Hierarchical Protection for Smart Grids

A systematic view of hierarchical protection for smart grids, with solutions to tradition protection problems and complicated operation modes of modern power systems

• Systematically investigates traditional protection problems from the bird’s eye view of hierarchical protection

• Focuses on multiple variable network structures and complicated operation modes

• Offers comprehensive countermeasures on improving protection performance based on up-to-date research

Keywords:

Local Area Protection for Transformer/ Transmission Line; Local Area Protection for Renewable Energy; Topology Analysis for Inner and Inter Substation; Substation Area Protection Using Electrical Information and Operating Signals; Wide Area Protection Using Electrical Information and Operating  Signals; Power system; large scale renewable energy; hybrid AC-DC EHV/UHV interconnected power grids;  multiple variable network structures and operation modes; relay protection; hierarchical protection; smart grids