Impact of Type and Impedance Value of Fault Current Limiters on the Transient Stability of the Power System Taking in to Fault Clearing Time

Subject Areas : Power system dynamic

Mahdi Dehghani Ashkezari ¹ , Sayed Mahmod Modaresi Modaresi ² , Sayed Amin Saied ³ , Tahera Daemi ⁴ , HamidReza Akbari ⁵

1 - Department of Electrical Engineering- Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
2 - Department of Electrical Engineering- South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Electrical Engineering- Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
4 - Department of Electrical Engineering- Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
5 - Department of Electrical Engineering- Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran

Received: 2022-12-30 Accepted : 2023-04-28 Published : 2025-02-19

Keywords: power system stability, transient stability, Short circuit current, fault clearing time, fault current limiter, power system dynamic,

Abstract :

In general, the basis of operation of most fault current limiters is to reduce the short-circuit current by adding a large impedance to the system at the time of the fault. However, fault current limiters differ in the type of impedance and how the impedance adds and removes the system. In this paper, taking into account three different locations for installing fault current limiter in a sample power network, as well as changing the type (inductance or resistance) and its impedance value in an extensive range, the effects of these parameters on the stability of the power system have been investigated and analyzed. The criterion used for the first time in this article by the authors to examine and evaluate the transient stability of the power system is the method of the difference between the accelerating and decelerating area. The basis of this method is based on the equal area criterion. Other issues addressed in this paper are presenting a method for locating and determining the optimal value of fault current limiter impedance to improve the stability of the power system. Also, the effect of fault clearing time on transient stability has been studied when the fault current limiter is present in the power grid.

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