Ground fault detection and location for ungrounded DC traction power systems

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 5667-5676

  Park, Jae Do ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

DC power system; Fault diagnosis; Fault location; Grounding; Protection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FAULT LOCATION; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LOCATION; PROBES; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE;

DC POWER SYSTEMS; DC TRACTION POWER SYSTEM; GROUND FAULT DETECTION; HARDWARE EXPERIMENT; LINE TO LINE FAULT; PROTECTION; TRACTION POWER SYSTEM; UNGROUNDED SYSTEMS;

FAULT DETECTION;

EID: 84959212666     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2015.2388785     Document Type: Article

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