Double-circuit transmission lines play a very important role in electric power transmission. When a line-to-line nongrounded fault occurs on double-circuit transmission lines, for traditional tripping and reclosing methods, tripping of all six phases may cause power system instability, and fixed time autoreclosing may reclose the double-circuit transmission lines to a nonextinguished fault. In this paper, a novel tripping strategy is proposed; when a line-to-line nongrounded fault occurs, some part of the electric power can be transmitted after tripping, and many kinds of nongrounded faults can be equivalent to a single-phase to ground fault. Furthermore, reactive power characteristics are adopted to determine the fault extinction. Finally, an adaptive autoreclosing scheme for line-to-line nongrounded faults on double-circuit transmission lines based on phase-to-phase reactive power is proposed. The accuracy and feasibility of the propose method are verified by relevant simulation experiments, and multiple operation conditions are considered.INDEX TERMS Adaptive algorithm, current-voltage characteristics, fault detection, grounding, power system protection, power system reliability, reactive power, transmission lines.
NOMENCLATURE
Phase IXPhase X in line I, X=A, B, or C. Phase IIX Phase X in line II, X=A, B, or C.
BVBasic values assigned to the fault phases. Situation A1 SAFPs exist, and the selected SAFPs were determined as nontripped at last trip. Situation A2 SAFPs exist, and the selected SAFPs were determined as nontripped at the time before the last trip. Situation A3 SAFPs exist, and the selected SAFPs were not determined as nontripped in two recent trips. Situation B1 SAFPs do not exist, and the fault phase was determined as nontripped at last trip.The associate editor coordinating the review of this manuscript and approving it for publication was Gerard-Andre Capolino.Situation B2 SAFPs do not exist, and the selected fault phase was determined as nontripped at the time before the last trip. Situation B3 SAFPs do not exist, and the selected fault phase was not determined as nontripped in two recent trips.
UmXNEquivalent m-end voltages of the sound phases in the same circuit, X=A, B, or C.
UnXNEquivalent n-end voltages of the sound phases in the same circuit, X=A, B, or C. N Sound phase quantity in the same circuit.
UmXMEquivalent m-end voltages of the sound phases in the different circuits, X=A, B, or C.
UnXMEquivalent n-end voltages of the sound phases in the different circuits, X=A, B, or C.