Proper protection is necessary to run power networks with the highest reliability. High penetration of converted interfaced distributed generations (CIDGs) and deployment of smart grid technologies are changing fault current levels and direction. Distribution networks are becoming active because of distributed energy resources (DERs) integration. The formation of microgrids (AC, DC and hybrid AC-DC) and their grid-connected and islanded mode operation provides several benefits by improving reliability and resiliency but providing proper protection to such systems is challenging. Existing protection schemes are prone to such changes. High impedance faults are getting unnoticed and leading to damage to the system. Advanced protection schemes developed considering such issues can mitigate these impacts and maintain proper protection coordination. Adaptive protection, islanding detection, communication assisted, and wide-area-based protection schemes are emerging as the potential solution to the protection issues of the modern smart grid.
This Research Topic aims to provide field deployable solutions to smart grid protection issues. High penetration of DERs, FACTS devices, dynamically changing network topology, and grid decentralization pose several protection challenges, although they provide flexible, reliable and resilient network operation. Indeed, many issues caused by such changes are not appropriately handled by the existing protection practices. Active distribution networks and the formation of microgrids add more protection challenges at the distribution level.
Therefore, there are several issues whose solutions will aim to be achieved through this call for papers. Some of the key expected outcomes of this Research Topic are the following:
· Development of adaptive protection scheme for smart grid protection
· Development of field deployable smart islanding detection method
· High impedance fault detection and location scheme development
· Communication-assisted and Wide-area measurement system-based protection schemes development and testing
· Proper solution to the protection of microgrids
· Time-domain protection studies and testing
· Impact assessment of different types of DERs on fault current calculation
· Application of artificial intelligence and soft computing techniques for power system protection
Additional, protection-related solutions not mentioned above will also be considered.
-Islanding detection techniques
-Adaptive protection schemes
-Protection of active distribution networks
-Communication-assisted protection
-AC, DC and hybrid AC-DC microgrid protection
-Protection of islanded and grid connected microgrids
-High impedance fault detection in transmission and distribution networks
-Artificial intelligence and soft computing techniques for power system protection
-Recent advances on direction and dual-directional overcurrent protection practices
-Short-circuit analysis considering converter interfaced distributed generation
-Real-time testing for protection philosophy
-Wide-area measurement system based protection
Proper protection is necessary to run power networks with the highest reliability. High penetration of converted interfaced distributed generations (CIDGs) and deployment of smart grid technologies are changing fault current levels and direction. Distribution networks are becoming active because of distributed energy resources (DERs) integration. The formation of microgrids (AC, DC and hybrid AC-DC) and their grid-connected and islanded mode operation provides several benefits by improving reliability and resiliency but providing proper protection to such systems is challenging. Existing protection schemes are prone to such changes. High impedance faults are getting unnoticed and leading to damage to the system. Advanced protection schemes developed considering such issues can mitigate these impacts and maintain proper protection coordination. Adaptive protection, islanding detection, communication assisted, and wide-area-based protection schemes are emerging as the potential solution to the protection issues of the modern smart grid.
This Research Topic aims to provide field deployable solutions to smart grid protection issues. High penetration of DERs, FACTS devices, dynamically changing network topology, and grid decentralization pose several protection challenges, although they provide flexible, reliable and resilient network operation. Indeed, many issues caused by such changes are not appropriately handled by the existing protection practices. Active distribution networks and the formation of microgrids add more protection challenges at the distribution level.
Therefore, there are several issues whose solutions will aim to be achieved through this call for papers. Some of the key expected outcomes of this Research Topic are the following:
· Development of adaptive protection scheme for smart grid protection
· Development of field deployable smart islanding detection method
· High impedance fault detection and location scheme development
· Communication-assisted and Wide-area measurement system-based protection schemes development and testing
· Proper solution to the protection of microgrids
· Time-domain protection studies and testing
· Impact assessment of different types of DERs on fault current calculation
· Application of artificial intelligence and soft computing techniques for power system protection
Additional, protection-related solutions not mentioned above will also be considered.
-Islanding detection techniques
-Adaptive protection schemes
-Protection of active distribution networks
-Communication-assisted protection
-AC, DC and hybrid AC-DC microgrid protection
-Protection of islanded and grid connected microgrids
-High impedance fault detection in transmission and distribution networks
-Artificial intelligence and soft computing techniques for power system protection
-Recent advances on direction and dual-directional overcurrent protection practices
-Short-circuit analysis considering converter interfaced distributed generation
-Real-time testing for protection philosophy
-Wide-area measurement system based protection
