• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2002년도 하계학술대회 논문집 A
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• pp.533-535
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• 2002

In Korea, power requirement has been increasing. But the large generation unit is hardly installed because of economic and environment problem. Therefore, the concern of dispersed generation system(DGS) is growing. The power distribution system is generally operated with radial type. The protection system is composed of one directive source. But power distribution system inserted DGS changes it to two directive source system. Therefore, the insertion of DGS has the problem of protection coordination. In this paper, we argue fault current affected by interconnected DGS. We analyze fault current flow affected by DGS placement. Then, we find protective coordination problem. Consequently, we study advance point for protection scheme of power system interconnected DGS.

• 대한전기학회논문지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.14-17
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• 1996

We analyzed the characteristics of a power system with superconducting fault current limiter and showed the possibility of the application of a superconducting fault current limiter to a real power system through manufacturing of and experiment about 220Vrms/100Apeak class superconducting fault current limiter. We experimentally confirmed that the overvoltage of superconducting fault current limiter increased as the rate of current sharing to the limiting coil grew. The fault current could be limited within a few milliseconds when it was applied to a power system in series. Therefore, we could confirm that superconducting fault current limiter was effective in protection of a substation or power plant at short-circuit fault. (author). 7 refs., 7 figs., 2 tabs.

• KIEE International Transactions on Power Engineering
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• 제4A권3호
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• pp.146-151
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• 2004

The most widely used primary protection for the internal fault detection of the power transformer is current ratio differential relaying (CRDR) with harmonic restraint. However, the second harmonic component could be decreased by magnetizing inrush when there have been changes to the material of the iron core or its design methodology. The higher the capacitance of the high voltage status and underground distribution, the more the differential current includes the second harmonic during the occurrence of an internal fault. Therefore, the conventional second harmonic restraint CRDR must be modified. This paper proposes a numerical algorithm for enhanced power transformer protection. This algorithm enables a clear distinction regarding internal faults as well as magnetizing inrush and steady state. It does this by analyzing the RMS fluctuation of terminal voltage, instantaneous value of the differential current, RMS changes, harmonic component analysis of differential current, and analysis of flux-differential slope characteristics. Based on the results of testing with WatATP99 simulation data, the proposed algorithm demonstrated more rapid and reliable performance.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.25-34
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• 2019

최근, 출력전압의 제어가 가능하고 양방향 운용이 가능한 PWM(Pulse Width Modulation) 정류기가 도입되고 있다. 그러나, PWM 정류기가 적용될 경우, 전력계통측에서 사고발생하면, 회생전력에 의한 사고전류 공급으로 기존의 사고전류 크기 및 방향이 바뀔 가능성이 있다. 또한, 경전철용 급전시스템에서는 장거리 지점에서 사고가 발생하는 경우, 사고전류의 크기가 크게 감소되고, 부하전류와 비슷하거나 더 작은 경우가 발생할 수 있기 때문에 이에 대한 적절한 보호협조 운용 방안이 필요한 실정이다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 상기의 문제점들을 해결하기 위하여, 경전철용 LVDC 배전선로의 보호기기 운용 방안을 제안한다. 구체적으로는 LVDC 배전선로에서의 거리 및 단락저항별 사고특성을 분석하여, 다양한 조건에서 사고를 적절하게 판별하는 직류선택계전기의 보호협조 운용방안을 제안한다. 또한, 배전계통 상용 해석 프로그램인 PSCAD/EMTDC를 이용하여 AC 계통, PWM 정류기, LVDC 배전선로로 구성된 경전철용 급전시스템의 모델링을 제시한다. 한편, 제안한 보호협조 알고리즘과 모델링을 이용하여 LVDC 배전선로의 보호기기 특성을 분석한 결과, 제안한 운용방식에서는 전류 경사각의 급격한 감소를 판정하는 보호요소를 추가한다. 따라서, 사고지점의 단락저항이 높거나 장거리 선로인 경우에도, 보호기기가 사고전류와 부하전류를 적절히 판별할 수 있어, 본 논문에서 제안한 보호협조 운용알고리즘의 유용성을 확인하였다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.667-675
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• 2009

Faults can be generated at electric power systems by variety of both certain and uncertain reasons, which may cause harmful effects on electrical apparatuses under operation and stability of electric power system operations, and may also lead to great confusions and inconveniences to individual livings, public works, industrial activities, services, military affairs, etc.. In some cases, intentional inductions of faults are committed for specific purposes, and it is necessary to understand the procedures of fault by some foreign materials. In this paper, compositions and operations of electric power systems, summaries of electrical fault phenomena and fault protection, and restrictions to power system operation were outlined. And the analogies on the procedure of faults from former papers were introduced, and test results that revealed the validity of those analogies were also introduced.

• KIEE International Transactions on Power Engineering
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• 제3A권2호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2003

Unbalanced systems, such as distribution systems, have difficulties in fault locations due to single-phase laterals and loads. This paper proposes new fault locations developed by the direct three-phase circuit analysis algorithms using matrix inverse lemma for the line-to-ground fault case and the line-to-line fault case in unbalanced systems. The fault location for balanced systems has been studied using the current distribution factor, by a conventional symmetrical transformation, but that for unbalanced systems has not been investigated due to their high complexity. The proposed algorithms overcome the limit of the conventional algorithm using the conventional symmetrical transformation, which requires the balanced system and are applicable to any power system but are particularly useful for unbalanced distribution systems. Their effectiveness has been proven through many EMTP simulations.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.155-163
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• 2008

This paper presents a novel framework for analysis of power system wide-area blackout based on so called fault cascading scenarios. For a given power system operating state, "triggering" faults or a "seed faults" are chosen based on the probabilities estimated from the hazard rates. The fault probabilities reflect both the load and the weather conditions. Effects of hidden failures in protection systems are also reflected in establishing the fault propagation scenarios since they are one of the major causes for the wide-area blackouts. A tree type data structure called a PS-BEST(Power System Blackout Event Scenario Tree) is proposed for construction of the fault cascading scenarios, in which nodes represent various power system operating states and the arcs are the events causing transitions between the states. Arcs can be either probabilistic or deterministic. For a given initial fault, the total probability of leading to wide-area blackout is estimated by aggregating the individual probability of each fault sequence route leading to wide-area blackout. A case study is performed on the IEEE RTS-79(24 bus) system based on the fault data presented by the North American Electrical Reliability Council(NERC). Test results demonstrate the potentials and the effectiveness of the proposed technique for the future wide-area blackout analysis.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제62권9호
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• pp.1313-1317
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• 2013

With increasing demand of power, the equipment of power system is enlarging and the absolute capacity is going up. As a result, when a fault occurs, the fault current is consistently increasing. Therefore, I suggested some solution for limiting the fault current more efficiently. This study shows the characteristics of superconducting limiting elements and normal conducting elements combined with a transformer. We performed a short-circuit test about the fault current by using SCR switching control system operated from a CT. When short circuit accidents happened in the secondary side of a transformer, fault currents flowed and a SCR switching control system was operated. It resulted in a decrease of the fault current in the limited elements of third winding connected in parallel. For this test, we used YBCO thin films and normal conducting elements as the limited elements. Within a cycle, a superconducting fault current limiter with YBCO thin films reduced more than 90% of fault current because the resistance of superconducting elements sustainedly grew. On the other hand, the limiter with normal conductors limited as much as a set value because its resistance characteristic was linear. Consequently, in case of the limiter with superconductor, limiting range of the circuit was wide but the range of protective detection was undefined. In contrast, as for the limiter with normal conductors, limiting range and protection duty were appropriate.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.591-599
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• 2024

This paper presents the configuration and characteristic analysis of the protection system to improve the safety of the building integrated photovoltaic(BIPV) system. BIPV is a solar power system installed in buildings. Since the BIPV system is installed in buildings, there is a high risk of electric shock and fire accidents. Therefore, in order to improve the safety of BIPV, a protective system is required to block or quickly detect risk factors. In this paper, as a protection system to improve the safety of the BIPV system, it is composed of a rapid shutdown (RSD) that can quickly separate the PV system to prevent fire and electric shock accidents and a system to detect Arc faults that cause PV system fires. RSD and Arc Fault Detector analyzed the operating characteristics according to each condition and confirmed that the safety of the BIPV system can be improved through this.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제61권9호
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• pp.1226-1231
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• 2012

The demand for electrical power has been significantly increased to satisfy the customers. As a result, a power distribution system have been advanced by power system's interconnection, installation of distributed generator(DG) and so on. The improvable power distribution system included the problem of increasable fault current. Superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) is one of the solutions to limit a fault current. Therefore, to solve the problem of fault current by SFCL, simulation was progressed and the simulation used a PSCAD/EMTDC.