In long transmission lines,the charging current caused by the shunt capacitance decreases the accuracy in impedance based fault location.To improve the accuracy of fault location,this paper presents a novel scheme,whe...In long transmission lines,the charging current caused by the shunt capacitance decreases the accuracy in impedance based fault location.To improve the accuracy of fault location,this paper presents a novel scheme,where two Digital Fault Recorders(DFRs)are installed in a line.They can send the transient data of the faults to the both ends of a line.To estimate the distance of a fault,impedance based fault location methods are applied with transient fault data of both ends protection relays and both DFRs installed in a line.To evaluate the proposed scheme,a laboratory setup has been developed.In the lab,several faults have been simulated and associated voltages and currents are injected to a relay IED to compare experimental results.展开更多
文摘In long transmission lines,the charging current caused by the shunt capacitance decreases the accuracy in impedance based fault location.To improve the accuracy of fault location,this paper presents a novel scheme,where two Digital Fault Recorders(DFRs)are installed in a line.They can send the transient data of the faults to the both ends of a line.To estimate the distance of a fault,impedance based fault location methods are applied with transient fault data of both ends protection relays and both DFRs installed in a line.To evaluate the proposed scheme,a laboratory setup has been developed.In the lab,several faults have been simulated and associated voltages and currents are injected to a relay IED to compare experimental results.