Fault Analysis and Protection System Design for DC Grids

Introduction.- DC Grid.- Faults in DC Systems.- Time-Domain Based Fault Detection.- Frequency-Domain Based Fault Detection.- Unit Based Protection.- Fault Isolation in DC Grids.- Design of Experiments for Fault Studies.- Case Studies.

Abhisek Ukil received his B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, in 2000, and his M.S. degree from the University of Bolton, UK, in 2004. He completed his Ph.D. degree at Pretoria (Tshwane) University of Technology, South Africa, where he worked on automated disturbance analysis in power systems, in 2006. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand. From 2013-2017, he was an Assistant Professor at the School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. From 2006-2013, he was Principal Scientist at the ABB Corporate Research Center, Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland. He holds 11 patents and is the author of more than 180 peer-reviewed papers, a monograph, and two book chapters. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE (USA) and a Registered Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.), UK. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics and Electrical Engineering, published by Springer. His research interests include smart grids, DC grids, energy efficiency, renewable energy, energy storage, and condition monitoring. Yeap Yew Ming received his B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2013. He received his Ph.D. degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he worked on fault detection in High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) systems, in 2018. Currently, he is a Scientist at the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Singapore, and is leading an industry project on EV as Co-Principal Investigator. He is the author of more than 20 peer-reviewed papers, and a reviewer for the journals IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Industrial Informatics. His research interests include smart grids, DC grids, power electronics & control, and energy storage for EV.