System islanding is often considered as the final stage of power system defense plans. The goal is to preserve stable areas of the faulted power systems. The islanding scheme plays an important role in the power system restoration phase as it can make the power system restoration less complex and reduce the overall restoration time. The basis for islanding is not standard but rather depends upon the nature of the utility. Even though the formation of islands is dominated by geographical proximity of the synchronous generators to maintain generation-load balance, there are some factors which can assist in designing a better islanding scheme. These factors are the type and location of the fault and the dynamic performance of every island on the system against the fault. This paper present the application of islanding scheme and its performance operation for the scheme commissioned at 132 kV Deepnagar Bhusawal Thermal Power Station (BTPS). The methods and constraints of islanding scheme are discussed in details. Case studies regarding performance of islanding scheme are also described.
Impact of remote control failure on power system restoration time
