IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Vol.22, No.1, 206-213, 2007
Adaptive distance relay setting for lines connecting wind farms
Wind speed varies continuously throughout a day resulting in fluctuating wind farm output power. When such a farm is connected to the grid through a line, the transmitted power and the relay end voltage (with respect to grid voltage)fluctuate continuously. In this paper, the protection of such a line with distance relay is investigated. The ideal trip characteristic for distance relay is studied with change in conditions of the wind farm. A method is proposed to set the boundary adaptively using local information only.
Keywords:adaptive protection;digital protection;distance relaying;transmission line protection;wind farm operation and integration