Identification of Lightning Stroke and Fault in the Travelling Wave Protection

Guibin Zou, Houlei Gao, Wenbo Su, Dapeng Wang

EPRI Shandong Electric Power Corporation, China.
School of Electrical Engineering, Shandong University.

DOI: 10.4236/jemaa.2009.11006                

Abstract

To resolve the impact of transient high frequency signals induced by lightning stroke on the travelling wave protection of transmission line, a novel identification algorithm is proposed. Using the characteristics of symmetric current wave-form induced by lightning stroke without causing fault and that of asymmetric current waveform generated by fault within a very short time interval, the waveform of transient current above and below time-axes are integrated respec-tively. First, through comparing the relative ratio of them with threshold value, the primary criterion identifying fault and lightning stroke is constructed; Secondly, to improve the reliability of discrimination between lightning stroke with and without causing fault, according to the difference of them, the secondary criterion is also defined. The simulation results and analysis demonstrate that the proposed integral criterions are valid and correct.

Keywords

Transmission Line, Travelling Wave Based Protection, Lightning Stroke, Characteristic of Waveform, Cri-terion

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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