A Novel Scheme to Improve the Performance of Distance Protection in Wind Farm Collector Lines

Subject Areas : Multimedia Processing, Communications Systems, Intelligent Systems

Alireza Moradi ¹ , Hadi Ziaei ² , Seyyed Mohammad R. Hashemi ³

1 - Assistant professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Mahdishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahdishahr, Iran
2 - Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences and Statistics, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
3 - Research Assistant ,Faculty of Mathematics, Statistics Computer Science, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

Received: 2024-11-20 Accepted : 2025-03-16 Published : 2025-03-20

Keywords: Fault Impedance, Distance Protection, Collector Lines, Wind Farm,

Abstract :

Introduction: Today, due to the energy crisis as well as the economic and environmental problems associated with fossil fuels, the use of renewable energies such as wind farms as clean and almost free energy sources plays a major role in the energy production required by some countries. Considering the importance of protection of renewable resources (wind farms), it is of great importance to provide and review solutions to improve the performance of the protection system in different operating conditions. In this paper, a new scheme to improve the performance of distance protection in wind farm collector lines is presented.

Method: In this paper, a new scheme to improve the performance of distance protection in wind farm collector lines is presented. In order to validate the performance of the proposed design, this design has been implemented in the MATLAB software environment on a sample wind farm and tested and simulated in different operating conditions.

Results: In order to validate the performance of the proposed design, this design has been implemented in the MATLAB software environment on a sample wind farm and tested and simulated in different operating conditions. The simulation results show the efficiency and performance of the proposed design.

Discussion: In this paper, a new scheme to improve the performance of distance protection in wind farm collector lines is presented. The studied wind farm consists of several wind turbines equipped with two-way induction generators. This proposed plan can be used in all operating conditions such as low wind farm production. High adaptability and insensitivity to fault resistance are important and practical aspects of the proposed distance protection scheme. In order to validate the performance of the proposed design, this design has been implemented in the MATLAB software environment on a sample wind farm and tested and simulated in different operating conditions. The simulation results show the efficiency and performance of the proposed design.

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