Development of a Leader-End Reclosing Algorithm Considering Turbine-Generator Shaft Torque

• Main Authors: Gyu-Jung Cho, Ji-Kyung Park, Seung-Hyun Sohn, Se-Jin Chung, Gi-Hyeon Gwon, Yun-Sik Oh, Chul-Hwan Kim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2017-05-01
• Series: Energies
• Subjects: circuit breaker switching; power system transient; power system protection; turbine-generator
• Online Access: http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/5/622

High-speed auto-reclosing is used in power system protection schemes to ensure the stability and reliability of the transmission system; leader-follower auto-reclosing is one scheme type that is widely used. However, when a leader-follower reclosing scheme responds to a permanent fault that affects a transmission line in the proximity of a generation plant, the reclosing directly impacts the turbine-generator shaft; furthermore, the nature of this impact is dependent upon the selection of the leader reclosing terminal. We therefore analyzed the transient torque of the turbine-generator shaft according to the selection of the leader-follower reclosing end between both ends of the transmission line. We used this analysis to propose an adaptive leader-end reclosing algorithm that removes the stress potential of the transient torque to prevent it from damaging the turbine-generator shaft. We conducted a simulation in actual Korean power systems based on the ElectroMagnetic Transients Program (EMTP) and the Dynamic Link Library (DLL) function in EMTP-RV (Restructured Version) to realize the proposed algorithm.