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A Survey of Fault Location for Distribution Systems

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Accurate distribution network fault location technology is the key to achieving a smart grid. Due to its complex network topology, multi-branch, load-time variant and characteristics of the different features, existing distribution network fault location methods are not applicable. In this paper, fault location methods are summarized from three perspectives: fault line selection, fault section location and fault ranging, and the developmental trends in fault location for distribution networks are considered.

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Acknowledgment

This research has been supported by the Power Dispatching Control Center of Guizhou Power Grid Corporation (the Study of a variety of Electricity Price Mechanism) (gzdwDD[2014]0301FS048-K)

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  1. College of Electrical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou Province, China

    Yongjun Liu & Min Liu

  2. Power Dispatching Control Center of Guizhou Power Grid Corporation, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou Province, China

    Cheng Lin & Kefeng Ou-yang

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Liu, Y., Liu, M., Lin, C., Ou-yang, K. (2016). A Survey of Fault Location for Distribution Systems. In: Huang, B., Yao, Y. (eds) Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Automatic Control. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 367. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48768-6_39

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