The trend toward Microgrids (MGs) is significantly increasing by employing Distributed Generators (DGs) which leads to new challenges, especially in the fault detection. This paper proposes an algorithm based on the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) of the grid voltages to detect the events of faults in MGs. The algorithm uses the THD together with the estimate amplitude voltages and the zero-sequence component for the detection and identification of the faults. The performance is evaluated by using MATLAB/Simulink simulations to validate the capability for detecting different fault types in the least possible time.
@article{arxiv.2303.15957,
title = {A Harmonic-based Fault detection algorithm for Microgrids},
author = {Wael Al Hanaineh and Jose Matas and Jorge. El mariachet and Josep. M. Guerrero},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.15957},
year = {2023}
}
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Proc. of the Interdisciplinary Conference on Mechanics, Computers and Electrics (ICMECE 2022) 6-7 October 2022, Barcelona, Spain