Effects of VSC based HVDC system on distance protection of transmission lines

Alam, Mohammad Meraj, Leite, Helder, Liang, Jun ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7511-449X and Carvalho, Adriano da Silva 2017. Effects of VSC based HVDC system on distance protection of transmission lines. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems 92 , pp. 245-260. 10.1016/j.ijepes.2017.04.012

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Abstract

The priority to reactive power contribution from the Voltage Source Converter (VSC) based High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) connection to support the grid during faults as suggested by the modern Network Code (NC) for HVDC affects the distance protection of transmission lines. Moreover, suppressing the negative sequence current during an unbalanced condition also interferes with the proper operation of the distance relays. This is because the current contribution from the converter is limited in magnitude and modified in the waveform in order to protect the power electronic devices during the fault in comparison to the synchronous generator fault current characteristics. This paper discusses the cause as well as the severity of the problems faced by the distance protection of transmission lines connected to the VSC based HVDC system by analyzing the apparent impedance analytically and in the simulation. The response of the relay to balanced and unbalanced faults lying on transmission lines is investigated. It is shown that the VSC limited reactive support and suppressed negative sequence current affect fault detection, forcing the relay to malfunction. The results of this paper can be used as a reference for understanding the effects of VSC-HVDC system on the operation of the distance protection during faults.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0142-0615
Date of Acceptance:	29 April 2017
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2022 13:59
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/112389

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