  Model Predictive Control (MPC) method is a class of advanced control
techniques most widely applied in industry. The major advantages of the MPC are
its straightforward procedure which can be applied for both linear and
nonlinear system. This paper proposes the use of MPC for voltage source
converter (VSC) in a high voltage direct current (HVDC) system. A MPC
controller is modeled based on the state-space model of a single VSC-HVDC
station including the dynamics of the main ac grid. A full scale nonlinear
switching model of point-to-point connected VSC-based HVDC system is developed
in Matlab/Simulink association with SimPower system to demonstrate the
application of the proposed controller.
