Abstract:At present, the VSC HVDC transmission of offshore wind power is a research hotspot in the field of flexible DC transmission. Loss is an important technical index of VSC HVDC converter station, which is related to the transmission efficiency of VSC HVDC system and the design of converter valve. Therefore, a loss calculation study on MMC converter valve of VSC HVDC converter station applied in offshore wind power transmission with a transmission capacity of 1000 MW is carried out. The calculation method of valve loss and the acquisition method of key calculation parameters are studied. The composition of valve loss and the loss rate of valve at the converter station at the sending/receiving end of ±320 kV/1000 MW VSV HVDC project applied in wind power transmission are calculated. The effects of third harmonic injection, converter modulation ratio and DC pole line voltage on the valve loss rate are studied. The results show that the valve loss rate can be reduced by injecting the third harmonic at transformer valve side and increasing the converter modulation ratio, and under the same transmission capacity, the valve loss rate can be reduced by increasing the DC pole line voltage.