Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Abstract
In this paper, based on the theory of traveling waves, the fault distances on long transmission lines with various series-compensation levels are determined using transient current and voltage frequencies. Transmission lines with series compensation are modeled using Alternative Transients Program software with frequency-dependent effects on the line included in the simulation. The transient current and voltage signals are obtained from the model. A fast Fourier transform is used for frequency-domain conversion and fault location is estimated from the frequencies of fault-generated harmonics in the transient spectrum. The algorithm is implemented in MATLAB. To investigate the effect of compensation on accuracy, the results are obtained for different series-compensation levels. The undesirable source-inductance effect is removed and estimation accuracy is further improved using a waveform-relaxation method. The method is found to be successful in determining fault location on series-compensated transmission lines. The effects of the compensation level, fault resistance, and phase angle are investigated.
DOI
10.3906/elk-1606-180
Keywords
Fault location estimation, traveling waves, series compensation, transmission lines, transients
First Page
3764
Last Page
3775
Recommended Citation
AKMAZ, DÜZGÜN; MAMİŞ, MEHMET SALİH; ARKAN, MÜSLÜM; and TAĞLUK, MEHMET EMİN
(2017)
"Fault location determination for transmission lines with different series-compensation levels using transient frequencies,"
Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences: Vol. 25:
No.
5, Article 22.
https://doi.org/10.3906/elk-1606-180
Available at:
https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/elektrik/vol25/iss5/22
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