A novel approach for online fault detection in HVDC converters

Abstract

A novel approach for fault detection in high voltage DC transmission systems using neural networks is presented. In the presented method, at first, Harmonics of voltage waveform in rectifier side are derived rapidly by using an adaptive linear neuron. Then, different types of faults including DC line fault, AC system fault and converter's faults are detected property using proposed criterion. In the under study voltage DC transmission systems system, rectifier and its controllers and required filters is modeled completely. A proposed criterion is tested on a high voltage DC system by computer simulation performed in MATLAB/Simulink environment. Simulation resulted demonstrates that the proposed approach can be used for online fault detection in high voltage DC systems.