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Influence of distributed compensation on earth fault protection in cable distribution systems

Guldbrand, Anna LU and Samuelsson, Olof LU (2008) The 9th International Conference on Developments in Power System Protection (DPSP 2008) p.615-620
Abstract
The growing use of underground cables in distribution systems increases the capacitive coupling of the network to earth and as a consequence the capacitive earth fault current. In rural systems consisting of long cable feeders the extensive reactive current transportation gives rise to resistive losses that influence the earth fault protection. Simulations carried out in this work suggest the resistive losses disable sensitive earth fault protection in centrally compensated resonant earthed neutral systems unless unconventional low earth fault protection thresholds are applied. The introduction of distributed compensation will decrease the reactive current transportation and associated resistive losses. Distributed compensation will enable... (More)
The growing use of underground cables in distribution systems increases the capacitive coupling of the network to earth and as a consequence the capacitive earth fault current. In rural systems consisting of long cable feeders the extensive reactive current transportation gives rise to resistive losses that influence the earth fault protection. Simulations carried out in this work suggest the resistive losses disable sensitive earth fault protection in centrally compensated resonant earthed neutral systems unless unconventional low earth fault protection thresholds are applied. The introduction of distributed compensation will decrease the reactive current transportation and associated resistive losses. Distributed compensation will enable the use of sensitive earth fault protection using conventional protection thresholds. (Less)
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fault currents, underground cables, earthing, Power transmission lines and cables, Power system protection
host publication
Developments in Power System Protection, 2008. DPSP 2008. IET 9th International Conference on
pages
615 - 620
conference name
The 9th International Conference on Developments in Power System Protection (DPSP 2008)
conference location
Glasgow, United Kingdom
conference dates
2008-03-17
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  • scopus:67449088917
ISBN
978-0-86341-902-7
language
English
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  abstract     = {{The growing use of underground cables in distribution systems increases the capacitive coupling of the network to earth and as a consequence the capacitive earth fault current. In rural systems consisting of long cable feeders the extensive reactive current transportation gives rise to resistive losses that influence the earth fault protection. Simulations carried out in this work suggest the resistive losses disable sensitive earth fault protection in centrally compensated resonant earthed neutral systems unless unconventional low earth fault protection thresholds are applied. The introduction of distributed compensation will decrease the reactive current transportation and associated resistive losses. Distributed compensation will enable the use of sensitive earth fault protection using conventional protection thresholds.}},
  author       = {{Guldbrand, Anna and Samuelsson, Olof}},
  booktitle    = {{Developments in Power System Protection, 2008. DPSP 2008. IET 9th International Conference on}},
  isbn         = {{978-0-86341-902-7}},
  keywords     = {{fault currents; underground cables; earthing; Power transmission lines and cables; Power system protection}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{615--620}},
  title        = {{Influence of distributed compensation on earth fault protection in cable distribution systems}},
  url          = {{http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4497057}},
  year         = {{2008}},
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