Novel faulty feeder identification scheme in the neutral ineffectively grounded distribution networks

The selection of the faulty feeder in the case of single phase-to-earth fault in a Neutral Un-effectively Grounded System (NUGS) has been one of the conventional problems of distribution network. The compensation method is introduced to highlight the difference of the zero-sequence admittances between the faulted feeder and the sound feeder. In this way, the setting of the criterion becomes feasible. The on-site requirement to the protection is also involved in this paper. A variety of simulation tests were carried out by virtue of ATP software. The results demonstrate that this algorithm is immune to the variation of network structures and parameters, fault conditions, and fault resistance etc. The successful rate of feeder selection is proved to be improved to a great extent.