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EUROPEAN TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRICAL POWER

Euro. Trans. Electr. Power (2011)


Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI: 10.1002/etep.592

A new method for arcing fault location using discrete


wavelet transform and wavelet networks
Sadegh Jamali*,y and Navid Ghaffarzadehy
Centre of Excellence in Power Systems Automation and Operation, School of Electrical Engineering, Iran
University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

SUMMARY
This paper presents a new method for arcing (transient) fault location by combining discrete wavelet
transform (DWT) and wavelet networks (WNs). The single-end relaying point voltage and current waveforms (captured with a sampling rate of 2.5 kHz) are de-noised by DWT to obtain a higher signal-to-noise
ratio. The feature vectors contain the magnitudes of the three phase post-fault voltage and current
fundamental frequency phasors obtained by DWT. The feature vectors for different arcing fault conditions
are applied to WN for training and testing purposes. Although the prime aim of the proposed method is
arcing fault location, it can also be applied for permanent faults. The accuracy of the proposed method has
been tested and veried under various fault conditions on a 400 kVoverhead line using the Electro-Magnetic
Transient Program (EMTP) software package. Performance of the new method has also been compared with
several existing methods under similar fault conditions, and the test results show better accuracy of the
proposed method. Copyright # 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
key words:

fault location; discrete wavelet transform; wavelet networks; arcing faults; transmission line

1. INTRODUCTION
Statistics show that between 70% and 90% of fault on overhead power lines are transient (arcing),
which more than 90% of them are single phase to earth faults. Although transient faults do not require
immediate repair actions, they are indication of weak points, mainly caused by decient insulators or
insufcient clearance with objects along a power line, which sooner or later could develop into
permanent faults. In this respect, transient fault location plays an important part to take pre-emptive
actions and to avoid power supply interruptions. Repetition of transient faults in a position can lead to a
permanent fault, for example repetitive partial discharge on insulators leads to complete ashover and
permanent faults. Therefore, to avoid complete insulation failure, transient faults should be located and
defected insulators should be repaired or replaced.
Over the past decade, a suite of methods has been proposed for arcing fault location in transmission
lines using measured current and voltage phasors from one end or both ends of the lines [18]. In Refs.
[1,2] using time area equations and least square method, two schemes have been suggested for
detecting arcing fault points in transmission lines. The authors of Refs. [36] present different methods
based on the current and voltage phasors measured at both ends of transmission lines. It is noteworthy
that in these methods for obtaining harmonic component phasors, discrete Fourier transform in full
cycle has been used. In Refs. [7,8] only current and voltage phasors measured at one end of the
transmission line has been used for arcing fault location.
The basis of the above fault location methods was deterministic computations, which assume system
modelling based on conventional mathematical tools (such as differential equations). Arcing faults are
*Correspondence to: Sadegh Jamali, Centre of Excellence in Power Systems Automation and Operation, School of
Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.
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E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected]
Copyright # 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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