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Mal-operation of distance protection relays during power swing (PS) condition can endanger the power system stability. Therefore, it is crucial to distinguish between short-circuit faults and PS by a power swing blocking (PSB) function to prevent undesired tripping of distance relay. This paper develops a novel and straightforward PSB method based on the rate of impedance angle change (RIAC). Not only can the proposed approach fairly discriminate both symmetrical and asymmetrical faults from PS, but also it can appropriately preserve protection scheme security during PS under single-pole tripping (SPT) on a transmission line. Furthermore, there is no need to perform extensive dynamic stability studies for setting the PSB function parameters. Unlike the rate of impedance change approaches utilized two blinders, the developed approach only needs an inner blinder. Thus, it can be used for networks running near their operational limits. The proposed method is evaluated through a modified IEEE-PSRC benchmark system in PSCAD/EMTC environment. The obtained results verify superior performance of the proposed method to traditional impedance rate of change method under different scenarios. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper revisits the analysis of the well-known infeed effect on transmission lines distance protection. A new adaptive algorithm to overcome this drawback is proposed, which requires solely impedance data and the operational status of power apparatus to perform overreaching distance zones settings. A comparison of the proposed strategy and the traditional one is performed. The obtained results demonstrate that the proposed settings ensure the correct operation of overreaching zones. Thereby, the backup coverage is improved significantly, besides avoiding distance zones overlapping between adjacent lines. It reveals the proposed strategy usefulness and value from the practical point of view, since it can be implemented with technology readily available on the market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper introduces a novel frequency domain technique to globally evaluate the accuracy of electro-magnetic transient simulations. It is shown that simulation accuracy at low frequencies can sometimes be poorer than at high frequency. A modified approach which quantifies accuracy from a driving point as a function of frequency is also introduced that uses the Bilinear Transformation and Norton equivalents, to produce a “simulation accuracy spectrum”. This approach can be applied to large systems without explicitly forming state space equations. It also permits the accuracy analysis of networks with distributed components such as frequency dependent transmission lines. Two examples are used to verify the proposed technique, a small network with a frequency dependent transmission line modeled by the universal line model; and the IEEE 39 bus system connected with an LCC-HVdc system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, a novel faulted phase selection algorithm is proposed to be used for distance protection applied to half-wavelength power transmission lines. These lines represent an alternating current solution for very-long point-to-point interconnections as an alternative to HVDC. However, no such lines are currently in operation, and if this type of line is to be constructed, it will require its own protection philosophy because of its peculiar characteristics. This paper shows that the fault selection algorithms used in conventional relays do not work properly when applied to half-wavelength lines. The algorithm proposed herein is initially studied in the steady state and ultimately implemented in a programmable protective relay that is tested using a real-time simulator. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper presents a new protection algorithm for double circuit transmission lines using the sum of ratios of modal currents. Relay-operating characteristics is proposed using the complex ratio of modal currents. The proposed algorithm estimates modal domain line parameters and identifies the faulty phases for single pole-tripping applications even during inter-circuit faults. The scheme is sensitive to high resistance internal faults and also detects internal faults with outfeed. The proposed scheme is immune to mutual coupling and is found robust to uncertainties in parameter estimation due to measurement inaccuracies. The scheme is tested for its effectiveness to deal with current transformer saturation and synchronisation error. The scheme protects series compensated double circuit transmission lines even in the presence of current inversion. Exhaustive case studies in electromagnetic transient program (EMTP)/alternate transient program are performed on 400 kV, 300 km, double circuit transmission lines and the proposed protection algorithm is implemented in MATLAB. The results confirm the superiority of the proposed scheme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To solve the following problem: the action speed of protection based on a phasor is restricted by the length of the filtering algorithm time window and the vulnerability to false data, a new pilot protection principle for transmission lines based on waveform similarity is proposed in this paper. By comparing the discrete point sets of current sampling values, a waveform similarity-based algorithm called the Hausdorff distance distinguishes the difference between both side currents of a protected transmission line, realizing fast identification, and removal of the fault. Based on the characteristics of the algorithm, setting methods and protection criterion are discussed. Finally, an improved Hausdorff distance algorithm is proposed to cope with false data. The effectiveness and advantages of the proposed algorithm are validated with theoretical analysis and extensive simulation test results. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper introduces a new noniterative fault-location algorithm for long transmission lines compensated by a series flexible ac transmission systems (FACTS) device. In the proposed algorithm, synchronous voltage and current samples from both ends of the transmission line are used and the distributed parameter line model in the time domain is applied. Due to the difficulties in the modeling of the series FACTS devices during a fault, the presented method does not use the model of the series devices. In this paper, the fault-location problem is converted to an optimization one in which the location and resistance of the fault are the decision variables. The proposed method includes three stages. Two fault locations are obtained, corresponding to the first two stages. In stage three, the obtained results from stages 1 and 2 are compared, and the correct fault location is selected. The proposed algorithm is a noniterative one and it is suitable for transmission lines compensated by any series FACTS device which could have the overvoltage protection and can be in any operating mode. The performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated under different structural and fault conditions. The simulation results confirm the accuracy of the proposed algorithm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bridging the gap between the theoretical modeling and the practical implementation is always essential for fault detection, classification, and location methods in a power transmission-line network. In this paper, a novel hybrid framework that is able to rapidly detect and locate a fault on power transmission lines is presented. The proposed algorithm presents a fault discrimination method based on the three-phase current and voltage waveforms measured when fault events occur in the power transmission-line network. Negative-sequence components of the three-phase current and voltage quantities are applied to achieve fast online fault detection. Subsequently, the fault detection method triggers the fault classification and fault-location methods to become active. A variety of methods—including multilevel wavelet transform, principal component analysis, support vector machines, and adaptive structure neural networks—are incorporated into the framework to identify fault type and location at the same time. This paper lays out the fundamental concept of the proposed framework and introduces the methodology of the analytical techniques, a pattern-recognition approach via neural networks and a joint decision-making mechanism. Using a well-trained framework, the tasks of fault detection, classification, and location are accomplished in 1.28 cycles, significantly shorter than the critical fault clearing time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper proposes a simple closed-form formula of the ground-return impedance of horizontal parallel wires above a lossy ground plane. It is derived by a double logarithmic approximation of the integral term with a semi-infinite interval in Carson's ground-return impedance formula. The proposed double logarithmic approximation gives better accuracy compared to a similar approximation proposed by Pizarro and Eriksson, and this is achieved by an advanced optimization technique used for determining the coefficients in the double logarithmic approximation and also by incorporating an additional variable which minimizes errors. In this paper, it is shown, using practical examples, that the derived formula gives more accurate results compared with other existing approximate formulas. It is also shown that a graphical interpretation of the double logarithmic approximation is to replace a homogeneous lossy ground with a pair of perfectly conducting return planes located at different complex depths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new interphase distance relaying algorithm for series-compensated transmission lines is proposed in this paper. The fault impedance can be correctively calculated using the proposed algorithm without requirement of the parameters of series capacitor device. The series capacitor can be simplified as a linearized impedance during the fault period, but its parameters can be used as variables in fault loop equations. The real-time digital simulator tests show that the proposed algorithm can obtain more accurate results than other traditional distance relaying algorithms for series-compensated transmission lines. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

To predict the location of dc line-faults in an HVDC system, a novel algorithm based on traveling-wave natural frequency using 10-ms current data from the single end is proposed in this paper. The relationship among the natural frequency of traveling wave, fault distance, and reflect coefficient at the terminal of the transmission line is presented. The multiple signal classification method is employed to extract the dominant natural frequency through the spectrum analysis of the traveling wave. The traveling-wave velocity and reflect coefficient under the dominant natural frequency are calculated to identify the fault location. Performance of the proposed fault-location algorithm is studied through detailed simulations carried out by using the electromagnetic transient simulation software PSCAD/EMTDC. The method does not need to identify the surge arrival time and it is more robust compared to the traditional traveling-wave-based fault-location methods. The simulation results have shown that the proposed method is valid and can locate the faults occurring on HVDC transmission lines accurately. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper presents a new method for online symmetrical components and phase-angle extraction from high-voltage transmission-line faults. This method is based on the Adaline neural networks and the instantaneous power theory, also known as the p-q method. A new current decomposition is proposed in order to derive the direct, inverse, and homopolar current components. The average and oscillating terms of powers in the \alpha \beta frame are separated by using four Adaline neural networks. The Adalines use a cosine and sine as inputs in order to learn the linear combination of the powers. The resulting symmetrical components are used by three other Adalines for phase-angle estimation between direct and inverse current components. These phase angles permit classifying the fault types. The neural networks use an online learning process-based Widrow–Hoff algorithm and can adapt their weight parameters to the power-supply evolution. Simulation results show the performance and the robustness of this method and provide a perspective for protection relay improvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a novel intelligent autoreclosure technique to discriminate temporary faults from permanent faults, and to accurately determine fault extinction time. A variety of fault simulations is carried out on a specified transmission line on the standard IEEE 9-bus electric power system by using MATLAB/SimPowerSytems. Prony analysis is employed to extract data features from each simulated fault. The fault identification prior to reclosing is accomplished by an artificial neural network trained by Levenberg Marquardt and resilient backpropagation algorithms, which are developed by using MATLAB. Some important parameters which strongly affect the entire training process are fine-tuned to their corresponding best values with the help of Taguchi's method. Test results show the robustness and efficacy of the proposed autoreclosure scheme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lines with several taps are frequent and involve a large number of small towns and customers. With the need for costs reduction, this solution has been adopted in Brazilian utilities, with measurements only at the two terminal substations of the main line. The relevance of the problem is related to the long time for fault location when there are several secondary tap lines, depriving a large number of customers of energy during this period. Since there is not yet an adequate approach for this configuration, without additional hardware and measurements in tap lines, this paper presents a low-cost solution focusing on the synchronization of data measurements and the fault location in the main line or in the tap lines. The algorithm can handle the critical condition of zero-sequence infeed of star-delta transformers connected to tap lines, detecting the faulty section through the superposition theorem and finally obtaining the fault distance. Simple and accurate enough expressions were developed for fault location in order to help computer implementation of the algorithm. The algorithm also enables fault location in double-circuit main lines with several tap lines. The results, considering various line configurations and fault types, are presented, showing the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Those transmission lines that are on the same tower present unique problems to distance relays, especially for cross-country faults. In this paper, a novel first-zone distance relaying algorithm of parallel lines using only single-line sampling data is proposed for cross-country nonearthed faults. The relation between six phase currents and six sequence currents of parallel lines is derived. Moreover, the sequence currents of the adjacent parallel line at the relay location are expressed only by the sequence currents of the concerned line. Finally, the distance relaying algorithm using the one-end sampling data from the concerned line is presented. The computer simulations with PSCAD/EMTDC software and practical transmission-line parameters are carried out. The results show that the proposed algorithm can obtain the accurate measuring impedance for cross-country nonearthed faults and the accuracy is not affected by fault resistances, load currents, and source impedances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper introduces a state-diagram-based protective algorithm for parallel circuit transmission lines using local information obtained at the relay bus. A new cross-differential technique is proposed which compares the currents in the corresponding phases of the parallel circuits in a 2-D space. A companion impedance-based algorithm is used to cover the evolving faults and some conditions in which the cross-differential technique is not able to discriminate the internal faults alone. The effect of the mutual coupling between parallel circuits on the measured impedances is adaptively compensated according to the status of the parallel circuit currents in the segmented 2-D space. The proposed state-diagram-based algorithm combines the outputs of the cross-differential and impedance-based techniques to provide a reliable response under all of the operating statuses of the parallel circuits. Extensive simulation studies using PSCAD/EMTDC software indicate that the proposed approach provides very reliable protection for the double-circuit transmission lines. It covers intercircuit and evolving faults, and is able to reliably select the faulted phases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper puts forward a novel algorithm for locating faults on double-circuit transmission lines using two-end unsynchronized current measurements. The algorithm does not require line parameters, which is a radical step forward compared to existing approaches, which require this information, so it can be considered as a settings-free algorithm. Only the positive-sequence current phasors during the fault are processed for determining the sought distance to fault and the synchronization angle, limiting thus the amount of data needed to be transferred from each line terminal. The proposed algorithm is derived by applying the Kirchhoff's voltage law around the parallel circuits loops during the fault. The algorithm is applicable for both transposed and untransposed double-circuit lines and is independent of the fault type. Evaluation studies using reliable Alternative Transients Program-Electromagnetic Transients Program simulation data verify that the accuracy of the proposed algorithm is very high under various fault resistances, fault locations, and source impedances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a new two-terminal impedance-based fault-location algorithm, which takes into account the distributed parameter line model. The algorithm utilizes unsynchronized measurements of voltages and currents from two ends of a line and is formulated in terms of the fundamental frequency phasors of symmetrical components of the measured signals. First, an analytical synchronization of the unsynchronized measurements is performed with use of the determined synchronization operator. Then, the distance to fault is calculated as for the synchronized measurements. Simultaneous usage of two kinds of symmetrical components for determining the synchronization operator makes that the calculations are simple, noniterative, and at the same time highly accurate. The developed fault-location algorithm has been thoroughly tested using signals of Alternate Transients Program-Electromagnetic Transients Program versatile simulations of faults on a transmission line. The presented evaluation shows the validity of the developed fault-location algorithm and its high accuracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a new two-terminal impedance-based fault location algorithm, which takes into account the distributed parameter line model. The algorithm utilizes unsynchronized measurements of voltages and currents from two ends of a line and is formulated in terms of the fundamental frequency phasors of symmetrical components of the measured signals. First, an analytical synchronization of the unsynchronized measurements is performed with use of the determined synchronization operator. Then, the distance to fault is calculated as for the synchronized measurements. Simultaneous usage of two kinds of symmetrical components for determining the synchronization operator makes that the calculations are simple, noniterative and at the same time highly accurate. The developed fault location algorithm has been thoroughly tested using signals of ATP-EMTP versatile simulations of faults on a transmission line. The presented evaluation shows the validity of the developed fault location algorithm and its high accuracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, a fuzzy-logic-based algorithm to identify the type of faults for digital distance protection system has been developed. The proposed technique is able to accurately identify the phase(s) involved in all ten types of shunt faults that may occur in a transmission line under different fault resistances, inception angle, and loading levels. The proposed method needs only three line-current measurements available at the relay location and can perform the fault classification task in about a half-cycle period. Thus, the proposed technique is well suited for implementation in a digital distance protection scheme. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]