Integrated Passive Anti-Islanding Protection in Micro Grid

Abstract

In last two decades due to major interest amongst power system engineers and policy makers penetration of different distributed energy resources (DREs) into power distribution network are significantly increased. Integration of DREs with conventional power grid is a complex issue and will impose some challenges against power engineers. The major challenge is protection of micro grid, which is based on how your protection strategies distinguish islanding and non islanding conditions correctly and timely. Methods used for have strengths and limitations in the areas like speed, accuracy, power quality and Non detection islanding zone.  The prime motive of this research is to presents an efficient new integrated anti-islanding protection strategy using passive parameters. The proposed algorithm having a novel islanding detection technique, which discriminate the islanding events from the non islanding events of similar signature accurately with minimum non detection zone and minimum impact on power quality. The proposed strategy is the combination of different conventional and latest passive relays based on single and multiple parameters. Integration of different relays made in such a strategic way that it combines the strengths and benefits of each method and minimizes their limitations. The presented algorithm tested under MATLAB/SIMULINK environment in different network conditions. Finally, the efficiency of the algorithm has checked by testing it on standard microgrid structure. The results received from simulation confirmed that algorithm is detecting islanding conditions reliably and efficiently, followed by generation of trip/block signal correctly.