IMPEDANCE-BASED FAULT LOCATION METHODS FOR TRANSMISSION LINE CONNECTING WIND FARM PLANTS

Abstract

With an increasing capacity of wind power installed in the world, the impact of wind generation during fault condition has been studied. Wind plants equipped with induction generator results in a different fault behavior in transmission networks. In this p aper, the validation of existing impedance-based fault location methods are performed on a transmission line connecting wind plant equipped with three different types of induction generators. This work is based on the simulation in real-time digital simulator (RTDS).