Analysis of Power Disturbances from Monitoring Multiple Levels and Locations in a Power System
Paper in proceeding, 2010

This paper proposes a new methodology for diagnosing the original source and underlying causes of power system disturbances, where voltage and current recordings from different locations of a power system are collected. In the proposed method, disturbances are first pre-classified based on the number of transition segments. The spatial zone of the source of disturbances is coarsely determined from voltage recordings only. Disturbances are then further analyzed and characterized by extracting information from both voltages and currents. Finally more accurate information about the location of the source of disturbances is obtained by different techniques depending on the type of disturbances. Several underlying causes are analyzed and classified by using the proposed features extracted from both voltage and current waveforms. Finally, the location of the source of disturbances is refined once the underlying causes are found. Case studies were performed on a large grid-connected wind farm with disturbances from several underlying causes, including: fault, unit tripping, transformer, capacitor, and cable energizing generated by PSCAD/EMTDC.

power–system disturbances

disturbance location.

power quality

power-system monitoring

signal-processing applications

Power transmission and distribution

Author

Cuong Le

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Signal Processing and Biomedical Engineering

M. H. J. Bollen

Luleå University of Technology

Irene Yu-Hua Gu

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Signal Processing and Biomedical Engineering

The 14th IEEE Int'l Conf. on Harmonics and Quality of Power, 26-29 Sep. 2010, Bergamo, Italy

5625383
978-142447244-4 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Control Engineering

Signal Processing

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1109/ICHQP.2010.5625383

ISBN

978-142447244-4

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