TANG Li, YUAN Xufeng, LI Ning, et al. MMC System Topology and Its DC Fault Current Blocking Capability[J]. High voltageapparatus, 2017, 53(6): 96-104. DOI: 10.13296/j.1001-1609.hva.2017.06.017.
MMC System Topology and Its DC Fault Current Blocking Capability
Because of high cost and immaturity of DC circuit breaker
the modular multilevel converter(MMC) topology with DC fault current blocking capability plays an important role in realizing the controllability of power grid and improving the operation reliability of MMC.In this paper
based on the analysis of DC-side fault mechanism of the traditional half bridge MMC
the researches on MMC are reviewed.The topology and the DC fault current suppression capability of the MMC with optimized bridge are analyzed
including the submodule hybrid MMC and the diode blocking type MMC.The topology and the DC fault current blocking capability of the single-phase optimized MMC are discussed
including the bridge arm alternately conducting type MMC and the hybrid cascaded MMC.It is concluded that the theoretical researches on the MMC topology with DC fault current blocking capability have become mature
but the engineering implementation topics
such as optimum control of hybrid submodule
improvement of submodule packaging
coordination of serial module and switching device