XI Xin-ze, HUANG Wen-tao, ZHANG Er-jia, TAI Neng-ling
With the development of flexible DC transmission technology and DC protection technology, photovoltaic power station with DC step-up collection system has been gradually researched and applied. The photovoltaic power station with DC step-up collection system consists of a high-ratio DC/DC converter, a DC/AC converter, and a DC line. However, the grounding method of the PV DC step-up collection system has not yet formed a unified standard. Based on the DC system with multi-type converters and the topology of the DC step-up collection system, the paper analyzes the characteristics of the high-frequency transformer, the neutral point of the double-ended DC transmission unit, the filter and the grounding of the boost isolation transformer. Then, a method for selecting and determining the grounding mode of the PV DC step-up collection system is proposed, and the grounding schemes are verified by the theoretical analysis and simulations. By analyzing the fault characteristics, it can be seen this method can improve the rationality and reliability of grounding mode selection.