Basic Problems:

1 Draw the main circuit of traditional HVDC and name the main equipment in the HVDC

converter station.

2 List the order of characteristic harmonics both for 6-pulse rectifier and 12-pulse rectifier. Are

there difference of the characteristic harmonics for a converter operating in rectifier mode or

inverter mode?

3 A 3000MW HVDC feeds to a 500kV AC system where the short circuit current for the

connected bus is 25kA.

a) Calculate the SCR;

b) Analyze the strength of the receiving AC system.

4 Study the HVDC example in the available software (PSCAD, MATLAB, PSIM). Analysis the

behavior of HVDC with different SCR level of receiving end.

5 Can VSC-HVDC feed electric power to AC system without generation? What kind of

semiconductor device is employed for VSC-HVDC? The frequency of harmonics for

VSC-HVDC.

Research topic:

A 3-phase full-bridge inverter with source inductance of Ls=1.5mH, AC voltage rms

Vs=380kV, fs=50Hz, the rated power of 500MW as a current sink source. When thyristors are

employed and the firing angle =150. Find :

a. The commutating duration angle .

b. The output DC voltage;

c. Build a simulation circuit to study the behavior of the inverter;

d. Study the harmonic characteristics of the waveforms of DC voltage and AC current.

e. Control design to keep the output DC voltage as a constant with a change of power.

Summit the final report by the end of this semester (July 15th) by email :

hanminxiao@263.net