This paper presents a fault location algorithm of a single phase-to-ground fault on a parallel transmission line which contains a teed circuit. The method uses only the local end voltage and current signals. Zero sequence currents of other lines are c...
This paper presents a fault location algorithm of a single phase-to-ground fault on a parallel transmission line which contains a teed circuit. The method uses only the local end voltage and current signals. Zero sequence currents of other lines are calculated by distribution factors. Instead of zero sequence current, negative sequence current is used to remove the effect of load current and to calculate the voltage of a fault resistance. There are three distance equations in this algorithm. One of them is to calculate inner part fault location without teed circuit and another equation is for outer part fault location without teed circuit and the other is to calculate inner part fault location with teed circuit. Correct fault distance is selected by the condition of each solution.
Extensive simulation studies using EMTP have verified that the proposed algorithm can calculate an accurate fault distance in spite of effects of various error sources.