An Investigation of the Impact of Distributed Generation Penetration on Directional Overcurrent Relay Coordination in a Distribution Network

Abstract

Distributed generation units (DGs) are rapidly becoming widespread in distribution systems due to their advantages such as power loss reduction, voltage profile improvement, and economic returns. Many researchers seek new ways to maximize their these advantages. However, their impact on the fault current is a problem for the field of power system protection. The changes in the short-circuit currents due to DGs cause the miscoordination of the directional overcurrent relays (DOCRs). In this paper, the impact of distribution generation penetration on DOCR coordination is analyzed and investigated. Besides this negative impact of DGs, their contributions to reducing power loss and improving the voltage profile are also analyzed for different DG penetration levels. The gazelle optimization algorithm is utilized to solve the DOCR coordination problem studied in this paper. The method is performed on the distribution section of the IEEE 14-bus system. It is seen that a significant number of miscoordinations occur when even the DG penetration is increased by about 10%. With the increase in DG penetration, the number of miscoordinations does not increase proportionally, but there is a proportional increase in active and reactive power loss reduction and voltage profile improvement.

Keywords

• DOCR Coordination
• Distributed Generators
• Voltage Profile Improvement
• Power Loss Reduction
• Gazelle Optimization Algorithm

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