Abstract
Integration of distribution generation (DG) makes the growth of the microgrid protection scheme very challenging issues. Researchers from all over the world continuously are doing hard work for developing the microgrid protection schemes. A differential positive sequence power angle (DPSPA) based microgrid protection scheme is proposed in this paper using positive sequence (PS) components of voltages and currents. The DPSPA for the feeder is calculated considering both ends of voltage and current signal information, when it is more than threshold, internal fault is reported otherwise, it is an external fault. Taking into consideration the varying operational modes of the microgrid, variations in DG penetration, and variations in fault variables namely fault types, and fault locations, the proposed protection scheme is verified on a modified IEEE-13 bus feeder. Moreover, to test the robustness and efficacy of the suggested scheme, various non-faulty events including induction motor starting, non-linear loading, load switching, capacitor switching, and section cutoff have been conducted. The proposed scheme is also verified for external faults and it is found that it continues to be stable for the external faults. The findings exhibit this proposed scheme, which is based on DPSPA, can successfully protect the microgrid under changing operating conditions.
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Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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