VSConverter

( Circuit Element, PC Element )

#	Name	Type	Default	Units	Description
1	Phases	integer	4		Number of AC plus DC conductors. AC phases numbered before DC conductors.
2	Bus1	string (bus def.)			Name of converter bus, containing both AC and DC conductors. Bus2 is always ground.
3	kVAC	real	1.0		Nominal AC line-neutral voltage in kV. Must be specified > 0.
4	kVDC	real	1.0		Nominal DC voltage in kV. Must be specified > 0.
5	kW	real	1.0		Nominal converter power in kW. Must be specified > 0.
6	NDC	integer	1		Number of DC conductors. DC conductors numbered after AC phases.
7	RAC	real	0.0	Ω	AC resistance for the converter transformer, plus any series reactors. Must be 0 for Vac control mode.
8	XAC	real	0.0	Ω	AC reactance for the converter transformer, plus any series reactors. Must be 0 for Vac control mode. Must be >0 for PacVac, PacQac or VacVdc control mode.
9	M0	real	0.5		Fixed or initial value of the modulation index.
10	d0	real	0.0		Fixed or initial value of the power angle in degrees.
11	MMin	real	0.1		Minimum value of modulation index.
12	MMax	real	0.9		Maximum value of modulation index.
13	IACMax	real	2.0		Maximum value of AC line current, per-unit of nominal.
14	IDCMax	real	2.0		Maximum value of DC current, per-unit of nominal.
15	VACRef	real	0.0		Reference AC line-to-neutral voltage, RMS Volts. Applies to PacVac and VdcVac control modes, influencing m.
16	PACRef	real	0.0		Reference total AC real power, Watts. Applies to PacVac and PacQac control modes, influencing d.
17	QACRef	real	0.0		Reference total AC reactive power, Vars. Applies to PacQac and VdcQac control modes, influencing m.
18	VDCRef	real	0.0		Reference DC voltage, Volts. Applies to VdcVac control mode, influencing d.
19	VSCMode	string (from enum. Control Mode)	Fixed		Control Mode
20	Spectrum	string (Spectrum name)	default		Name of harmonic spectrum for this device.
21	BaseFreq	real		Hz	Base Frequency for ratings.
22	Enabled	boolean	True		Indicates whether this element is enabled.
23	Like	string (VSConverter name) deprecated			Make like another object, e.g.: New Capacitor.C2 like=c1 …

Enumerations

VSConverter: Control Mode

Value
Fixed
PacVac
PacQac
VdcVac
VdcQac

Sample links

These are the 3 sample files with occurrences of this DSS object.

# of occurrences	Link
2	Examples/VSConverter/vsc0test.dss
1	Examples/VSConverter/vsc1test.dss
1	Examples/VSConverter/vsctest.dss

Links are provided to the dss-extensions/electricdss-src repository since there are some edits and fixes. Otherwise, these files should be available on the official OpenDSS SVN or in the OpenDSS application folder if your have a local installation.