Systems and methods for protection of components in electrical power delivery systems
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1. A system to monitor and control a plurality of pieces of monitored equipment in an electric power delivery system, the system comprising:
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a first local protection IED and a second local protection IED, each of the first and second IEDs comprising;
a local protection IED network interface in communication with the data network;
a monitored equipment interface to receive monitored equipment data including a plurality of measurements indicating electrical conditions associated with monitored equipment, wherein the monitored equipment comprise electrical generators;
a local protection IED processor; and
a local protection IED computer-readable storage medium, comprising;
software instructions executable on the local protection IED processor that enable the local protection IED to;
record the plurality of measurements indicating electrical conditions associated with monitored equipment received via the monitored equipment interface;
associate a plurality of measurements with a time stamp indicating the time at which each of the plurality of measurements is made to generate a plurality of time-synchronized measurements;
analyze the plurality of time-synchronized measurements;
determine a local-level protection action based upon the analysis of the plurality of time-synchronized measurements;
transmit the plurality of time-synchronized measurements via the data network;
a system protection IED configured to operate at a supervisory level with respect to the first local protection IED and the second local protection IED, the system protection IED, comprising;
a system protection IED network interface in communication with the data network;
a system protection IED processor;
a system protection IED computer-readable storage medium, comprising;
software instructions executable on the system protection IED processor that enable the system protection IED to;
receive the plurality of time-synchronized measurements transmitted by each of the first and the second local protection IEDs;
analyze the plurality of time-synchronized measurements received from each of the first and the second local protection IEDs;
determine a system-level protection action based upon the analysis of the plurality of time-synchronized measurements by;
detecting a common-mode fault, where the common-mode fault is a fault on a generator;
determine operating conditions of the electric power delivery system based on the plurality of time-synchronized measurements; and
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comparing the operating conditions with predetermined acceptable operating conditions of the electric power delivery system; and
,performing the system-level protection action by disconnecting the generator with the fault.
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Abstract
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide protection to monitored equipment at both a local level and a system level, in order to offer more comprehensive protection. In one particular embodiment, the protected equipment may include one or more generators. The protection system may utilize time-synchronized data in order to analyze data provided by systems having disparate sampling rates, that are monitored by different equipment, and/or equipment that is geographically separated. Various embodiments may be configured to utilize a variety of sampling rates.
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1. A system to monitor and control a plurality of pieces of monitored equipment in an electric power delivery system, the system comprising:
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a data network; a first local protection IED and a second local protection IED, each of the first and second IEDs comprising; a local protection IED network interface in communication with the data network; a monitored equipment interface to receive monitored equipment data including a plurality of measurements indicating electrical conditions associated with monitored equipment, wherein the monitored equipment comprise electrical generators; a local protection IED processor; and a local protection IED computer-readable storage medium, comprising; software instructions executable on the local protection IED processor that enable the local protection IED to; record the plurality of measurements indicating electrical conditions associated with monitored equipment received via the monitored equipment interface; associate a plurality of measurements with a time stamp indicating the time at which each of the plurality of measurements is made to generate a plurality of time-synchronized measurements; analyze the plurality of time-synchronized measurements; determine a local-level protection action based upon the analysis of the plurality of time-synchronized measurements; transmit the plurality of time-synchronized measurements via the data network; a system protection IED configured to operate at a supervisory level with respect to the first local protection IED and the second local protection IED, the system protection IED, comprising; a system protection IED network interface in communication with the data network; a system protection IED processor; a system protection IED computer-readable storage medium, comprising; software instructions executable on the system protection IED processor that enable the system protection IED to; receive the plurality of time-synchronized measurements transmitted by each of the first and the second local protection IEDs; analyze the plurality of time-synchronized measurements received from each of the first and the second local protection IEDs; determine a system-level protection action based upon the analysis of the plurality of time-synchronized measurements by; detecting a common-mode fault, where the common-mode fault is a fault on a generator; determine operating conditions of the electric power delivery system based on the plurality of time-synchronized measurements; and
;comparing the operating conditions with predetermined acceptable operating conditions of the electric power delivery system; and
,performing the system-level protection action by disconnecting the generator with the fault. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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8. A method for managing an electric power transmission and distribution system, comprising:
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providing a plurality of local protection blocks; each of the local protection blocks recording a plurality of time-synchronized measurements indicating an electrical condition in each local protection block; each of the local protection blocks analyzing the plurality of time-synchronized measurements; each of the local protection blocks determining a local-level protection action based upon the analysis of the plurality of time-synchronized measurements; providing a system protection block configured to operate at a supervisory level with respect to the plurality of local protection blocks; the system protection block receiving the plurality of time-synchronized measurements from the plurality of local protection blocks; the system protection block analyzing the plurality of time-synchronized measurements from the plurality of local protection blocks; the system protection block detecting a common-mode fault based on the time-synchronized measurements from the plurality of local protection blocks; the system protection block determining operating conditions of the electric power delivery system; the system protection block comparing the operating conditions with predetermined acceptable operating conditions of the electric power delivery system; and when the common-mode fault comprises a fault on a generator and when the operating conditions fall outside of the predetermined acceptable operating conditions, the system protection block performing a system-level protection action of disconnecting the generator with the fault. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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