Similarity Comparison Based High-Speed Pilot Protection for Transmission Line

Abstract

To solve the following problem: the action speed of protection based on a phasor is restricted by the length of the filtering algorithm time window and the vulnerability to false data, a new pilot protection principle for transmission lines based on waveform similarity is proposed in this paper. By comparing the discrete point sets of current sampling values, a waveform similarity-based algorithm called the Hausdorff distance distinguishes the difference between both side currents of a protected transmission line, realizing fast identification, and removal of the fault. Based on the characteristics of the algorithm, setting methods and protection criterion are discussed. Finally, an improved Hausdorff distance algorithm is proposed to cope with false data. The effectiveness and advantages of the proposed algorithm are validated with theoretical analysis and extensive simulation test results.