In recent years, DC microgrid has attracted considerable attention of the research community because of the wide usage of DC power-based appliances. However, the acceptance of DC microgrid by power utilities is still limited due to the issues associated with the development of a reliable protection scheme. The high magnitude of DC fault current, its rapid rate of rising and absence of zero cros...

Protecting transmission lines is one important task to safeguard electric power systems. The transient fault signal on transmission lines need to be detected, classified and located accurately and cleared as fast as possible. This research present an application of a discrete wavelet transforms (DWT) for fault diagnosis in underground cable system. Fault simulations are carried out using ATP/EM...

The paper illustrates a procedure based on the continuous-wavelet transform (CWT) for the analysis of current transients due to line faults. Considering roundly reliability and accuracy of one terminal fault location system for transmission lines, a single-ended continuous wavelet Transform (CWT) based fault location algorithm has been presented in this paper. Wavelet transform is a powerful ma...

The fault current levels through the electric devices have a significant impact on failure probability. New fault current results in exceeding the rated capacity of circuit breaker and switching equipments and changes operation characteristic of overcurrent relay. In order to solve these problems, SFCL (Superconducting Fault Current Limiter) has rising as one of new alternatives so as to improv...

|Transient stability investigations consist of studying the rotor oscillations of generators (electro-mechanic oscillations, 0.1-2 Hz) after the occurrence of a fault of large amplitude, e.g. short circuit. The goal is to indicate if the generators are capable to stay synchronous after a fault has occurred. The fault duration is one of the most important factors to be determined. In fact, the s...

Motor electrical current signature analysis (MCSA) is sensing an electrical signal containing current components that are direct by-product of unique rotating flux components. Anomalies in operation of the motor modify harmonic content of motor supply current. This paper presents brief introductory review of the method including fundamentals, fault detection techniques and current signatures of...

The frequency and severity of medical liability litigation in the United Kingdom have increased since the middle of the twentieth century. Recent estimates of settling outstanding negligence claims hover around at least 10 percent of the National Health Service’s total annual budget. This paper argues that the frequency and severity of these claims have increased as patients have been increasin...

In this paper, transient stability improvement using bridge type fault current limiter (FCL) is presented in single machine infinite bus (SMIB) system with a double circuit transmission line. Three single-phase sets of the proposed FCL are installed at the beginning of feeder. The proposed FCL inserts an inductance and a resistance in the fault current pass. The insertion inductance and resista...