DC Line Model: EPCDC

 

Model Equations and/or Block Diagrams

For a Detailed Treatment of how DC lines are implemented in the software see the help topic here.

Parameters:

alphamin Minimum rectifier firing angle, degrees
gammamin Minimum inverter firing angle, degrees
tmeasv D.C. voltage transducer time constant, sec.
tmeasi D.C. current transducer time constant, sec.
trdown Rectifier VDCOL downward time constant
trup Rectifier VDCOL upward time constant
tidown Inverter VDCOL downward time constant
tiup Inverter VDCOL upward time constant
v1r Rectifier VDCOL voltage break points, Kv
v2r Rectifier VDCOL voltage break points, Kv
v3r Rectifier VDCOL voltage break points, Kv
v4r Rectifier VDCOL voltage break points, Kv
c1r Rectifier VDCOL current break points. p.u.
c2r Rectifier VDCOL current break points. p.u.
v1i Inverter VDCOL voltage break points, Kv
v2i Inverter VDCOL voltage break points, Kv
v3i Inverter VDCOL voltage break points, Kv
v4i Inverter VDCOL voltage break points, Kv
c1i Inverter VDCOL current break points, p.u.
c2i Inverter VDCOL current break points, p.u.
cmin Minimum current order, amps
cmax Maximum current order, amps
vblock Rectifier ac voltage for inst. block,p.u.
vunbl Rectifier ac voltage for unblock, p.u.
tblock Rectifier minimum block time, sec.
vbypas Inverter dc voltage for bypassing, p.u.
vunby Inverter ac voltage for unbypass, p.u.
tbypas Inverter minimum bypass time, sec.
tcmode Minimum time in enforced current mode, sec.
vdeblk Rectifier ac voltage for delayed block, p.u.
tdeblk Rectifier pickup time for delayed block, sec.
treblk Rect. min block time for delayed block, sec.
vacbyp Inverter ac voltage for delayed bypass, p.u.
tdebyp Inv pickup time for time delayed bypass, sec.
tinbyp Inv min bypass time for delayed bypass, sec.
vchange Sudden inv ac volt change for inst bypass, p.u.
tvchange Sudden voltage change detector time constant, sec.
imarg Current margin, amps
rcut NOT USED. Apparent Res of volt rise controller, ohms
alphamax NOT USED. Maximum rectifier firing angle, degrees
gammamax NOT USED. Maximum inverter firing angle, degrees
accel NOT USED. Solution acceleration factor
tpcmcu NOT USED. Integration time constant of bpa PCMCU