Establishment of fault current characteristics for solar photovoltaic generator considering low voltage ride through and reactive current injection requirement

Kheng Heong Oon, ChiaKwang Tan, A.H.A. Bakar, Hang Seng Che, H. Mokhlis and H.A. Illias

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018, vol. 92, issue C, 478-488

Abstract: Fault current studies are often required to determine the proper settings for the overcurrent relays. The conventional synchronous generators are known to exhibit high current magnitude during fault, which present an ideal scenario for fault isolation using the cost-effective overcurrent relays. On the other hand, the fault current magnitude from renewable based generation such as solar photovoltaic (PV) is intentionally limited due to the constraints in the power electronic components. Therefore, dispute pertaining to the feasibility of overcurrent relay in inverter based distributed generations (IBDG) applications arises. These disputes mainly arise due to the unavailability of firm understanding of the fault current characteristics from the IBDGs. The problem is further compounded with the availability of numerous possible fault current controls, where various fault current characteristics can be obtained from the IBDGs. In light of this problem, this paper aims to establish the various possible IBDG fault current characteristics, with special attention paid to compliance to the latest grid codes requirements such as low voltage ride through (LVRT) with reactive current injection (RCI). Five different types of RCI controls are analyzed as follows: variable active current control, constant active power control, constant reactive power control, constant active current control, and maximum current control. From the established fault current characteristics in this paper, the disputes pertaining to the feasibility of overcurrent relay for IBDG applications can be resolved and the suitable types of RCI control that allow satisfactory performance of overcurrent relays can be identified.

Keywords: Distributed generation; Fault current characteristic; LVRT; Reactive current injection; Overcurrent relay; Protection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2018.05.001

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