The simulation research for transient current variation in short circuit fault of urban rail transportation

Urban rail transit is one of the most important way for urban residents. However, frequent power failure, especially the short fault hinders the safe and stable operation of rail transit. The research of the transient variation of line electrical parameters in short circuit fault is the basis of researches for technology of line protection and short circuit fault location. Based on Matlab/Simulink, a 24-pulse rectifier circuit model is established, the resistance and inductance value of the catenary and rail network are calculated. The short Circuit fault simulation model of DC traction power supply system is established. The short-circuit fault of the traction network at close and distant points are simulated, the transient variation values of fault current with the different fault distance are analyzed. The simulation results show that the transient current peak of the nearby short circuit is oscillatory and convergent due to the nonlinear devices, which proves the accuracy of the model and provides a reference for the precise configuration of the line protection equipment.

Influence analysis of local heat source on internal temperature distribution of power transformer

Oil immersed power transformer is the main electrical equipment in power system.Its operation reliability has an important impact on the safe operation of power system.In the process of production,installation and operation,its insulation structure may be damaged,resulting in partial discharge and even breakdown inside the transformer.In this paper,S9-M-100/10 oil immersed distribution transformer is taken as the research object,and the distribution laws of electromagnetic field and temperature field in transformer under normal operation,inter turn short circuit and inter layer short circuit are simulated and analyzed.The simulation results show that under normal conditions,the temperatures at the oil gap between the transformer core and the high and low voltage windings and the middle position of the high-voltage winding are high.When there are inter turn and inter layer short circuit faults,the electromagnetic loss of the fault part of the transformer increases,and the temperature rises suddenly.The influence of the two faults on the internal temperature field of the transformer is different,and the influence of the inter turn short circuit fault on the temperature nearby is obvious.The analysis results can provide reference for the thermal fault interpretation and fault classification of transformer.

Solutions to Consider in Current Transformer Selection for APR1400 Nuclear Power Plant Medium Voltage Switchgears

This paper discusses a preferable solution to mitigate the CT （current transformer） saturation problem, and at same time, reduce the accuracy errors when considering the selection of CTs for installation on the medium voltage switchgear of a nuclear power plant. This consideration is important for both measurement and protection functions of the digital protective relays. This is a study to ascertain the best options for a suitable solution to prevent CT saturation in relations to its protective capabilities during short circuit fault without compromising the CT accuracy class during normal operation of the system, while ensuring its conformity to the design requirement is within limit. The advantages of current transformers have proven not only to be reliable and safe, but also are of easy handling, reduction of the cost and components on the MV （medium voltage） switchgear. The purpose of this research is to identify best approach to resolve the existing problems in the current protection system. With the view of LPCT （low power current transformer） which has been newly constructed by few manufacturers to provide good protection and a wide range of measuring function without errors, some other solutions will be considered in this research.

A hybrid circuit breaker with fault current limiter circuit in a VSC-HVDC application

A conventional hybrid circuit breaker(HCB)is used to protect a voltage source converter-based high voltage direct current transmission system(VSC-HVDC)from a short circuit fault.With the increased converter capacity,the DC protection equipment also requires a regular upgrade.This paper adopts a novel type of HCB with a fault current limiter circuit(FCLC),and focuses on the responses of voltage and current during DC faults,which are associated with parameter selection.PSCAD/EMTDC based simulation of a three-terminal VSC-HVDC system confirms the effectiveness and value of HCB with FCLC,by using an equivalent circuit modelling approach.Laboratory experimental tests validate the simulation results.The peak fault current is reduced according to the current limiting inductor(CLI)increase,and can be isolated more quickly.By adopting parallel metal oxide arrester(MOA)with the main branch of HCB,voltage stresses across the breaker components decrease during transient and continuous operation,and less energy needs to be dissipated by the MOA.The remnant current for all cases is transmitted to power dissipating resis-tor(PDR)in the final stage,and the fault current is reduced to the lowest possible value.When the current from the main branch is transferred to the FCLC branch,transient voltage spikes occur,while smaller PDR is required to absorb current in the final stage.

Stator Fault Diagnosis of Induction Motor Based on Discrete Wavelet Analysis and Neural Network Technique

A novel approach by introducing a statistical parameter to estimate the severity of incipient stator inter-turn short circuit(ITSC)faults in induction motors(IMs)is proposed.Determining the incipient ITSC fault and its severity is challenging for several reasons.The stator currents in the healthy and faulty cases are highly similar during the primary stage of the fault.Moreover,the conventional statistical parameters resulting from the analysis of fault signals do not consistently show a systematic variation with respect to the increase in fault intensity.The objective of this study is the early detection of incipient ITSC faults.Furthermore,it aims to determine the percentage of shorted turns in the faulty phase,which acts as an indicator for severe damage to the stator winding.Modeling of the motor in healthy and defective cases is performed using the Clarke Concordia transform.A discrete wavelet transform is applied to the motor currents using a Daubechies-8 wavelet.The statistical parameters L1 and L2 norms are computed for the detailed coefficients.These parameters are obtained under a variety of loads and defects to acquire the most accurate and generalized features related to the fault.Combining L1 and L2 norms creates a novel statistical parameter with notable characteristics to achieve the research aim.An artificial neural network-based back propagation algorithm is employed as a classifier to implement the classification process.The classifier output defines the percentage of defective turns with a high level of accuracy.The competency of the adopted methodology is validated via simulations and experiments.The results confirm the merits of the proposed method,with a classification test correctness of 95.29%.

k-NN based fault detection and classification methods for power transmission systems

This paper deals with two new methods,based on k-NN algorithm,for fault detection and classification in distance protection.In these methods,by finding the distance between each sample and its fifth nearest neighbor in a predefault window,the fault occurrence time and the faulty phases are determined.The maximum value of the distances in case of detection and classification procedures is compared with pre-defined threshold values.The main advantages of these methods are:simplicity,low calculation burden,acceptable accuracy,and speed.The performance of the proposed scheme is tested on a typical system in MATLAB Simulink.Various possible fault types in different fault resistances,fault inception angles,fault locations,short circuit levels,X/R ratios,source load angles are simulated.In addition,the performance of similar six well-known classification techniques is compared with the proposed classification method using plenty of simulation data.

Research on fast solid state DC breaker based on a natural current zero-crossing point

The DC fault characteristics of voltage source converter based high voltage direct current(VSC-HVDC)systems are analyzed in this paper.The phenomenon whereby the capacitor on DC side discharges quickly during a DC fault contributes to a large short-circuit fault current.Neither traditional DC breakers nor DC switches can cut off the fault current under this condition.A fast solid state DC breaker design method is proposed in this paper.This method is based on the fault current characteristics of the inverter in multi-terminal HVDC systems(MTDC),where a fault current appears at the natural zerocrossing point near the inverter.At this point,by coordinating the AC breakers near the rectifier,the DC breaker could reliably cut off the DC fault current and protect the system.A detailed model for this fast solid state DC breaker and its operation sequence are studied,based on this design method.Simulations modeling a five-terminal meshed DC grid and a fast DC breaker were carried out with PSCAD/EMTDC using this design method.The results from the simulations confirmed the validity of the design method.