A novel fault-detection technique of high-impedance arcing faults in transmission lines using the wavelet transform

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 921-929

  Kim, Chul Hwan ^a   Kim, Hyun ^a   Ko, Young Hun ^a   Byun, Sung Hyun ^a   Aggarwal, Raj K ^b   Johns, Allan T ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fault detection; High impedance arcing fault; Transmission lines; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; SWITCHING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

MULTIRESOLUTION SIGNAL DECOMPOSITION (MSD);

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 0036815479     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2002.803780     Document Type: Article

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