Generalized Short Circuit Ratio for Grid Strength Assessment in Inhomogeneous Multi-infeed LCC-HVDC Systems

TL;DR

This paper extends the concept of generalized short circuit ratio (gSCR) to inhomogeneous multi-infeed LCC-HVDC systems, enabling better grid strength assessment despite system heterogeneity.

Contribution

It applies modal perturbation theory to adapt gSCR for inhomogeneous systems and redefines critical gSCR (CgSCR) considering converter control differences.

Findings

gSCR can be used without modification in inhomogeneous systems

Revised CgSCR effectively quantifies grid strength

Method validated on a triple-infeed inhomogeneous system

Abstract

Generalized short circuit ratio (gSCR) for gird strength assessment of multi-infeed high voltage direct current (MIDC) systems is a rigorous theoretical extension of traditional short circuit ratio (SCR), which allows the considerable experience of using SCR to be extended to MIDC systems. However, gSCR was originally derived based on the assumption of homogeneous MIDC systems, where all HVDC converters have an identical control configuration, which poses challenges to the applications of gSCR to inhomogeneous MIDC systems. To weaken this assumption, this letter applies modal perturbation theory to explore the possibility of applying gSCR in inhomogeneous MIDC systems. Results of numerical experiments show that, in inhomogeneous MIDC systems, the previously proposed gSCR can still be used without modification, but critical gSCR (CgSCR) needs to be redefined by considering the characteristics of HVDC converter control configurations. Accordingly, the difference between gSCR and redefined CgSCR can effectively quantify the pertinent ac grid strength in terms of static voltage stability margin. The performance of our proposed method is demonstrated in a triple-infeed inhomogeneous LCC-HVDC system.