Sensitivity and Stability of GPS Synchronised Differential Protection

Current differential relays are now widely used for
the protection of transmission lines. Simplicity of
operation and the ability to clearly discriminate
internal and external faults ensures their
popularity, particulary when digital communication
systems are available. Increasing availability of
digital communication systems creates tremendous
opportunities for protection but recent move to
switched hierarchical communication networks has
created problems for phasor synchronisation. The
solution is GPS. GPS provides time synchronisation
to an accuracy of +/- 1.0 microsecond. Although the
phasor error at +/- 1.0 microsecond is
insignificant, concerns remain about temporary loss
of the GPS signal.

This thesis presents a technique using symmetrical
component analysis to cope for the loss of the GPS
signal, a robust method in detecting signal
distortion caused by current transformer core
saturation and an adaptive bias technique that
provides improvements in relay sensitivity.

Autorentext
Nicholas Villamagna received a diploma in Electrical Fitting
from Fremantle Technical college, Perth Australia in 1986. He
received his BEng (Hons) in Electrical Engineering from Brunel
University, UK, in 1998, MSc in Electrical Power Systems from
UMIST, UK, in 2000 and a Ph.D from Queen's University Belfast,
N. Ireland in 2004.