Fault location techniques for electrical distribution networks: A literature survey

Series on Energy and Power Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 311-318

  Horacio Diaz R ^a   Maximo Lopez T ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fault location; Power distribution faults; Reviews

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OPTIMIZATION; REVIEWS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; POWER DISTRIBUTION FAULTS;

ELECTRIC FAULT LOCATION;

EID: 30644474054     PISSN: 14827891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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