Fault location on overhead transmission line using phasor measurement unit

Fault location on overhead transmission line using phasor measurement unit” is a study for obtaining the accurate location of fault occurred in power transmission. The fault location studies have attracted interest among researchers since 2000 due to the increase in awareness of the importance of pr...

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Main Author: Idris, Muhammad Faizul
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Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling my-utm-ep.320872017-09-25T04:19:29Z Fault location on overhead transmission line using phasor measurement unit 2012-06 Idris, Muhammad Faizul TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Fault location on overhead transmission line using phasor measurement unit” is a study for obtaining the accurate location of fault occurred in power transmission. The fault location studies have attracted interest among researchers since 2000 due to the increase in awareness of the importance of providing a reliable and effective utilities services. This study chooses impedance-based, travelling wave and phasor as fault location methods since they are well developed and recognized for providing accurate and reliable results. The power system network is modeled using ATP-EMTP and Power World software, and the outputs are manipulated into calculation based on algorithm. According to the results, the most accurate method is travelling wave, followed by phasor and impedance-based method. This study also discusses factors that affect the results to each of the methods. The advantages of these methods to the power industry include providing improvement in the aspects of reducing down-time, minimising damage, saving utilities cost, etc. 2012-06 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32087/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32087/5/MuhammadFaizulIdrisMFKE2012.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:69789?site_name=Restricted Repository masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering
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topic TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
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Electronics Nuclear engineering
Idris, Muhammad Faizul
Fault location on overhead transmission line using phasor measurement unit
description Fault location on overhead transmission line using phasor measurement unit” is a study for obtaining the accurate location of fault occurred in power transmission. The fault location studies have attracted interest among researchers since 2000 due to the increase in awareness of the importance of providing a reliable and effective utilities services. This study chooses impedance-based, travelling wave and phasor as fault location methods since they are well developed and recognized for providing accurate and reliable results. The power system network is modeled using ATP-EMTP and Power World software, and the outputs are manipulated into calculation based on algorithm. According to the results, the most accurate method is travelling wave, followed by phasor and impedance-based method. This study also discusses factors that affect the results to each of the methods. The advantages of these methods to the power industry include providing improvement in the aspects of reducing down-time, minimising damage, saving utilities cost, etc.
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qualification_level Master's degree
author Idris, Muhammad Faizul
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title Fault location on overhead transmission line using phasor measurement unit
title_short Fault location on overhead transmission line using phasor measurement unit
title_full Fault location on overhead transmission line using phasor measurement unit
title_fullStr Fault location on overhead transmission line using phasor measurement unit
title_full_unstemmed Fault location on overhead transmission line using phasor measurement unit
title_sort fault location on overhead transmission line using phasor measurement unit
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Electrical Engineering
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32087/5/MuhammadFaizulIdrisMFKE2012.pdf
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