Detection of islanding state in electricity network
View Patent ↗An exemplary method for detecting a three-phase islanding state in a three-phase electricity network includes supplying power to a three-phase electricity network via a power supply assembly, controlling an output frequency of the power supply assembly with a frequency reference signal adapted to deviate the output frequency of the power supply assembly from a grid frequency representing a frequency of a common electricity network whose portion of the three-phase electricity network is in normal operating conditions. The method also includes detecting a three-phase islanding state in the electricity network if the output frequency of the power supply assembly is outside an allowable value range. During a normal operating state of the electricity network, the frequency reference signal depends on an active output current of the power supply assembly.
1. A method for detecting a three-phase islanding state in a three-phase electricity network, the method comprising:
supplying power to a three-phase electricity network by a power supply assembly having an output frequency;
controlling the output frequency of the power supply assembly with a frequency reference signal adapted to deviate the output frequency of the power supply assembly from a grid frequency representing a frequency of a common electricity network whose portion of the three-phase electricity network is in normal operating conditions;
monitoring a magnitude of a frequency quantity obtainable from the output frequency of the power supply assembly; and
detecting a three-phase islanding state in the electricity network if the magnitude of the frequency quantity is outside an allowable value range by forming a stimulus signal obtainable by multiplying a difference between the output frequency of the power supply assembly and the grid frequency by a stimulus coefficient, wherein forming of the frequency reference signal includes addition of the output frequency of the power supply assembly and the stimulus signal, and during a normal operating state of the electricity network the stimulus coefficient is a function of an active output current of the power supply assembly.
2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein during the normal operating state the stimulus coefficient is obtainable by subtracting an absolute value of the active output current of the power supply assembly from a first constant.
3. The method according to claim 1 , comprising:
stopping a supply of power to the electricity network by the power supply assembly as a response to a detection of the three-phase islanding state.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method includes transferring the electricity network from the normal operating state into a potential islanding state if predetermined first conditions are fulfilled, and the stimulus coefficient has a higher absolute value during the potential islanding state than during the normal operating state.
5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the predetermined first conditions for transferring the electricity network into the potential islanding state includes a condition
ⅆ
ⅆ
t
(
ω
PSA
-
ω
grid
)
>
α
2
,
wherein ωPSA is the output frequency of the power supply assembly, ωgrid is the grid frequency, and α2 is a second limit value.
6. The method according to claim 4 , comprising:
transferring the electricity network from the potential islanding state into the normal operating state if predetermined first conditions are no longer fulfilled.
7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein during the potential islanding state forming of the stimulus coefficient includes addition of a second constant and a previous value of the stimulus coefficient.
8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the stimulus coefficient has a maximum value such that during the potential islanding state the stimulus coefficient is not allowed to exceed the maximum value of the stimulus coefficient.
9. The method according to claim 4 , wherein during the normal operating state the stimulus coefficient is obtainable by subtracting an absolute value of the active output current of the power supply assembly from a first constant.
10. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the predetermined first conditions for transferring the electricity network into the potential islanding state includes a condition
ⅆ
ⅆ
t
X
ω
-
1
>
α
1
,
where Xω is a reactance seen from an output of the power supply assembly, and α1 is a first limit value.
11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the predetermined first conditions for transferring the electricity network into the potential islanding state include
ⅆ
ⅆ
t
(
ω
PSA
-
ω
grid
)
>
α
2
,
where ωPSA is an output frequency of the power supply assembly, ωgrid is a grid frequency, and α2 is a second limit value.
12. The method according to claim 10 , comprising:
transferring the electricity network from the potential islanding state into the normal operating state if predetermined first conditions are no longer fulfilled.
13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein during the potential islanding state forming of the stimulus coefficient includes addition of a second constant and a previous value of the stimulus coefficient.
14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the stimulus coefficient has a maximum value such that during the potential islanding state the stimulus coefficient is not allowed to exceed the maximum value of the stimulus coefficient.
15. A system for detecting a three-phase islanding state in a three-phase electricity network, the system comprising:
a power supply assembly for supplying power with an output frequency into a three-phase electricity network; and
control means configured to:
form a frequency reference signal;
control the output frequency of the power supply assembly with the frequency reference signal, the frequency reference signal being adapted to deviate the output frequency of the power supply assembly from a grid frequency representing a frequency of a common electricity network whose part the three-phase electricity network is in normal operating conditions;
monitor a magnitude of a frequency quantity obtainable from the output frequency of the power supply assembly; and
detect a three-phase islanding state in the electricity network if the magnitude of the frequency quantity is outside an allowable value range,
wherein the control means is configured to form a stimulus signal obtainable by multiplying a difference between the output frequency of the power supply assembly and the grid frequency by a stimulus coefficient,
wherein forming the frequency reference signal includes addition of the output frequency of the power supply assembly and the stimulus signal, and during a normal operating state of the electricity network the stimulus coefficient is a function of an active output current of the power supply assembly.