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

• Main Authors: Faradonbeh, M.A., Mokhlis, Hazlie, Karimi, M., Shahariari, A.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2011
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/7902/1/Balance_and_single_line_to_ground_fault_location_in_electrical_distribution_system.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/7902/; https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5970382

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.