Journal article
Coordination of Ultrafast Solid-State Circuit Breakers in Radial DC Microgrids
IEEE journal of emerging and selected topics in power electronics, v 10(4), pp 4690-4702
Aug 2022
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Abstract
This article proposes a comprehensive method for optimal coordination of ultrafast solid-state circuit breakers (SSCBs) in radial dc microgrids. The proposed method consists of two consecutive steps. In the first step, SSCBs are optimally coordinated for overload, short circuit, and instantaneous protections. Inverse time-current characteristics (ITCC) curves are formulated to systematically coordinate SSCBs. The trip curve of each SSCB includes overload, short-circuit, and instantaneous profiles. In determining overload protection, the thermal capability of SSCBs is considered; while the short-circuit and instantaneous tripping profiles are realized based on short circuit thermal capability and ultrafast response time of SSCBs. Coordination time interval (CTI) is included between upstream and downstream SSCBs to achieve selectivity. To avoid miscoordination in practice, CTI is chosen by incorporating the SSCBs' metal-oxide varistor (MOV) conduction time interval during turn-off process and dc current measurement error. In the second step, the operating speed of the protective scheme is optimized by applying distance-based secondary protection (DBSP). The DBSP is used to minimize the tripping time when short circuit faults occur close to upstream SSCBs. This significantly reduces the consumed energy by faults, prevents damage, reduces absorbed energy by SSCBs, and enhances the safety of operators. The proposed coordination removes the need for communication links between SSCBs and presents high reliability. A 400-V dc microgrid benchmark with photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage systems (ESSs) is examined as a case study in simulation. Besides, experiments are conducted in a 400-V dc system to evaluate the effectiveness and accuracy of the DBSP.
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- Title
- Coordination of Ultrafast Solid-State Circuit Breakers in Radial DC Microgrids
- Creators
- Reza Kheirollahi - Drexel UniversityShuyan Zhao - Drexel UniversityHua Zhang - Drexel UniversityXiaonan Lu - Temple UniversityJun Wang - University of Nebraska–LincolnFei Lu - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Publication Details
- IEEE journal of emerging and selected topics in power electronics, v 10(4), pp 4690-4702
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Grant note
- DE-AR0001114 / Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), U.S. Department of Energy, through the BREAKERS Program (10.13039/100000015)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000838680000098
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85124055339
- Other Identifier
- 991019168796304721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Engineering, Electrical & Electronic