Inverter Based Islanded Microgrid Protection Using Discrete Wavelet Transform

Ahmed M. Abdelemam; Hatem H. Zeineldin; Ahmed Al-Durra; Mohamed Shawky El Moursi; Ehab F. El-Saadany

doi:10.1109/CPERE56564.2023.10119608

Inverter Based Islanded Microgrid Protection Using Discrete Wavelet Transform

Ahmed M. Abdelemam^*
, Hatem H. Zeineldin
, Ahmed Al-Durra
, Mohamed Shawky El Moursi
, Ehab F. El-Saadany

^*Corresponding author for this work

Interdisciplinary Research Center for Smart Mobility and Logistics

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6 Scopus citations

Abstract

One of the main drawbacks of the Inverter Interfaced Distributed Generator (IIDG) is that the protection of the inverter switch limits the fault current through the inverter control system to be almost equal to the rated current. As a result, traditional overcurrent relays cannot operate to protect the distribution lines in islanded microgrid connected with IIDG during different types of short circuits. In this paper, a new protection scheme is proposed by utilizing the Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) to detect faults by extracting high-frequency current oscillations associated with short-circuit currents. The discrete wavelet energy is calculated from the DWT output, accumulated, and compared to the threshold value. The main advantages of this protection algorithm are that it does not need to depend on the short-circuit current increased values to detect the fault and communication is not required between relays. The proposed protection scheme is verified by using PSCAD / EMTDC simulation program. The results validate the proposed IIDG protection strategy by considering different fault types and locations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy, CPERE 2023
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665452335
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CPERE56564.2023.10119608
State	Published - 2023
Event	2023 IEEE Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy, CPERE 2023 - Luxor, Egypt Duration: 19 Feb 2023 → 21 Feb 2023

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Name	IEEE Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy, CPERE 2023

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Conference	2023 IEEE Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy, CPERE 2023
Country/Territory	Egypt
City	Luxor
Period	19/02/23 → 21/02/23

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© 2023 IEEE.

Keywords

Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT)
Inver Interfaced Distributed Generator (IIDG)
Protection algorithm
Short circuit

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Control and Optimization
Transportation
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Abdelemam, A. M., Zeineldin, H. H., Al-Durra, A., Moursi, M. S. E., & El-Saadany, E. F. (2023). Inverter Based Islanded Microgrid Protection Using Discrete Wavelet Transform. In IEEE Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy, CPERE 2023 (IEEE Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy, CPERE 2023). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/CPERE56564.2023.10119608

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Abdelemam, AM, Zeineldin, HH, Al-Durra, A, Moursi, MSE & El-Saadany, EF 2023, Inverter Based Islanded Microgrid Protection Using Discrete Wavelet Transform. in IEEE Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy, CPERE 2023. IEEE Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy, CPERE 2023, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023 IEEE Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy, CPERE 2023, Luxor, Egypt, 19/02/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/CPERE56564.2023.10119608

Inverter Based Islanded Microgrid Protection Using Discrete Wavelet Transform. / Abdelemam, Ahmed M.; Zeineldin, Hatem H.; Al-Durra, Ahmed et al.
IEEE Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy, CPERE 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. (IEEE Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy, CPERE 2023).

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Abdelemam AM, Zeineldin HH, Al-Durra A, Moursi MSE, El-Saadany EF. Inverter Based Islanded Microgrid Protection Using Discrete Wavelet Transform. In IEEE Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy, CPERE 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2023. (IEEE Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy, CPERE 2023). doi: 10.1109/CPERE56564.2023.10119608

Inverter Based Islanded Microgrid Protection Using Discrete Wavelet Transform

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