A Proposed Supergrid Model for National Transmission Network of Pakistan

• Main Authors: FAHEEM AKHTER, ALI ASGHAR MEMON, NOOR NABI SHAIKH
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Mehran University of Engineering and Technology 2017-01-01
• Series: Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology
• Subjects: Wind Energy; High Voltage Direct Current Transmission; Super Grid; Control Operations
• Online Access: http://publications.muet.edu.pk/research_papers/pdf/pdf1456.pdf

Pakistan is facing a severe energy crisis of its time with significant generation deficit in recent years. The future plan shows hydro and thermal coal generation as major contributor and Wind power to replace Thermal-oil generation in long run. This paper proposes a Super grid model for the transfer of bulk power from generation station to the load centres, which can provide efficient transmission between generation and load centres and is also adaptive to deal with variations in power from renewable generations. A dynamic simulation analysis is performed on six-terminal MTDC (Multi-Terminal High Voltage Direct Current) system VSC (Voltage Source Converter) based MTDC meshed grid with different control operations. The results show that the proposed super grid model can provide efficient transmission between generation and load centres and it is also adaptive to deal with variation in power from renewable generation.