Electric Power ›› 2016, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (3): 188-192.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.2016.03.188.05

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A Scheme of Full DC Power Convergence for Offshore Wind Farms

SUN Guanqun, CAI Hui, CHEN Weimin   

  1. College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
  • Received:2015-10-06 Online:2016-04-08 Published:2016-03-20
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    This work is supported by Zhejiang Province Public Service Technology Application Reserch Project (No. 2015C31119).

Abstract: HVDC is the preferred transmission mode for offshore wind farms. All DC electric energy convergence without offshore substation is one of developing trend for topology design of offshore wind farms. Based on DC series-parallel topology structure, a DC Hybrid Matrix(DCHM) topology is proposed. The proposed structure has normally open power electronic switch between adjacent units in different branches. During unit downtime due to failure or other factors, the switch can be closed and loads can be transferred to adjacent unit in order to reduce voltage overload. An optimized wind farm layout design is also proposed based on DCHM structure. The simulation results verify the validity of proposed structure. This scheme can also reduce equipment cost and improve electricity generation efficiency.

Key words: wind farms, DC series-parallel, DCHM, overvoltage and overcurrent, layout design

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