Frequency and Voltage Computation on Protection Settings in Renewable Resources

Abstract

The presence of inverter based renewable resources has introducing new challenges on transmission systems due sudden loss of several MW after voltage and frequency excursions. These sudden disconnections have been related with a fault ride through control in voltage and frequency excursions following PRC-024 standard. The NERC Inverter-Based Resource Performance Task Force has expressed the necessity for a full ride-through standard with clear requirements as to how the resource can behave in terms on control and protection aspects. In consequence, this article addresses the problem to define the control and protection that can be taken under frequency and voltage excursions to avoid disconnections. For this purpose, this article proposes a new magnitude and frequency computation with computations delays under 16 ms and the use of new detection techniques to add new control and protection functions to the inverter based renewable resources.