An islanding detection and protection method of a parallel-type power
converter is proposed, which performs perturbation to a power system to
detect the frequency of the system voltage and the variation of the
magnitude of the negative-sequence voltage as the basis for deciding the
occurrence of an islanding operation. When the system operates normally,
the frequency or phase and magnitude of the system voltage and the
magnitude of the negative-sequence voltage won't be affected by the
perturbation. On the other hand, if an islanding operation occurs, this
perturbation will cause an apparent drift of the frequency or phase and
magnitude of the system voltage and the magnitude of the
negative-sequence voltage. Through detection of this apparent drift, the
perturbation can be amplified by means of positive feedback to quickly
detect the islanding operation phenomenon and trigger the protection
mechanism.