Year: 2017
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: At present, HVDC links are built as turnkey projects by a single vendor, who optimizes control and protection based on the project requirements. However, future DC grids require multi-vendor solutions to ensure a competition between vendors. Standards which aim at interoperability of protection equipment, and thus multi-vendor solutions, exist for AC systems whereas for DC systems such standards are currently lacking. This paper provides a review of AC and DC protection technologies, and assesses which aspects of AC protection can be applied to DC protection, especially from the view point of multi-vendor interoperability. In particular, this paper focuses on the review and comparison of recent developments of AC and DC protection equipment, such as measurement devices, relay, communication protocol and circuit breakers. As the result of this study, recommendations on standardization process of DC protection devices learned from AC protection are provided.
Source: Lirias (KU Leuven)
Authors: Wang, Mian; U0105336; ; ; ; ;, Abedrabbo, Mudar; U0108752; ; ; ; ;, Leterme, Willem; U0085895; ; ; ; ;, Van Hertem, Dirk; U0043846; ; ; ; ;, Spallarossa, Claudia; ; ; ; ; ;, Oukaili, Samer; ; ; ; ; ;, Grammatikos, Ioannis; ; ; ; ; ;, Kuroda, Kenichi; ; ; ; ; ;
Institution: KU Leuven
Language: English
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7061925971