Balance and single line to ground fault location in electrical distribution system

Author

Faradonbeh, Misagh Alaie ; Mokhlis, Hazlie Bin ; Karimi, Mazaher ; Shahariari, Amidaddin

fYear

2011

fDate

6-7 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper outlines impedance based technique and its application for determining the location of a fault on a distribution system. A few well-know fault location methods are first discussed and analyzed to highlight its practicality as compared to impedance based technique. The practicality of the impedance based technique in locating a fault is shown by testing it on a Canadian distribution network. The algorithm of the impedance based technique is developed and integrated into PSCAD/EMTDC software by using C-interface and FORTRAN Language. Various test cases showed the practicality of the impedance based technique in locating a fault.

Keywords

FORTRAN; fault location; power distribution faults; power system CAD; C-interface; Canadian distribution network; FORTRAN language; PSCAD/EMTDC software; electrical distribution system; impedance based technique; single line to ground fault location; Circuit faults; Current measurement; Fault location; Impedance; Impedance measurement; Power systems; Voltage measurement; Balanced Fault; Distribution Network; Fault Location; Single Line to Ground Fault;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering and Optimization Conference (PEOCO), 2011 5th International

Conference_Location

Shah Alam, Selangor

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0355-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEOCO.2011.5970382

Filename

5970382