Fault Detection and Protection Methodologies for High Voltage AC Transmission Lines

Authors

  • Arooj Aslam Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad Pakistan
  • Abdul Rauf Bhatti Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad Pakistan
  • Rimsha Fazal La Sapienza Roma University, Rome, Italy
  • Tayyaba Mumtaz Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad Pakistan
  • Habib Ullah Manzoor Department of Electrical Engineering, UET, Lahore, FSD campus Pakistan

Abstract

For electrical power transmission system, a high voltage protection scheme provides prevention against the hazards in the form of lightning, ferranti effect, and power fluctuations. When these conditions occur, the power system can experience an over voltage which may be two to three times greater than its rated value. During these kinds of abnormal conditions, protective relays play a crucial role in protecting the system. In this work, the authors have analyzed the performance of four different relays (overcurrent, over/under voltage, distance, and differential relays). Analyses are based on the operating time under different faults occurring on 80-250 km long 400 kV high voltage AC transmission lines. MATLAB has been used to model and analyze the system for identifying different types of faults in a transmission line. The main objective of this work is to compare the operating times of the most important four relays under conditions of single line to ground fault (LG), three phase fault (LLLG) and double phase to ground fault (LLG). In this situation, the system outputs are observed under normal, fault, and no-fault conditions, and the response time is calculated to turn on a circuit breaker. It is envisioned that this work will be one-stop source of guidance for protection engineers to select proper relays for the newly installed power systems.

Author Biographies

Arooj Aslam, Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad Pakistan

Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad Pakistan

Abdul Rauf Bhatti, Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad Pakistan

Abdul Rauf Bhatti received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore, Pakistan, in 2004 and 2008, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Malaysia in 2017. He is currently working with Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Faisalabad, Pakistan as an Associate Professor and Chairman of Electrical Engineering and Technology Department. He is also performing the duties of Director ORIC (Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization) in GCUF. He started BS, MS and Ph.D. electrical engineering programs and established various engineering labs in GCUF. He is serving the GCUF since 2006 at various posts like Lecturer and Assistant Professor. Before that he was with Government College of Technology (GCT), Faisalabad, Pakistan and Shakarganj Mills Ltd. (SML), Jhang, Pakistan in 2006 and 2005 respectively. He also served UET Lahore (Fsd. Campus) as visiting Lecturer from 2006 to 2007. Dr. Bhatti is a life time member (as Professional Engineer) of Pakistan Engineering Council and IEEEP. He received Best Teacher and Outstanding Researcher Awards in GCUF, award of most downloaded paper from Wiley in year 2018-2019 and Best Paper Award in IEEE 6th International Conference on Power and Energy, Malaysia. He is the reviewer of various national and international research journals in the field of electrical engineering. He has 40+ research articles on his credit. His research interests are in electrical energy management, electric vehicle charging, solar photovoltaic, energy forecasting, artificial intelligence, deterministic algorithms and renewable energy.

Rimsha Fazal, La Sapienza Roma University, Rome, Italy

La Sapienza Roma University, Rome, Italy

 

Tayyaba Mumtaz, Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad Pakistan

Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad Pakistan

Habib Ullah Manzoor, Department of Electrical Engineering, UET, Lahore, FSD campus Pakistan

Department of Electrical Engineering, UET, Lahore, FSD campus Pakistan

 

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2022-04-12

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Electrical Engineering