Novel pilot protection scheme for line‐commutated converter high voltage direct current transmission lines based on behaviour of characteristic harmonic impedances

Abstract Transient behaviour of high‐voltage direct current transmission lines under direct current faults can be easily affected by many factors, namely, fault location, fault resistance and transmission line length. In order to design a suitable protective scheme, the impact of these factors shoul...

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Main Authors: Farzad Dehghan Marvasti, Ahmad Mirzaei, Mohamad Esmail Hamedani Golshan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1049/gtd2.12018
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author Farzad Dehghan Marvasti
Ahmad Mirzaei
Mohamad Esmail Hamedani Golshan
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Ahmad Mirzaei
Mohamad Esmail Hamedani Golshan
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description Abstract Transient behaviour of high‐voltage direct current transmission lines under direct current faults can be easily affected by many factors, namely, fault location, fault resistance and transmission line length. In order to design a suitable protective scheme, the impact of these factors should be thoroughly investigated. An impedance‐based analysis is more suitable in evaluating high‐voltage direct current system behaviour during direct current line faults, and consequently, in comparison to similar harmonic current or voltage‐based schemes, a characteristic harmonic impedance‐based protection is more capable in fault detection. Therefore, this paper presents a novel pilot protection method for line‐commutated converter based high‐voltage direct current transmission lines, which relies on continuous monitoring of characteristic harmonic impedances. The proposed method can accurately calculate location of faults along the line, and estimate additional valuable information, such as fault resistance. The validity of the proposed method is evaluated by a wide range of fault scenarios using the CIGRE high‐voltage direct current benchmark model, simulated in PSCAD/EMTDC and codes written in MATLAB software environments. It will be shown that the proposed protection method sounds promising, and can serve as an excellent backup option in the case of primary protection malfunction.
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spelling doaj.art-4ca1653c16194291a52a58206eca1a672022-12-22T01:44:26ZengWileyIET Generation, Transmission & Distribution1751-86871751-86952021-01-0115226427810.1049/gtd2.12018Novel pilot protection scheme for line‐commutated converter high voltage direct current transmission lines based on behaviour of characteristic harmonic impedancesFarzad Dehghan Marvasti0Ahmad Mirzaei1Mohamad Esmail Hamedani Golshan2Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Yazd University Yazd 97514 IranDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Yazd University Yazd 97514 IranDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering Isfahan University of Technology Isfahan IranAbstract Transient behaviour of high‐voltage direct current transmission lines under direct current faults can be easily affected by many factors, namely, fault location, fault resistance and transmission line length. In order to design a suitable protective scheme, the impact of these factors should be thoroughly investigated. An impedance‐based analysis is more suitable in evaluating high‐voltage direct current system behaviour during direct current line faults, and consequently, in comparison to similar harmonic current or voltage‐based schemes, a characteristic harmonic impedance‐based protection is more capable in fault detection. Therefore, this paper presents a novel pilot protection method for line‐commutated converter based high‐voltage direct current transmission lines, which relies on continuous monitoring of characteristic harmonic impedances. The proposed method can accurately calculate location of faults along the line, and estimate additional valuable information, such as fault resistance. The validity of the proposed method is evaluated by a wide range of fault scenarios using the CIGRE high‐voltage direct current benchmark model, simulated in PSCAD/EMTDC and codes written in MATLAB software environments. It will be shown that the proposed protection method sounds promising, and can serve as an excellent backup option in the case of primary protection malfunction.https://doi.org/10.1049/gtd2.12018Reliabilityd.c. transmissionPower system protection
spellingShingle Farzad Dehghan Marvasti
Ahmad Mirzaei
Mohamad Esmail Hamedani Golshan
Novel pilot protection scheme for line‐commutated converter high voltage direct current transmission lines based on behaviour of characteristic harmonic impedances
IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution
Reliability
d.c. transmission
Power system protection
title Novel pilot protection scheme for line‐commutated converter high voltage direct current transmission lines based on behaviour of characteristic harmonic impedances
title_full Novel pilot protection scheme for line‐commutated converter high voltage direct current transmission lines based on behaviour of characteristic harmonic impedances
title_fullStr Novel pilot protection scheme for line‐commutated converter high voltage direct current transmission lines based on behaviour of characteristic harmonic impedances
title_full_unstemmed Novel pilot protection scheme for line‐commutated converter high voltage direct current transmission lines based on behaviour of characteristic harmonic impedances
title_short Novel pilot protection scheme for line‐commutated converter high voltage direct current transmission lines based on behaviour of characteristic harmonic impedances
title_sort novel pilot protection scheme for line commutated converter high voltage direct current transmission lines based on behaviour of characteristic harmonic impedances
topic Reliability
d.c. transmission
Power system protection
url https://doi.org/10.1049/gtd2.12018
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