Two-Level Combined Control Scheme of VSC-MTDC Integrated Offshore Wind Farms for Onshore System Frequency Support

This paper proposes a two-level combined control (TLCC) scheme of voltage source converter-based multi-terminal high-voltage direct current (VSC-MTDC) integrated offshore wind farms to provide frequency support for onshore system. The proposed TLCC scheme consists of two levels, which are the step start-up and adaptive inertial droop control of the offshore wind turbine level, and the communication-free allocation control of the onshore VSC station level. On the first level, each wind turbine adopts the inertial and droop control with adaptive coefficients, and all wind turbines (WTs) work at the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) mode without energy reserve. To reduce the second frequency drop (SFD), the WTs are divided into different clusters according to their rotor speed, and a step start-up control scheme is adopted for the WT clusters to provide frequency support sequentially. On the system level, the communication-free allocation control strategy is proposed using local frequency signal of onshore VSC stations to share the active power among onshore VSC stations reasonably. The proposed TLCC scheme can provide onshore system with frequency support and reduce the SFD simultaneously, while all WTs work at MPPT mode. Case studies are carried out on a 3-area 4-terminal VSC-MTDC based offshore wind farms (OWFs). Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and universality of the proposed TLCC scheme under different scenarios.

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This paper proposes a two-level combined control scheme for voltage source converter-based multi-terminal high-voltage direct current integrated offshore wind farms to provide frequency support for the onshore system and reduce the second frequency drop. The scheme includes adaptive control at the wind turbine level and communication-free allocation control at the onshore VSC station level. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and universality of the proposed scheme under different scenarios.