Energies, Vol. 18, Pages 6323: Hybrid Mono–Bipolar HVDC System with Control Strategy for Offshore Wind Power Integration

Energies, Vol. 18, Pages 6323: Hybrid Mono–Bipolar HVDC System with Control Strategy for Offshore Wind Power Integration

Energies doi: 10.3390/en18236323

Authors:
Xingning Han
Zhuyi Peng
Wenjia Zhang
Wentao Sun
Qian Wu
Zhenjian Xie

The ever-growing scale of offshore wind power integration has led coastal provincial power grids to face the common issue of insufficient AC grid structure capacity. An effective solution involves constructing an offshore–onshore mono–bipolar hybrid high voltage DC (HVDC) system by integrating an offshore wind monopolar HVDC with an onshore embedded bipolar HVDC. Firstly, the limitations of existing AC structures in coastal grids when undertaking offshore wind power integration are analyzed through N-1 security verification, and the applicability of conventional power evacuation approaches is assessed from both theoretical and practical engineering standpoints. Subsequently, an offshore–onshore mono–bipolar hybrid HVDC system is proposed. Meanwhile, based on operational requirements and the analysis of the structural features, a coordinated control strategy for the hybrid HVDC system under both symmetric and asymmetric operation modes is designed. Finally, a simulation model is built on the PSCAD/EMTDC platform to verify the feasibility of the hybrid HVDC system control strategy in the coastal power grid and the effectiveness of the system to improve the wind power consumption capacity of the coastal power grid.