Recognition of Weak Harmonic Signal Components in Generator Protection Against Single-Phase Earth Fault

Abstract

For single-phase earth faults (SEF) in a generator network, the higher harmonic components are a good information base for relay protection of the generator against single-phase earth faults. Because of the low signal-to-noise ratio, they are not available for direct measurement. Anew method of active-adaptive recognition of similar signals is proposed. The results of testing a prototype of the generator protection device with an active-adaptive analog-to-digital converter (ADC) path confirm the high effectiveness of the proposed method.