A novel protection scheme for an LVDC distribution network with reduced fault levels

Wang, Dong and Emhemed, Abdullah and Burt, Graeme (2017) A novel protection scheme for an LVDC distribution network with reduced fault levels. In: The 2nd International Conference on DC Microgrids (ICDCM2017), 2017-06-27 - 2017-06-29.

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Abstract

Low Voltage Direct Current (LVDC) distribution is one of the new promising technologies that have the potential to accelerate the wider integration of distributed renewables. However, adding new power electronics to convert AC to DC will introduce new forms of faults with different characteristics. Converters with inherent fault current limiting and blocking capabilities will significantly limit the fault currents, resulting in significant impacts on the performance of existing LV overcurrent protection schemes. New protection methods based on the change in the DC voltages have been proposed recently by different researches. The issue with these methods is that the protection relays of the un-faulted feeders will also see the same change in the voltage for certain faults, leading to substandard selectivity and unnecessary tripping. This paper investigates these challenges, and presents a novel DC protection method which is based on the use of the combination of two components: the voltage change (dv/dt) and the change of current (di/dt). The new method is mainly developed to detect and locate DC faults with reduced fault current levels within DC distribution networks. The introduced protection concept is tested on an LVDC distribution network example using PSCAD/EMTDC simulation tool.

  • Item type:Conference or Workshop Item(Paper)
    ID code:61257
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    29 June 2017
    Published
    27 June 2017
    Published Online
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    Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:12 Jul 2017 11:15
    Last modified:14 Apr 2024 01:20
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/61257
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