Research Article

Fault Characteristics and Control Strategies of Multiterminal High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Based on Modular Multilevel Converter

Table 1

Simulation parameters of MMC-MTDC system.

Parameters Values

Rated capacity of MMC1 100 MVA
Rated capacity of MMC2 50 MVA
Rated capacity of MMC3 25 MVA
Transformer ratio of MMC1 () 110 kV/86 kV
Transformer ratio of MMC2 () 110 kV/86 kV
Transformer ratio of MMC3 () 110 kV/86 kV
DC voltage 160 kV
Number of submodules of bridge arm 10
Modulation strategy Nearest level modulation
Capacitor voltage balancing strategy Capacitor voltage sort
Control mode of MMC1
Control mode of MMC2
Control mode of MMC3