Implementation and Testing of Directional Comparison Bus Protection Based on IEC61850 Process Bus

Author

Zadeh, Mohammad R D ; Sidhu, Tarlochan S. ; Klimek, Andrew

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

Volume

26

Issue

3

fYear

2011

fDate

7/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1530

Lastpage

1537

Abstract

A directional comparison bus protection unit (DCBPU) can provide a high speed bus fault clearing in the IEC61850 process-bus environment. This technique is based on superimposed fault direction for each circuit connected to the protected bus. In this paper, the implementation and testing of a superimposed directional comparison technique for bus protection based on an IEC61850 process bus is investigated. Design, hardware implementation, and related issues of DCBPU are described. A unique test setup is proposed and developed for testing DCBPU, including merging unit simulator, traffic generator, prototype DCBPU, and Ethernet switches to simulate the real IEC 61850-based substation automation process bus. Test results are reported.

Keywords

IEC standards; busbars; fault diagnosis; power engineering computing; substation automation; substation protection; DCBPU; Ethernet switch; IEC 61850-based substation automation process bus; IEC61850 process-bus environment; directional comparison bus protection unit; high speed bus fault clearing; merging unit simulator; superimposed fault directional comparison technique; traffic generator; Buffer storage; Circuit faults; Current measurement; Impedance; Relays; Substations; Voltage measurement; Bus protection; IEC61850 process bus; directional comparison; implementation and testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPWRD.2010.2060213

Filename

5754632