A Novel Passive Over-Current Trip Device for Seismic Resilience

The seismic resilience has become a critical concern for power systems for high-impact, low-probability disasters such as severe earthquakes. In order to enhance seismic resilience for power systems, a novel protective device, the Passive Over-Current Trip (POCT), has been designed in this paper. In...

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Main Authors: Lai-Wan Hsu, Jian-Hong Liu, Kun-Long Chen, Pei-Ching Chen, Kuo Lung Lian, Hong-En Chiang, Zhi-Kai Fan, Zhao-Yin Chen, Chung-Liang Cheng, Chi-Feng Chung, Yuan-Ching Tu
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Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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author Lai-Wan Hsu
Jian-Hong Liu
Kun-Long Chen
Pei-Ching Chen
Kuo Lung Lian
Hong-En Chiang
Zhi-Kai Fan
Zhao-Yin Chen
Chung-Liang Cheng
Chi-Feng Chung
Yuan-Ching Tu
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Jian-Hong Liu
Kun-Long Chen
Pei-Ching Chen
Kuo Lung Lian
Hong-En Chiang
Zhi-Kai Fan
Zhao-Yin Chen
Chung-Liang Cheng
Chi-Feng Chung
Yuan-Ching Tu
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description The seismic resilience has become a critical concern for power systems for high-impact, low-probability disasters such as severe earthquakes. In order to enhance seismic resilience for power systems, a novel protective device, the Passive Over-Current Trip (POCT), has been designed in this paper. In the design, the POCT integrates a fuse and a mechanical switch, able to trigger the breaker to interrupt the circuit to ensure effective protection. The POCT has the trip-free feature as it fulfills its protective function without the need for an electric relay requiring a continuous power supply. The proposed POCT provides an immediate and reliable solution for the protection in high and ultra-high voltage applications. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed POCT, shockproof and tripping tests were conducted. A seismic test waveform from the Fukushima earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011 was used to test POCT. Under such a severe earthquake, no structural or mechanical damage on the associated components in the POCT was found. Also, the POCT is also in compliance with IEEE 693 standard. Finally, various tripping tests show that the POCT can operate within 18 ms when a fault occurs in a power system, which is much shorter than that of a typical high-voltage fuse.
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spelling doaj-art-8258b23ab45d4c708177efe521fa1a812025-01-21T00:03:16ZengIEEEIEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy2687-79102024-01-011125426510.1109/OAJPE.2024.340116510530942A Novel Passive Over-Current Trip Device for Seismic ResilienceLai-Wan Hsu0Jian-Hong Liu1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2526-4980Kun-Long Chen2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2015-9284Pei-Ching Chen3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7626-3454Kuo Lung Lian4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1242-7330Hong-En Chiang5Zhi-Kai Fan6https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2670-4456Zhao-Yin Chen7Chung-Liang Cheng8Chi-Feng Chung9Yuan-Ching Tu10Long Men Technology Company Ltd., New Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Civil and Construction Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, TaiwanLong Men Technology Company Ltd., New Taipei, TaiwanLong Men Technology Company Ltd., New Taipei, TaiwanLong Men Technology Company Ltd., New Taipei, TaiwanLong Men Technology Company Ltd., New Taipei, TaiwanThe seismic resilience has become a critical concern for power systems for high-impact, low-probability disasters such as severe earthquakes. In order to enhance seismic resilience for power systems, a novel protective device, the Passive Over-Current Trip (POCT), has been designed in this paper. In the design, the POCT integrates a fuse and a mechanical switch, able to trigger the breaker to interrupt the circuit to ensure effective protection. The POCT has the trip-free feature as it fulfills its protective function without the need for an electric relay requiring a continuous power supply. The proposed POCT provides an immediate and reliable solution for the protection in high and ultra-high voltage applications. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed POCT, shockproof and tripping tests were conducted. A seismic test waveform from the Fukushima earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011 was used to test POCT. Under such a severe earthquake, no structural or mechanical damage on the associated components in the POCT was found. Also, the POCT is also in compliance with IEEE 693 standard. Finally, various tripping tests show that the POCT can operate within 18 ms when a fault occurs in a power system, which is much shorter than that of a typical high-voltage fuse.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10530942/Seismic resiliencycircuit breakerfuserelaytripping test
spellingShingle Lai-Wan Hsu
Jian-Hong Liu
Kun-Long Chen
Pei-Ching Chen
Kuo Lung Lian
Hong-En Chiang
Zhi-Kai Fan
Zhao-Yin Chen
Chung-Liang Cheng
Chi-Feng Chung
Yuan-Ching Tu
A Novel Passive Over-Current Trip Device for Seismic Resilience
IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy
Seismic resiliency
circuit breaker
fuse
relay
tripping test
title A Novel Passive Over-Current Trip Device for Seismic Resilience
title_full A Novel Passive Over-Current Trip Device for Seismic Resilience
title_fullStr A Novel Passive Over-Current Trip Device for Seismic Resilience
title_full_unstemmed A Novel Passive Over-Current Trip Device for Seismic Resilience
title_short A Novel Passive Over-Current Trip Device for Seismic Resilience
title_sort novel passive over current trip device for seismic resilience
topic Seismic resiliency
circuit breaker
fuse
relay
tripping test
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10530942/
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