Principle of ultra-high-speed protection for DC transmission line based on inversion transformation of wavefront

• Main Authors: Chenhao Zhang, Guobing Song, Wei Han, Guang Shi, Chao Liu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018-10-01
• Series: The Journal of Engineering
• Subjects: power transmission faults; power transmission protection; power transmission lines; DC transmission networks; inverse transforms; power transmission reliability; fault mode current wavefront; waveform inversion transformation; travelling wavefront analysis; frequency-dependent characteristics; ultrahigh-voltage transmission; ultrahigh-speed relay operation; DC transmission line parameter; broadband characteristics; fault waveform characteristics; reliability; ultrahigh-speed protection principle
• Online Access: https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/joe.2018.8835

Ultra-high-voltage transmission raises high demand for ultra-high-speed operation of relay. In this study, the fault information contained in travelling wavefront is analysed on the basis of frequency-dependent characteristic of transmission line parameters and broadband characteristic of the fault waveform. It can be concluded that the shape change of the fault mode current wavefront is related to the fault distance and the magnitude of the fault mode current wavefront is related to the transition resistance. Hence, a principle of ultra-high-speed protection for DC transmission line based on waveform inversion transformation is proposed. The simulation verifies the speediness and reliability of the principle.