Synchronous generator is the most important element of a power system and its fast and reliable protection is crucial. One of the most abnormal conditions in a generator is loss of excitation (LOE) which is harmful to both the generator and the power system. This condition should be detected and the generator isolated from the system to avoid generator damage as well as power system instability.
This work presents an experimental study and comparison of the two conventional LOE protection schemes, negative-offset and positive-offset mho element under different conditions. The results show that the two schemes can detect LOE fault under total or partial LOE conditions, however in terms of speed (fault detection time) the positive offset scheme is faster than the negative offset scheme under all loading conditions. Besides, the two LOE protection schemes are reliable and do not operate under power swing disturbances caused by any type of external faults.
In conventional transmission line protection, a distance relay is used to provide the primary as well as backup protection. The voltage and current phasors measurement needed by the distance relay for determining the impedance may be affected by the power disturbances such as power swing. Consequently, this power swing may cause mal-operation of Zone three distance relays which in turn may affect on the reliability of the whole protective scheme. Many power swing blocking functions (PSB) have been developed to mitigate these effects. In this paper, a new model of Mho distance relay with dual-quadrilateral power swing detection characteristic has been developed and implemented first in PC using LabVIEW, then tested using Power System Simulink Model under different faults and power swing conditions. Finally, the relay prototype has been realized using acquisition card NI USB-6009, which acquires real-time signals of the currents and the voltages, processes them digitally and outputs tripping or blocking signal to the circuit breaker. The obtained results show that the relay provides good discrimination between a fault and power swing condition.
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