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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2009
Bertil Berggren, Västerås, SE;
Staffan Norrga, Stockholm, SE;
Tomas U. Jonsson, Västerås, SE;
ABB Research Ltd., Zürich, CH;
Abstract
A method, voltage source converter and computer program product for limiting the current in a DC power transmission system are disclosed. The voltage source converter has an AC side and a DC side and a fault current path between these sides. It furthermore includes a control unit and at least one switching unit of a first type provided in the fault current path and that includes a primary switching element together with an anti-parallel secondary controllable rectifying element. Based on a fault being detected in the DC power system when the primary switching elements of the converter are blocked, the control unit changes the control of the controllable rectifying element from acting as a non-controllable rectifying to acting as a controllable rectifying element.