PROJECT TITLE :

Investigation of Protection Schemes for Flexible Distribution of Energy and Storage Resources in an Industrial Microgrid

ABSTRACT:

It's well-known that the control ways of distributed energy resources (DERs) have a serious influence on the protection schemes of each DERs and distribution systems. In read of that, the coordination between DER controls, DER relays, and distribution system relays is necessary to possess a secure and reliable power delivery. The Versatile Distribution of EneRgy and Storage resources (FDERS) was a recently proposed framework that is extremely valuable for industrial Power Systems containing massive and fluctuating hundreds as it offers many advantages, as well as enhanced controllability, improved system robustness, optimal energy resource deployment, and increased lifetime. It's been earlier demonstrated that FDERS can considerably extend the mean battery replacement time in industrial power systems. As FDERS makes use of adaptive DER controls, its application is found to also impact the distribution system protection schemes. In this paper, the protection of an industrial microgrid with FDERS is investigated. Several innovative relaying schemes are proposed to mitigate any adverse impact caused during the implementation of FDERS in an exceedingly microgrid.