Impact of Strength and Proximity of Receiving AC Systems on Cascaded LCC-MMC Hybrid HVDC System

The cascaded hybrid LCC-MMC inverter is considered as a feasible option to mitigate the commutation failure problem of conventional LCC-HVDC while maintaining bulk power transmission capability. However, the coupling between different types of converters may result in instability when the inverter integrates with weak AC systems. This paper establishes a small-signal model of the cascaded LCC-MMC inverter based hybrid HVDC system and validates the model against PSCAD/EMTDC. Through eigenvalue analysis, the impact of the strength and proximity of receiving AC systems on the small-signal stability is investigated, and the stable zone of the strength of receiving AC systems is identified. Besides, a supplementary coupling mitigation control is proposed to tackle the instability problem under weak AC systems integration. Both analytical results and time-domain simulations demonstrate the validity of the supplementary control.