Fault contribution considerations for wind plant system design and power system protection issues

Author

Miller, Dean H. ; Niemira, James K.

Author_Institution

PacifiCorp, Portland, OR, USA

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The paper discusses design considerations of wind powered generating plants that require knowledge of the fault current contribution of the generators. To provide context, the paper includes brief summary of typical design of the electrical collection and interconnect systems of wind power plants. The impact of fault current contribution on equipment selection is discussed. Common protective relaying practices are discussed and the impacts of fault contributions on setting and selectivity of protective relaying systems are discussed.

Keywords

fault currents; power generation protection; power system interconnection; relay protection; wind power plants; electrical collection; equipment selection; fault current contribution; power system protection issue; protective relaying system; wind plant system design; wind power plant interconnect system; wind powered generating plant; Circuit faults; Fault currents; Generators; Grounding; Relays; Substations; Wind turbines; WTG; collector system; directional; fault current; line protection; point of interconnect; relay; ride-through; wind power plant; wind turbine generator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1000-1

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2011.6039732

Filename

6039732