Abstract:High-voltage capacitor of filter is a device with relatively high failure rate in UHVDC transmission syste, and it is usually equipped with unbalance protection to reflect its internal fault. In order to further clarify the quantitative relationship between internal fault conditions and external fault performance such as unbalanced current and overvoltage, and provide theoretical support for the configuration and optimization of unbalanced protection in practical engineering, BP13 high-voltage capacitor of ±800 kV Yalongjiang converter station is taken as the research object. Considering two typical faults, the partial capacitor unit disconnection and the partial capacitor element disconnection in capacitor unit, the corresponding relationship between the unbalance current and the number of faulty units/components is analyzed and derived, and the expressions of overvoltage at different positions of high-voltage capacitor after the capacitor unit fault are given. Based on PSCAD/EMTDC simulation platform, the correctness of theoretical derivation is verified. Finally, the specific fault conditions that can lead to the existing threesection unbalanced protection action are identified.