Conference Agenda

Session

B4-4: Multiterminal HVDC

Time:

Tuesday, 30/Sept/2025:

4:00pm - 6:45pm

Location: Room 518BC

Session Topics:

B4 DC systems and power electronics

This session addresses topics related to multi-terminal HVDC systems.

Presentations

4:00pm - 4:15pm

DC Line Fault Clearance and Recovery Schemes for VSC-MTDC System

Xiuda MA, Changjiang ZHAN, Yu LU, Yeyuan XIE

NR Electric Co.

4:15pm - 4:30pm

HVDC Measurement Processing Impact on Reliable Fully Selective Fault Protection

Pedro Miguel Baena Garcia, Geraint Chaffey, Dirk Van Hertem

Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven, Belgium

4:30pm - 4:45pm

New Concept for Classic/LCC Multi-Terminal HVDC

ABHAY KUMAR, Jan Wasborg

Hitachi Energy, Sweden

4:45pm - 5:00pm

Power sharing coordinated control for grid-forming MMCs in bipolar HVDC multi-terminal networks

Francisco Javier Cifuentes Garcia, Mudar Abedrabbo, Francesco Giacomo Puricelli, Jef Beerten, Dirk Van Hertem

KU Leuven, Belgium

5:00pm - 5:15pm

Fault Studies and Protection Strategies for Multi-terminal Energy Island HVDC Network

Asif Khan¹, Nikhil Sharma¹, Colin Foote¹, Benjamin Marshall¹, Jose Parackal², Richard Poole²

¹The National HVDC Centre, United Kingdom; ²National Grid Ventures, United Kingdom

5:15pm - 5:30pm

Optimal Power Flow Solver for Multi-Terminal HVDC Grids: Enhancing Stability and Contingency Management

Marco Giuntoli¹, Lena Peter¹, Firew-Z Dejene², Ying-Jiang Hafner², Neeraj Katiyar³

¹Hitachi Energy Germany; ²Hitachi Energy Sweden; ³Hitachi Energy Canada

5:30pm - 5:45pm

Interoperability of an MTDC system considering synchronous Grid-forming control

Taoufik Qoria¹, Carl Barker²

¹GE Vernova, Germany; ²GE Vernova, United Kingdom

5:45pm - 6:00pm

Towards control, protection and planning for future electrical energy hubs – intermediate outcomes of the DIRECTIONS project

Geraint Chaffey^1,2, Jef Beerten^1,2, Dirk Van Hertem^1,2, Hakan Ergun^1,2, Francesco Giacomo Puricelli^1,2, Giacomo Bastianel^1,2, Merijn Van Deyck^1,2, Abolfazl Mohammadi^1,2, Francisco Javier Cifuentes Garcia^1,2, Jan Kircheis^1,2, Dongyeong Lee^1,2

¹KU Leuven; ²Etch/EnergyVille

6:00pm - 6:15pm

Practical delivery of multivendor, multiterminal HVDC systems; the Project Aquilla experience.

Benjamin Marshall¹, Perry Hofbauer², Dong Chen³, Carl Barker⁴

¹National HVDC Centre, Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission ltd, United Kingdom; ²SSE Networks- Transmission, Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission ltd, United Kingdom; ³National HVDC Centre, Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission ltd, United Kingdom; ⁴GE Vernova, United Kingdom.