Unbalanced OPF Modelling for Mixed Monopolar and Bipolar HVDC Grid Configurations

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Autores principales: Jat, Chandra Kant, Dave, Jay, Van Hertem, Dirk, Ergun, Hakan
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author Jat, Chandra Kant
Dave, Jay
Van Hertem, Dirk
Ergun, Hakan
author_facet Jat, Chandra Kant
Dave, Jay
Van Hertem, Dirk
Ergun, Hakan
contents HVDC is a critically important technology for the large-scale integration of renewable resources such as offshore wind farms. Currently, only point-to-point and multi-terminal HVDC connections exist in real-life operation. However, with the advancement of VSC-based converter technologies, future HVDC systems are foreseen to develop into meshed HVDC grids. Bipolar HVDC grids can be operated in an unbalanced way during single pole outages or in form of mixed monopolar and bipolar grids. However, currently, there are no (optimal) power flow tools to study the feasibility of such systems. Therefore, we develop an optimal power flow (OPF) model for hybrid AC-DC grids to capture the DC side unbalances and allowing to efficiently plan and operate such future grids. In this paper, we present a multi-conductor OPF model with separate modeling of the positive pole, negative pole, metallic return conductors, and ground return. The capabilities of the model are demonstrated on a small test case, including monopolar tapping over a bipolar DC link. It is demonstrated that the developed OPF model can capture the loop flows between the different poles in unbalanced conditions, as opposed to the existing single-wire representations in the literature. Further, numerical results are presented for multiple test cases with various system sizes, starting from an 11-bus system to a 3120-bus system to demonstrate the computational tractability of the chosen model formulation.
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spellingShingle Unbalanced OPF Modelling for Mixed Monopolar and Bipolar HVDC Grid Configurations
Jat, Chandra Kant
Dave, Jay
Van Hertem, Dirk
Ergun, Hakan
Systems and Control
HVDC is a critically important technology for the large-scale integration of renewable resources such as offshore wind farms. Currently, only point-to-point and multi-terminal HVDC connections exist in real-life operation. However, with the advancement of VSC-based converter technologies, future HVDC systems are foreseen to develop into meshed HVDC grids. Bipolar HVDC grids can be operated in an unbalanced way during single pole outages or in form of mixed monopolar and bipolar grids. However, currently, there are no (optimal) power flow tools to study the feasibility of such systems. Therefore, we develop an optimal power flow (OPF) model for hybrid AC-DC grids to capture the DC side unbalances and allowing to efficiently plan and operate such future grids. In this paper, we present a multi-conductor OPF model with separate modeling of the positive pole, negative pole, metallic return conductors, and ground return. The capabilities of the model are demonstrated on a small test case, including monopolar tapping over a bipolar DC link. It is demonstrated that the developed OPF model can capture the loop flows between the different poles in unbalanced conditions, as opposed to the existing single-wire representations in the literature. Further, numerical results are presented for multiple test cases with various system sizes, starting from an 11-bus system to a 3120-bus system to demonstrate the computational tractability of the chosen model formulation.
title Unbalanced OPF Modelling for Mixed Monopolar and Bipolar HVDC Grid Configurations
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.06283