An adaptive distance protection scheme considering fault resistance, injected current, and structural changes in the power system

Abstract Faults in power systems occur for various reasons, such as aging or natural disasters. Detecting, locating, and promptly clearing these faults is crucial for maintaining the safety and reliability of transmission lines (TLs). Distance relays (DRs), which protect TLs, detect faults, estimate...

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Main Authors: Majid Mohtashami, Abbas Saberi Noghabi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-12-01
Series:IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1049/gtd2.13309
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description Abstract Faults in power systems occur for various reasons, such as aging or natural disasters. Detecting, locating, and promptly clearing these faults is crucial for maintaining the safety and reliability of transmission lines (TLs). Distance relays (DRs), which protect TLs, detect faults, estimate their location, and send the required commands. However, these relays may experience mis‐detection due to manipulated impedance arising from both internal and external factors. These factors include measurement device errors, network topology changes, the presence of fault resistance (FR), and injected currents from remote line terminals. To address this challenge, an innovative adaptive protection scheme that considers FR, changes in network topology, and injected current from the opposite end of the line is proposed. By estimating the equivalent circuit impedances (ECIs) of the network connected to the terminal of the TL, this protection scheme utilizes impedance estimation techniques at the line terminals and offline network information. Simulation studies (tested on the IEEE 39‐bus standard network) show that the proposed scheme accurately estimates fault location (FL) and FR with high precision. The simulation results demonstrate its effectiveness in improving the performance of conventional distance protection relays in both the first and second protection zones (Zone1 and Zone2).
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spelling doaj-art-4cec66646a19406ca104f10f539662c02025-08-20T03:55:49ZengWileyIET Generation, Transmission & Distribution1751-86871751-86952024-12-0118244328434110.1049/gtd2.13309An adaptive distance protection scheme considering fault resistance, injected current, and structural changes in the power systemMajid Mohtashami0Abbas Saberi Noghabi1Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Birjand Birjand IranFaculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Birjand Birjand IranAbstract Faults in power systems occur for various reasons, such as aging or natural disasters. Detecting, locating, and promptly clearing these faults is crucial for maintaining the safety and reliability of transmission lines (TLs). Distance relays (DRs), which protect TLs, detect faults, estimate their location, and send the required commands. However, these relays may experience mis‐detection due to manipulated impedance arising from both internal and external factors. These factors include measurement device errors, network topology changes, the presence of fault resistance (FR), and injected currents from remote line terminals. To address this challenge, an innovative adaptive protection scheme that considers FR, changes in network topology, and injected current from the opposite end of the line is proposed. By estimating the equivalent circuit impedances (ECIs) of the network connected to the terminal of the TL, this protection scheme utilizes impedance estimation techniques at the line terminals and offline network information. Simulation studies (tested on the IEEE 39‐bus standard network) show that the proposed scheme accurately estimates fault location (FL) and FR with high precision. The simulation results demonstrate its effectiveness in improving the performance of conventional distance protection relays in both the first and second protection zones (Zone1 and Zone2).https://doi.org/10.1049/gtd2.13309electric impedance measurementequivalent circuitsfault locationnetwork topologypower system relayingpower transmission lines
spellingShingle Majid Mohtashami
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An adaptive distance protection scheme considering fault resistance, injected current, and structural changes in the power system
IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution
electric impedance measurement
equivalent circuits
fault location
network topology
power system relaying
power transmission lines
title An adaptive distance protection scheme considering fault resistance, injected current, and structural changes in the power system
title_full An adaptive distance protection scheme considering fault resistance, injected current, and structural changes in the power system
title_fullStr An adaptive distance protection scheme considering fault resistance, injected current, and structural changes in the power system
title_full_unstemmed An adaptive distance protection scheme considering fault resistance, injected current, and structural changes in the power system
title_short An adaptive distance protection scheme considering fault resistance, injected current, and structural changes in the power system
title_sort adaptive distance protection scheme considering fault resistance injected current and structural changes in the power system
topic electric impedance measurement
equivalent circuits
fault location
network topology
power system relaying
power transmission lines
url https://doi.org/10.1049/gtd2.13309
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