The planning of the work to be developed was divided in the following steps:

 

• Review Literature (4 weeks):

  • Protection Scheme on a smart grid context;​​

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• Analysis of the impact of integration of Distributed Generation into the Distribution System (3,5 weeks):

  • Analysis of the impact of DG into Distribution System Protection;

  • Definition of the settings used on MV Distribution System Protection;

  • Mathematical prove of protection issues on the Distribution System Protection with Distributed Generation.

 

• Real time simulation of a protection issue due to high penetration of generation into the network (3 weeks):

  • Adjustement to RTDS Simulator FEUP;

  • Simulation a case scenario of a protection problem.

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• Development of an architecture of adaptive protection suitable for Distribution Network with Distributed Generation (5 weeks):

  • That guarantees the protective relay selectivity;

  • Enhance the availability of the DG units during and after the faults;

  • Make use of redundant communication infrastructure, standard communication protocols, and multi-functional relays.

 

• Apply the developed architecture to a case scenario (1.5 weeks):

  • Simulation on RTDS Simulator FEUP.

 

• Writing-up the dissertation and a conference paper (5 weeks).