Developing an adaptive protection scheme towards promoting the deployment of distributed renewable sources in modern distribution networks: operational simulation phase.

Atteya, Ayatte I.; El-Zonkoly, Amany; Ashour, Hamdy A.; Ali, Dallia

Abstract

The large-scale integration of renewables into the electricity grid as distributed generation sources for providing clean energy supply together with the recent introduction of the smart grid concept, have accelerated the need to modernize the existing protection schemes to accommodate the challenges originated from distributed generation. This paper presents an adaptive protection scheme that has been developed to allow automatic adjustment of optimal relay settings in response to multiple network topologies and unexpected variations arising from renewable energy systems integration towards promoting their deployment in modern distribution networks. A Simulink model is developed to simulate the operation of the adaptive protection scheme, being interlinked to a linear-programming technique to allow optimizing the relay settings in response to dynamic changes of network topology associated with the integration of distributed generation sources. The performance of the developed adaptive protection scheme in accommodating the dynamic changes of network topology has been assessed under two proposed network topologies using a small-scale network that has been built in the lab as part of experimental work for the purpose of implementing the adaptive control unit. Results have demonstrated the effectiveness of the developed approach in optimizing the relay settings in response to the subjected topology changes, achieving minimum relay trip times while ensuring a suitable relay coordination is satisfied in each of the tested network topologies.

Citation

ATTEYA, A.I., EL-ZONKOLY, A., ASHOUR, H.A. and ALI, D. 2023. Developing an adaptive protection scheme towards promoting the deployment of distributed renewable sources in modern distribution networks: operational simulation phase. In Proceedings of the 58th International universities power engineering conference (UPEC 2023), 30 August - 1 September 2023, Dublin, Ireland. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article number 10294344. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/UPEC57427.2023.10294344

• Conference Name: 58th International universities power engineering conference (UPEC 2023)
• Conference Location: Dublin, Ireland
• Start Date: Aug 30, 2023
• End Date: Sep 1, 2023
• Acceptance Date: Jul 10, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Nov 1, 2023
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2023
• Deposit Date: Nov 13, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 13, 2023
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• ISBN: 9798350316841
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/UPEC57427.2023.10294344
• Keywords: Adaptive energy grid protection schemes; Distributed energy generation; Optimal relay settings; Energy grids; Energy networks; Renewable energy integration
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2048830