Impacts of Large-scale Wind Power Grid Integration on Relay Protection and Countermeasures

Several large-scale wind turbine tripping accidents occurred in Jiuquan wind power base in 2011.According to the on-site survey and analysis of these accidents related to relay protection,causes were found to be the collection system defects and low correct operation rate of small current grounded line selectors of the unearthed neutral point collection system.By referring to both the characteristics of Jiuquan wind power base and arrangement of relay protection,the short-circuit features of wind power and its impacts on relay protection are analyzed.The collection system and the retrofit of the small current grounded line selector are improved by specific countermeasures.Finally,further research subjects are put forward.

Operation Control Method of Relay Protection in Flexible DC Distribution Network Compatible with Distributed Power Supply

A novel operation control method for relay protection in flexible DC distribution networks with distributed power supply is proposed to address the issue of inaccurate fault location during relay protection,leading to poor performance.The method combines a fault-tolerant fault location method based on long-term and short-term memory networks to accurately locate the fault section.Then,an operation control method for relay protection based on adaptive weight and whale optimization algorithm(WOA)is used to construct an objective function considering the shortest relay protection action time and the smallest impulse current.The adaptive weight and WOA are employed to obtain the optimal strategy for relay protection operation control,reducing the action time and impulse current.Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in accurately locating faults and improving relay protection performance.The longest operation time is reduced by 4.7023 s,and the maximum impulse current is limited to 0.3 A,effectively controlling the impact of large impulse currents and enhancing control efficiency.

Research on the Process Layer and Substation Layer Relay Protection in Smart Substation Relay Protection

The intelligent substation relay protection facility is a fundamental element in construction of modern power system,based on the principles of flexibility,security and accuracy,and it can be divided into process layer and substation layer according to specific equipment.The former is suitable for individual sampling of disposable equipment,can be separated from the base station synchronization sampling,with the help of synchronous digital system and ping-pong algorithm to achieve synchronization of the overall sampling,that is to take the distribution protection components,through the separate transmission medium to realize the information transmission;the latter is for variable power plant components centralized backup protection,taking online real-time tuning technique.

The Automated System of Unified Templates as an Element of Trainability of Microprocessor Relay Protection Devices

The article discusses the possibility of further modernization of the standard microprocessor relay protection of AC overhead system feeders DPA-27.5-TNF, which is operated on the Trans-Baikal Railway by creating an additional automated system of unified templates necessary for the occurrence of “trainability” elements. The templates will be formed via a separate dedicated channel for transmission, processing and storage of the necessary information, not related to the operation of the terminal, with its subsequent visualization at the workplace of the duty personnel of traction substations, together with information from the “GID” software received via another dedicated wired channel. With the help of such a base of unified preset templates, in the future, it will be possible not only to identify the specific causes of each emergency shutdown but also to reduce their number by dynamically adjusting the existing presets of the standard operation algorithm.

Serial Failure Diagnosis of a Transmission Line Protection Relaying System by Petri Nets

With the development of large-scale complicated modern power systems, the requirement for the associated protection scheme tends to be more stringent and its combination more complex. However, it is very difficult to figure out the factors of failure of such systems. This paper proposes a Petri net model of a transmission line protection relaying system, including three types of relays as well as an automatic reclosing device, and shows how to diagnose serial failure of the system by analyzing invariant sets of the model. Furthermore, it gives four basic types of failure sequences and its execution is much more intuitive and effective than the traditional method.

The Principle and Practice of the Deviation of Power Frequency Component Relay on High Voltage Transmission Line

The research and development of ultra high speed protective relay of transmission line has got great interest and attention of protective relay engineer over the world. Several versions and schemes of ultra high speed relay have been studied and designed in recent twenty years. But only a few of them have got actual apiication in the power system. The relay based on the deviation of power frequency component (DPFC) can get very high reliability with ultra high speed so it has got wide application in Chinese power system. Thousands relay sets have been applied and its operation experience verifies their excellent performance. This paper summarizes the course of the development of the uItra high speed protective relay and compares the merits and defects of the main schemes which have been developed. The principle and successful pratice of the ultra high speed protection based on DPFC reIay are introduced.

Present State and Development Planning ofEast China Power System

This paper presents the existing state anddevelopment planning of East China PowerSystem, which refers to load, power source,power network, system protection, dispatchautomation and system communication.

Comprehensive Automation of Microprocessor Protection Relay Terminals Operated on AC Railways

The article discusses the possibility of a potential reduction in the number of operations of microprocessor relay protection of feeders of the contact network of AC railways TsZA-27.5-FKS (FTS) for unknown reasons. Real statistics on the number of microprocessor relay protection operations at the Buryatskaya traction substation are presented, simulation of the real train situation (in accordance with the regime maps of the throughput capacity of the sections of the Trans-Baikal railway) was carried out in the specialized software complex “KORTES”. Based on the results of the analysis of simulation modeling, the process of forming a unified template of settings using neural network technologies is considered, which characterizes only this specific regular train situation. To protect objects in the event of pre-emergency and emergency modes of operation of the traction power supply system, a variant of changing the standard operation algorithm of the TsZA-27.5-FKS (FTS) terminal by introducing additional blocks for calculating the predictive functions of current and voltage has been proposed.

A Complete Analytic Model for Fault Diagnosis of Power Systems

现代大规模互联电网提高了电力系统运行的稳定性和经济性,同时也给电网的故障诊断增加了难度。对电网保护配置和断路器动作规则进行深入分析,提出一种新的电网故障诊断模型——完全解析模型,并为基于此模型的故障诊断提出一种实用有效的求解方法。在完全解析模型中,故障假说（即可疑故障设备的故障情况）与保护、断路器的动作情况及拒动和误动情况一同表示成逻辑变量,而保护配置和断路器动作规则以逻辑方程组形式进行充分表达,逻辑方程组的每个解析解对应一个故障模式（设备故障状态和保护动作、断路器跳闸状态及拒动/误动情况）,是对故障情形的完整解释。本模型对故障诊断规则和保护、断路器的动作逻辑进行完全解析,并完整保留了故障设备、保护动作和断路器跳闸之间的耦合关系,克服了已有解析模型的缺陷。算例表明,保留完整耦合关系的完全解析模型可有效提高故障诊断的准确性和容错能力。

Teaching Protective Relaying Design and Application Using New Modeling and Simulation Tools

As the smart grid concepts are emphasized lately, the need to modernize the power engineering education is also well recognized. This paper presents a set of newly developed modeling, simulation and testing tools aimed at better understanding of the design concept and related applications for protective relaying and substation automation solutions for the smart grid. Since the smart grid applications require integration of data from multiple IEDs （intelligent electronic devices）, understanding properties of each IED type in detail, as well as their responses to the power system events is needed. In addition, understanding the communication requirements to perform data integration is also important. To illustrate how the mentioned smart grid issues may be taught, the following advanced teaching approaches are presented： （1） Use of modeling and simulation means to better understand interaction between the relays and power system; （2） Use of IED test facilities to better understand performance of physical devices used for protection, monitoring and control; （3） Utilization of communication network modeling tools to simulate the communication network within SAS （substation automation system）. Examples showing the use of proposed techniques for teaching the fundamentals and applications are presented. The examples demonstrate the adequacy and efficiency of the proposed techniques.

Reliable Remote Relay Protection in Smart Grid

As the false trips of remote protection relays are among the main reasons behind cascading blackouts, it is critical to design reliable relay protection. Even though common protection schemes on traditional power systems have been investigated for a few decades, cascading failures in recent years indicate more research needed in this area. Consequently, researchers have proposed agent-based methods on the Smart Grid （SG） to address this issue. However, these existing agent-based methods simply use TCP protocol without considering real-time communication requirements （such as bandwidth and delay）. To deal with this issue, several methods for efficient network resource management are proposed. Furthermore, these existing methods do not consider the potential issues in practical communication networks, which may result in delay violation and trigger relay false trips. We have discussed simple backup solutions in the previous work. In this paper, in addition to network efficiency, we focus on improving the system reliability by exploring known power system information and minimizing the chances of false trips of important remote relays, e.g., defining power line priorities based on their importance. Moreover, to further improve the. system reliability, we also in- vestigate the peer-to-peer protection approaches to address the single point of failure of centralized control center.

基于量子加密技术的集中型馈线自动化在20kV电网中的应用研究

新时期,“用好电”成为人民追求美好生活新的意愿,传统单一的继电保护或者馈线自动化无法满足“供好电”要求。根据桐乡20kV配电网网架、设备以及故障特性等入手,减少分支线故障对主线影响,提升干线故障快速隔离及恢复。提出了支线或者环网柜出线保护与变电所出线开关保护极差配合,快速切除支线故障,主干线配置“三遥” 4G+量子开关或环网柜站所“三遥” DTU,大用户及大分支线配置“二遥”智能开关,主干线覆盖全自动FA助力配网秒级复电,保障电力系统安全稳定运行和社会经济高质量发展。

城市电网10kV配电系统继电保护研究

城市电网建设质量与供配电活动的开展密切相关,其中10kV配电系统在电网系统中属于重要构成部分,要想保证人们正常生产活动有序开展要加强配电系统继电保护监控管理力度,为配电系统营造良好的运行环境。基于此,本文结合继电保护内容进行了简要概述,分析了城市电网10kV配电系统继电保护配置情况、存在问题和解决策略,以期为供配电管理提供参考。

电气自动化中电气接地及电气保护技术分析

电力系统是组织电能生产、输配的核心载体,为保证其稳定性与安全性,需要加强电气自动化技术应用,包括电气接地技术、电气保护技术等。以电气自动化中常见电气接地、电气保护技术为切入点,在此基础上,以避雷接地和过电流保护为例,对相关技术的应用方式进行分析,最后简单展望相关技术的发展趋势,以服务未来电力系统的建设和技术应用。

PowerLogic配电监控系统的设计与应用

简要介绍了配电监控系统的发展和构成,详细介绍了微机继电保护装置和电力参数监控仪在配电监控系统中的应用。重点阐述了配电监控系统中监控设备的技术要求,以及施耐德电气公司PowerLogic配电监控系统的应用方案。

基于Android的继电保护智能移动运维系统的设计与实现

目前,电厂继电保护等二次设备的基础信息仍然采用纸质抄录、人工整理、人工电子化等方式,来完成设备台账、运行信息的录入、整理、校核等维护工作,继电保护设备专业运维效率低。同时,设备运维工作繁杂,继电保护及安全自动装置的巡视、缺陷记录、消缺工作缺少统一的工作平台,针对以上问题,本文提出了一种基于Android平台的继电保护智能运维移动系统,通过移动互联技术构建了基于设备台账识别码的移动作业平台,实现了作业流程标准化、作业管控智能化、作业数据实时化,大幅提升现场运行维护和检修的作业水平,对维持电网安全稳定运行发挥了保障作用。

Adaptive Quasi-PID Control Method for Switching Power Amplifiers

Quasi-PID control method that is able to effectively inhibit the inherent tracking error of PI control method is proposed on the basis of a rounded theoretical analysis of a model of switching power amplifiers (SPAs). To avoid the harmful impacts of the circuit parameter variations and the random disturbances on quasi-PID control method, a single neuron is introduced to endow it with self-adaptability. Quasi-PID control method and the single neuron combine with each other perfectly, and their formation is named as single-neuron adaptive quasi-PID control method. Simulation and experimental results show that single-neuron adaptive quasi-PID control method can accurately track both the predictable and the unpredictable waveforms. Quantitative analysis demonstrates that the accuracy of single-neuron adaptive quasi-PID control method is comparable to that of linear power amplifiers (LPAs) and so can fulfill the requirements of some high-accuracy applications, such as protective relay test. Such accuracy is very difficult to be achieved by many modern control methods for converter controls. Compared with other modern control methods, the programming realization of single-neuron adaptive quasi-PID control method is more suitable for real-time applications and realization on low-end microprocessors for its simple structure and lower computational complexity.

Fault Waveform Regenerator and Its Digital Closed-Loop Modification Technique

In order to provide a novel and more effective alternative to the commonly used relay protection testing device that outputs only the sinusoidal testing signals, the concept of fault waveform regenerator is proposed in this paper, together with its hardware structure and software flow chart. Fault waveform regenerator mainly depends on its power amplifiers (PAs) to regenerate the fault waveforms recorded by digital fault recorder (DFR). To counteract the PA’s inherent nonlinear distortions, a digital closed-loop modification technique that is different from the predistortion technique is conceived. And the experimental results verify the effectiveness of the fault waveform regenerator based on the digital closed-loop modification technique.

Research on Improving the Power Monitor Function

The contradiction of the relay protection with other task has been solved by double CPU’s structure in this comprehensive monitor. Thus the speed of the data processing has raised and the requirement of relay protection and the real bine monitoring has all been satisfied. The input precision of the fault current and the rated current has been assured respectively by applying the relay protection CT and measurement CT. The algorithm of FFT with or without the difference has remarkably raised the precision of the protective measurement and removed the influence of the attenuation DC component in the fault current. Thus the accuracy and reliability of the protective trigger has been raised greatly.

Optimal coordination of directional over current relays using evolutionary programming

Co-ordination of directional over current relays(DOCR) requires the selection and setting of relays so as to sequentially isolate only that portion of the power system where an abnormality has occurred.The problem of coordinating protective relays in electrical power systems consists of selecting suitable settings such that their fundamental protective function is met,given operational requirements of sensitivity,selectivity,reliability and speed.Directional over current relays are best suited for protection of an interconnected sub-station transmission system.One of the major problems associated with this type of protection is the difficulty in coordinating relays.To insure proper coordination,all the main/back up relay pairs must be determined.This paper presents an effective algorithm to determine the minimum number of break points and main/back up relay pairs using relative sequence matrix(RSM).A novel optimization technique based on evolutionary programming was developed using these main/back up relay pairs for directional over current relay coordination in multi-loop networks.Since the problem has multi-optimum points,conventional mathematics based optimization techniques may sometimes fail.Hence evolutionary programming(EP) was used,as it is a stochastic multi-point search optimization algorithm capable of escaping from the local optimum problem,giving a better chance of reaching a global optimum.The method developed was tested on an existing 6 bus,7 line system and better results were obtained than with conventional methods.