High impedance fault detection: A review

A Ghaderi, HL Ginn III, HA Mohammadpour - Electric power systems …, 2017 - Elsevier
Protection from the high impedance fault (HIF) has been one of the biggest challenges in the
power distribution network. HIF typically occurs when the conductors in distribution network …

Discrete wavelet transform optimal parameters estimation for arc fault detection in low-voltage residential power networks

P Qi, S Jovanovic, J Lezama, P Schweitzer - Electric power systems …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, an in-depth analysis providing the optimal parameters estimation for discrete
wavelet transform (DWT) applied to detection of series arc faults in the household AC power …

High‐impedance fault detection and classification in power system distribution networks using morphological fault detector algorithm

M Kavi, Y Mishra… - IET Generation …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents a fast, secure and reliable algorithm for the detection and classification
of power system disturbances including high‐impedance faults (HIFs). The proposed …

Back up protection scheme for high impedance faults detection in transmission systems based on synchrophasor measurements

S Vlahinić, D Franković, B Juriša… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High impedance faults are rather difficult to detect, due to their inherent characteristics.
However, in most cases high-impedance low-current faults evolve to low-impedance high …

Critical aspects on wavelet transforms based fault identification procedures in HV transmission line

AR Adly, RA El Sehiemy, AY Abdelaziz… - IET Generation …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The fault identification process in transmission systems involves three functions:
discrimination, classification and phase selection. The current study classifies the methods …

High-impedance fault identification and location by using mode decomposition integrated adaptive multi-kernel extreme learning machine technique for distributed …

S Sarangi, BK Sahu, PK Rout - Electrical Engineering, 2023 - Springer
The low current magnitude of high-impedance faults (HIF) makes it tough for the relays to
detect the fault. HIF exhibits the characteristics of asymmetry, nonlinearity, and randomness …

High impedance fault detection technique based on Discrete Wavelet Transform and support vector machine in power distribution networks

K Moloi, JA Jordaan, Y Hamam - 2017 IEEE AFRICON, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A High Impedance Fault (HIF) is a long standing complex type of a fault, because of its
distinctive nature. The major concern with HIF is the potential risk it poses to human lives …

High impedance fault classification and localization method for power distribution network

K Moloi, JA Jordaan, Y Hamam - 2018 IEEE PES/IAS …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a technique for high impedance fault diagnosis in a power distribution
network. A segment of a 22 kV Eskom real power system is modelled in Power World …

High impedance fault detection based on power spectrum technique

MK Wali, AN Hussain, WF Hani - … International Conference on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High Impedance Fault (HIF) is irregular event in feeder which makes the current too much
less than common current in network and cannot be detected via standard protective …

A Wavelet-Fuzzy Combined Approach for Detection on High Impedance Faults in Distribution Systems

V Gogula, BE Jeyaraj - 2021 Innovations in Power and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Detection of high impedance fault in the distribution system is highly challenging since fault
current magnitude is at a negligible quantity that can't be sensed by the protective relays …