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Fault location is considered as one of the essential techniques enabling a smart grid. This paper presents a novel fault location approach for double-circuit transmission lines. Various existing algorithms usually require measurements recorded from one or two terminals of the faulted line. However, when such measurements are not available, these methods are not applicable. To fill this gap, this paper proposes a fault location method by harnessing current measurements from one or more branches, which may not be necessarily taken from the faulted section. The currents from multiple branches are synchronized and can be obtained from phasor measurement units installed in the system. The bus impedance matrix technique is exploited to develop the new method. The shunt capacitance of the line is fully considered by utilizing the distributed parameter line model. The network data are assumed to be available. When multiple synchronized current measurements are available, an optimal estimator capable of identifying possible bad measurement data and, thus, further enhancing the fault location is also proposed. Quite accurate results have been achieved based on simulation studies. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper presents a new approach for locating short-circuit faults on a double-circuit transmission line. Various algorithms have been proposed previously that usually require measurements recorded from one or two buses of the faulted line. However, such measurements may not always be available in some scenarios, rendering inapplicability of existing methods. To complement existing methods, this paper proposes a novel, general fault-location method by harnessing voltage measurements at one or more buses, which may not be taken from the faulted line. The bus impedance matrix of each sequence network with the addition of a fictitious bus at the fault point can be derived as a function of the fault location. The fault location can then be obtained based on the bus impedance matrix and voltage measurements. The distributed parameter line model is utilized. The network data are assumed to be available so that the bus impedance matrix can be constructed. When multiple voltage measurements are available, an optimal estimator capable of identifying bad measurement data is also proposed for enhanced fault location. Since field data are not available at this time, simulated data are utilized for evaluation studies, and quite accurate results have been achieved. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Diverse transmission line fault location algorithms have been proposed in the past depending on measurements available. Existing algorithms usually require measurements captured from buses of a faulted line. By taking advantage of the bus-impedance matrix technique, this paper presents a possible fault location approach for single-circuit lines utilizing only voltage measurements from one or two buses, which may be distant from the faulted line. With the addition of a fictitious bus where the fault occurs, the transfer impedances of this bus and other buses are revealed as a function of the fault location. Based on the relationship between the bus voltage change due to fault and the transfer impedance, the fault location can be derived. Shunt capacitance of the line is ignored first and then fully considered based on distributed parameter line model. ElectroMagnetic Transients Program simulation studies have shown quite encouraging results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]