design of analysis model and optimal voltage for MVDC distribution system (R17DA10)".

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