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 electric power generators in an electric power delivery system, the system comprising:
- a system protection Intelligent Electronic Device (“
IED”
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a system protection IED computer-readable storage medium, comprising instructions executable on the system protection IED processor that enable the system protection IED to;
analyze a plurality of time-synchronized measurements indicating conditions associated with the plurality of generators, wherein the plurality of time-synchronized measurements are generated based on a common time reference;
determine a system-level protection action based upon the analysis of the plurality of time-synchronized measurements by;
detecting a common-mode fault condition as a condition of one generator of the plurality of generators that affects operating conditions of another generator of the plurality of generators;
determining operating conditions of the electric power delivery system based on the plurality of time-synchronized measurements;
detecting the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault condition;
comparing the operating conditions with predetermined acceptable operating conditions of the electric power delivery system;
when a common-mode fault is detected and when the operating conditions are outside of the predetermined acceptable operating conditions, determining the system-level protection action to be disconnection of the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault; and
,when a common-mode fault is detected and when the operating conditions are within the predetermined acceptable operating conditions, determining that the system-level protection action on the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault is not required;
based on the comparison of the operating conditions with the predetermined acceptable operating conditions, perform the system-level protection action by disconnecting the electrical generator associated with the common-mode fault; and
evaluate response time of controls of the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault before disconnecting the generator associated with the detected common-mode 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 electric power generators in an electric power delivery system, the system comprising:
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a system protection Intelligent Electronic Device (“
IED”
) processor;a system protection IED computer-readable storage medium, comprising instructions executable on the system protection IED processor that enable the system protection IED to; analyze a plurality of time-synchronized measurements indicating conditions associated with the plurality of generators, wherein the plurality of time-synchronized measurements are generated based on a common time reference; determine a system-level protection action based upon the analysis of the plurality of time-synchronized measurements by; detecting a common-mode fault condition as a condition of one generator of the plurality of generators that affects operating conditions of another generator of the plurality of generators; determining operating conditions of the electric power delivery system based on the plurality of time-synchronized measurements; detecting the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault condition; comparing the operating conditions with predetermined acceptable operating conditions of the electric power delivery system; when a common-mode fault is detected and when the operating conditions are outside of the predetermined acceptable operating conditions, determining the system-level protection action to be disconnection of the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault; and
,when a common-mode fault is detected and when the operating conditions are within the predetermined acceptable operating conditions, determining that the system-level protection action on the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault is not required; based on the comparison of the operating conditions with the predetermined acceptable operating conditions, perform the system-level protection action by disconnecting the electrical generator associated with the common-mode fault; and evaluate response time of controls of the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault before disconnecting the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for managing a plurality of electric power generators in an electric power delivery system, comprising:
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operating a system protection block at a supervisory level, the system protection block configured to manage the plurality of electric power generators; the system protection block receiving a plurality of time-synchronized measurements associated with the plurality of electric power generators, wherein the plurality of time-synchronized measurements are generated based on a common time reference; the system protection block analyzing the plurality of time-synchronized measurements indicating conditions associated with the plurality of electric power generators; the system protection block determining a system-level protection action based upon the analysis of the plurality of time-synchronized measurements by; detecting a common-mode fault condition as a condition of one generator of the plurality of generators that affects operating conditions of another generator of the plurality of generators; determining operating conditions of the electric power delivery system based on the plurality of time-synchronized measurements; detecting the generator associated with the common-mode fault condition; comparing the operating conditions with predetermined acceptable operating conditions of the electric power delivery system; when a common-mode fault is detected and when the operating conditions are outside of the predetermined acceptable operating conditions, determining the system-level protection action to be disconnection of the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault; and
,when a common-mode fault is detected and when the operating conditions are within the predetermined acceptable operating conditions, determining that the system-level protection action on the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault is not required; based on the comparison of the operating conditions with the predetermined acceptable operating conditions, the system protection block performing the system level protection action by disconnecting the electrical generator associated with the common-mode fault, and the system protection block evaluating response time of controls of the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault before disconnecting the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An intelligent electronic device (IED) for monitoring and control of a plurality of electric power generators in an electric power delivery system, the IED comprising:
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a system protection IED processor; a system protection IED computer-readable storage medium, comprising instructions executable on the system protection IED processor that enable the system protection IED to; analyze a plurality of time-synchronized measurements indicating conditions associated with the plurality of generators, wherein the plurality of time-synchronized measurements are generated based on a common time reference; determine a system-level protection action based upon the analysis of the plurality of time-synchronized measurements by; detecting a common-mode fault condition as a condition of one generator of the plurality of generators that affects operation conditions of another generator of the plurality of generators; determining operating conditions of the electric power delivery system based on the plurality of time-synchronized measurements; detecting the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault condition; comparing the operating conditions with predetermined acceptable operating conditions of the electric power delivery system; when a common-mode fault is detected and when the operating conditions are outside of the predetermined acceptable operating conditions, determining the system-level protection action to be disconnection of the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault; and
,when a common-mode fault is detected and when the operating conditions are within the predetermined acceptable operating conditions, determining that the system-level protection action on the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault is not required; based on the comparison of the operating conditions with the predetermined acceptable operating conditions, perform the system-level protection action by disconnecting the electrical generator associated with the common-mode fault; and evaluate response time of controls of the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault before disconnecting the generator associated with the detected common-mode fault. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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