Protection of photovoltaic and wind generators

Author

Enayati, Babak

Author_Institution

Protection Eng. at Nat. Grid, Waltham, MA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

7-10 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Protection of the most common Distributed Generation (DG) resources is presented. The goal is to prepare a general guideline for most utilities to design proper protection schemes for Photovoltaic (PV) and Wind generators. IEEE standards are addressed and various issues caused by step up transformer configuration, feeder load, capacitor banks, generation type and possible adjacent generation are discussed. Solutions are recommended for the identified DG interconnection issues. A real sample grid is simulated for most case studies.

Keywords

AC generators; IEEE standards; distributed power generation; machine protection; photovoltaic power systems; power generation protection; wind power plants; DG resources; IEEE standards; PV generator protection; capacitor banks; distributed generation resources; feeder load; identified DG interconnection issues; photovoltaic generator protection; real sample grid; step up transformer configuration; wind generators; Circuit faults; Fault currents; Grounding; Induction generators; Rotors; Wind turbines; Anti-Islanding; Distributed Generation; Effectively Grounded System; Impedance Grounded System; Photovoltaic; Power System Faults; Self Excitation; Sequence Network; Synchronous Generator; Wind Energy; solidly grounded system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), 2012 IEEE PES

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

2160-8555

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1934-8

Electronic_ISBN

2160-8555

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDC.2012.6281523

Filename

6281523