Improved fault analysis method based on a new arc resistance formula

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 120-126

  Terzija, Vladimir V ^a   Ćirić, Rade ^b   Nouri, Hassan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Autonomous Province of Vojvodina   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arc resistance formula; dispersed generators; fault currents calculation; iterative procedure; medium voltage (MV) distribution networks

Indexed keywords

ARC RESISTANCE; DISPERSED GENERATOR; FAULT CURRENTS; ITERATIVE PROCEDURES; MEDIUM-VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 78650873809     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2010.2076369     Document Type: Article

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