Transmission line protection using local information in the presence of inverter‐interfaced renewable energy sources

Abstract Although inverter‐interfaced renewable energy sources (IIRESs) have great economic and environmental benefits, their fault current characteristics differ from those of synchronous generators. IIRESs also comply with modern grid code (GC) requirements for injecting reactive current to compen...

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Main Authors: Nashaat K. Yaseen, Heresh Seyedi, Mehdi Abapour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-05-01
Series:IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1049/gtd2.12797
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Heresh Seyedi
Mehdi Abapour
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description Abstract Although inverter‐interfaced renewable energy sources (IIRESs) have great economic and environmental benefits, their fault current characteristics differ from those of synchronous generators. IIRESs also comply with modern grid code (GC) requirements for injecting reactive current to compensate for voltage drop during fault conditions. Moreover, the limits of renewable energy‐side fault current contribution and the phase angle difference between the local and infeed fault current from conventional sources lead to incorrect reactance estimation by the traditional distance relay at the IIRES substation and negatively affect relay dependability. As a result, the IIRES‐side distance protection is prone to incorrect operation. Furthermore, an improved relaying scheme is proposed to alleviate the adverse effects of IIRES on the reactance calculation. This research aims to improve the performance of the ground distance protection scheme in the case of a single‐phase to ground fault in zone one. The proposed method, with more than 99% accuracy, is solely dependent on the local information and, therefore, no communication link is required to implement the algorithm. Moreover, the algorithm is compatible with the existing pilot protection methods used in the industry. The simulation studies are modeled in the Digsilent Power Factory environment.
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spelling doaj.art-fa3469911d4248f6992db0b88e9ce0532023-05-04T02:55:43ZengWileyIET Generation, Transmission & Distribution1751-86871751-86952023-05-011792156216810.1049/gtd2.12797Transmission line protection using local information in the presence of inverter‐interfaced renewable energy sourcesNashaat K. Yaseen0Heresh Seyedi1Mehdi Abapour2Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Tabriz Tabriz IranFaculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Tabriz Tabriz IranFaculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Tabriz Tabriz IranAbstract Although inverter‐interfaced renewable energy sources (IIRESs) have great economic and environmental benefits, their fault current characteristics differ from those of synchronous generators. IIRESs also comply with modern grid code (GC) requirements for injecting reactive current to compensate for voltage drop during fault conditions. Moreover, the limits of renewable energy‐side fault current contribution and the phase angle difference between the local and infeed fault current from conventional sources lead to incorrect reactance estimation by the traditional distance relay at the IIRES substation and negatively affect relay dependability. As a result, the IIRES‐side distance protection is prone to incorrect operation. Furthermore, an improved relaying scheme is proposed to alleviate the adverse effects of IIRES on the reactance calculation. This research aims to improve the performance of the ground distance protection scheme in the case of a single‐phase to ground fault in zone one. The proposed method, with more than 99% accuracy, is solely dependent on the local information and, therefore, no communication link is required to implement the algorithm. Moreover, the algorithm is compatible with the existing pilot protection methods used in the industry. The simulation studies are modeled in the Digsilent Power Factory environment.https://doi.org/10.1049/gtd2.12797power system protectionrenewable energy sourcesinverter‐interfaced renewable energy sources (IIRESs)traditional distance protectionadaptive distance protectiongrid codes (GC)
spellingShingle Nashaat K. Yaseen
Heresh Seyedi
Mehdi Abapour
Transmission line protection using local information in the presence of inverter‐interfaced renewable energy sources
IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution
power system protection
renewable energy sources
inverter‐interfaced renewable energy sources (IIRESs)
traditional distance protection
adaptive distance protection
grid codes (GC)
title Transmission line protection using local information in the presence of inverter‐interfaced renewable energy sources
title_full Transmission line protection using local information in the presence of inverter‐interfaced renewable energy sources
title_fullStr Transmission line protection using local information in the presence of inverter‐interfaced renewable energy sources
title_full_unstemmed Transmission line protection using local information in the presence of inverter‐interfaced renewable energy sources
title_short Transmission line protection using local information in the presence of inverter‐interfaced renewable energy sources
title_sort transmission line protection using local information in the presence of inverter interfaced renewable energy sources
topic power system protection
renewable energy sources
inverter‐interfaced renewable energy sources (IIRESs)
traditional distance protection
adaptive distance protection
grid codes (GC)
url https://doi.org/10.1049/gtd2.12797
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