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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1999
Jeffrey B. Roberts, Viola, ID (US);
Gabriel Benmouyal, Boucherville, CA;
Demetrios Tziouvaras, Vacaville, CA;
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, WA (US);
Abstract
In a fault location system, selected information concerning the power signal is obtained at each terminal location on a multi-ended power line. Typically, protective relays are positioned at the terminal locations. The selected information includes the magnitude value of the negative sequence current and the magnitude and angle of the negative sequence impedance of the power signal, at approximately mid-fault in time. An automatic calculation circuit is provided for calculating from the negative sequence values a fractional value m of the total line length representing the point on the line where the fault has occurred, and a system for calculating the distance to the fault from the fault location calculation terminal using the value m and the total distance between the two terminals.