A new fault-location method with high robustness for distribution systems

Abstract

This paper proposes a new single-end impedance based fault location method for power distribution systems. Based on direct three-phase circuit analysis, the authors have devised a generalized fault-location formulation in phase domain utilizing the fault admittance matrix. Newton-Raphson method is used for the solution of fault-location formulation. In order to eliminate the capacitive effect of feeders, the proposed algorithm adopts π model of line for the calculation of voltage and current in iterative process. The validity of the algorithm is tested with IEEE 34 Node Test Feeder using PSCAD-EMTDC. Simulation results have demonstrated that the method has high accuracy and good robustness.