Effective Ultra-High-Speed Identification Scheme of Lightning Strikes Suitable for VSC-Based DC Grids

Abstract

To ensure their sound and continuous operation to the greatest extent, VSC-based DC girds have extremely stringent requirements for transmission line relay protection. In terms of guaranteeing their reliability, accurate identification of lightning strikes on DC transmission lines is one of the urgent key problems to be solved. An effective ultra-high-speed identification scheme of lightning strikes suitable for the VSC-based DC grid is proposed in this paper. First, an 1-mode reverse voltage traveling wave (RVTW) is constructed applying the pole-mode transformation theory. Next, fault traveling wave propagation characteristics along the DC transmission line are analyzed in depth utilizing Peterson's law. Then, differences of time-frequency electromagnetic transient characteristics of 1-mode RVTWs between disturbances and faults caused by lightning strikes are distinguished in detail by means of the classical wavelet transformation multi-resolution analysis theory. Finally, extensive simulations are carried out to evaluate the performance of the proposed identification scheme, and by which its excellent rapidity, reliability and robustness are validated.

Keywords

• Lightning-strike identification
• Multi-resolution analysis
• Relay protection
• Traveling-wave protection
• VSC-based DC grid
• Wavelet transformation