DAI Zhihui, YANG Qiyue, WEI Shuqing, et al. A novel current differential protection scheme for new energy transmission lines based on the magnitude of positive-sequence fault current components[J]. Power System Protection and Control, 2026, 54(10).
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DAI Zhihui, YANG Qiyue, WEI Shuqing, et al. A novel current differential protection scheme for new energy transmission lines based on the magnitude of positive-sequence fault current components[J]. Power System Protection and Control, 2026, 54(10).DOI: 10.19783/j.cnki.pspc.251095.
A novel current differential protection scheme for new energy transmission lines based on the magnitude of positive-sequence fault current components
To address the performance deterioration of conventional longitudinal current differential protection for transmission lines during low-voltage ride-through (LVRT) operation of photovoltaic (PV) plants
where controlled output behavior invalidates power-frequency current amplitude relationships
a novel current differential protection scheme with enhanced tolerance to high transition resistance is proposed. First
considering the dynamic output characteristics of PV plants under LVRT conditions
the phase characteristics of the positive-sequence fault current components at both terminals are analyzed under various fault scenarios
along with the phase-advance phenomenon under high-resistance faults. Then
a protection operating index and an adaptive restraining criterion are constructed by combining magnitude and phase differences of the positive-sequence fault current components at both ends of the faulted line section
thereby significantly enhancing the protection's tolerance to transition resistance. Finally
a representative PV plant transmission line model is built in PSCAD/EMTDC for validation under multiple scenarios. The results demonstrate that the proposed scheme offers high sensitivity
weak dependence on fault type
fault location
and new energy penetration level. It can still operate reliably under high-resistance faults.
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