Due to the use of overhead lines

the probability of temporary faults in the future voltage source converter(VSC)based DC grid will increase

and effective reclosing strategies must be adopted for the system recovery. To reduce the adverse impacts of protection misoperation

insulation failure

and even damage to power electronic devices caused by the synchronous operation of the hybrid DC circuit breaker transfer branch

a novel reclosing strategy based on the step-by-step operation of transfer branch is proposed. The results show that the abrupt change of voltage is largely reduced during the step-by-step operation of transfer branch

and the potential negative impacts could be eliminated thoroughly. Finally

the validity and feasibility of the novel reclosing strategy are verified in a four-terminal annular VSC based DC grid electromagnetic transient model

and the applicability of the two reclosing strategies is analyzed.