this paper illustrates the application of s-transform and continuous wavelet transform (cwt) for fault location in combined overhead line and cable distribution networks. the high frequency transient signals originated by faults are analyzed using s-transform and cwt. the s-transform is found to be applicable in transient based fault location in distribution networks. this technique is an expan...

Many schemes are reported for shunt fault location estimation, but fault location estimation of series or open conductor faults has not been dealt with so far. The existing numerical relays only detect the open conductor (series) fault and give the indication of the faulty phase(s), but they are unable to locate the series fault. The repair crew needs to patrol the complete line to find the loc...

The characteristics of near-fault ground motion are investigated considering heterogeneous slip distribution on the fault plane. Areas on the fault plane with large slip in compare with the average slip on the fault are known as asperity. The characteristics of strong ground motions in near-fault area are strongly affected by faulting parameters such as asperity location, maximum slip of asperi...

Superconductor fault current limiter (SFCL) is an effective device to suppress high fault currents. This paper presents a comparative study of resistive and inductive fault current limiters from transient stability point of view.  Appropriate location and type of the limiters in a HV substation is selected by a qualitative approach based on the equal area criterion. Study system is simulated by...

Along with the increasing the level of distribution network intelligence and the network complexity, the automatic fault location technology for distribution network is particularly important. But the traditional fault location methods based on one information source is impossible to locate the faults accurately because of there are losses or faults in the information from the distribution. So,...

The problem of fault location has been studied deeply for transmission lines due its importance in the power system. Nowadays the problem of fault location on distribution systems is receiving special attention mainly because of the power quality regulations. This paper presents some of the most relevant methods for fault location in radial power systems. Additionally here is presented an hybri...

Overview of fault location techniques for HV (EHV) transmission lines as well as for distribution networks is presented. One-end and two-end fault location for traditional uncompensated transmission lines is considered first. The presented two-end fault location is based on unsynchronised measurements at the line terminals. Then the technique with phase co-ordinates approach is utilised for loc...

An approach for assignment of the optimal location and tap changer adjustment related to flux-lock type superconducting fault current limiters with tap changer (TC-FLSFCL) is used in this paper by debating the reduction of fault current flowing from each device and enhancement of reliability varying with customer type in a distribution network connected with distribution generation (DG). TC-FLS...

In this paper, the effect of number and fault current limiter(FCL) location has been investigated in order to have maximum reduction of short circuit current level in all buses in a real network. To do so, the faulty buses were identified in terms of short circuit current level by computing short circuits on the desired network. Then, while the fault current limit was modeled, its optimal locat...