Bruno Luscan’s keynote presentation at EPE’18 ECCE EUROPE is now available online
“POWER GRIDS CONTROL: DRIVERS AND TRENDS” by Bruno Luscan, SuperGrid Institute’s keynote presentation at EPE'18 ECCE EUROPE is now available online!
Energy Control of Modular Multilevel Converters in MTDC Grids for Wind Power Integration
The role of Modular Multilevel Converters (MMCs) in HVDC grid greatly differs depending on whether it is an offshore or an onshore station. From the common point in their control schemes, an unexploited ability of the MMC—the controllability of the internally stored energy—is identified in both offshore and onshore applications. The virtual capacitor control, previously proposed by the authors, makes use of this degree of freedom to provide energy contribution to the DC grid. The impact of this control is demonstrated by time-domain simulations of a five-terminal HVDC grid.
HVDC protection criteria for transient stability of AC systems with embedded HVDC links
The objective of this study is to propose a methodology for the transient stability assessment of a simple but representative AC grid in case of DC fault. After validation of the methodology, some HVDC link protection criteria are defined in terms of the Critical Time to Return to Operation. These criteria will be helpful for the design of HVDC protection systems or for the sizing of future HVDC links in order to respect the constraints of the existing protection strategies.
SuperGrid Institute committed to the Fête de la Science 2018
An exciting week at SuperGrid Institute with the Fête de la Science 2018! After the open house visits on Saturday the 6th of October, we welcomed students from three high school classes over the following week.
Electrical properties of epoxy systems based on ionic liquids
In accordance with their interesting properties, ionic liquids (ILs) have attracted in the recent years a great interest in the material field. Recently, few authors have demonstrated the reactivity of ionic liquids towards epoxy in order to form new epoxy-based networks...
Design considerations for the 2- phase cooling system of a 5 MW MVDC converter
This presentation will provide an update on our current project: designing a cooler for a high power (5 MW) MVDC converter for offshore wind turbines applications. A number of constraints are imposed, mainly related to a limited volume, environmental, safety and health regulations, and of course cooling performance. Indeed, as we presented last year (ATW 2017), the silicon carbide power semiconductors used in this converter should operate at a junction temperature lower than 100 °C for better efficiency.
CIGRE Young Members organizing a visit at SuperGrid Institute
Once a year, CIGRE young members France, organizes industrial, onsite visits where academics, engineers and experts can share and discuss with scholars. This year, SuperGrid Institute has accepted to host this meeting on our premises on the 18th of October 2018.
Measurement and Analysis of SiC-MOSFET threshold voltage shift
Gate-oxide technology weakness is a main reliability issue of Silicon Carbide MOSFET transistors. The threshold voltage shift is a critical phenomenon that addresses the reliability of industrial power applications. It is important to have a better understanding of the phenomena implied in the gate threshold voltage shift. In this context, HTGB test is proposed and the resulting gate oxide stress is studied and discussed in this paper.
SuperGrid Institute investigates the performance of different environmentally friendly insulating gases
As part of PROMOTioN, Super Grid Institute (France) investigates the performance of different environmentally friendly insulating gases
AC Grid Forming by Coordinated Control of Offshore Wind Farm connected to Diode Rectifier based HVDC Link-Review and Assessment of Solutions
This paper reviews a few of the major control solutions for AC grid forming and operation of DR-HVDC based OWFs. Then these solutions are compared based on their approach in solving the major challenges involved.
