• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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• v.53 no.12
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• pp.678-684
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• 2004

Automatic reclosing is a typical protection method in power distribution systems for clearing the temporary faults. However, it has a fatal weakness in regards to voltage sags because it produces successive voltage sags. In this paper, we explored successive impact of voltage sag due to the automatic reclosing of power distribution systems. The actual tests of low voltage loads were accomplished for obtaining the susceptibility of voltage sags. The final results of the test yielded power acceptability curves of voltage sag, and the curves were transformed the 3-dimensional CBEMA(Computer Business Equipment Manufacturer Association) format. For the quantitative evaluation of the impact of successive voltage sags, an assessment formulation using the voltage sag contour was proposed. The proposed formulation was tested by using the voltage sag contour data of IEEE standard and the results of the test. Through the case studies, we verified that the proposed method can be effectively used to evaluate the actual impact of successive voltage sans.

• KIEE International Transactions on Power Engineering
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• v.5A no.3
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• pp.293-299
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• 2005

Automatic reclosing is a typical protection method in power distribution systems for the clearing of temporary faults. However, it has a fatal weakness in regards to voltage sags because it produces repetitive voltage sags. In this paper, we explored the repetitive impact of voltage sag due to the automatic reclosing of power distribution systems. The actual tests of low voltage loads were carried out for obtaining the susceptibility of voltage sags. The final results of the tests yielded power acceptability curves of voltage sag, and the curves transformed the 3-dimensional CBEMA (Computer Business Equipment Manufacturer Association) format. For the quantitative evaluation of the impact of repetitive voltage sags, an assessment formulation using the voltage sag contour was proposed. The proposed formulation was tested by using the voltage sag contour data of IEEE standard and the results of the test. Through the case studies, we verified that the proposed method can be effectively used to evaluate the actual impact of repetitive voltage sags.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.59 no.8
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• pp.1347-1352
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• 2010

This paper presents a new adaptive single-phase auto reclosure (SPAR) algorithm to discriminate between a permanent fault and a transient fault and to minimize a protection dead time. The algorithm precisely detects the extinction of the secondary arc, based on THD's profiles on the faulted phase voltage waveform. The EMTP/ATPDraw program was used to simulate the single phase grounding fault for evaluating the proposed algorithm. And the simulation results show that the proposed algorithm is performing well.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.166-168
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• 2002

This paper presents a new numerical algorithm suitable for defining recloser reclaims time and blocking automatic reclosing during permanent faults on overhead lines. It is based on terminal voltage input data processing. The decision if it is safe or not to reclose is determined from the voltage signal of faulted and tripped line phase using Total Harmonic Distortion factor calculated by Discrete Fourier Transform. The algorithm was successfully tested using signals recorded on the real power system. The tests demonstrate the ability of presented algorithm to determine the secondary arc extinction time and to block unsuccessful automatic reclosing of HV lines with permanent fault.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07c
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• pp.1130-1132
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• 1999

This paper presents the feature extraction of fault current related to the multi-shot reclosing scheme in the power distribution system. Fourier transform is used to extract the feature of the fault current waveform in the case of the temporary fault and the permanent fault. After the waveform is analyzed using Fourier transform, the magnitude spectrum and the relative variation of THD are calculated. These results are that the relative variation of THD is great in the temporary fault and is little in the permanent fault.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.592-593
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• 2015

Recently, the fault current has increased to exceed the rated breaking capacity of protective device due to the growth of the power demand on the power system where is changed into the loop-, mesh-, network grid. To limit fault current, the superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) is announced with various methods. In many researches, the current limiting effect with the SFCL has been analyzed considering the rated breaking capacity of the CB with one fault condition. However, the power system has various short circuit and operation conditions. In order to select the capacity of the SFCL with reclosing operation and burden of the fault current on the protective device, the characteristics of the power system were investigated. Through the analysis, the evaluation method of the current rate was improved.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1995.07b
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• pp.613-615
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• 1995

KEPCO is now going on upgrading the highest system voltage from 345kV to 765kV since 1992. The main reason of this 765kV project is the bulk power transmission from the power generation sites at the East and West coasts to the Kyeong-in area. The first 765kV transmission lines will be constructed by 1998 and operated as 345kV level until 2001. This system needs a detailed evaluation of the 2nd arc in case of 765kV transmission line outages and the countermeasures for the fast arc reduction for the successful high speed reclosing. So, this paper deals with the simulation results of the 2nd arc characteristics using EMTP and comparison of Sh.R and HSGS for the reduction methods.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.36-38
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• 2003

In this paper, It was evaluated that the customer's effects of momentary voltage sag in power distribution system considering reclosing interval. Above all, power quality problems were discussed widely, various international standards about power quality were compared to each other. after the continuous voltage sag waves of power distribution system on fault were induced, the experimentation about voltage sag for critical load was performed using source simulator. The results of experimentation were displayed as the form of 2 and 3-dimensional CBEMA Curve.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.106-108
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• 1996

This paper presents the Implementation and performance simulation of HSGS(High Speed Ground Switch)-Adaptive scheme for EHV transmission. EMTP/TACS(Transient Analysis of Control System) functions are combined and used for the implementation and simulation. The simulation results are compared with those for the conventional reclosing scheme and discussed.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.417-422
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• 2022

It is always desirable that the continuation of power flow through the lines should not be interrupted for a long time. The optimized guideline of reclosers on distribution lines is known to improve the reliability of power systems, the protection functions on distribution systems heavily rely on the number and placement of such reclosers. This study reviewed the effect of using protection settings methodology with the number of reclosing operations to reduce the damage sustained during faults on distribution networks. The aim of the study is to determine the number of reclosing operations and fault current conditions based on simulation data of PSCAD/EMTDC for standard distribution networks. It is found that the determination of the number of operations on reclosers, which are the protection function of feeders, helped to optimize the operation and reliability of distribution networks.