Research on differential protection for micro-grid usingfailure message with direction information

Considering traditional current protection cannot satisfy the micro-grid, a system protection solution for the micro-grid is proposed. In this solution, the failure message with direction information can be exchanged among the adjacent protection units, so the fault coverage can be determined and the fault can be quickly cleared. By analyzing the movement of the protection in three kinds of fault conditions in the micro-grid that contains three branches and two micro-power based on inverter, the method has been proved that the fault can be quickly cleared and the protection has the same protection strategies for both islanded and grid-connected operation.