Distance Protection of Transmission Lines Connected to Type-3 Wind Farms

Pallav Kumar Bera, Vajendra Kumar, Can Isik

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5 Scopus citations

Abstract

Distance relays mal-operate for transmission lines connected to type-3 Wind Farms (WFs). This paper proposes a waveshape property based protection of the intertie zone between wind farm and grid during 3-phase faults. It mitigates the challenges faced by the normally used distance relays and ensures the protection systems' security and dependability. The proposed scheme uses the auto-regressive coefficients of the 3-phase currents obtained from the Current Transformer at one end to distinguish the faults fed by the type-3 WFs and the primary grid and determines the fault zone accurately. PSCAD/EMTDC is used to verify the validity of the technique on three test systems. The results obtained with different wind speeds, crowbar resistance, fault resistance, inception time, and fault locations are encouraging and suggest the possible utilization of feature-based algorithms to improve the power system distance relaying system. In addition, the protection scheme can be utilized for lines compensated with series capacitors and phase shifting transformers.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2021 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois, PECI 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728186481
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2021
Event2021 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois, PECI 2021 - Urbana, United States
Duration: Apr 1 2021Apr 2 2021

Publication series

Name2021 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois, PECI 2021

Conference

Conference2021 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois, PECI 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityUrbana
Period4/1/214/2/21

Keywords

  • Autoregressive coefficients
  • Distance protection
  • Phase Shifting Transformer
  • Series Compensation
  • Type-3 Wind Farms

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Fuel Technology

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