An Incremental Quantities Distance Protection Using Park's Transformation

In this article, an incremental quantities distance protection using Park's transformation is proposed to increase the operation speed of distance protection. Based on the instantaneous voltage in
abc
frame approximate linear distribution along the AC transmission lines, this article proves that instantaneous voltage in
dq
frame still satisfies the approximate linear distribution along the AC transmission line. Then, the
d
-axis voltage components of fault point and setting point are used to determine the internal and external faults. In order to ensure that the presented distance protection can be applied to all fault types, a virtual three-phase system construction method is also presented. The fault point voltage construction method and low-pass filter design method are also discussed. Finally, a typical AC transmission system is developed in PSCAD/EMTDC to verify the performance of the proposed distance protection under different fault conditions. Simulation results indicate that the proposed incremental quantities distance protection has fast operation speed under internal metallic fault conditions and high security under external fault conditions.