Effects of DSTATCOM on measured impedance at source node of distribution feeder

Distance protection is not utilized in distribution networks, unlike the transmission systems, due to the inherent characteristic of the distribution networks and the additional required facilities of the distance protection, compared with over-current protection, which is in use in the distribution systems. This paper studies the measured impedance at the source node of a distribution feeder in the presence of Distribution STATic COMpensator (DSTATCOM,), one of the distribution version of FACTS devises. The ideal tripping characteristic is presented for the distribution feeder with DSTATCOM. The variation of this tripping characteristic is investigated as a function of the power system conditions. The especial case of the absence of the fault resistance is highlighted.