When a fault occurs in a DC system,the fault current rises rapidly with no zero-crossing point which makes fault-line selection and fault-type identification difficult.In this paper,an online detection and protection ...When a fault occurs in a DC system,the fault current rises rapidly with no zero-crossing point which makes fault-line selection and fault-type identification difficult.In this paper,an online detection and protection method based on graph theory,namely the“double D method”,is proposed for fault-line selection and fault-type identification in DC systems.In the proposed method,the entire distribution network is visualized as a“map”with vertices representing the line convergence points and edges representing the connection lines.A network topology matrix“D”is formed by detecting the current directions as the current directions are altered following a fault,whereas the current directions at the ends of non-fault lines remain the same.In order to prevent misjudgment problems arising from power flow reversal,the rates of change of the fault currents are used to further determine whether a fault has occurred and the“double D method”is introduced to identify the fault type.Simulations results with different fault types verify the effectiveness and reliability of the proposed method.展开更多
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文摘When a fault occurs in a DC system,the fault current rises rapidly with no zero-crossing point which makes fault-line selection and fault-type identification difficult.In this paper,an online detection and protection method based on graph theory,namely the“double D method”,is proposed for fault-line selection and fault-type identification in DC systems.In the proposed method,the entire distribution network is visualized as a“map”with vertices representing the line convergence points and edges representing the connection lines.A network topology matrix“D”is formed by detecting the current directions as the current directions are altered following a fault,whereas the current directions at the ends of non-fault lines remain the same.In order to prevent misjudgment problems arising from power flow reversal,the rates of change of the fault currents are used to further determine whether a fault has occurred and the“double D method”is introduced to identify the fault type.Simulations results with different fault types verify the effectiveness and reliability of the proposed method.