Solid state fault interruption devices in medium voltage microgrid distribution systems with distributed energy resources

Author

Madan, M.K. ; Chowdhury, B.H.

Author_Institution

ECE Dept., Missouri Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Rolla, MO, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

22-26 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The solid state fault interruption device (SSFID) is used for the purpose of quickly isolating sections of power networks under permanent faults. The SSFID is tested for performance by simulation in a simulated medium voltage system. A comparison with the conventional breaker is presented in response to system faults in the presence of wind power plants and other distributed energy resources. The SSFID appears to be a superior alternative to the contemporary mechanical circuit breaker in isolating faulted sections. However, some high transients may appear on the network because of the operation of the device.

Keywords

circuit breakers; distributed power generation; fault diagnosis; power distribution faults; power system transients; wind power plants; SSFID; contemporary mechanical circuit breaker; distributed energy resource; medium voltage microgrid distribution system; network transient; permanent fault isolating section; power network; solid state fault interruption device; wind power plant; Circuit breakers; Circuit faults; Fault currents; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Power generation; Transient analysis; Solid-state breaker; fault interruption; medium voltage distribution system; microgrid distributed generators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2727-5

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESGM.2012.6345723

Filename

6345723