Locating faults in the transmission network using sparse field measurements, simulation data and genetic algorithm

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-177

  Luo, Shanshan ^a   Kezunovic, Mladen ^b   Sevick, Don R ^c  

^a Shanghai Tengen Fut Elec AC   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CenterPoint Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital fault recorders; Fault location; Genetic algorithm; Short circuit study; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC FAULT LOCATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS;

DIGITAL FAULT RECORDERS; FAULT LOCATION; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICES (IED); SHORT CIRCUIT STUDY;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

EID: 2542469139     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2004.01.011     Document Type: Article

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