A universal fault location technique for N-terminal (N ≧ 3) transmission lines
Journal
IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
Journal Volume
23
Journal Issue
3
Pages
1366-1373
Date Issued
2008
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper presents a universal fault location technique for N-terminal transmission lines based on synchronized phasor measurement units. The development of the technique is based on two-terminal fault location technique. The proposed algorithm is different from traditional multiterminal fault location techniques. We apply two-terminal fault location technique to N-terminal transmission lines and propose a novel fault section selector/fault locator. The proposed method has a very good tolerance. The proposed approach provides an analytical solution and its computational burden is very low since it does not require iterative operations. An extensive series of simulations were conducted to verify the accuracy of the proposed algorithm. The average fault location error under various fault conditions is well below 1%.
Type
journal article