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AbstractAn automated analysis approach, which can auto- range of operating conditions (varying system loading, fault
matically characterize fault and subsequent relay operation, is resistance, fault inception instance, etc.), ANN-based methods
the focus of this paper. It utilizes synchronized samples captured have been successful in detecting and classifying the faults,
during transients from both ends of the transmission line to detect,
classify, and locate transmission-line faults and can verify that the but they need a huge amount of training cases to achieve good
tripped line has indeed experienced a fault. The proposed method performance. A combination of fuzzy set and wavelet transform
is tested for several faults simulated on an IEEE 118-bus test method based on line current [6], while using simple fuzzy
system and it has been concluded that it can detect and classify a rules even in case of complex networks, cannot classify all
fault using prefault and postfault recorded samples within 7 ms of
fault inception and can accurately locate a fault with 3% accuracy.
types of faults. In [7], a setting-free two-end method compares
This time response performance is highly desirable since with the the direction of the power measured at two ends and detects
increasing use of modern circuit breakers, which can open the and classifies the fault using established rules. Though the
faulty line in less than two cycles, the time window of the captured method is a setting-free one, calculating the average value of
waveforms is significantly reduced due to the unavailability of power will cause delay in operation of the method, which can
measurement signals after breakers open.
be considered a major drawback if relay operation has to be
Index TermsElectromagnetic transients, fault detection, fault corrected immediately.
location, power system faults, power system protection.
Transmission-line fault-location methods either use power
frequency components of voltage and current or higher fre-
I. INTRODUCTION quency transients generated by the fault [8], [9]. All of these
methods can be subdivided depending upon the availability of
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(1)
is a phase angle between and .
Instantaneous power at bus 1
(2)
(3)
(4)
Voltage and currents at bus 2 Under small values of power factor angles, all of the inequal-
ities are satisfied. Generally, in transmission systems, prefault
power factor angles are very small and postfault, they are lag-
ging, which is sufficient to conclude
Fig. 4. (a)(c) and with respect to time for the abg fault. Fig. 6. (a)(c) and with respect to time for the abc fault.
(d)(f) with respect to time for the abg fault. (d)(f) with respect to time for the abc fault.
Fig. 7. (a)(c) and with respect to time for the load level change.
(d)(f) with respect to time for the load level change.
Fig. 5. (a)(c) Zero-sequence current factors for the ab fault. (d)(f) Zero-
sequence current factors for the abg fault.
case, the fault detection method should not detect this change
as a fault and the warning about relay misoperation should be
Fig. 6(a)(c). The plot of with respect to time is shown issued. In case of load level change (one change of 100% at
in Fig. 6(d)(f). It is clear that all three phases are faulted as 0.025 s and another change of 50% over already increased the
load at 0.04 s), the plot of and with respect to time
is shown in Fig. 7(a)(c). The plot of with respect to
time is shown in Fig. 7(d)(f). From Fig. 7, it is clear that the
line is not faulted.
5) Faults on Adjacent Line: To verify that the method is not
influenced by faults on adjacent line, an ag fault is applied on
4) Load Level Change: Sometimes, relay trips following an adjacent line and the plot of and with respect to
overload conditions are due to a sudden change in load. In that time is shown in Fig. 8(a)(c). The plot of with respect
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Fig. 8. (a)(c) and with respect to time for the adjacent line.
(d)(f) with respect to time for the adjacent line.
Fig. 11. (a)(c) with respect to time for the ag fault on line-1.
(d)(f) with respect to time for the ag fault on line-2.
Fig. 12. Flowchart of the proposed fault detection and classification scheme.
where is the present sample point; is the time period with re-
spect to the sampling frequency; and subscripts and stand
for the values at the sending end and receiving end, respectively.
For long transmission lines (represented using distributed pa-
rameters), a pair of recursive equations is obtained
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TABLE I
SUMMARY OF FAULT ANALYSIS UNDER VARYING
FAULT DISTANCES AND FAULT RESISTANCES
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Papiya Dutta (S08) received the B.Eng. degree
in electrical engineering from Jadavpur University,
Kolkata, India, in 2003 and the M.S. (by research)
degree from the Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur, India, in 2007.
Currently, she is a graduate student in at Texas
A&M University, College Station, TX USA. Her
research interests include fault location, substation
automation, smart grid, plug-in hybrid vehicles, and
evolutionary algorithms for optimization.