Detection of inrush current based on wavelet transform and LVQ neural network

Transformer inrush currents are high magnitude, harmonic-rich currents generated when transformer cores are driven into saturation during energization. In this paper an efficient method for detection of inrush current in distribution transformer based on wavelet transform is presented. Using this method inrush current can be discriminate from other transients such as capacitor switching, load switching and single phase to ground fault. Wavelet transform is used for decomposition of signals and Learning Vector Quantizer(LVQ) neural network used for classification. Inrush current data and other transients are obtained by simulation using EMTP program. Results show that the proposed procedure is efficient in identifying inrush current from other events.