Generator Protection Overcomes Current Transformer Limitations

IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 2007

Here, a comprehensive characterisation of the performance of voltage relays, focusing on their capability to detect islanding of embedded synchronous generators is presented. Such characterisation is done by using the performance curves and the concept of critical reactive power imbalance, which allows a systematic analysis of voltage relays considering a wide range of system operating points. The impacts of important factors on the relay performance are evaluated, such as the presence of voltage-dependent loads and the generator exciter control mode. Moreover, a graphical approach that allows protection engineers to adjust voltage relays to reach two objectives simultaneously: (i) to be sensitive enough to detect islanding efficiently and (ii) to satisfy the protection requirements against abnormal voltage variation is proposed. Results can be quite attractive to understand voltage relays behaviour and limitations and thus, they can be adjusted more efficiently.

2000 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference. Conference Record (Cat. No.00CH37053), 2000

Ground Differential Protection Relays (device 87G) have been used to protect the windings of resistance grounded power transformers. There have been problems of relay mis-operation and non-operation with electromechanical 87G relays due to current transformer (CT) burden and saturation. Due to their low burden, it has been assumed by some that solid-state digital relays are not subject to these problems. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the truth of this assumption. Under what circumstances, and with what types of CTs, might problems occur? An analysis is performed of digital ground differential protection over a range of power transformer and CT sizes. Guidelines are developed for CT accuracy ratings suitable for this application. The effect of different relay algorithms on scheme performance relative to CTs is also discussed.

The connection of distributed generators (DGs) to distribution networks greatly influences the performance and stability of such networks. Though DGs have significant economic and environmental benefits, increased penetration of DGs will impose significant technical barriers for the efficient and effective operation of bulk power systems. Increased fault current contribution and load flow changes are the major two impacts on utility systems, and these will affect existing protective relaying, especially overcurrent relays. To ensure safe and selective protection relay coordination, the impact of DGs should be taken into account when planning DG interconnection. This paper presents an introduction of distributed generators and an overview of the effects of DGs on system protection relay coordination, particularly in cases where DGs are added to a distribution feeder.

2013 66th Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers, 2013

2009

ABSTRACT Differential protection is a popular method to protect aircraft generators against winding faults. Traditional relay-based systems have a limited capability to distinguish between differential current resulting from a winding fault, and the one resulting from measurement noise or current saturation, resulting in false alarms and unnecessary equipment shutdown.

2019 72nd Conference for Protective Relay Engineers (CPRE), 2019

Ground faults in generator stator and field/rotor circuits are serious events that can lead to damage, costly repair, extended outage and loss of revenue. This paper explores advances in field/rotor circuit ground fault and stator ground fault protection. These advanced protection strategies employ AC injection and other tactics to provide benefits in security, sensitivity and speed.

2011

The connection of distributed generators (DGs) to distribution networks greatly influences the performance and stability of such networks. Though DGs have significant economic and environmental benefits, increased penetration of DGs will impose significant technical barriers for the efficient and effective operation of bulk power systems. Increased fault current contribution and load flow changes are the major two impacts on utility systems, and these will affect existing protective relaying, especially overcurrent relays. To ensure safe and selective protection relay coordination, the impact of DGs should be taken into account when planning DG interconnection. This paper presents an introduction of distributed generators and an overview of the effects of DGs on system protection relay coordination, particularly in cases where DGs are added to a distribution feeder.

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2015

Current transformer (CT) saturation threatens accurate discrimination between internal fault current and magnetizing inrush current of a transformer and endangers the proper operation of differential relay. Thus, compensation of CT saturation could substantially improve the performance and security of transformer differential relays. So far, almost all of the technical literatures in this field have focused exclusively on the fault current compensation. However, this paper proposes an efficient compensation algorithm to reconstruct both of the fault and inrush currents which are distorted by CT saturation. Some of the attractive features of the proposed method are its accuracy, fast response time, desired sample-by-sample output, no dependency on power system topology, immunity against noise and harmonics, and its simplicity. These features are extracted through the application of numerous test cases reflecting a wide range of variations in fault and inrush currents. The proposed algorithm is proved to be fast, accurate, and reliable.

2015

Ground faults in generator stator and field/rotor circuits are serious events that can lead to damage, costly repair, extended outage and loss of revenue. This paper explores advances in field/rotor circuit ground fault and stator ground fault protection. These advanced protection strategies employ AC injection and other tactics to provide benefits in security, sensitivity and speed.

Energies, 2014

This paper describes a current differential relay for transformer protection that operates in conjunction with a core saturation detection-based blocking algorithm. The differential current for the magnetic inrush or over-excitation has a point of inflection at the start and end of each saturation period of the transformer core. At these instants, discontinuities arise in the first-difference function of the differential current. The second-and third-difference functions convert the points of inflection into pulses, the magnitudes of which are large enough to detect core saturation. The blocking signal is activated if the third-difference of the differential current is larger than the threshold and is maintained for one cycle. In addition, a method to discriminate between transformer saturation and current transformer (CT) saturation is included. The performance of the proposed blocking scheme was compared with that of a conventional harmonic blocking method. The test results OPEN ACCESS Energies 2014, 7 4572 indicate that the proposed scheme successfully discriminates internal faults even with CT saturation from the magnetic inrush, over-excitation, and external faults with CT saturation, and can significantly reduce the operating time delay of the relay.