Detecção de ilhamento em redes com geração distribuída por injeção de pequenos sinais na rede elétrica

Abstract

A grid with multiple distributed generators can improve energy efficiency and reduce the negative impact on itself. One problem that occurs is when the main power supply is disconnected from the system, this is called islanding. This is undesirable because it can cause problems in terms of power quality, safety, voltage and frequency stability. This work aims to identify the islanding by the system impedance variation, using a proposed method that uses an impedance estimation technique, injecting a small signal into the output voltage of the distributed generator. The tests performed showed as higher the contribution of the inverter to the power supplied to the load as better the estimated impedance values. In the presence of two inverters, the signals injected by each of them must be in harmonic frequencies, for better impedance estimation results. In addition, when the utility energy flow to the load is close to zero, the method was able to identify the same island as the voltage and frequency relays. The island can be identified in approximately 0.5 s in all cases tested, thus being within the maximum time limit set in the standards.