Title :
Grounding Fault Protection with Fault Resistance Measuring for Ineffectively Earthed Power Systems
Author :
Hongjiang, Ma ; Xiangjun, Zeng ; Yuanyuan, Wang ; Zewen, Li
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Inf. Eng., Changsha Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Hunan
Abstract :
Many power distribution systems have been operated with neutral unearthed, high resistance earthed or resonance earthed, they are usually called ineffectively earthed systems. The ground fault current in the ineffectively earthed systems is usually not more than ten amperes, general over-current relay is difficult to detect the ground fault and isolate the faulted feeder section. Some ground faulted feeder detection schemes have been used by comparing magnitudes or directions of zero sequence currents in all feeders. The schemes need to measure all feeders´ currents, and they cannot be implemented on field terminal unit (FTU), which is installed in distribution automation system and can only measure the current of the protected feeder. In order to improve them, some FTU based ground fault protectors are developed by our research group. Among them, the grounding fault protection scheme with fault resistance measuring is presented in this paper
Keywords :
earthing; electric current measurement; electric resistance measurement; overcurrent protection; power distribution faults; power distribution protection; relay protection; current measurement; fault current; fault detection; fault resistance measurement; feeder; field terminal unit; grounding fault protection; over-current relay; power distribution automation systems; Current measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; Fault detection; Grounding; Power distribution; Power measurement; Power system faults; Power system measurements; Power system protection; Power system relaying; Distribution automation; FTU; Faulty line selection; Ground fault protection; Ineffectively earthed power system; Single-phase fault;
Conference_Titel :
Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exhibition: Asia and Pacific, 2005 IEEE/PES
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9114-4
DOI :
10.1109/TDC.2005.1547106