A Smart Strategy for Blocking the Distance Protection Function during VT Fuse Failure

Saving the electrical power system in stable condition is considered as one of important challenges to avoid any failure of high voltage equipment. Additionally, with the increasing off the critical loads, it’s very important to use the accurate protection system that can deal with any abnormal condition. This paper studies one of critical cases that can effect on the coordination of the protection system with the faults during fuse fail condition. Over Head transmission line (OHTL) is the most part in the power system that faces the disturbances, which can be protected by multi-protection functions as line differential function, distance protection function, over current, earth fault, over/under voltage etc. The distance protection function is depending on the line voltage and the load current to calculate the load zone. This paper aims to prevent the falls operation of distance protection function during voltage transformer fuse failure condition.

Fast Distance Protection Scheme for Wind Farm Transmission Lines Considering R-L and Bergeron Models

The distributed capacitance of the line becomes larger as the scale of wind farms,the transmission voltage level,and the transmission distance increase.Hence,the error of the traditional time-domain distance protection scheme based on the R-L model,which ignores the distributed capacitance of the line,becomes unacceptable.Therefore,the error of the time-domain fault location method based on the R-L model,especially the maximum error range,is theoretically analyzed in this paper.On this basis,a novel fault location method based on the RL and Bergeron models is proposed.Then,a fast time-domain distance protection scheme is designed.In the proposed scheme,the error in the fitting calculation is used to construct a weight matrix,and an algorithm for solving the time-domain differential equations is designed to improve the calculation speed and stability.Compared with the traditional frequency-domain distance protection scheme,the proposed scheme is independent of the power supply characteristics;thus,it is suitable for wind farm transmission lines.In addition,compared with the traditional method based on the R-L model,the proposed scheme effectively avoids the negative influence of the distributed capacitance of the line,which significantly improves the operating speed.Different types of faults are simulated by PSCAD/EMTDC to verify the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed scheme.

mproved Zone 1 Top-line Tilting Scheme for Polygonal Distance Protection in the Outgoing Line of Type-4 Wind Parks

The impedance element in distance protection equipment in the outgoing line of a wind park(WP)may be heavily affected by the fault response of the WP.During resistive grid faults,relay over-reach(or under-reach)may manifest,depending on the fault current regulating requirements in the specific grid code deployed in WP and the fault conditions.Aiming at potential solution,i.e.the existing zone 1(fast tripping zone,non-delayed)top-line tilting(Z-1-TLT)function in modern numerical relays,this paper first assesses its adaptability under the WP integrated background.Combining the principle of Z-1-TLT itself and fault modeling to the WP,an improved Z-1-TLT scheme is developed,which can actively compensate for the possible relay overreach or under-reach during resistive faults,utilizing relay side fault quantities only.Aiming at the needless action of the new Z-1-TLT scheme against certain faults,malfunction risk area detection and dead zone detection are introduced as auxiliary criteria to optimize protective efficiency.Simulation results prove the improved Z-1-TLT scheme can effectively improve reliability of distance protection deployed in the WP outgoing line.

Transmission Line Distance Protection Under Current Transformer Saturation

Conventional transmission line distance protection approaches are subject to malfunction under reverse fault-induced current transformer(CT) saturation for the typically employed breaker-and-a-half configuration. This paper addresses this issue by proposing a new distance protection approach that combines the blocking and unblocking criteria of distance protection based on the values of incomplete differential current,operation voltage, and current harmonic content. The proposed approach is verified by theoretical analysis, dynamic simulation testing, and field operation to ensure that the obtained distance protection is reliable and refrains from operating unnecessarily under reverse fault-induced CT saturation in the breaker-and-ahalf configuration. Meanwhile, the proposed approach is demonstrated can operate reliably when forward faults occur or various reverse faults are converted to forward faults.

Studies on the active SISFCL and its impact on the distance protection of the EHV transmission line

The active saturated iron-core superconductive fault current limiter(SISFCL)is a good choice to decrease fault current.This paper introduced the principles and impedance characteristic of the active SISFCL.Then,it shows the current-limiting effects of the SISFCL.Besides,the impact of the active SISFCL on the distance protection of the EHV transmission line is evaluated.Based on that,the coordination scheme of the distance protections is proposed.A 500 kV double-circuit transmission system with SISFCLs is simulated by Electro-Magnetic Transients Program including DC(EMTDC).Simulation tests demonstrate the correctness and validity of theoretical analyses.

Networked Protection Scheme with Feeding Section as a Unit for High-speed Railway Traction Power Supply System

In order to rapidly clear a fault in all-parallel autotransformer(AT)railway system,the existing protection scheme trips both faulted line and healthy line.To solve this problem,a novel unit protection scheme is proposed in this paper.From fault characteristics measured at substation(SS),AT station(ATS)and section post(SP),we can observe that SS protective relays can detect all the faults but could not be selective,and ATS or SP relays can discriminate the faulted line but not sensitively enough;therefore,we make full use of the fault characteristics and propose a novel unit protection scheme.We employ directional distance protections at SS,ATS and SP,and unify them with networked inter-tripping signals and interlocking signals.When a forward distance protection detects a fault and does not receive inter-locking signals from reverse distance protections of other relays in a short setting time,it will trip the relevant circuit breaker and send an inter-tripping signal to other relays in the same protection unit.Field test results show the proposed scheme trips only the faulted line rapidly and never interrupts the power supply of healthy lines;therefore,the proposed protection scheme obtains both selectivity and speed.

Protection Challenges Under Bulk Penetration of Renewable Energy Resources in Power Systems:A Review

Among different sources of alternate energy,wind and solar are two prominent and promising alternatives to meet the future electricity needs for mankind.Generally,these sources are integrated at the distribution utilities to supply the local distribution customers.If the power generated by these sources is bulk,then they are either integrated at the distribution/transmission level or may be operated in an island mode if feasible.The integration of these renewables in the power network will change the fault level and network topologies.These fault levels are intermittent in nature and existing protection schemes may fail to operate because of their pre-set condition.Therefore,the design and selection of a proper protection scheme is very much essential for reliable control and operation of renewable integrated power systems.Depending upon the level of infeed and location of the renewable integration,the protection requirements are different.For low renewable infeed at the distribution level,the existing relay settings are immune from any small change in the network fault current from new incoming renewables.However,bulk renewable infeed requires modification in the existing protection schemes to accommodate the fault current variation from the incoming renewables.For bulk penetration of the renewable,the requirement of modified/additional protection schemes is unavoidable.Adaptive relaying and non-adaptive relaying schemes are discussed in the literature for protection of power networks,which are experiencing dynamic fault currents and frequent changing network topologies.This article presents a detailed review of protection schemes for renewable integrated power networks which includes distribution,transmission and microgrid systems.The merits and demerits of these protection schemes are also identified in this article for the added interest of the readers.The visible scope of advance protection schemes which may be suitable for providing reliable protection for dynamic fault current networks is also explored.