TY - JOUR
T1 - Improved protection system for phase faults on marine vessels based on ratio between negative sequence and positive sequence of the fault current
AU - Ciontea, Catalin-Iosif
AU - Hong, Qiteng
AU - Booth, Campbell
AU - Bak, Claus Leth
AU - Blaabjerg, Frede
AU - Madsen, Kjeld Kilsgaard
AU - Sterregaard, Claes Høll
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - This study presents a new method to protect the radial feeders on marine vessels. The proposed protection method is effective against phase–phase (PP) faults and is based on evaluation of the ratio between the negative sequence and positive sequence of the fault currents. It is shown that the magnitude of the introduced ratio increases significantly during the PP fault, hence indicating the fault presence in an electric network. Here, the theoretical background of the new method of protection is firstly discussed, based on which the new protection algorithm is described afterwards. The proposed algorithm is implemented in a programmable digital relay embedded in a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test set-up that emulates a typical maritime feeder using a real-time digital simulator. The HIL set-up allows testing of the new protection method under a wide range of faults and network conditions and the experimental results demonstrate its effectiveness in all scenarios conducted. The proposed protection method offers a solution to the protection challenges associated with variability of the short-circuit currents in radial feeders, advancing in this way the traditional mean of protection in maritime feeders, represented by overcurrent relays.
AB - This study presents a new method to protect the radial feeders on marine vessels. The proposed protection method is effective against phase–phase (PP) faults and is based on evaluation of the ratio between the negative sequence and positive sequence of the fault currents. It is shown that the magnitude of the introduced ratio increases significantly during the PP fault, hence indicating the fault presence in an electric network. Here, the theoretical background of the new method of protection is firstly discussed, based on which the new protection algorithm is described afterwards. The proposed algorithm is implemented in a programmable digital relay embedded in a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test set-up that emulates a typical maritime feeder using a real-time digital simulator. The HIL set-up allows testing of the new protection method under a wide range of faults and network conditions and the experimental results demonstrate its effectiveness in all scenarios conducted. The proposed protection method offers a solution to the protection challenges associated with variability of the short-circuit currents in radial feeders, advancing in this way the traditional mean of protection in maritime feeders, represented by overcurrent relays.
KW - Relay protection
KW - Power system relaying
KW - Short-circuit currents
KW - Marine power systems;
KW - Overcurrent protection
KW - Fault currents
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U2 - 10.1049/iet-est.2017.0099
DO - 10.1049/iet-est.2017.0099
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2042-9738
VL - 8
SP - 251
EP - 258
JO - IET Electrical Systems in Transportation
JF - IET Electrical Systems in Transportation
IS - 4
ER -