Distributed Fast Fault Diagnosis for Multimachine Power Systems via Deterministic Learning

Abstract

In this paper, a distributed fast fault diagnosis approach is proposed for multimachine power systems based on deterministic learning (DL) theory. First, a learning estimator is constructed to accumulate the knowledge of transient fault dynamics in power systems. Through DL, a partial persistent excitation condition of the local neurons is satisfied and convergence of the neural weights is achieved. Thus, a knowledge bank can be established and gradually updated. To deal with the high dimensional data, only the neurons centered in a neighborhood of the system trajectory are activated. In this manner, the computation load is mitigated. Second, by using the learnt knowledge, a distributed fault diagnosis scheme is designed to monitor the power system. The memory of the transient fault dynamics can be quickly recalled and a fast fault diagnosis decision is made. Finally, based on the concepts of mismatch interval and duty ratio, the diagnosis capabilities of the proposed scheme are investigated. The effectiveness of the proposed diagnosis scheme is demonstrated by computer simulation and the hardware-in-loop experimental test based on the RT-LAB realtime simulator.