Fault locator implementation for radial distribution systems

Author

Vargas, Juan David ; Ramos, Gustavo

Author_Institution

Unidad Centro de Excelencia Tec. Estudios e Proyectos e Ing. del Grupo EPM, Colombia

Volume

12

Issue

8

fYear

2014

fDate

Dec. 2014

Firstpage

1473

Lastpage

1478

Abstract

This paper shows a fault locator implementation for radial distribution systems based on Ratan Das methodology. Another basic circuit concept is implemented to reduce error in the fault location. This implementation is made with MS EXCEL-Visual Basic, which reduces cost. Test results on the radial distribution feeder demonstrate the effectiveness in the fault locations by reducing the error to 6.85% of the total length. A posteriori, the non-supply time and outage rates in the distribution system can be reduced by mean of weak point identification.

Keywords

Visual BASIC; fault location; power distribution faults; power distribution reliability; power engineering computing; MS EXCEL-Visual Basic; Ratan Das methodology; a posteriori; cost reduction; error reduction; fault locations; fault locator implementation; nonsupply time; outage rates; radial distribution feeder; radial distribution systems; weak point identification; Artificial intelligence; Circuit faults; Fault location; Integrated circuit modeling; Monitoring; Radio frequency; Tin; Distribution Systems; Fault locator; Phasor Measure; feeders;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Latin America Transactions, IEEE (Revista IEEE America Latina)

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1548-0992

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TLA.2014.7014516

Filename

7014516