• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.58 no.11
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• pp.2095-2100
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• 2009

Since most of the Extra High Voltage (EHV) transmission lines are untransposed and multi-circuits, errors are occurred inevitably because of the unbalanced impedances of the lines and so on. Therefore, a distance relaying algorithm applicable to the untransposed multi-circuits transmission lines needs to be developed. The proposed algorithm of fault location estimation in the paper uses the fundamental phasor to reduce the effects of the harmonics. This algorithm also analyzes the second-order difference of the phasor to calculate the traveling times of waves generated by faults. The traveling time of the waves generated by faults is derived from the second-order difference of the phasor. Finally, the distance from the relaying point to the faults is estimated using the traveling times. To analyze the performance of the algorithm, a power system with the EHV untransposed double-circuit transmission lines are modeled and simulated under various fault conditions such as several fault types, fault locations, fault inception angles and fault resistances. The results of the simulations show that the proposed algorithm has the capability to estimate the fault locations quickly and accurately.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.61 no.3
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• pp.373-379
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• 2012

This paper presents a fault location algorithm based on the adaptively estimated value of the local sequence source impedance for faults on a parallel transmission line. This algorithm uses only the local voltage and current signals of a faulted circuit. The remote current signals and the zero-sequence current of the healthy adjacent circuit are calculated by using the current distribution factors together with the local terminal currents of the faulted circuit. The current distribution factors consist of local equivalent source impedance and the others such as fault distance, line impedance and remote equivalent source impedance. It means that the values of the current distribution factors can change according to the operation condition of a power system. Consequently, the accuracy of the fault location algorithm is affected by the two values of equivalent source impedances, one is local source impedance and the other is remote source impedance. Nevertheless, only the local equivalent impedance can be estimated in this paper. A series of test results using EMTP simulation data show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. The proposed algorithm is valid for a double-circuit transmission line system where the equivalent source impedance changes continuously.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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• v.53 no.10
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• pp.542-549
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• 2004

The conventional fault location algorithms based on the travelling waves have an inherent problem. In cases of the close-up faults occurring near the relaying point and of the faults having zero degree inception angle of voltage signals, the conventional algorithms can not estimate an accurate fault distance. It is because the shapes of travelling waves are near sinusoidal in those cases. A new method solving this problem is presented in this paper. An FIR(Finite Impulse response) filter which makes high frequency components prominent and makes the power frequency component and dc-offset attenuated is used. With this method, the cross-correlation peak is to be very clear when a close-up fault or a fault having near zero-degree inception angle occurs. The cross-correlation peaks can be clearly distinguished and accurate fault location is practically possible consequently. A series of simulation studies using EMTP(Electromagnetic Transients Program) show that the proposed algorithm can calculate an accurate fault distance having maximum 2% or less error.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.57 no.2
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• pp.184-190
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• 2008

The fault location algorithm based on stationary wavelet transform was developed to locate the fault point more accurately. The stationary wavelet transform(SWT) was introduced instead of conventional discrete wavelet transform(DWT) because SWT has redundancy properties which is more useful in noise signal processing. In previous paper, noise cancellation technique based on the correlation of wavelet coefficients at multi-scales was introduced, and the efficiency was also proved in full. In this paper, fault section discrimination and fault location algorithm using noise cancellation technique were tested by ATP simulation on real power cable systems. From these results, the fault can be located even in very difficult and complicated situations such as different inception angle and fault resistance.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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• v.53 no.3
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• pp.168-174
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• 2004

This paper describes a new fault location algorithm based on the voltage equation at the relaying point using 6-phase current for untransposed 765㎸ parallel transmission lines. The proposed method uses the voltage and current collected at only the local end. By means of 3-phase circuit analysis theory to compensate the mutual coupling effects between parallel lines, the fault location is derived. The fault distance is determined by solving the 2nd distance equation based on KVL(Kirchhoff's Voltage Law). Extensive simulation results using EMTP(Electromagnatic Transients Program) have verified that the error of the fault location achieved is up to 4.56(%) in untransposed parallel transmission lines.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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• v.54 no.11
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• pp.525-532
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• 2005

This paper presents a new two-terminal numerical algorithm for fault location estimation and for faults recognition using the synchronized phaser in time-domain. The proposed algorithm is also based on the synchronized voltage and current phasor measured from the assumed PMUs(Phasor Measurement Units) installed at both ends of the transmission lines. Also the arc voltage wave shape is modeled numerically on the basis of a great number of arc voltage records obtained by transient recorder. From the calculated arc voltage amplitude it can make a decision whether the fault is permanent or transient. In this paper the algorithm is given and estimated using DFT(discrete Fourier Transform) and the LES(Least Error Squares Method). The algorithm uses a very short data window and enables fast fault detection and classification for real-time transmission line protection. To test the validity of the proposed algorithm, the Electro-Magnetic Transient Program(EMTP/ATP) is used.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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• v.53 no.8
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• pp.438-445
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• 2004

This paper presents a new numerical spectral domain algorithm devoted to blocking unsuccessful automatic reclosing onto permanent faults and fault distance calculation. Arc voltage amplitude and fault distance are calculated from the fundamental and third harmonics of the terminal voltages and currents phasors. From the calculated arc voltage amplitude it can be concluded if the fault is transient arcing fault or permanent arcless fault. If the fault is permanent automatic reclosure should be blocked. The algorithm can be applied for adaptive autoreclosure, distance protection, and fault location. The results of algorithm testing through computer simulation and real field record are given.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.178-180
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• 2005

Recently, electrical demands increase rapidly in metropolitan areas according to the extension of urban areas. Therefore underground transmission lines are getting expanded. This paper presents the rapid and accurate algorithm for fault discrimination and fault location in underground transmission lines. This paper uses fuzzy logic method using voltage and zero sequence for fault discrimination. And this paper uses travelling wave and wavelet transform for fault location. To prove the performance of the algorithm, it test algorithm with signal obtained from ATPDraw simulation.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.11b
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• pp.350-352
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• 2005

Recently, electrical demands increase rapidly in metropolitan areas according to the extension of urban areas. Therefore underground transmission lines are getting expanded. This paper presents the rapid and accurate algorithm for fault discrimination and fault location in underground transmission lines. This paper uses fuzzy logic method using voltage and zero sequence for fault discrimination. And this paper uses travelling wave and wavelet transform for fault location. To prove the performance of the algorithm, it test algorithm with signal obtained from ATPDraw simulation.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.35-41
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• 2006

This paper presents a new numerical algorithm for fault location estimation and for faults recognition based on the synchronized phasors. The proposed algorithm is based on the synchronized phasor measured from the synchronized PMUs installed at two-terminals of the transmission lines. In order to discriminate the fault type, the arc voltage wave shape is modeled numerically on the basis of a great number of arc voltage records obtained by transient recorder. From the calculated arc voltage amplitude it can make a decision whether the fault is permanent or transient. The results of the proposed algorithm testing through computer simulation are given.