Protection techniques for DC microgrid-A review

A Chandra, GK Singh, V Pant - Electric Power Systems Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The proliferation of DC microgrid is a commendable stride for the future power system to
match the load requirement precisely with the distributed generation. The potential benefits …

DC microgrid protection issues and schemes: A critical review

C Srivastava, M Tripathy - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The proliferation of renewable energy resources to the next level optimizes microgrid
utilization to manage the disturbances effectively. A direct current microgrid achieves …

A novel bidirectional solid-state circuit breaker for DC microgrid

Y Wang, W Li, X Wu, X Wu - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
DC microgrid has attracted more and more attention due to its unique characteristics, but the
development of a dc microgrid is also facing some challenges, such as interruption and …

A Z-source-based bidirectional DC circuit breaker with fault current limitation and interruption capabilities

D Keshavarzi, T Ghanbari… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
DC microgrids have some attractive characteristics, which have being investigated to utilize
in future electrical power systems. However, they have several essential challenges, such as …

A new-coupled-inductor circuit breaker for DC applications

KA Corzine - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to eliminate power conversion steps, future microgrids with renewable energy
sources are being visualized as dc power systems. System components such as sources …

A Г-source circuit breaker for DC microgrid protection

Z Zhou, J Jiang, S Ye, C Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a novel Γ-source circuit breaker (CB) that can offer automatic fault isolation
with no reflected fault current in the feeding source is proposed for the protection of dc …

Circuit Modeling and Experimental Validation of a Bidirectional Z-Source Circuit Breaker Based on Coupled Inductors

Z Zhou, Y Fei, Y Li, Y Wang, Y Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
DC microgrids have attracted increasing attention due to their high efficiency, simple control,
and high power quality; however, circuit fault protection remains a technical challenge. Z …

A survey on fault detection, isolation, and reconfiguration methods in electric ship power systems

M Babaei, J Shi, S Abdelwahed - IEEE Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the major challenges with electric shipboard power systems (SPS) is preserving the
survivability of the system under fault situations. Some minor faults in SPS can result in …

Novel Bidirectional O-Z-Source Circuit Breaker for DC Microgrid Protection

Z Zhou, J Jiang, S Ye, D Yang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
DC microgrids that feature a simple and efficient integration with renewable energy sources
and energy storage elements have drawn increasing attention in industrial applications. In …

Analysis and Experimental Validation of Bidirectional Z-Source DC Circuit Breakers

SG Savaliya, BG Fernandes - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper discusses the analysis and experimental validation of bidirectional Z-source
breaker and bidirectional Z-source breaker using coupled inductor for low-voltage dc …