DC line protection with high speed and strong robustness against high fault resistance is essential in highvoltage direct current(HVDC)grids.The conventional voltagederivative-based protections for DC lines exhibit th...DC line protection with high speed and strong robustness against high fault resistance is essential in highvoltage direct current(HVDC)grids.The conventional voltagederivative-based protections for DC lines exhibit the problem of low reliability on the occurrence of high-impedance faults.In this paper,fault traveling waves at the fault point and at the line side of the DC reactor are first analyzed using phasemodal transformation.Based on the theoretical analysis of the modal fault-component voltages at the line side of the DC reactor,a novel hybrid protection scheme utilizing the single-ended rate of change of voltage(ROCOV)and waveform similarity coefficient is proposed.It utilizes the hybrid ROCOV criterion and waveform similarity coefficient to identify the faulted line and the amplitudes of the 0-and 1-mode fault-component voltages to identify fault type,and the polarities of the 0-and 1-mode fault-component voltages to identify faulted pole.Simulations under various fault conditions verify that the proposed protection scheme can achieve fast and reliable identification of faulted line,fault type,and faulted pole in 1 ms,and effectively improve the reliability against high-impedance faults up to 1200.展开更多
快速检测故障并准确实现故障隔离是柔性直流电网的基本运行要求。为提高直流电网运行的可靠性,以典型的4端口柔性直流输电工程为研究对象,针对工程中应用的高压直流断路器提出了一种就近检测电压变化率(rateofchange of voltage,ROCOV)...快速检测故障并准确实现故障隔离是柔性直流电网的基本运行要求。为提高直流电网运行的可靠性,以典型的4端口柔性直流输电工程为研究对象,针对工程中应用的高压直流断路器提出了一种就近检测电压变化率(rateofchange of voltage,ROCOV)的高压直流电网保护控制策略,通过对保护原理的分析提出了保护所需要的故障判据,并给出了动作阈值的整定方法。此外在目前的直流电网保护策略基础上进行了改进,针对易发生保护误动的情况具体地提出了抗扰动的方法和区分区内区外故障的控制策略,最后在PSCAD/EMTDC中搭建了4端口柔性直流输电模型,对不同的工况和故障进行仿真,验证了方法的准确性以及保护动作的选择性、可靠性和速动性,并证明了该方法具有一定的抗干扰性和抗过渡电阻的能力。展开更多
This paper proposes a simple and fast way to determine the direction of a fault in a multi-terminal high voltage direct current(HVDC) grid by comparing the rate of change of voltage(ROCOV) values at either side of the...This paper proposes a simple and fast way to determine the direction of a fault in a multi-terminal high voltage direct current(HVDC) grid by comparing the rate of change of voltage(ROCOV) values at either side of the di/dt limiting inductors at the line terminals. A local measurement based secure and fast protection method is implemented by supervising a basic ROCOV relay with a directional element. This directional information is also used to develop a slower communication based DC line protection scheme for detecting high resistance faults. The proposed protection scheme is applied to a multi-level modular converter based three-terminal HVDC grid and its security and sensitivity are evaluated through electromagnetic transient simulations. A methodology to set the protection thresholds considering the constraints imposed by the breaker technology and communication delays is also presented. With properly designed di/dt limiting inductors,the ability of clearing any DC transmission system fault before fault currents exceeds a given breaker capacity is demonstrated.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant 2016YFB0900900.
文摘DC line protection with high speed and strong robustness against high fault resistance is essential in highvoltage direct current(HVDC)grids.The conventional voltagederivative-based protections for DC lines exhibit the problem of low reliability on the occurrence of high-impedance faults.In this paper,fault traveling waves at the fault point and at the line side of the DC reactor are first analyzed using phasemodal transformation.Based on the theoretical analysis of the modal fault-component voltages at the line side of the DC reactor,a novel hybrid protection scheme utilizing the single-ended rate of change of voltage(ROCOV)and waveform similarity coefficient is proposed.It utilizes the hybrid ROCOV criterion and waveform similarity coefficient to identify the faulted line and the amplitudes of the 0-and 1-mode fault-component voltages to identify fault type,and the polarities of the 0-and 1-mode fault-component voltages to identify faulted pole.Simulations under various fault conditions verify that the proposed protection scheme can achieve fast and reliable identification of faulted line,fault type,and faulted pole in 1 ms,and effectively improve the reliability against high-impedance faults up to 1200.
文摘快速检测故障并准确实现故障隔离是柔性直流电网的基本运行要求。为提高直流电网运行的可靠性,以典型的4端口柔性直流输电工程为研究对象,针对工程中应用的高压直流断路器提出了一种就近检测电压变化率(rateofchange of voltage,ROCOV)的高压直流电网保护控制策略,通过对保护原理的分析提出了保护所需要的故障判据,并给出了动作阈值的整定方法。此外在目前的直流电网保护策略基础上进行了改进,针对易发生保护误动的情况具体地提出了抗扰动的方法和区分区内区外故障的控制策略,最后在PSCAD/EMTDC中搭建了4端口柔性直流输电模型,对不同的工况和故障进行仿真,验证了方法的准确性以及保护动作的选择性、可靠性和速动性,并证明了该方法具有一定的抗干扰性和抗过渡电阻的能力。
文摘This paper proposes a simple and fast way to determine the direction of a fault in a multi-terminal high voltage direct current(HVDC) grid by comparing the rate of change of voltage(ROCOV) values at either side of the di/dt limiting inductors at the line terminals. A local measurement based secure and fast protection method is implemented by supervising a basic ROCOV relay with a directional element. This directional information is also used to develop a slower communication based DC line protection scheme for detecting high resistance faults. The proposed protection scheme is applied to a multi-level modular converter based three-terminal HVDC grid and its security and sensitivity are evaluated through electromagnetic transient simulations. A methodology to set the protection thresholds considering the constraints imposed by the breaker technology and communication delays is also presented. With properly designed di/dt limiting inductors,the ability of clearing any DC transmission system fault before fault currents exceeds a given breaker capacity is demonstrated.
