Control of HVDC Transmission Systems: From Theory to Practice and Back

Authors

Daniele Zonetti, Romeo Ortega

Abstract

The problem of modeling and control of multi-terminal high-voltage direct-current transmission systems is addressed in this chapter, which contains three main contributions. First, to propose a unified, physically motivated, modeling framework—based on port-Hamiltonian systems representations—of the various network topologies used in this application. Second, to prove that the system can be globally asymptotically stabilized with a decentralized PI control that exploits its passivity properties. Close connections between the proposed PI and the popular Akagi’s PQ instantaneous power method are also established. Third, to reveal the transient performance limitations of the proposed controller that, interestingly, is shown to be intrinsic to PI passivity-based control. The performances of the controller are verified via simulations on a three-terminal benchmark example.

Keywords

HVDC Transmission; High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC); port-Hamiltonian Model; HVDC System; Zero Dynamics

Citation

• ISBN: 9783319209876
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20988-3_9

BibTeX

@inbook{Zonetti_2015,
  title={{Control of HVDC Transmission Systems: From Theory to Practice and Back}},
  ISBN={9783319209883},
  ISSN={1610-7411},
  DOI={10.1007/978-3-319-20988-3_9},
  booktitle={{Mathematical Control Theory I}},
  publisher={Springer International Publishing},
  author={Zonetti, Daniele and Ortega, Romeo},
  year={2015},
  pages={153--177}
}

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