High impedance fault arcing on sandy soil in 15kV distribution feeders: Contributions to the evaluation of the low frequency spectrum

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 676-686

  Emanuel, A E ^a   Cyganski, D ^a   Orr, J A ^a   Shiller, S ^a   Gulachenski, E M ^b  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b New England Power Service Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcing; Harmonics; System Protection

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS; HARMONIC GENERATION; SOILS--ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ARCING FAULTS; CURRENT HARMONICS; DISTRIBUTION FEEDERS; HIGH-IMPEDANCE FAULT; SANDY SOIL; SECOND-HARMONIC CURRENT;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0025408035     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: 19374208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.53070     Document Type: Article

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