A review of microgrid protection for addressing challenges and solutions

K Kumar, P Kumar, S Kar - Renewable energy focus, 2024 - Elsevier
The world is endeavoring to transition to clean, renewable resource-based power
generation systems such as wind and solar due to decreasing fossil fuel availability, a …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive survey on advancement and challenges of DC microgrid protection

H Binqadhi, WM Hamanah, M Shafiullah, MS Alam… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Extensive research has been conducted on protecting alternating current (AC) power
systems, resulting in many sophisticated protection methods and schemes. On the other …

Enhanced Fault Detection and Localization Strategy for High-Speed Protection in Medium-Voltage DC Distribution Networks Using Extended Kalman Filtering …

NA Larik, MS Li, QH Wu - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Conventional strategies are not effective in addressing the complex protection challenges in
medium-voltage DC distribution networks (MVDCDN). The main challenge in MVDCDN is …

Reliability enhancement of hybrid microgrid protection against communication data loss and converter faults using cubic-spline interpolation, Savitzky Golay filtering …

AG Rameshrao, E Koley, S Ghosh - Computers and Electrical Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
A primary challenge towards adoption of hybrid AC-DC microgrid pertains to the complexity
of the protection scheme. Among other challenges, the high resemblance of voltage and …

Ultra high-speed fault diagnosis scheme for DC distribution systems based on discrete median filter and mathematical morphology

F Mumtaz, TS Khan, M Alqahtani, HA Sher… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the modern world, the growing presence of renewable energy power near the consumer
end makes DC distribution systems more attractive than traditional AC ones. However …

Fuzzy granulation interval-based fault diagnosis method for ring-type DC microgrid

H Liu, H Han, X Zheng, Y Sun, M Su… - IEEE transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The lack of relevant protection schemes and standards brings significant challenges to the
promotion of direct current microgrid (DCMG) technologies. The existing line fault diagnosis …

A new fault detection and relay coordination technique for low voltage DC microgrid

A Bhalla, BR Bhalja - Electric Power Systems Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Integration of various distributed generation units in the DC distribution network creates an
outsized impact on magnitude and direction of fault current. The specific behaviour of fault …

Overview of voltage balancing schemes in bipolar DC microgrids

Q Ren, Y Han, M Zhou, C Yan, P Yang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Driven by the ongoing development of the energy Internet and the evolution of power
systems, bipolar dc microgrids (BDCMGs) have gained attention for their flexibility, reliability …

An Improved Probe Power Unit (PPU) Based Fault Location Estimation in Low-Voltage DC Microgrids

VRK Aluri, SR Samantaray - IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Good accuracy in estimating the exact fault location in low-voltage DC microgrids (LVDC
MGs) reduces the time for fault restoration, power outage and maintenance. Off-line active …

Novel zonal fault detection scheme for DC wind farm via disposition of surge arresters in multipurpose grounding system

S Abulanwar, MEM Rizk, W Hu, Z Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, a prospective new concept of onshore DC wind farms (DCWFs) employing a large-
scale grounding system incorporating sheath-connected protective surge devices (PSDs) to …