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| Author(s): |
Diogo Salles Corrêa
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação |
| Defense date: | 2008-06-25 |
| Examining board members: |
Walmir de Freitas Filho;
Luis Fernando Costa Alberto;
Fujio Sato
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| Advisor: | Jose Carlos de Melo Vieira Junior; Walmir de Freitas Filho |
| Abstract | |
Distributed synchronous generators connected to distribution power systems are prone to operate islanded after contingencies such as short circuits. Islanding occurs when a portion of the distribution network operates electrically isolated from the utility grid substation, yet continues to be energized by local distributed generators connected to the isolated system. Due to a number of technical and safety concerns, the procedure currently adopted by utilities and recommended by the main technical guides is to disconnect all the generators immediately after an islanding event. There are several anti-islanding techniques and the majority of them present technical limitations so that they are likely to fail in certain situations. In this context, it becomes important to know the probability or the risk of the protection scheme to fail in the detection of islanding events in distribution power systems containing distributed generators and, ultimately, determine whether the protection scheme under study is adequate or not. The failure of islanding detection is technically denominated non intentional islanding. This work presents a number of methodologies developed to evaluate the risk of occurrence of non intentional islanding due to the failure of synchronous generators protection systems. The anti-islanding protection system considered in this work is composed of relays based on measures of frequency and/or voltage, since these are considered to be the most efficient methods to perform this task. As the performance of these relays is strongly dependent on the active and reactive power imbalances in the islanded system, respectively, the methodologies are based on the distribution network feeder load curves, the active and reactive power generation levels and on the calculation of numerical index to quantify the risk level of protection system failure. Efficient methods were developed to directly calculate these risk indexes without performing several electromagnetic transient simulations. Through these methods, the main factors impacting on the performance of the antiislanding protection schemes can be determined. The results obtained by the usage of the proposed methodologies presented a very good match with those obtained by electromagnetic transient simulations (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 06/04941-0 - Methodology for evaluating the risk of occurrence of non intentional islanding of distributed synchronous generators |
| Grantee: | Diogo Salles Correa |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |