HVDC Transmission and Multiterminal DC Systems

Real-time simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing expedites innovative solutions for interconnecting electricity grids over long distances, the integration of large-scale remote renewables, addressing intermittency and the formation of super grids.

Competitive advantage

  • Expertise in:
    • Offline and real-time Phasor and EMT simulations
    • Power and control hardware-in-the-loop testing
  • Wide range of experience in advanced HVDC converter models in multiple computational domains, ranging from fully average to component average, to detailed switching models
  • State-of-the art and emerging converter technologies
  • Extended simulation capability

Impact

  • Contribution to AEMO’s Integrated System Plan – 2018
  • Submission to AEMC’s Generation and Transmission Investment consultation – 2018

Capabilities and facilities

  • The largest real-time digital simulator in Australia
  • Fully configurable 4-terminal multiterminal HVDC hardware prototype
  • Integration of simulators with laboratory hardware
Tags
lensDecarbonising the Grid with Renewables
lensClean Energy