The invention relates to a current
differential protection method based on fault component current amplitudes and phase differences. The current
differential protection method is characterized in that: a
differential protection criterion is formed by the adoption of the current fault component amplitudes at two sides of a protected line and the phase differences at the two sides of the protected line, wherein the differential current value (Icd) is equal to the sum of the current fault component amplitude (the absolute value of [
delta]IM) at one side and the product of the current fault component amplitude (the absolute value of [
delta]IN) at the opposite side and a cosine function of the
phase difference ([phi]) between the absolute value of [
delta]IM and the absolute value of [delta]IN, i.e. Icd= (the absolute value of [delta]IM)+(the absolute value of [delta]IN)cos[phi]; and the braking current (Ir) is equal to the difference between the absolute value of [delta]IM and the product of the absolute value of [delta]IN and the cos[phi], i.e. Ir= (the absolute value of [delta]IM)-(the absolute value of [delta]IN)cos[phi], and the differential protection criterion is the following
inequation: Icd-KIr>= Idz, wherein K is a braking coefficient and Idz is an action
current threshold. If the differential protection criterion is satisfied, an internal fault is determined and the differential protection acts; if the differential protection criterion is not satisfied, an external fault is determined and the differential protection does not act. The current differential protection method related to the invention has the advantages of higher sensitivity for internal faults, higher safety for external faults, fewer effects subjected from the factors, such as the transition resistance, the distributed
capacitance, the TA saturation and the like, and good performances.