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Compatibility Issues with Irregular Current Injection Islanding Detection Methods and a Solution

Liu, M.H.; Zhao, W.; Wang, Q.; Huang, S.L.; Shi, K.P

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M.H. Liu

W. Zhao

S.L. Huang

K.P Shi



Abstract

Islanding detection methods, based on injecting high-/low-frequency currents or negative sequence fundamental frequency currents and observing the resultant responses, are collectively referred to as irregular current injection methods in this paper. In multi-distributed generation (DG) operation, if there is no restriction to the phase of injected irregular currents, the currents at the same frequency may cancel each other out, and then their convergent current may be too small to cause a detectable response, for which reason islanding detection will be severely affected. Accordingly, this paper raises a compatibility issue, which requires the phase difference between any two injected irregular currents to be within a certain interval. In response to this issue, a solution is proposed. According to this solution, the terminal voltage of DG units is referenced to conduct irregular currents injection, and only certain high-frequency currents are used as injected currents. If this solution is adopted by as many manufacturers as possible, the effect and reliability of such methods will be greatly improved.

Citation

Liu, M., Zhao, W., Wang, Q., Huang, S., & Shi, K. (2019). Compatibility Issues with Irregular Current Injection Islanding Detection Methods and a Solution. Energies, 12(8), Article 1467. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12081467

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 10, 2019
Online Publication Date Apr 17, 2019
Publication Date Apr 17, 2019
Deposit Date Apr 24, 2019
Publicly Available Date Apr 30, 2019
Journal Energies
Publisher MDPI
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 12
Issue 8
Article Number 1467
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/en12081467

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