Investigation of Using IEC 61850-Sampled Values for Implementing a Transient-Based Protection Scheme for Series-Compensated Transmission Lines

This paper investigates the applicability of IEC 61850-9-2 LE-sampled values in transients-based protection by implementing a line protection intelligent electronic device (IED), incorporating a transients-based hybrid protection algorithm suitable for series-compensated transmission lines. The IED is capable of subscribing, decoding, and processing sampled values to be used in the implemented protection algorithms. The proposed method of protection can distinguish between internal and external faults by comparing the polarities of wavelet coefficients of the line currents at either end of the line. The power system section, which the proposed protection scheme is tested upon, is implemented in a real-time digital simulator. Attention is given to replicate the constraints faced by an actual relay in the implementations of the IED. The results indicate that IEC 61850-sampled values can be effectively used in a transients-based protection scheme that is capable of operating under challenging conditions.