Technical Assessment of the DCCB Installation in the Ijmuiden Ver Wind Interconnector Project

Mario Zaja; Dragan Jovcic; J Moore; Kees  Koreman

Technical Assessment of the DCCB Installation in the Ijmuiden Ver Wind Interconnector Project

Mario Zaja, Dragan Jovcic, J Moore, Kees Koreman

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Abstract

An interconnector is considered for facilitating power trading between two nearby offshore HVDC systems, the Dutch Ijmuiden Ver wind farm and the British Norfolk wind farm. Dutch TSO TenneT is evaluating the feasibility of installing a DC ciruit breaker to protect the Dutch side against DC faults on the British side and the interconnector cable. This paper presents a preliminary study on the technical aspects of DC circuit breaker installation on the Ijmuiden Ver offshore platform. Both the unidirectional and bidirectional DCCB are considered, with
different fault detection methods for each breaker type. The load flow analysis considers the dynamic impact of DCCB inductor on the power flow reversal, as well as the increase in conduction losses. Required DCCB ratings are provided, considering three different DCCB opening times, two MMC blocking strategies and unidirectional or bidirectional current breaking capability.

Original language	English
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 29 Apr 2021
Event	41st CIGRE Symposium - Cankarjev dom Congress and Cultural Centre of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Duration: 21 Nov 2021 → 24 Nov 2021 Conference number: 41st https://cigre-symposium2021-ljubljana.si/

Conference

Conference	41st CIGRE Symposium
Country/Territory	Slovenia
City	Ljubljana
Period	21/11/21 → 24/11/21
Internet address	https://cigre-symposium2021-ljubljana.si/

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors are grateful to Alex Alefragkis (TenneT) and Cornelis Plet (DNV GL) for their suggestions and for providing the realistic model parameters. The authors are also grateful to Seyed Mirhosseini and Marjan Popov from TU Delft for providing the PSCAD model template. This work was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant No. 691714.

Keywords

DC grid protection
DC circuit breaker
wind interconnector
Ijmuiden Ver
offshore wind

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Technical Assessment of the DCCB Installation in the Ijmuiden Ver Wind Interconnector Project

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