Title: Undercurrent earth system single-phase earth fault route selection method analytical study ABSTRACT Fault Location is an important function of the distribution automation system. Because single phase grounding fault is the most frequently happened fault in distribution system, location of such fault is crucial to reduce outage area, shorten outage time, and thus upgrade the reliability.
In China, the non-solid earthed neutral, i.e. isolated or Petersen coil compensated neutral, is widely adopted in middle and low voltage distribution network. The most challenging problem encountered in locating single phase grounding fault is that the fault current is extremely weak and the fault arc is unstable too. In this thesis, the characteristics of the transient currents in single phase earthed distribution network with non-solid earthed neutral are analyzed, and the major focuses are on fault section location accurate fault location on the basis of the present situation of distribution automation system. The major contributions are as follows:
1. In this thesis, an integrated fault section locating method is proposed. The proposed method integrates two fault section locating method: the method comparing the direction of transient ground mode current component in specific frequency band, and the method comparing the amplitude of active component in low frequency band. The former, which uses the transient ground mode current component signals in the first capacitive band to compare the current directions, is suitable for obvious fault in compensated networks and all kinds of fault in isolated networks. The latter, which locates the fault section by comparing the amplitude of active component of the zero sequence current, is suitable for weak fault in compensated networks. The integrated method is suitable for all kinds of fault and has high sensitivity and accuracy.
2. In this thesis, a method for accurate fault locating is proposed. The method employs the faulted phase network and zero-sequence network as the fault location model, constructe location equations based on this model. The accurate fault location is identified using transient electric component . Transient fault component are more effectively used.
3. Finally, A integrated method for both fault section locating and accurate fault locating is realized in distribution automation system: firstly fault section is determined using integrated fault section locating method; secondly accurate fault position is determined using Parameter Identification method.
4. Simulation experiments with EMTP and data processing with MATLAB verified the proposed method.
KEY WORDS: Non-solid earthed neutral networks; Neutral un-effectual grounded system; Fault section location; Accurate fault location; Parameters Identification TYPE OF THESIS: Applied Research