A wavelet multiresolution analysis for location of faults on transmission lines

Faults on EHV lines are quite common. They cause disruption in power supply. Accurate location of faults will result in faster maintenance and restoration of supply. This paper presents a new method for the location of faults based on wavelet multiresolution analysis (MRA). EMTP (Microtran) is employed to generate the time domain input signal. Daubechies eight (D-8) wavelet transforms of the threes phase currents on transmission lines from both the ends are used. The effects of fault inception angle and fault impedance are examined. Extensive simulation work has been carried out and results indicate that the proposed method is very effective in locating the fault with a high accuracy. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.