HVDC Breaker Power Loss Reduction by Bridge-Type Hybrid Breakers
Several types of high voltage direct current (HVDC) breakers have been introduced and commercialized. Each of them has advantages and disadvantages. Among them, the hybrid HVDC breaker is highly successful. One of the most important concerns that the hybrid HVDC breaker has faced is high power loss...
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doaj-711302f5b60b4a369d54337e2b02440c2021-03-11T00:03:46ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-03-01141526152610.3390/en14061526HVDC Breaker Power Loss Reduction by Bridge-Type Hybrid BreakersMorteza Hesami0Ali Bakhshi1Sheyda Mousavi2Kumars Rouzbehi3Juan Manuel Escaño4Department of Electrical Engineering, Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan 45156-58145, IranDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan 45156-58145, IranDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Zanjan Branch, University of Zanjan, Zanjan 45371-38791, IranDepartment of System Engineering and Automatic Control, University of Seville, 41004 Seville, SpainDepartment of System Engineering and Automatic Control, University of Seville, 41004 Seville, SpainSeveral types of high voltage direct current (HVDC) breakers have been introduced and commercialized. Each of them has advantages and disadvantages. Among them, the hybrid HVDC breaker is highly successful. One of the most important concerns that the hybrid HVDC breaker has faced is high power loss throughout its fault current breaking process. The hybrid HVDC breaker comprises a high voltage bidirectional main HVDC breaker. A significant number of electronic switches need to be connected in a series where anti-parallel diodes are essentially embraced. During fault inception, a number of series solid-state switches and a number of series diodes dramatically increase the power loss of the main breaker. This study, firstly, studies the power loss of the hybrid HVDC breaker and later develops a structure of a full-bridge hybrid breaker (FBHB) to reduce the losses of the current structure both in the normal and fault protection states. In this paper simulations are done based on PSCAD. In addition to the analytical study and simulations, we show that the developed structure substantially decreases the amount of power lost during the normal operation and fault current breaking stage.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/6/1526HVDC breakerpower lossABB hybrid HVDC breaker |
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HVDC Breaker Power Loss Reduction by Bridge-Type Hybrid Breakers |
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HVDC Breaker Power Loss Reduction by Bridge-Type Hybrid Breakers |
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Several types of high voltage direct current (HVDC) breakers have been introduced and commercialized. Each of them has advantages and disadvantages. Among them, the hybrid HVDC breaker is highly successful. One of the most important concerns that the hybrid HVDC breaker has faced is high power loss throughout its fault current breaking process. The hybrid HVDC breaker comprises a high voltage bidirectional main HVDC breaker. A significant number of electronic switches need to be connected in a series where anti-parallel diodes are essentially embraced. During fault inception, a number of series solid-state switches and a number of series diodes dramatically increase the power loss of the main breaker. This study, firstly, studies the power loss of the hybrid HVDC breaker and later develops a structure of a full-bridge hybrid breaker (FBHB) to reduce the losses of the current structure both in the normal and fault protection states. In this paper simulations are done based on PSCAD. In addition to the analytical study and simulations, we show that the developed structure substantially decreases the amount of power lost during the normal operation and fault current breaking stage. |
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