DOI:10.1007/s40565-017-0301-4 |
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Application of new directional logic to improve DC side fault discrimination for high resistance faults in HVDC grids |
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Author:
Naushath M. HALEEM1,Athula D. RAJAPAKSE1
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Author Affiliation:
University of Manitoba,Winnipeg,Canada
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This paper proposes a simple and fast way to determine the direction of a fault in a multi-terminal high voltage direct current (HVDC) grid by comparing the rate of change of voltage (ROCOV) values at either side of the di/dt limiting inductors at the line terminals. A local measurement based secure and fast protection method is implemented by supervising a basic ROCOV relay with a directional element. This directional information is also used to develop a slower communication based DC line protection scheme for detecting high resistance faults. The proposed protection scheme is applied to a multi-level modular converter based three-terminal HVDC grid and its security and sensitivity are evaluated through electromagnetic transient simulations. A methodology to set the protection thresholds considering the constraints imposed by the breaker technology and communication delays is also presented. With properly designed di/dt limiting inductors, the ability of clearing any DC transmission system fault before fault currents exceeds a given breaker capacity is demonstrated. |
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Directional relay, DC line protection, Multiterminal
HVDC grid protection, Rate of change of voltage
(ROCOV) based HVDC transmission fault detection |
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Online Time:2017/07/21 |
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