Histogram-Based Method to Avoid Maloperation of Transformer Differential Protection Due to Current-Transformer Saturation Under External Faults

Current transformer (CT) saturation can cause the maloperation of transformer differential protection under external faults. To avoid this problem, a method based on the histogram of the normalized rotated current (NRC) is proposed. NRC is obtained by a symmetric waveform transformation of a part differential current. An index based on the histogram is defined to evaluate the NRC frequency distribution. The external faults with different degrees of CT saturation, internal faults, and transferring faults can be clearly distinguished by the proposed method. Moreover, the detection time is invariably less than a half cycle after the obvious increase of the differential current. Simulation results validated the proposed method.

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