Development of adaptive protection methodology for modern systems of electrical energy distribution

• Grant number: 17/20880-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: April 01, 2018
• End date: October 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Power Systems
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Fernanda Caseño Trindade Arioli
• Grantee: Felipe Bayma Barbosa Rolim
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação (FEEC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/20128-5 - Development of an optimal adaptive protection method for modern electric power distribution systems, BE.EP.MS

Abstract

Electric power distribution systems have been submitted to major changes related to the integration of new technologies such as distributed generators, electric vehicles, energy storage systems, smart meters with two-way communication, and digital protection equipment. Currently, technological advances related to the digital protection equipment, such as high sampling rate and the capability of communication and remote readjustments have allowed greater flexibility, reliability, and better performance at reasonable costs. Therefore, the use of this equipment allows implementing new specialized protection schemes, minimizing the cases of false operation, improving diagnostics, as well as accelerating the short circuit interruption. However, in most cases, the functionalities available in the digital equipment are not fully exploited and the protection practices are in agreement with those from the time when the relays were electromechanical. Thus, studies are needed to evaluate the best allocation of protection equipment and the best use of its functionalities for the protection of electric power distribution networks. In this context, this project proposes employing the existing or potentially present functionalities in modern protection equipment for the development of new adaptive overcurrent protection methodologies, as well as to evaluate the best allocation of these types of equipment in the electric power distribution systems. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BARBOSA, TIAGO; BONADIA, RODRIGO; TORQUATO, RICARDO; MEIRA, PAULO C. M.; BAYMA, FELIPE; FREITAS, WALMIR; LEMES, ANDRE L.; RODRIGUES, LUISE O.; GASTALDI, ANDRE F.; FREITAS, JOAO P. F. S.; et al. Assessment of the Technical Loss Calculation Method Used in Brazilian Distribution Systems. 2020 IEEE PES TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION - LATIN AMERICA (T&D LA), v. N/A, p. 6-pg., 2020-01-01. (17/20880-6, 16/08645-9, 18/24018-0)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

ROLIM, Felipe Bayma Barbosa. Development of adaptive protection methodology for modern systems of electrical energy distribution. 2020. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação Campinas, SP.