%0 Journal Article
%T On-line Determination of the Fault Location in a transmission Line
%A Mahmoud S. Awad
%J International Journal of Emerging Sciences
%D 2012
%I Islamia University of Bahawalpur
%X In this paper, a method for on-line determination of the fault location in a power line is presented. This method can be applied for both transmission and distribution power lines. The proposed method is capable to determine the fault location upon its occurrence, based on the data available from the measuring equipment. The algorithm presented uses the fault steady-state data (voltages and currents) and the system parameters, to calculate the fault location. The influence of the fault resistance that depends on the design characteristics of the power line is disregarded. The proposed method was tested through simulation and shows to be suitable to be applied using digital signal processing (DSP) equipment. The proposed method can be used to built a stand-alone fault locating equipment, that helps the maintenance personal to determine the location of the fault, and as a part of a protective device as an impedance relay.
%K Fault location
%K Fault diagnosis
%K Power system protection
%K Distance relay
%K electric power line
%K power line protection
%U http://ijes.info/2/2/42542203.pdf