Title :
Update on distribution system fault location technologies and effectiveness
Author :
Short, T. ; Jinsang Kim ; Melhorn, C.
Author_Institution :
EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Abstract :
Automatic fault location is an area of significant interest and research in the industry. This paper provides an update on the work performed to date with various utilities and the fault location systems. Basic information on the techniques used to locate faults is provided as well as several examples of where these techniques have been deployed.
Keywords :
fault location; power distribution faults; automatic fault location; distribution system fault location technologies;
Conference_Titel :
Electricity Distribution - Part 2, 2009. CIRED 2009. The 20th International Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-84919-160-9