A technique for estimating locations of shunt faults on distribution lines

Author

Das, Ratan ; Sachdev, M.S. ; Sidhu, T.S.

Author_Institution

Power Syst. Res. Group, Saskatchewan Univ., Saskatoon, Sask., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

15-16 May 1995

Firstpage

6

Abstract

Accurate estimation of the locations of line faults has been a subject of interest to electric power utility engineers and researchers for over twenty-five years. Almost all the research done so far has been aimed at finding the locations of transmission line faults. Lately, the location of faults on distribution lines has started receiving some attention because of public pressure on the utilities for improving the reliability of power supply. This paper presents the overview of a technique that estimates the location of a distribution line shunt fault. Some test results are also reported

Keywords

distribution networks; fault location; power supply quality; power system measurement; power system reliability; distribution lines; electric power utility; power supply reliability; shunt fault location; test results; Circuit faults; Current measurement; Fault location; Frequency; Impedance; Power system faults; Power transmission lines; Reliability engineering; Testing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

WESCANEX 95. Communications, Power, and Computing. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

Winnipeg, Man.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2725-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WESCAN.1995.493936

Filename

493936