Swati Sharma et al. International Journal of Recent Research Aspects ISSN: 2349-7688, Special Issue: Recent
Innovation in Science, Engineering & Management, May 2022, pp. 95-102
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A review on advancements of power
system protection and control
Swati Sharma, Ashwani Saini, Manish Shukla, Yash Sharma
DPG Institute of Technology and Management
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Abstract: In this paper the advancement in communication system has become powerful synchronised equipment, which
makes the real-time communication between subgrids and control. In current shielding structure it handles the real-time data
inadequately. This paper analysis the expansion of power system structure with developing technologies integrated with wide
area protection, the graded power system protection provides the local power and combine power circuits. The system has 3
levels: the local, the substation and the regional. The combined tasks have been described for optimal harmonization and the
system to obtain control and real time information for enabling the perfect tool for computing power circuits .
Keywords: Protection based power system , Data platform.
I. Introduction
In beginning of last century is marked as point of
emergence of power-system protection when first electro-
mechanical over current relays, directional, distance and
differential protection schemes were developed and used in
first three decades of last century but recent development in
science , nanotechnology developed relay technology also
great theoretical progress were made in protection software.
Currently in world full of semiconductor electronics and
sciences, conventional relays are being replaced by numeric
and microprocessor based relays [1]. The application of
centralized substation in late 1960’s was first proposed
based on centralised computer based system but centralized
computer system for substation protection has not been
widely applied till date as back then there were no such
computer hardware-software technologies available and
relay technology was widely used successfully. In 1980’s
microprocessor based protection system was introduced. It
provided new means in protection like “Adaptive
protection”, and “Artificial intelligence “ based protection
techniques which were proposed in 1980’s and early 1990’s.
Use of IDMT or( inverse definite time over current
protection) started era of adaptive protection[2]. IDMT
technology played important role in increasing computer
technology based protection devices and control theory.
IDMT was new type of relay protection which was able to
change the performance, characteristics of set value
according to fault condition and operation mode of power
system [3]. Application of IDMT includes distance
protection, generator protection, transformer protection,
auto closure etc. Adaptive relay improved response of
system, it enhanced the reliability in field of economic
benefits. Artificial Intelligence technologies like “artificial
neural network”, “genetic algorithm”, “evolutionary
algorithm”. Fuzzy logics were also applied in field of relay
protection. Artificial neural network helped in identifying
fault type, distance of fault, direction protection. Artificial
neural network had distributed storage [4]. It can do parallel
processing, self organization and self-learning. Application
of artificial intelligence helped in improving speed,
accuracy, of fault detection and its analysis. However in
1990’s, with continuous expansion of power networks, it
was great challenge to clear the faults quickly and improve
system stability. This lead to development of non-power
system frequency fault detection technique to increase relay
response , so “Transient- based protection” relays were
developed whose working was based on travelling wave and
superimposed components[5].
Studies have showed that we can de-detect the fault-
generated high frequency transients which created
possibilities for developing of new techniques and
principles. Another important development and progress
was made when “novel-communication techniques” and
“GPS” techniques were applied in power-system protection.
The newly proposed protection based protective relay helps
in providing a wide area to power circuits .In recent years,
concept of centralized protection has gained popularity
because of increase in growth of signal- processing
capabilities and availability of suitable communication
scheme [6]. In information based model the multiple power
pants and its components develops the protection based
schemes. The substation base area protection develops
information technology base practical applications in the
area of automation technology has helped us in optimizing,
monitoring, control protection and measurement devices.
Traditional control protection cabinets are being replaced by
computer systems which have microcontroller protection
device as core protection device measurement [7], control
signal, billing and control signal embedded into computer
based system [8]. We can say that the relay-protected
devices has high performance, fast response and provides
any information about power system by transmitting any
information regarding faults to the control centre . thus
advanced microprocessor based protection devises helps in