A new adaptive single phase auto-reclosure scheme for EHV transmission lines

Abstract

Almost 70-90 % of faults in extra high voltage (EHV) transmission lines in modern interconnected power systems are intrinsically transient. The necessity of rapid fault clearing results in fast developing of protection equipments. Morever, need for reliable supplying of loads, lead to improve in single phase auto-reclosing equipments. In this paper, a new method is proposed to reduce dead time of transmission lines. Leads to improve the performance and efficiency of single phase auto-reclosing. In the occurrence of permanent faults, the proposed yardstick is accurate and authentic to diagnose fault's type (transient or permanent). To validate accuracy and authenticity of proposed method, a 765 kV transmission system is simulated in Electromagnetic Transients Program Software and results are presented.