Instability criterion to eliminate the nondetection zone of the sandia frequency shift method

H. H. Zeineldin, S. Kennedy

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Abstract

Sandia Frequency Shift (SFS) islanding detection method is considered amongst the most efficient islanding detection methods that possesses small Non-Detection Zone (NDZ) for inverter based Distributed Generation (DG). The NDZ of the SFS depends to a great extent on its design parameters. In this paper, the SFS parameters are determined through an instability criterion to guarantee negligible NDZ for the different loading conditions. The optimal SFS setting is calculated by setting the phase angle - frequency curve slope of the inverter to be greater than the slope of all expected island loads. A nonlinear optimization program is formulated on GAMS to calculate the SFS parameters. The analytical results are verified through digital simulation on PSCAD/EMTDC.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publication2009 IEEE/PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, PSCE 2009
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event2009 IEEE/PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, PSCE 2009 - Seattle, WA, United States
Duration: 15 Mar 200918 Mar 2009

Publication series

Name2009 IEEE/PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, PSCE 2009

Conference

Conference2009 IEEE/PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, PSCE 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySeattle, WA
Period15/03/0918/03/09

Keywords

  • Distributed generation
  • Inverter
  • Islanding
  • Sandia frequency shift

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