With the deregulation of power industry and the market competition, reliable power supply and secured system operation are major concerns of the independent system operator (ISO). Power system operation under deregulated environment is very complicated with various possibilities of decisions involved. A robust and fast network analysis tool is one of important functions of conventional EMS, and this function will be reserved for the on-line analysis to deal with varied behaviors of the new deregulated environment. Firstly, a multiple-frequency three-phase load flow model was developed in this dissertation. There are two new sub-models including the fundamental power flow (FPF) and harmonic frequency power flow (HPF) model. In FPF, models of electrical elements and injected power on buses were treated in the form of current injections in a transmission system. The standard Fourier analysis was used to deal with the harmonic loads to get injection currents. With harmonic currents as equivalent current sources, the HPF can be derived. Besides, the fast assumptive model and decoupled model of FPF and HPF, called AFPF, DFPF and DHPF, were also proposed to improve execution time of the load flow programs. Test results show that the proposed general-purpose methods are better performers than conventional power flow solutions and are very robust. Secondly, the novel method, Upstream Tracing Model (UTM) and Downstream Tracing Model (DTM), to trace the power flow in transmission systems based on the converged AC power flow solution was proposed. The method is formulated by using the transmission network structure, the equivalent current-injection and load-admittances from the engineering viewpoint. Four steps are used to trace the linear relationship between each line flow and generator injection power without any assumption and the counter flow can be traced out, then the power consumption on each load can be represented as generators¡¦ contribution. According to the result of tracing, the loss of each line can be allocated to each generator by using a fair line usage concept. This tracing algorithm can calculate each generator¡¦s contribution quickly and fairly, and can be integrated into the existent tariffs of charging for transmission losses and services.

Submitted by Cristina Coutinho de Oliveira null (35131907861) on 2016-04-18T18:23:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Defesa_final.pdf: 1997390 bytes, checksum: 8300a03e6985d3d69b82de41b61bb274 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Felipe Augusto Arakaki (arakaki@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-04-19T15:01:21Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 oliveira_cc_me_ilha.pdf: 1997390 bytes, checksum: 8300a03e6985d3d69b82de41b61bb274 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-19T15:01:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 oliveira_cc_me_ilha.pdf: 1997390 bytes, checksum: 8300a03e6985d3d69b82de41b61bb274 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-24 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Nesta proposta apresenta-se um estudo comparativo entre algumas das diversas metodologias existentes na literatura específica para a resolução do Fluxo de Potência (FP) e Fluxo de Potência Continuado (FPC), utilizando métodos baseados em equações de injeção de potência e em equações de injeção de corrente. A formulação de injeção de potência é baseada nas equações de balanço de potência ativa e reativa de cada barra, enquanto que a de injeção de corrente utiliza expressões referentes ao balanço de corrente. É realizada a comparação da influência de três formas de tratamento das barras de geração (PV) nas características de convergência do método de Newton-Raphson simplificado utilizado na solução das equações de fluxo de potência escritas em coordenadas polares, considerando a formulação de injeção de corrente. Também são apresentados os resultados de análises de desempenho entre o método simplificado e o convencional, o qual utiliza as equações de injeção de potência expressa em termos de coordenadas polares. As análises de desempenho são realizadas para os sistemas testes do IEEE de 14, 30, 57, 118 e 300 barras e duas versões reais de grande porte do sistema elétrico SUL/SULDESTE brasileiro 638 e 787 barras considerando: diferentes relações R/X para os ramos e diferentes condições de carregamentos. Os resultados obtidos com duas das formas de tratamento das barras PV mostram que é possível se obter uma melhora nas características de convergência do método simplificado. / This work presents a comparative study on the various existing methods in the literature to solve the power flow (PF) and continuation power flow (CPF), using the methods which are based on power injection equations and current injection equations. The power injection formulation works based on active and reactive power balance equations at each bus, while the current injection using expressions relating to the current balance. In order to make the comparison, the influence of three forms of handling the generation buses (PV) in the convergence characteristics of simplified Newton-Raphson method, used in the solution of the power flow equations in polar coordinates, and by considering the current injection formulation is considered. Moreover, the results of performance tests between the simplified and the conventional methods, which use the power injection equations expressed in terms of polar coordinates, are presented. In order to performance analysis five IEEE test systems such as 14, 30, 57, 118, and 300 bus and two large-scale real electrical power systems such as south Brazilian 638 and 787 bus systems are conducted. The aforementioned systems are tested under different R/X ratios for the branches and different loading conditions. The results show that an improvement in convergence characteristics can be obtained for the simplified method.

Orientador: Dilson Amancio Alves / Resumo: Nesta proposta apresenta-se um estudo comparativo entre algumas das diversas metodologias existentes na literatura específica para a resolução do Fluxo de Potência (FP) e Fluxo de Potência Continuado (FPC), utilizando métodos baseados em equações de injeção de potência e em equações de injeção de corrente. A formulação de injeção de potência é baseada nas equações de balanço de potência ativa e reativa de cada barra, enquanto que a de injeção de corrente utiliza expressões referentes ao balanço de corrente. É realizada a comparação da influência de três formas de tratamento das barras de geração (PV) nas características de convergência do método de Newton-Raphson simplificado utilizado na solução das equações de fluxo de potência escritas em coordenadas polares, considerando a formulação de injeção de corrente. Também são apresentados os resultados de análises de desempenho entre o método simplificado e o convencional, o qual utiliza as equações de injeção de potência expressa em termos de coordenadas polares. As análises de desempenho são realizadas para os sistemas testes do IEEE de 14, 30, 57, 118 e 300 barras e duas versões reais de grande porte do sistema elétrico SUL/SULDESTE brasileiro 638 e 787 barras considerando: diferentes relações R/X para os ramos e diferentes condições de carregamentos. Os resultados obtidos com duas das formas de tratamento das barras PV mostram que é possível se obter uma melhora nas características de convergência do método simplificado. / Abstract: This work presents a comparative study on the various existing methods in the literature to solve the power flow (PF) and continuation power flow (CPF), using the methods which are based on power injection equations and current injection equations. The power injection formulation works based on active and reactive power balance equations at each bus, while the current injection using expressions relating to the current balance. In order to make the comparison, the influence of three forms of handling the generation buses (PV) in the convergence characteristics of simplified Newton-Raphson method, used in the solution of the power flow equations in polar coordinates, and by considering the current injection formulation is considered. Moreover, the results of performance tests between the simplified and the conventional methods, which use the power injection equations expressed in terms of polar coordinates, are presented. In order to performance analysis five IEEE test systems such as 14, 30, 57, 118, and 300 bus and two large-scale real electrical power systems such as south Brazilian 638 and 787 bus systems are conducted. The aforementioned systems are tested under different R/X ratios for the branches and different loading conditions. The results show that an improvement in convergence characteristics can be obtained for the simplified method. / Mestre

abstract: Photovoltaic (PV) power generation has the potential to cause a significant impact on power system reliability since its total installed capacity is projected to increase at a significant rate. PV generation can be described as an intermittent and variable resource because its production is influenced by ever-changing environmental conditions. The study in this dissertation focuses on the influence of PV generation on trans-mission system reliability. This is a concern because PV generation output is integrated into present power systems at various voltage levels and may significantly affect the power flow patterns. This dissertation applies a probabilistic power flow (PPF) algorithm to evaluate the influence of PV generation uncertainty on transmission system perfor-mance. A cumulant-based PPF algorithm suitable for large systems is used. Correlation among adjacent PV resources is considered. Three types of approximation expansions based on cumulants namely Gram-Charlier expansion, Edgeworth expansion and Cor-nish-Fisher expansion are compared, and their properties, advantages and deficiencies are discussed. Additionally, a novel probabilistic model of PV generation is developed to obtain the probability density function (PDF) of the PV generation production based on environmental conditions. Besides, this dissertation proposes a novel PPF algorithm considering the conven-tional generation dispatching operation to balance PV generation uncertainties. It is pru-dent to include generation dispatch in the PPF algorithm since the dispatching strategy compensates for PV generation injections and influences the uncertainty results. Fur-thermore, this dissertation also proposes a probabilistic optimal power dispatching strat-egy which considers uncertainty problems in the economic dispatch and optimizes the expected value of the total cost with the overload probability as a constraint. The proposed PPF algorithm with the three expansions is compared with Monte Carlo simulations (MCS) with results for a 2497-bus representation of the Arizona area of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) system. The PDFs of the bus voltages, line flows and slack bus production are computed, and are used to identify the confidence interval, the over limit probability and the expected over limit time of the ob-jective variables. The proposed algorithm is of significant relevance to the operating and planning studies of the transmission systems with PV generation installed. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Electrical Engineering 2012

The electric power system is among the biggest and most complex man-made physical network worldwide. The increase of electricity demand, the integration of ICT technologies for the modernization of the electric grid and the introduction of intermittent renewable generation has resulted in further increasing the complexity of operating and planning the grid optimally. For this reason the analysis of large-scale power systems considering all state variables is a very complicated procedure. Thus, it is necessary to explore methods that represent the original network with smaller equivalent networks in order to simplify power system studies. The equivalent network should provide an accurate and efficient estimation of the behavior of the original power system network without considering the full analytical modelling of the grid infrastructure.   This thesis investigates partitioning methods and reduction methodologies in order to develop a proper reduction model. The K-means and K-medoids clustering algorithms are employed to partition the network into numerous clusters of buses. In this thesis the Radial, Equivalent, and Independent (REI) method is further developed, implemented, and evaluated for obtaining a reduced, equivalent circuit of each cluster of the original power system. The basic idea of REI method is to aggregate the power injections of the eliminated buses to two fictitious buses through the zero power balance network.   The method is implemented using Julia language and the PowerModels.jl package. The reduction methodology is evaluated using the IEEE 5-bus, 30-bus, and 118-bus systems, by comparing a series of accuracy and performance indices. Factors examined in the comparison include the chosen number of clusters, different assumptions for the slack bus as well as the effect of the imposed voltage limits on the fictitious REI buses. / Elsystemet är ett av de största och mest komplexa människotillverkade fysiskanätverken i världen. Ökad elförbrukning, integration av informationsteknik föratt modernisera elnäten samt införandet av varierande förnybar elproduktion harresulterat i ytterligare ökad komplexitet för att driva nätet optimalt. Därför ärdet mycket komplicerat att analysera storskaliga elsystem samtidigt som man tarhänsyn till alla tillståndsvariabler. Det är således nödvändigt att utforska metoderför att modellera det ursprungliga nätverket med ett mindre ekvivalent nätverk föratt underlätta studier av elsystem. Det ekvivalenta nätverket ska ge en noggrann ocheffektiv uppskattning av det ursprungliga systemets egenskaper utan att inkludera enkompletta analytisk modell av nätverkets stuktur.Den här rapporten undersöker metoder för att dela upp och reducera ett nätverkför att få fram en lämplig ekvivalent modell. Klusteranalysalgotmerna K-meansoch K-medoids används för att dela in nätverket i ett antal kluster av noder. Irapporten vidareutvecklas, implementeras och utvärderas REI-metoden för att ta framreducerade ekvivalenta nätverk för varje kluster i det ursprungliga systemet. Dengrundläggande idén med REI-metoden är att den aggregerar elproduktionen i deelminerade noderna i två fiktiva noder genom ett nolleffektbalansnätverk.Metoden är implementerad i programspråket Julia och programpaketetPowerModels.jl. Reduceringsmetoderna utvärderas på IEEE:s system med 5 noder,30 noder respektive 118 noder, genom att jämföra ett antal index för noggrannhetoch prestanda. De faktorer som undersäks i jämförelsen inkluderar det valda antaletkluster, olika antagande om slacknoden samt följderna av spänningsgränserna för defiktiva REI-noderna.v

Determining the maximum power system loadability, as well as preventing the system from being operated close to the stability limits is very important in power systems planning and operation. The application of optimization techniques to power systems security and electricity markets is a rather relevant research area in power engineering. The study of optimization models to determine critical operating conditions of a power system to obtain secure power dispatches in an electricity market has gained particular attention. This thesis studies and develops optimization models and techniques to detect or avoid voltage instability points in a power system in the context of a competitive electricity market. A thorough analysis of an optimization model to determine the maximum power loadability points is first presented, demonstrating that a solution of this model corresponds to either Saddle-node Bifurcation (SNB) or Limit-induced Bifurcation (LIB) points of a power flow model. The analysis consists of showing that the transversality conditions that characterize these bifurcations can be derived from the optimality conditions at the solution of the optimization model. The study also includes a numerical comparison between the optimization and a continuation power flow method to show that these techniques converge to the same maximum loading point. It is shown that the optimization method is a very versatile technique to determine the maximum loading point, since it can be readily implemented and solved. Furthermore, this model is very flexible, as it can be reformulated to optimize different system parameters so that the loading margin is maximized. The Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problem with voltage stability (VS) constraints is a highly nonlinear optimization problem which demands robust and efficient solution techniques. Furthermore, the proper formulation of the VS constraints plays a significant role not only from the practical point of view, but also from the market/system perspective. Thus, a novel and practical OPF-based auction model is proposed that includes a VS constraint based on the singular value decomposition (SVD) of the power flow Jacobian. The newly developed model is tested using realistic systems of up to 1211 buses to demonstrate its practical application. The results show that the proposed model better represents power system security in the OPF and yields better market signals. Furthermore, the corresponding solution technique outperforms previous approaches for the same problem. Other solution techniques for this OPF problem are also investigated. One makes use of a cutting planes (CP) technique to handle the VS constraint using a primal-dual Interior-point Method (IPM) scheme. Another tries to reformulate the OPF and VS constraint as a semidefinite programming (SDP) problem, since SDP has proven to work well for certain power system optimization problems; however, it is demonstrated that this technique cannot be used to solve this particular optimization problem.

Determining the maximum power system loadability, as well as preventing the system from being operated close to the stability limits is very important in power systems planning and operation. The application of optimization techniques to power systems security and electricity markets is a rather relevant research area in power engineering. The study of optimization models to determine critical operating conditions of a power system to obtain secure power dispatches in an electricity market has gained particular attention. This thesis studies and develops optimization models and techniques to detect or avoid voltage instability points in a power system in the context of a competitive electricity market. A thorough analysis of an optimization model to determine the maximum power loadability points is first presented, demonstrating that a solution of this model corresponds to either Saddle-node Bifurcation (SNB) or Limit-induced Bifurcation (LIB) points of a power flow model. The analysis consists of showing that the transversality conditions that characterize these bifurcations can be derived from the optimality conditions at the solution of the optimization model. The study also includes a numerical comparison between the optimization and a continuation power flow method to show that these techniques converge to the same maximum loading point. It is shown that the optimization method is a very versatile technique to determine the maximum loading point, since it can be readily implemented and solved. Furthermore, this model is very flexible, as it can be reformulated to optimize different system parameters so that the loading margin is maximized. The Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problem with voltage stability (VS) constraints is a highly nonlinear optimization problem which demands robust and efficient solution techniques. Furthermore, the proper formulation of the VS constraints plays a significant role not only from the practical point of view, but also from the market/system perspective. Thus, a novel and practical OPF-based auction model is proposed that includes a VS constraint based on the singular value decomposition (SVD) of the power flow Jacobian. The newly developed model is tested using realistic systems of up to 1211 buses to demonstrate its practical application. The results show that the proposed model better represents power system security in the OPF and yields better market signals. Furthermore, the corresponding solution technique outperforms previous approaches for the same problem. Other solution techniques for this OPF problem are also investigated. One makes use of a cutting planes (CP) technique to handle the VS constraint using a primal-dual Interior-point Method (IPM) scheme. Another tries to reformulate the OPF and VS constraint as a semidefinite programming (SDP) problem, since SDP has proven to work well for certain power system optimization problems; however, it is demonstrated that this technique cannot be used to solve this particular optimization problem.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-03-21T17:50:55Z No. of bitstreams: 1 thiagoresendedealmeida.pdf: 4974622 bytes, checksum: 0f8c86117d7625e1546498cd6c17f367 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-04-24T02:16:26Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 thiagoresendedealmeida.pdf: 4974622 bytes, checksum: 0f8c86117d7625e1546498cd6c17f367 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-24T02:16:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 thiagoresendedealmeida.pdf: 4974622 bytes, checksum: 0f8c86117d7625e1546498cd6c17f367 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-10-30 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / O principal objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar a influência da variação dos parâmetros da rede elétrica em função da frequência do sistema em estudos relacionados à avaliação da segurança de tensão de Sistemas Elétricos de Potência (SEP). Neste sentido, é proposta uma alteração na formulação denominada Fluxo de Potência com Regulação Primária. Tal formulação representa uma modelagem alternativa do problema de Fluxo de Potência, onde a frequência do sistema pode ser estimada com precisão satisfatória. É importante destacar que a metodologia proposta neste trabalho mantém a formulação full Newton do problema. A partir deste contexto são consideradas as variações dos parâmetros da rede, tais como shunts de barra, shunts de linha e o modelo de Linhas de Transmissão e Transformadores, tornando estes parâmetros dependentes com os desvios de frequência do sistema. É também realizada uma avaliação das cargas tipo motor de indução. Assim como os parâmetros da rede, os parâmetros do motor de indução são modificados de acordo com os desvios de frequência do sistema. Em seguida são desenvolvidos estudos de avaliação da segurança de tensão a partir do desenvolvimento e implementação de um Fluxo de Potência Continuado modificado e de uma formulação alternativa do problema de Fluxo de Potência Ótimo (FPO). A partir dessas ferramentas é possível avaliar a variação da frequência do sistema em função do aumento do seu carregamento. Também são feitas análises a partir dos autovalores da matriz Jacobiana do método proposto. Finalmente são utilizados cinco sistemas de pequeno e médio portes para a validação da metodologia proposta. Além de dois sistemas tutoriais de pequeno porte, é utilizado o sistema 16 Barras, que é um sistema criado a partir de dados reais e condições operativas encontradas no Sistema Interligado Nacional (SIN), os sistemas New England e IEEE-118 Barras, que são sistemas testes normalmente utilizados na literatura. O programa ANATEM, desenvolvido pelo CEPEL, é utilizado de forma a validar os desenvolvimentos realizados neste trabalho. / The main objective of this work is to evaluate the influence of varying the network parameters depending on the system frequency in studies related to the voltage security assessment of Electric Power Systems. In this sense, it is proposed a modification in the formulation of the called Governor Power Flow. Such formulation represents an alternative modeling of the power flow problem, where the system frequency can be estimated with satisfactory accuracy. It is important to highlight that in this work the proposed methodology retains full Newton formulation of the problem. From this context it is considered variations of the network parameters, such as shunt devices (capacitors and reactors) and equivalent models of transmission lines and transformers, making them dependent parameters with frequency system. It is also studied the induction motor modeling. As the network parameters, the parameters of the induction motor are modified according to the deviation of system frequency. Then voltage security assessment studies are carried out through the development and implementation of a Modified Continuation Power Flow and an Optimal Power Flow. Using these tools it is possible to evaluate the system frequency variation due to the increase of the system loading. Analyzes are also made using the eigenvalues of the Jacobian matrix associated with the proposed methodology. Finally six systems of small and medium scale are used in validation process of the proposed methodology. In addition to two tutorials small systems are used a 16 buses test system, which is created from real data and operating conditions found in the Interconnected Brazilian System, the well know New England system and the IEEE-118 buses test systems, which are systems commonly used in the literature. The ANATEM program, developed by CEPEL, is used to validate the developments made in this work.

Power flow (PF) control can increase the utilization of the transmission system and connect lower cost generation with load. While PF controllers have demonstrated the ability to realize dynamic PF control for more than 25 years, PF control has been sparsely implemented. This research re-examines PF control in light of the recent development of fractionally-rated PF controllers and the incremental power flow (IPF) control concept. IPF control is the transfer of an incremental quantity of power from a specified source bus to specified destination bus along a specified path without influencing power flows on circuits outside of the path. The objectives of the research are to develop power system operation and planning methods compatible with IPF control, test the technical viability of IPF control, develop transmission planning frameworks leveraging PF and IPF control, develop power system operation and planning tools compatible with PF control, and quantify the impacts of PF and IPF control on multi-decade transmission planning. The results suggest that planning and operation of the power system are feasible with PF controllers and may lead to cost savings. The proposed planning frameworks may incent transmission investment and be compatible with the existing transmission planning process. If the results of the planning tool demonstration scale to the national level, the annual savings in electricity expenditures would be $13 billion per year (2010$). The proposed incremental packetized energy concept may facilitate a reduction in the environmental impact of energy consumption and lead to additional cost savings.

Cette thèse traite de la commande hiérarchique de réseaux à courant continu multi-terminaux à haute tension (MT-HVDC) intégrant des sources d'énergie renouvelables à grande échelle. Le schéma de contrôle proposé est composé de quatre ‘couches’ : le contrôle local où se trouvent les convertisseurs de puissance, avec une échelle de temps de l’ordre de la milliseconde ; le contrôle primaire qui est décentralisé et appliqué à plusieurs terminaux avec une échelle du temps de l’ordre de la seconde ; un niveau de commande où la communication est prise en compte et où l’approche de Modèle du Commande Prédictive (MPC) assure la planification de la tension et de la puissance à leur état d'équilibre, pour l'ensemble du système; enfin, le contrôleur de niveau supérieur, qui est principalement basé sur les techniques d'optimisation, où les aspects économiques sont pris en compte (il s’agit du réglage dit tertiaire).Au niveau des convertisseurs, un accent particulier est mis sur les convertisseurs bidirectionnels DC/DC. Dans cette thèse, trois topologies différentes sont étudiées en profondeur: deux phases Dual Active Bridge (DAB), trois phases DAB, et l’utilisation de la technologie Modular Multilevel converter (MMC) comme convertisseur DC/DC. Pour chaque topologie, une commande non-linéaire spécifique est discutée. D’autre part une nouvelle fonction pour le convertisseur DC/DC est étudiée. Il s’agit de son utilisation comme disjoncteur à courant continu (DC-CB). En ce qui concerne le contrôle primaire, qui permet de maintenir le niveau de tension continue dans le réseau, nous avons étudié trois philosophies de contrôle: celle de maître/esclave, celui du contrôle « voltage margin control » et celle de la commande du statisme (droop control). Enfin, nous avons choisi d'utiliser le droop control, entre autres, parce que la communication entre les nœuds n’est pas nécessaire. Concernant la commande secondaire, son principal objectif est de planifier le transfert de puissance entre les nœuds du réseau, qui fournissent la tension et la puissance de référence aux contrôleurs locaux et primaires, même lorsque des perturbations apparaissent. Dans cette partie, nous avons proposé une nouvelle approche pour résoudre les problèmes de flux de puissance (équations non-linéaires) basée sur le théorème du point fixe de l’application contractive. Ceci permet d'utiliser plus d'un slack bus, contrairement à l’approche classique basée sur la méthode de Newton-Raphson. Par ailleurs, le réglage secondaire joue un rôle très important dans les applications pratiques, en particulier lorsque les sources d'énergie renouvelables (variables dans le temps). Dans de tels cas, il est intéressant de considérer des dispositifs de stockage afin d'améliorer la stabilité de tout le système. Il est également possible d'envisager différents types de prévisions (météo, charge, ..) basées sur la gestion des réserves de stockage. Toutes ces caractéristiques ont suggéré l'utilisation d'une approche MPC. Dans ce contexte, plusieurs critères d'optimisation ont été considérés, en particulier la minimisation des pertes de transmission ou des congestions dans le réseau.La tâche principale de réglage tertiaire est de d'atteindre l'optimisation économique de l'ensemble du réseau. Dans cette thèse, nous avons pu maximiser le profit économique du système en agissant sur le marché réel, et en optimisant l'utilisation des périphériques de stockage. Dans le but de mettre en œuvre la philosophie de contrôle hiérarchique présentée dans cette thèse, nous avons construit un banc d'essai expérimental. Cette plate-forme dispose de quatre terminaux reliés entre eux par l'intermédiaire d'un réseau à courant continu, et connectés au réseau principal de courant alternatif. Ce réseau DC peut fonctionner à un maximum de 400 V, et avec une courant maximal de 15 A. / This thesis focuses on the hierarchical control for a multi-terminal high voltage direct current (MT-HVDC) grid suitable for the integration of large scale renewable energy sources. The proposed control scheme is composed of 4 layers, from the low local control at the power converters in the time scale of units of ms; through distributed droop control (primary control) applied in several terminals in the scale of unit of seconds; and then to communication based Model Predictive Control (MPC) that assures the load flow and the steady state voltage/power plan for the whole system, manage large scale storage and include weather forecast (secondary control); finally reaching the higher level controller that is mostly based on optimization techniques, where economic aspects are considered in the same time as longer timespan weather forecast (tertiary control).Concerning the converters' level, special emphasis is placed on DC/DC bidirectional converters. In this thesis, three different topologies are studied in depth: two phases dual active bridge (DAB), the three phases DAB, and the use of the Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) technology as DC/DC converter. For each topology a specific non-linear control is presented and discussed. In addition, the DC/DC converter can provide other important services as its use as a direct current circuit breaker (DC-CB). Several operation strategies are studied for these topologies used as DC-CB.With respect to primary control, which is the responsible to maintain the DC voltage control of the grid, we have studied several control philosophies: master/slave, voltage margin control and droop control. Finally we have chosen to use droop control, among other reasons, because the communication between nodes is not required. Relative to the secondary control, its main goal is to schedule power transfer between the network nodes providing voltage and power references to local and primary controllers, providing steady state response to disturbances and managing power reserves. In this part we have proposed a new approach to solve the power flow problem (non-linear equations) based on the contraction mapping theorem, which gives the possibility to use more than one bus for the power balance (slack bus) instead of the classic approach based on the Newton-Raphson method. Secondary control plays a very important role in practical applications, in particular when including time varying power sources, as renewable ones. In such cases, it is interesting to consider storage devices in order to improve the stability and the efficiency of the whole system. Due to the sample time of secondary control is on the order of minutes, it is also possible to consider different kinds of forecast (weather, load,..) and to achieve additional control objectives, based on managing storage reserves. All these characteristics encourage the use of a model predictive control (MPC) approach to design this task. In this context, several possibilities of optimization objective were considered, like to minimize transmission losses or to avoid power network congestions.The main task of tertiary control is to manage the load flow of the whole HVDC grid in order to achieve economical optimization. This control level provides power references to the secondary controller. In this thesis we were able to maximize the economic profit of the system by acting on the spot market, and by optimizing the use of storage devices. In this level it is again used the MPC approach.With the aim of implementing the hierarchical control philosophy explained in this thesis, we have built an experimental test bench. This platform has 4 terminals interconnected via a DC grid, and connected to the main AC grid through VSC power converters. This DC grid can work at a maximum of 400 V, and with a maximum allowed current of 15 A.