Electric Power ›› 2019, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (5): 76-82.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.201810022

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Fault Direction Discriminating Element Used for the Distribution Network with ⅡG Integration

ZHU Yifan1, ZHAO Hongcheng2, CHEN Zhengguang3, XU Chenjing4, SUN Xiaojia2, ZHANG Junjie2, WU Hui2, WANG Xingguo3, WANG Wenhuan3, ZHENG Tao1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China;
    2. State Grid Tibet Power Co., Ltd. Electric Power Research Institute, Lhasa 850000, China;
    3. State Key Laboratory of Power Grid Safety and Energy Conservation, China Electric Power Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 100192, China;
    4. State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co., Ltd. Economic Technology Research Institute, Hangzhou 310008, China
  • Received:2018-10-11 Revised:2019-02-12 Online:2019-05-05 Published:2019-05-14
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by National Key R & D Program of China (No.2016YFB0900600).

Abstract: The access of DG (distributed generation) to distribution network makes the traditional radiant network with single generation become a complex network with multiple generations, which makes the phased current protection no longer suitable. Thus, it is urgent to renovate the original protections of distribution networks. However, due to the difference between DGs and traditional generators in structure and control method, the sensitivity of traditional directional components significantly decreases, which makes misjudgment even possible. In this paper, an adaptive direction discriminating element is proposed by taking the distribution network with ⅡG (inverter-interfaced generation) as an example. Firstly, the characteristics of short-circuit currents are distinguished by restricting the access position of ⅡG. Then, by setting the current setting value, the relay protections at different locations are classified and equipped with different logics of determining the direction of fault. Finally, according to the relationship between the short-circuit current and the setting value, the faults of positive and reverse directions can be distinguished.

Key words: relay protection, inverter-interfaced generation (ⅡG), access position, short circuit current, direction discriminating element

CLC Number: