Impacts of the Sampling Rate on Responses of Digital Protective Relays

S. A. Saleh, J. Meng, E. Ozkop, M. E. Valdes, T. Hill, A. Al-Durra

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    Abstract

    Digital protective relays are widely used in power systems, including industrial and commercial power systems. These modern protective devices have demonstrated several performance advantages over electromagnetic ones in terms of accuracy, reliability, and response speed. Performance advantages of digital protective relays are always dependent on the resolution of data used as their inputs, along with algorithms for fault detection and identification. This paper tests the performance of time-based, frequency-based, and time-frequency-based digital protective relays for various sampling rates. Tested sampling rates include low, medium, and high sampling rates (ranging from 16 to 256 samples/cycle). In this paper, the three types of digital protective relays are tested when deployed as the digital 87T transformer digital protection. Performance testing of these digital protective relays is carried out in terms of the accuracy and response speed. Test results show that low sampling rates adversely impact the accuracy and response speed of time-based, frequency-based, and time-frequency-based digital protective relays. Obtained results also reveal that medium and high sampling rates help improve the accuracy and response speed of digital protective relays.

    Original languageBritish English
    Title of host publication2023 IEEE/IAS 59th Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference, I and CPS 2023
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    ISBN (Electronic)9798350396515
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2023
    Event59th IEEE/IAS Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference, I and CPS 2023 - Las Vegas, United States
    Duration: 21 May 202325 May 2023

    Publication series

    NameConference Record - Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference
    Volume2023-May

    Conference

    Conference59th IEEE/IAS Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference, I and CPS 2023
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityLas Vegas
    Period21/05/2325/05/23

    Keywords

    • 87T transformer differential protection
    • data sampling
    • digital protective relays
    • IEC 61850 Sampled Values
    • process bus
    • real-time implementation

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