CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Power Electronics (I) ELEC-433/6411
Assignment #5: HVDC and AC controller
Due date: December 8, 2015, at 6:00 PM in the mailbox of Dr. Lopes (EV5.175).
1) The elementary 6-pulse HVDC system shown below is used to connect 2 ac systems of
different frequencies. The line resistance is equal to 1.2. The line inductance can be
neglected in this study. Both ac systems are rated at 25 kV and are to be represented by ideal
ac sources. The frequency at the left-hand side is 60 Hz and at the right-hand side is 50 Hz.
The HVDC terminals are implemented with valves of the T1901N SCR from Infineon that
presents: ITAVMax = 2.1 kA, VDRMax/RRMax = 8 kV and tq (minimum reverse blocking, or turnoff, time) = 550 us. A) For power flowing from the left- to the right-hand side, what would
be the minimum extinction angle (min) one could use safely, without risking commutation
failures? For the following calculations, consider that an extinction angle of 2 min is used in
the inverter terminal. B) What is the maximum active power that could be transmitted in the
system in this case? C) Compute (Q3), the reactive power absorbed by both converters,
rectifier and inverter, for this condition. D) What should be the frequencies of the tuned
filters in the DC and AC sides of the converters, rectifier and inverter? E) How many SCRs
would one need in series to withstand the voltage imposed in each valve of SCRs?

2) Consider a 6-pulse (-connected) TCR connected to a transmission line by means of a 500

kVLL/18 kVLL coupling transformer. A) What should be the value of the required inductances
so that the three-phase TCR can absorb a maximum of 60 MVAr? B) How much reactive
power would it absorb when the firing angle of the thyristors is 150? C) Draw the following
waveforms for = 120: (i) line voltage in the output of the transformer, (ii) voltage across
one inductor, (iii) voltage across the antiparallel thyristors and (iv) current through the
inductor. Hint: consider the KVL for one phase of the three-phase TCR. Now assume that
2 three-phase Y-connected TSCs, rated at 30 MVA each, are placed in parallel with the TCR,
in the secondary of the coupling transformer. D) What should be the value of the
capacitances of each element of the TSCs? E) Assuming that the TSC was previously in
service (Vcap not zero), draw the following waveforms when the thyristors of the TSC are
not being fired: (i) voltage across one phase of the TSC (input voltage), (ii) voltage across
one capacitor, (iii) voltage across the antiparallel thyristors. Identify the maximum voltage
across the thyristors. Recall that the thyristors should be rated to withstand this voltage level.
Hint: consider the KVL for one phase of the three-phase TSC.