scholarly journals Extending the Application of One-Terminal Fault Location Method Available in Actual Time Domain Relay

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo A. Cunha ◽  
Felipe V. Lopes ◽  
Tiago H. Honorato
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Traveling Wave ◽  
Fault Location ◽  
Reflected Waves ◽  
Location Method ◽  
Actual Time ◽  
The One

Traveling wave-based fault location has attracted more and more attention from industries worldwide. This theory allowed the implementation of functions in order to increase the reliability of the obtained fault location results. Among existing functions, the classical one-terminal method requires the detection of the wave reflected from the fault, which is still considered a challenging task. A commercial relay was released with a function able to identify these reflected waves by evaluating patterns and weighted hypotheses, identifying the wavefront most likely to be the one re ected from the fault. However, as this function is embedded into a relay, it is not possible to change the method settings. Thus, this paper presents a validation of this function which is implemented externally to the relay. Besides, its application is extended for transmission lines to which the relay can not be applied, such as huge HVDC lines.

A Novel Fault-location Method for HVDC Transmission Lines Based on Concentric Relaxation Principle and Wavelet Packet

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 705-716
Author(s):  
Congshan Li ◽  
Ping He ◽  
Feng Wang ◽  
Cunxiang Yang ◽  
Yukun Tao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Traveling Wave ◽  
Fault Location ◽  
Wave Attenuation ◽  
Wavelet Packet ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Location Method ◽  
Hvdc Transmission ◽  
Instantaneous Energy

Background: A novel fault location method of HVDC transmission line based on a concentric relaxation principle is proposed in this paper. Methods: Due to the different position of fault, the instantaneous energy measured from rectifier and inverter are different, and the ratio k between them is the relationship to the fault location d. Through the analysis of amplitude-frequency characteristics, we found that the wave attenuation characteristic of low frequency in the traveling wave is stable, and the amplitude of energy is larger, so we get the instantaneous energy ratio by using the low-frequency data. By using the method of wavelet packet decomposition, the voltage traveling wave signal was decomposed. Results: Finally, calculate the value k. By using the data fitting, the relative function of k and d can be got, that is the fault location function. Conclusion: After an exhaustive evaluation process considering different fault locations, fault resistances, and noise on the unipolar DC transmission system, four-machine two-area AC/DC parallel system, and an actual complex grid, the method presented here showed a very accurate and robust behavior.

A Fault Location Method for HVDC Transmission Lines

2014 ◽  
Vol 556-562 ◽  
pp. 2723-2727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Hua Xing ◽  
Qing Chen ◽  
Bing Lei Xue
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Traveling Wave ◽  
Fault Location ◽  
Propagation Characteristic ◽  
Location Method ◽  
Hvdc Transmission ◽  
High Voltage Direct Current ◽  
Current Transmission ◽  
Hvdc Transmission Lines ◽  
Transition Resistance

A fault location method for HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) transmission lines is proposed in this paper, using voltages and currents measured at two terminals of dc lines in time domain. Fault traveling waves propagate from the fault point to both terminals along the faulted line. The position that the traveling wave head arrives at some moment after the fault can be used to calculate the fault location. To determine the arrival positions of traveling wave head at each time indirectly, propagation characteristic curves of traveling wave heads at local and the remote terminals are calculated with distribution currents using the stationary wavelet transform. The accuracy of fault location will not be affected by transition resistance and fault position. Simulation results show that the presented fault location method can achieve quick and accurate fault location on the whole line under probable operation modes of a bipolar HVDC transmission system.

scholarly journals An Improved Traveling-Wave-Based Fault Location Method with Compensating the Dispersion Effect of Traveling Wave in Wavelet Domain

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huibin Jia
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Traveling Wave ◽  
Fault Location ◽  
Arrival Time ◽  
Wide Band ◽  
Correction Function ◽  
Wavelet Domain ◽  
Dispersion Effect ◽  
Location Method ◽  
Location Methods

The fault generated transient traveling waves are wide band signals which cover the whole frequency range. When the frequency characteristic of line parameters is considered, different frequency components of traveling wave will have different attenuation values and wave velocities, which is defined as the dispersion effect of traveling wave. Because of the dispersion effect, the rise or fall time of the wavefront becomes longer, which decreases the singularity of traveling wave and makes it difficult to determine the arrival time and velocity of traveling wave. Furthermore, the dispersion effect seriously affects the accuracy and reliability of fault location. In this paper, a novel double-ended fault location method has been proposed with compensating the dispersion effect of traveling wave in wavelet domain. From the propagation theory of traveling wave, a correction function is established within a certain limit band to compensate the dispersion effect of traveling wave. Based on the determined arrival time and velocity of traveling wave, the fault distance can be calculated precisely by utilizing the proposed method. The simulation experiments have been carried out in ATP/EMTP software, and simulation results demonstrate that, compared with the traditional traveling-wave fault location methods, the proposed method can significantly improve the accuracy of fault location. Moreover, the proposed method is insensitive to different fault conditions, and it is adaptive to both transposed and untransposed transmission lines well.

Accurate Time-Domain Fault Location Method on Practically Transposed Transmission Lines

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dayou Lu ◽  
Yu Liu ◽  
Binglin Wang ◽  
Lihui Yi ◽  
Xiaodong Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Fault Location ◽  
Location Method
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