WO2000030233A1 - Impedance measurement system for power system transmission lines - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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- H02H3/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection
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- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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- H02H1/00—Details of emergency protective circuit arrangements
- H02H1/04—Arrangements for preventing response to transient abnormal conditions, e.g. to lightning or to short duration over voltage or oscillations; Damping the influence of dc component by short circuits in ac networks
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- the present invention relates generally to protective relaying, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for use in connection with a protective relay or like device to accurately measure the impedance of a power system transmission line.
- a typical power system employs one or more protective relays to monitor impedance and other AC voltage and current characteristics on a protected transmission line, to sense faults and short circuits on such protected line, and to appropriately isolate such faults and short circuits from the remainder of the power system by tripping pre-positioned circuit breakers on such protected line.
- a typical power system can be connected over hundreds of miles and include multiple power generators (generator S, generator R) at different locations.
- Transmission lines (the main horizontal lines in Fig. 1) distribute power from the generators to secondary lines or buses (the main vertical lines in Fig. 1), and such buses eventually lead to power loads.
- relays and circuit breakers are appropriately positioned to perform the isolating function described above.
- a modern protective relay typically records voltage and current waveforms measured on a corresponding protected line, and employs a memory and microprocessor and/or digital signal processor (DSP) to process the recorded waveforms and to estimate impedance and voltage and current phasors based on such processed waveforms.
- DSP digital signal processor
- a voltage or current phasor expresses the respective parameter in terms of its magnitude and phase angle.
- the term 'transmission line' includes any type of electrical conductor, such as a high power conductor, feeder, transformer winding, etc. Based on the estimated impedance and voltage and current phasors, the protective relay can then decide whether to trip an associated relay, thereby isolating a portion of the power system.
- a typical protective relay 10 samples voltage and current waveforms V A , V B , V c , I A , I B , I from each phase (A-C) of a three phase line 12.
- V A , V B , V c , I A , I B , I each phase (A-C) of a three phase line 12.
- A-C phase
- the sampled waveforms are stored in a memory 14 and are then retrieved and appropriately operated on by a processor or DSP 16 to produce the aforementioned estimated impedances and phasors.
- the relay 10 may then decide that an associated circuit breaker 18 should be tripped to isolate a portion of the line 12 from a fault condition or from other detected phenomena, and issue such a command over a 'TRIP' output ('TRIP 1 ' in Fig. 1 A) that is received as an input to the circuit breaker 18.
- the relay 10 may then reset the circuit breaker after the relay 10 senses that the fault has been cleared, or after otherwise being ordered to do so, by issuing such a command over a 'RESET' output ('RESET 1' in Fig. IA) that is received as an input to the circuit breaker 18.
- the relay 10 may control several circuit breakers 18 (only one being shown in Fig. 1 A), hence the 'TRIP 2' and 'RESET 2' outputs. Additionally, the circuit breakers 18 may be set up to control one or more specific phases of the line 12, rather than all of the phases of the line 12. Owing to the relatively large distances over which a power system can extend, the distance between a relay 10 and one or more of its associated circuit breakers 18 can be substantial. As a result, the outputs from the relay 10 may be received by the circuit breaker(s) 18 by way of any reasonable transmission method, including hard wire line, radio transmission, optical link, satellite link, and the like.
- transmission lines may oftentimes be series- compensated by series capacitance 20 that includes one or more capacitors or banks of capacitor installations (a representative series capacitor CAP is shown).
- Benefits obtained thereby include increased power transfer capability, improved system stability, reduced system losses, improved voltage regulation, and better power flow regulation.
- installation of series capacitance introduces challenges to protection systems for both the series-compensated line and lines adjacent thereto.
- series compensation elements installed within a power system introduce harmonics and non-linearities in such system.
- waveform-type algorithms i.e., algorithms that rely on current and voltage waveforms to determine a parameter of interest
- several transient problems may cause very large errors.
- Such voltage and current phasors are employed in relaying applications, for example, to determine whether a fault is in a protected zone. It is imperative, then, that such phasor estimates be as accurate as possible in view of installed series capacitance.
- DC Offset In uncompensated and compensated power systems, a fault current waveform will contain an exponentially decaying DC offset component in addition to a fundamental frequency. The amount of the DC offset is dependent on the fault inception angle and system parameters such as network configuration, number and length of transmission lines, compensation percentage, power flow, generator and transformer impedances, etc.
- a variety of algorithms have been devised to compensate for DC offset. Some algorithms use a differentiation technique that eliminates the effect of the DC offset and ramp components in the fault current waveform. Mimic circuits and cosine filters have also been employed.
- Sub-Synchronous Frequencies On series-compensated lines, series capacitance introduces a sub -synchronous frequency which is dependent on capacitance value and various system values.
- the fault current waveform includes two sinusoids, one oscillating at the predetermined system frequency (50 Hz, 60 Hz, etc.), and the other at the system natural frequency (neglecting system resistance and load current).
- the system natural frequency is determined by the degree of compensation, the source impedance, and the distance to fault location, among other things. Accordingly, a higher system natural frequency occurs when a fault is closer to a respective relay.
- a bypass breaker or bypass switch (shown in Fig. 2 in parallel with the representative series capacitor) closes following operation of an overload protection system.
- the breaker is controlled by a protective relay 10 via an appropriate BYPASS output (Fig. 1 A).
- BYPASS output Fig. 1 A
- bypassing the installed capacitance in actuality causes an inductance (L) to be placed in parallel with the installed capacitance to form a damping circuit. Accordingly, the closing of such breaker introduces a transient in the system as the breaker arcs and the impedance seen by the relay is altered.
- the impedance to the fault increases and the fault current decreases, thus altering the phasor estimates.
- the quick response of the MOV and overload protection (the spark gap (SG) shown in Fig. 2 in parallel with the representative series capacitor) removes or reduces the capacitance and limits the impact of the sub-frequency component.
- the present invention satisfies the aforementioned need by providing an accurate impedance measurement method for a power system transmission line.
- the invention provides improvements to various protection functions, i.e., distance protection and/or fault location estimation.
- the inventive method is less sensitive than conventional methods to harmonics and other transient problems introduced to power systems by series capacitance and the like.
- existing protective relays can easily incorporate the method in their protection functions, so that the improvements can be achieved with minimal cost.
- a number (n) of current and voltage samples (I k , V k ) representative of values of current and voltage waveforms are measured, respectively, at successive instants of time on a conductor in a power system.
- the number n is an integer greater than 1 and the index k takes on values of 1 to n.
- Resistance (R) and inductance (L) values are computed in accordance with an equation in which R and L are related to sums of differences in values of successive current and voltage samples. A prescribed power system function is then performed based on the computed R and L values.
- Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of a power distribution system having protective relays which perform impedance measurement in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 1 A is a diagrammatic view of a relay employed in connection with the power system shown in Fig. 1, where the relay is coupled to a circuit breaker in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view of a representative series capacitor and related elements employed in connection with the power system shown in Fig. 1 ;
- Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view of a model of a faulted line as a series R-L circuit in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 4 is a flow chart displaying steps performed for impedance measurement in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- the present invention includes a new algorithm for such impedance measurement and fault location determination.
- algorithm is not restricted to use in connection with a transmission line and may instead be employed in connection with other power system elements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
- algorithms employed to calculate transmission line impedance Most of such algorithms are of the waveform type, where the parameter of interest for relaying is in the voltage or current waveform. Another type of algorithm is employed if the parameter of interest is included in the system description rather than the waveform. In A. D. Mclnnes and I. F.
- V ⁇ t) R I ( t) +L dI ⁇ t ) . (1) dt
- eq. (3) provides appropriate stabilization to solve the transient problems mentioned above.
- eq. (3) gives a new approximation of R and L of the faulted line as modeled in Fig. 3.
- a simple averaging of the sample by sample approximation will not result in a better prediction of the impedance of the faulted line. Accordingly, the following approach is employed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- a T A in eq. (6) is a 2x2 symmetric matrix and therefore is relatively easily and quickly inverted.
- the number of time windows needed to stabilize the algorithm is preferably empirically determined.
- additional algorithm stabilization is achieved by appropriate normalization of each row in eq. (5).
- computing time can be reduced drastically by storing appropriate numbers so that for each new sample the number of calculations is minimized.
- a T A and A ⁇ b may be re-characterized as:
- computation time is preferably further reduced by storing particular intermediate calculated data. Accordingly, the present invention can be implemented with real-time performance, and requires less computing time than waveform type algorithms.
- an impedance relay normally uses a zero sequence compensation current (I 0 ) to account for the ground return voltage drop.
- I 0 This compensation in a faulted current is usually done as follows:
- Z 0 and Z ⁇ are defined as the zero sequence impedance and the positive sequence impedance, respectively.
- impedance and phasors are estimated by first measuring a number (n > 1) of current and voltage samples (I k , V k ) representative of values of current and voltage waveforms, respectively, at successive instants of time on a conductor in a power system (step 41 of Fig. 4). Such measurements are then employed in connection with eqs. (6)-(8), above, to compute resistance (R) and inductance (L) values in accordance with an equation in which R and L are related to sums of differences in values of successive current and voltage samples (step 42 of Fig. 4). A prescribed power system function is then performed on the basis of the computed R and L values.
- the estimated impedances yielded by the present invention may be employed to perform power system protection functions (step 43 in Fig. 4) including level detection for threshold units, direction discrimination, fault distance estimation, out of step detection, and fault location, among others.
- power system protection functions step 43 in Fig. 4
- impedances may be employed to perform power measurement functions (step 44 in Fig. 4) including voltage, current and power metering, power flow analysis, state estimation, and power system control, among others. It is therefore important that the impedances used in the various processes be accurate. The present invention provides such accurate phasors.
- the present invention comprises a new and useful impedance measurement system for power transmission lines including series-compensated transmission lines. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes could be made to the embodiments described above without departing from the broad inventive concepts thereof. Thus, for example, except where expressly so limited, the claims are not limited to applications involving three-phase power systems or power systems employing a 50 Hz or 60 Hz frequency. Moreover, the claims are not limited to systems associated with any particular part of a power distribution system, such as a transformer, a feeder, a high power transmission line, etc. It is understood, therefore, that this invention is not limited to the particular embodiments disclosed but it is intended to cover modifications within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.
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