Haijin Liu, Weijie Wen, Rui Lyu, 等. Fault Current Elimination for Modular Multilevel DC/DC Converter Based on Hybrid HBSM and TDM[J]. 中国电机工程学会电力与能源系统学报(英文), 2026,12(1):534-546.
Haijin Liu, Weijie Wen, Rui Lyu, et al. Fault Current Elimination for Modular Multilevel DC/DC Converter Based on Hybrid HBSM and TDM[J]. CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 2026, 12(1): 534-546.
Haijin Liu, Weijie Wen, Rui Lyu, 等. Fault Current Elimination for Modular Multilevel DC/DC Converter Based on Hybrid HBSM and TDM[J]. 中国电机工程学会电力与能源系统学报(英文), 2026,12(1):534-546. DOI: 10.17775/CSEEJPES.2023.07350.
Haijin Liu, Weijie Wen, Rui Lyu, et al. Fault Current Elimination for Modular Multilevel DC/DC Converter Based on Hybrid HBSM and TDM[J]. CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 2026, 12(1): 534-546. DOI: 10.17775/CSEEJPES.2023.07350.
Fault Current Elimination for Modular Multilevel DC/DC Converter Based on Hybrid HBSM and TDM
As key equipment in medium voltage DC (MVDC) systems
modular multilevel AC/DC and DC/DC converters (MM-AC/DC
MM-DC/DC) have drawn marvelous attractions. However
research on DC fault ride-through focuses on MM-AC/DC
and the fault current elimination for MM-DC/DC remains a research gap
which limits the wide application of the MVDC system. To fulfil this research gap
the contribution of this paper is revealing the fault current characteristics of MM-DC/DC based on half-bridge and full-bridge submodules (HBSM and FBSM) and proposing a novel MM-DC/DC based on hybrid HBSM and thyristor-diode module (TDM). By integrating TDM in the upper bridge arm of one phase and the down bridge arm of the other phase in MM-DC/DC
the MM-DC/DC achieves self-elimination of fault currents. The basic concept is using the energy at the healthy side to modulate a reverse voltage source (RVS) at the faulty side of MM-DC/DC
forcing fault current through TDM pass across zero. TDM can extinguish the resulting fault current. The parameter design and control strategy of the novel MM-DC/DC are discussed. Simulation is carried out for verification
and the results show that fault current can be eliminated within several milliseconds without causing excessive operating losses and costs.