Since the implementation of the first HVDC thyristor valve at Eel River (Canada) in the early 1970’s, HVDC transmission has experienced tremendous growth. As power systems grow and become more integrated, interconnections to neighboring ac systems are becoming increasingly necessary to enhance stability, security of supply, flexibility and for other economic benefits. Primarily for stability re...

This paper develops a coordination control strategy for wind farms with line commutated converter (LCC) based HVDC delivery to participate in inertia response and load frequency control. The coordination philosophy is to let the HVDC rectifier sense the grid frequency. If the grid frequency is too high or too low, active power flow through the HVDC link will be ramped down or up by introducing ...

This paper presents an online two-stage Q-learning based multi-agent (MA) controller for load frequency control (LFC) in an interconnected multi-area multi-source power system integrated with distributed energy resources (DERs). The proposed control strategy consists of two stages. The first stage is employed a PID controller which its parameters are designed using sine cosine optimization (SCO...

The modern High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission technology depends on the development of power electronics based on the semiconductor devices. This paper represents a simple model of HVDC transmission system in which the converter and filter have been designed to increase stability of power transmission. The HVDC transmission system has been proposed on the basis of simulation studie...

This paper derives a method for HVDC line placement in order to maximize social welfare. Assuming linear generator costs, it shows that for N congestions, there exist exactly N + 1 marginal generators. It then demonstrates that HVDC lines connecting a high-cost with a low-cost marginal generator lead to the maximization of social welfare. The method poses an upper bound on the line installation...

This paper presents a new modeling concept underlining the development of complex models for advanced power system components using HVDC Light as an example. Instead of writing the model for HVDC Light in different simulation tools as user defined component, a “common component” is developed which represents the detailed control functionality of HVDC Light. This common component is then linked ...