A three-phase fault currents calculation method used for protection coordination analysis

K. A. Saleh; H. H. Zeineldin; A. Al-Hinai

A three-phase fault currents calculation method used for protection coordination analysis

K. A. Saleh^*, H. H. Zeineldin, A. Al-Hinai

^*Corresponding author for this work

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

A reliable fault current calculation method is required to perform precise protection coordination analysis. The conventional short circuit calculation method is not valid for distribution power systems that are equipped with Inverter-Based Distributed Generation (IBDG) units. This paper proposes a new simple method based on the superposition theorem that calculates the three-phase fault currents for meshed distribution system in the presence of IBDG units. The proposed method is tested on the power distribution system of IEEE 14-bus with three IBDG units. The proposed method achieves good accuracy when compared to the results of a transient model of the test system. Moreover, the three-phase fault currents computed by the proposed method were used as part of the protection coordination problem. The protection coordination problem is formulated as a constrained non-linear programming problem and solved to determine the optimal relay settings.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Transmission and Distribution Conference
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479936557
Publication status	Published - Jul 23 2014
Event	2014 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, T and D 2014 - Chicago, United States Duration: Apr 14 2014 → Apr 17 2014

Other

Other	2014 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, T and D 2014
Country	United States
City	Chicago
Period	4/14/14 → 4/17/14

Keywords

Distributed generation
Fault currents
Optimization
Protection coordination
Superposition

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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A three-phase fault currents calculation method used for protection coordination analysis. / Saleh, K. A.; Zeineldin, H. H.; Al-Hinai, A.

Proceedings of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Transmission and Distribution Conference. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. 6863444.

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Saleh, KA, Zeineldin, HH & Al-Hinai, A 2014, A three-phase fault currents calculation method used for protection coordination analysis. in Proceedings of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Transmission and Distribution Conference., 6863444, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, T and D 2014, Chicago, United States, 4/14/14.

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