IP Library Granted Patent US 10,170,914
Granted Patent B2
US 10,170,914 · App. 15/756,914 · Granted Jan 1, 2019

Voltage source converter (VSC) control system with active damping

Inventor: Lennart Harnefors (Eskilstuna, SE)
Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
H02J3/24H02M5/257G05B19/02H03L7/08
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Patent No.
US 10,170,914
App. No.
15/756,914
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A Voltage Source Converter control system for active damping of a resonance oscillation in the VSC includes a regular Phase-Locked Loop 2 , and a slow PLL 3 . The control system is arranged such that an imaginary part of the AD is obtainable from the slow PLL. The slow PLL is configured for having a closed-loop bandwidth which is less than a frequency, in a synchronous dq frame, of the resonance oscillation to be dampened.

Claims (28)

1. A Voltage Source Converter control system for active damping of a resonance oscillation in a Voltage Source Converter (VSC), the resonance oscillation having a frequency which is above a synchronous frequency but less than two times said synchronous frequency, the control system comprising:

a first Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) having a first PLL controller; and

a second PLL having a second PLL controller, the second PLL controller having a gain which is lower than a gain of the first PLL controller,

wherein the control system is arranged such that an imaginary part of an active damping signal is obtainable from the second PLL; and

wherein the second PLL is configured for having a closed-loop bandwidth which is less than the frequency of the resonance oscillation to be dampened in a synchronous dq frame.

2. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the closed-loop bandwidth of the second PLL is configured to be less than 100 radians per second.

3. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the closed-loop bandwidth of the second PLL is configured to be a fraction of a closed-loop bandwidth of the first PLL.

4. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the control system is arranged such that a real part of the active damping signal is obtainable via a High-Pass Filter of the control system.

5. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the control system is arranged such that a real part of the active damping signal is obtainable by tapping an input signal to an Alternating Current Voltage Control of the control system.

6. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the frequency of the resonance oscillation is within the range of 1.3 to 2 times the synchronous frequency.

7. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the frequency of the resonance oscillation is 1.3 times the synchronous frequency.

8. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the frequency of the resonance oscillation is 1.5 times the synchronous frequency.

9. The control system of claim 2 , wherein the closed-loop bandwidth of the second PLL is configured to be a fraction of a closed-loop bandwidth of the first PLL.

10. The control system of claim 2 , wherein the control system is arranged such that a real part of the active damping signal is obtainable via a High-Pass Filter of the control system.

11. The control system of claim 3 , wherein the control system is arranged such that a real part of the active damping signal is obtainable via a High-Pass Filter of the control system.

12. The control system of claim 2 , wherein the control system is arranged such that a real part of the active damping signal is obtainable by tapping an input signal to an Alternating Current Voltage Control of the control system.

13. The control system of claim 3 , wherein the control system is arranged such that a real part of the active damping signal is obtainable by tapping an input signal to an Alternating Current Voltage Control of the control system.

14. The control system of claim 2 , wherein the frequency of the resonance oscillation is within the range of 1.3 to 2 times the synchronous frequency.

15. The control system of claim 3 , wherein the frequency of the resonance oscillation is within the range of 1.3 to 2 times the synchronous frequency.

16. The control system of claim 4 , wherein the frequency of the resonance oscillation is within the range of 1.3 to 2 times the synchronous frequency.

17. The control system of claim 5 , wherein the frequency of the resonance oscillation is within the range of 1.3 to 2 times the synchronous frequency.

18. The control system of claim 2 , wherein the frequency of the resonance oscillation is 1.3 times the synchronous frequency.

19. The control system of claim 3 , wherein the frequency of the resonance oscillation is 1.3 times the synchronous frequency.

20. A method of active damping of a resonance oscillation in a Voltage Source Converter (VSC) by a VSC control system, the resonance oscillation having a frequency which is above a synchronous frequency but less than two times said synchronous frequency, wherein the control system comprises:

a first Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) having a first PLL controller, and

a second PLL having a second PLL controller, the second PLL controller having a gain which is lower than a gain of the first PLL controller,

wherein the control system obtains an imaginary part of an active damping signal from the second PLL; and

wherein the second PLL has a closed-loop bandwidth which is less than the frequency of the resonance oscillation being dampened in a synchronous dq frame.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
Reel/Frame 065549/0576 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 31, 2021
From: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 058666/0540 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2020
From: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
To: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 052916/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2018
From: ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 045106/0300 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2018
From: HARNEFORS, LENNART
To: ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD
Reel/Frame 045494/0613 →
Continuity (1)
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