Adaptive Protection Scheme for a Distribution System Considering Grid-Connected and Islanded Modes of Operation
Yavuz Ates,
Ali Rifat Boynuegri,
Mehmet Uzunoglu,
Abdullah Nadar,
Recep Yumurtacı,
Ozan Erdinc,
Nikolaos G. Paterakis,
João P. S. Catalão
Affiliations
Yavuz Ates
Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Electric-Electronics, Yildiz Technical University Davutpasa Campus, Esenler, Istanbul 34220, Turkey
Ali Rifat Boynuegri
Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Electric-Electronics, Yildiz Technical University Davutpasa Campus, Esenler, Istanbul 34220, Turkey
Mehmet Uzunoglu
Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Electric-Electronics, Yildiz Technical University Davutpasa Campus, Esenler, Istanbul 34220, Turkey
Abdullah Nadar
Marmara Research Center, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Energy Institute, Ankara Branch 06800, Turkey
Recep Yumurtacı
Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Electric-Electronics, Yildiz Technical University Davutpasa Campus, Esenler, Istanbul 34220, Turkey
Ozan Erdinc
Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Electric-Electronics, Yildiz Technical University Davutpasa Campus, Esenler, Istanbul 34220, Turkey
Nikolaos G. Paterakis
Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
João P. S. Catalão
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores - Investigação e Desenvolvimento (INESC-ID), Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, Lisbon 1049-001, Portugal
The renewable energy-based distributed generation (DG) implementation in power systems has been an active research area during the last few decades due to several environmental, economic and political factors. Although the integration of DG offers many advantages, several concerns, including protection schemes in systems with the possibility of bi-directional power flow, are raised. Thus, new protection schemes are strongly required in power systems with a significant presence of DG. In this study, an adaptive protection strategy for a distribution system with DG integration is proposed. The proposed strategy considers both grid-connected and islanded operating modes, while the adaptive operation of the protection is dynamically realized considering the availability of DG power production (related to faults or meteorological conditions) in each time step. Besides, the modular structure and fast response of the proposed strategy is validated via simulations conducted on the IEEE 13-node test system.
