Electric Power ›› 2021, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (3): 149-158.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.201912001

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Analysis and Improvement of Active Arc Suppression Algorithm Considering Effect of Distribution Line Parameters

ZHU Zhanchun1, WEN Shengxue1, TANG Jinrui2, RAN Ronghua1, YUAN Chengqing3, YANG Hualin1, MOU Hua1, DENG Congzhong1   

  1. 1. Enshi Power Supply Company, State Grid Hubei Electric Power Company, Enshi 445099, China;
    2. School of Automation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China;
    3. School of Energy and Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China
  • Received:2019-12-02 Revised:2020-03-10 Online:2021-03-05 Published:2021-03-17
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Research on Key Technologies of Hierarchical Full Compensation Arc Suppression Method for Single-Phase-to-Ground Fault in Distribution Systems, No.51707139)

Abstract: Considering the influence of self impedance and phase-to-phase coupling of the distribution feeders, an analysis is made on the full-compensation zero-residual-current arc-suppression algorithms for the single-phase grounding faults of active inverters, and some ideas are proposed for their improvement. An equivalent injection current formula is derived for the active inverter based on full-compensation fault arc-suppression, which shows that the active arc-suppression injection current is determined by the faulted phase voltage and the zero-sequence input impedance at the fault position. Based on the analysis of the active-current and active-voltage arc-suppression algorithms, it is proposed to optimize active-current arc-suppression algorithm by correcting current flow through the arc-suppression coil, measuring the fault resistance and locating the fault section. The active voltage arc-suppression algorithm can be optimized by such methods as monitoring the load current and locating the single-phase grounding fault position. The results of this study can provide an important theoretical basis for improving the active arc suppression algorithms for single-phase grounding faults in the distribution networks.

Key words: distribution network, arc suppression coil, full compensation, zero residual current, active arc suppression