Abstract
Abstract
Power tapping from HVDC transmission corridor
to serve rural areas has been the focus of many researchers and
network planners. The tapping stations are to be of small power
ratings so that it will not interfere with the main control and
stability of the HVDC network. Several research works have
assumed tap-off of different percentages of the main HVDC
terminal rating without justification. This paper therefore
proposes a simple analytical technique used to determine power
tapping limit on DC-link of a VSC HVDC network. Effect of
power tapping below and above the analytical tap limit is
illustrated by results from simulation carried out in
Matlab/Simulink, hence validating the proposed technique.