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Analysis of Fault Location Algorithms for

Parallel Transmission Lines with Series Compensation

M.M. Saha, K. Wikström E. Rosolowski, J. Izykowski R. Dutra


ABB Automation Products AB Wroclaw University of Technology Furnas Centrais Electricas S.A.
Västerås, Sweden Wroclaw, Poland Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Abstract - One-end fault location techniques for series- pedance provided for the location algorithm and its actual
compensated parallel lines are investigated. First, the value causes additional errors in fault location. Moreover,
basic fault location algorithm is presented briefly. Then, the basic algorithm requires pre-fault measurements, which
the new concept overcoming the drawbacks of the basic in some cases can be unreliable or even unavailable. Thus,
algorithm is delivered. The ATP-EMTP program for avoiding of using pre-fault quantities is also highly
equivalencing of Series Capacitors (SCs) equipped with desirable.
Metal Oxide Varistors (MOVs) is presented. Reliable First, the basic location algorithm is presented. Then,
fault data for evaluation of accuracy of the analyzed al- the new concept for fault location in series-compensated
gorithms has been generated with the developed de- parallel lines is stated. The delivered new fault location al-
tailed ATP-EMTP model of series-compensated parallel gorithm is derived with considering the healthy line path as
lines including the measurement channels. The pre- the connective medium between the local and the remote
sented results illustrate effectiveness and high accuracy terminals of parallel lines during fault occurrence. As a re-
of the new fault location algorithm being distinctive in sult of that the aforementioned drawbacks of the basic
no requiring the impedance data of the equivalent sup- method are overcome.
plying systems and avoiding of pre-fault measurements. The presented algorithms are derived for series-
compensated parallel lines but after adequate setting they
Keywords: Parallel Transmission Lines, Capacitor can be adapted to uncompensated parallel lines as well.
Compensation, ATP-EMTP, Models, Fault Location.

II. BASICS OF THE FAULT LOCATION TECHNIQUES


I. INTRODUCTION
Series-compensated parallel lines as shown in Figures 1,
Parallel series-compensated lines appear as very im- 2 are taken for the analysis. Both the lines in this arrange-
portant links between energy generation and consumption ment are compensated with 3-phase banks of SCs equipped
regions. Such lines exhibit the advantages relevant for both with MOVs installed at distance p [pu] from the station A.
the parallel arrangement and for the series capacitor com- Distinctive features of the presented fault location algo-
pensation itself [1, 2]. However, they are considered as ex- rithms summarize as follows:
tremely difficult for protective relaying as well as for lo- • phase coordinates approach [3, 4] for describing parallel
cating faults for inspection and repair purposes [1-3]. Series lines, representing SCs&MOVs and a fault is utilized,
Capacitors (SCs) installed in the lines are equipped - for • two characteristic fault spots (Figures 1, 2) are consid-
overvoltage protection - with nonlinear Metal-Oxide ered and thus two subroutines are used in the algorithms:
Varistors (MOVs). In consequence, the measurement dif- Subroutine 1 (Fig. 1) for locating faults behind the
fers substantially in comparison to the traditional lines case SCs&MOVs with additional discrimination of the faults
- in both, the static and dynamic characters. overreaching the line length (denoted in Fig. 1 as F1a);
Accurate fault location for parallel power transmission the sought fault distance ( x 1 [pu]) satisfies: x 1 > p ,
lines with series compensation requires compensating for
Subroutine 2 (Fig. 2) for locating faults in front of the
remote infeed effect under resistive faults, mutual coupling
SCs&MOVs; the sought fault distance ( x 2 [pu])
between lines as well as for series compensation effect it-
self. The basic fault location algorithm dedicated for paral- satisfies: x 2 < p .
lel series-compensated lines coping with all these the ef- • separate selection procedure is applied to obtain the cor-
fects has been developed and presented in [3]. This was a rect estimate out of the two conditional solutions deliv-
direct extension of the algorithm developed earlier for a ered by the subroutines 1, 2,
single series-compensated line. Both the location methods • shunt capacitances of parallel lines are neglected, how-
are categorized as the one-end techniques. Their main ever, to improve fault location accuracy in case of long
drawback relies in requirement of the impedance data for lines the capacitances may be accounted for,
the equivalent systems behind the line terminals and for the • the recorded voltage and current data cover the time
possible extra link between the substations. However, im- window before firing the air-gaps, which are in parallel
pedances of the equivalent systems can undergo fluctua- with MOVs (note that air-gaps are not shown in
tions during evolving faults and impedance for the remote Figures 1, 2),
system can not be measured locally. Possible mismatch • fault detection and classification is provided by a protec-
between the representative value of the remote system im- tive relay or by separate procedures of the locator.
ZEQ
A SCs Z v (|IAB |)
B
I AB p Z LB
LINE B
(1-p)Z LB

ZsA MOVs ZsB


Zm Zm

IAA pZ LA SCs (1-p) Z LA F1a


LINE A
IBA
~ EA EB ~
FLAA MOVs Z v (|IAA |)
VA
VF
VB
I =(1/R )K V
F f1 F F

x1

Fig. 1. Model of parallel lines for faults occurring behind SCs&MOVs (Subroutine 1)

ZEQ
A Z v (|IAB |)
B
I AB pZ LB
LINE B
SCs (1-p)Z LB

ZsA MOVs Z sB
Zm Zm

IAA pZ LA SCs (1-p) Z LA


LINE A
IBA
~ EA EB ~
FLAA MOVs
Z v (|IBA |)
VF
VA VB
I =(1/R )K V
F f2 F F

x2

Fig. 2. Model of parallel lines for faults occurring in front of SCs&MOVs (Subroutine 2)

Parallel lines model and the way of representing B. Representation of SCs and MOVs
SCs&MOVs and a fault in the algorithms follow. All the
symbols, except distance to fault ( x1 or x 2 ) and fault re- Typical voltage-current characteristic of an MOV,
sistance ( R f 1 or R f 2 ), stand for complex numbers, either waveforms for a voltage drop across SC&MOV, currents
flowing through SC and MOV branches are shown in Fig.3.
impedances or phasors, while the matrix quantities are A bank of parallel branches of a SC and its MOV is rep-
bold-type written. resented for the fundamental frequency phasors by equiva-
lent resistance and reactance, connected in series (Fig.4a).
A. Parallel lines model The program containing the ELECTRICAL NETWORK
and the MODELS units of the ATP-EMTP package [5]
Neglecting shunt capacitances the voltage drop across (Fig. 4b) has been developed for determining the equiva-
the segment of the length x [pu] of the line A lents. The equivalent resistance and reactance are obtained
(Figures 1, 2) is determined with the matrix formula: as dependent on amplitude of current entering the original
∆VLAx = x(Z LA I AA + Z m I AB ) (1) circuit. This is achieved by scanning over the wide range
for amplitude of the fault current entering the SC&MOV.
in which the self ( Z LA ) and mutual coupling ( Z m ) matrix
Equivalent resistance and reactance, determined for dif-
impedances could be - in general - of asymmetric form. ferent compensation rates (60, 70, 80 %) of the analyzed
However, for completely transposed parallel lines holds: 400kV, 300km parallel lines are presented in Figures 4c, d.
é Z LAs Z LAm Z LAm ù é Z0 m Z0 m Z0 m ù The SCs&MOVs are represented in the algorithm by the
ê 1ê
Z LA = ê Z LAm Z LAs Z LAm Z m = ê Z0 m Z0 m Z0 m (2)
, impedance matrix dependent on amplitudes of currents:
êë Z LAm Z LAm Z LAs
3
êë Z0 m Z0 m Z0 m
ê
( )
ZV IVa 0 0
ú
Self (s) and mutual (m) components of Z LA (2) are de- ( )
Z V IV = ê 0 ( )
ZV IVb 0 ú
(3)

termined by the zero (0) and positive (1) sequence data:


ê 0 0 ( )
ZV IVc ú

where Iva, Ivb, Ivc are phasors of the currents flowing through
Z LAs = ( Z LA0 + 2 Z LA1 ) , Z LAm = ( Z LA0 − Z LA1 ) ,
1 1
3 3 the banks of SC&MOV in particular phases and by “ ”
Z 0 m - mutual coupling zero sequence impedance. the amplitude of the phasor is denoted.
a) b) c)

Voltage drop across SC&MOV (10 V)


2 8000

5
iMOV

Currents through SC, MOV (A)


1.5
1.2 6000
i SC
1 4000
Voltage (pu)

0.5 2000
0.8
0 0

-0.5 -2000
0.4
-1 -4000

-1.5 -6000
0
0 40 80 100 120 -2
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
-8000
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Current (pu) Post-fault Time (ms) Post-fault Time (ms)

Fig. 3. MOV operation: a) MOV characteristic, b) voltage drop across SC&MOV, c) currents flowing through SC, MOV.

b) SC
a) MODELS v1 v2
Vv=V1-V2
Iv SC iv
ISC
Line segment MOV
IMOV
changable EMF

MOV
Source with

Load
Vv V
IV

Rv(|Iv|)
Xv(|Iv|)
ELECTRICAL NETWORK

c) 80% d)
-20
==(Ω)
=(Ω)

25 70%
Equivalent Resistance==(Ω)

Equivalent Reactance==

60% -30
20
-40
15
-50
10 60%
-60
70%
5 -70
80%
0 -80
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 0 2000 4000 6000 8000
Amplitude of Current Entering SC&MOV (A) Amplitude of Current Entering SC&MOV (A)

Fig. 4. Fundamental frequency equivalencing of SC&MOV circuit: a) principle of equivalencing,


b) use of ATP-EMTP for equivalencing, c) equivalent resistance, d) equivalent reactance.

C. Fault model V F , I F - vectors of voltages and currents at fault,


R f - aggregated value of fault resistance,
In order to take into account a voltage drop across a
fault path the total fault current has to be determined. Both, K F - fault matrix built upon the fault type.
local currents ( I AA ) and remote currents ( I BA ) from the Matrix K F is obtained with the following two steps
faulted line contribute to the total fault current (under ne- procedure:
glecting shunt capacitances of a line): 1. compute:
I F = I AA + I BA (4) −1 if i and j involved in fault
A general fault model is utilized in the presented fault k ij = i, j = a, b, c (5a)
0 otherwise
location algorithms. This model is stated in matrix notation
as follows: 2. adjust the diagonal elements using the formula:
j=c
1
IF = K F VF (5) k ii = k ij i = a, b, c (5b)
Rf j=a
III. BASIC FAULT LOCATION ALGORITHM A. Subroutine 1 – for faults behind SCs&MOVs

A. Subroutine 1 – for faults behind SCs&MOVs Both, the faulted and the healthy line paths are consid-
ered for deriving this algorithm:
In this case a faults is considered as behind SCs&MOVs - for the faulted line:
but not overreaching the line length (Fig. 1). The difference V F = V A - x 1 Z LA I AA - Z v (| I AA |)I AA - x 1 Z m I AB (13)
of EMFs at both sides is to be determined from the post-
fault as well as from pre-fault conditions V F = VB - (1 - x 1 )Z LA I BA + (1 - x 1 )Z m I AB (14)
(the subscript pre stands for all the pre-fault quantities): - for the healthy line:
E A − E B = (Z sA + x1 Z LA + Z v ( I AA ))I AA + V A − VB = (Z LB + Z v (| I AB |))I AB +
(6) (15)
− ((1 − x1 )Z LA + Z sB )I BA + (Z sA + Z sB + Z m )I AB + x1 Z m I AA − (1 − x 1 ) Z m I BA
( ( ))
E A − E B = Z sA + Z sB + Z LA + Z v I AA_pre I AA_pre +
(7)
The formulae (13) - (15) together with (4) – (5) yield
the matrix equation:
+ (Z sA + Z sB + Z m )I AB_pre
A c x1 2 - B c x1 + C c - D c R f 1 = 0 (16)
Voltage drop across a fault path is determined as:
VF = VA - x1 Z LA I AA - Z v (| I AA |)I AA - x1 Z m I AB (8) in which the vectors (3x1) are determined as follows:
A c = (Z m − Z LA )K F (Z LA I AA + Z m I AB )
The set of matrix equations ((6) - (8)) together with the
fault model ((4) - (5)) yield the matrix equation for the fault Cc = (Z m − Z LA )K F (VA − Z v (| I AA |)I AA )
distance ( x 1 ) and aggregated fault resistance ( R f 1 ): B c = A c + Cc
Dc = (Zm − Z LA − Zv (| I AA |))I AA − (Zm − Z LB − Zv (| I AB |))I AB
A c x1 2 - B c x1 + C c - D c R f 1 = 0 (9)
Transforming the matrix formula (16) to the scalar
where A c , B c , C c , D c are the vectors depending on the equation can be accomplished by multiplying both sides of
impedance parameters of a line and equivalent systems at
(16) by the vector D c T (D c T D c ) (T denotes matrix trans-
the line terminals as well as the local measurements.
The matrix formula (9) can be transformed to the scalar position). As a result the quadratic equation is obtained:
form and solved for a sought fault distance. This is shown Ax1 2 − Bx1 + C − R f1 = 0 (17)
in the next section for the improved location algorithm. where: A, B, C are the complex scalars depending on the
Faults occurring in the remote system (fault F1a in Fig.1) impedance data of parallel lines only and the local meas-
which are also behind the SCs&MOVs can be discrimi- urements of voltages and currents from the faulted and from
nated by considering the following vector: the healthy lines.
D = (Z LA + Z v (| I AA |) − Z m )I AA + Faults occurring in the remote system (fault F1a in
(10)
− (Z LB + Z v (| I AB |) − Z m )I AB Fig. 1) can be discriminated by considering the vector (10).
which for such faults has all the components equal to zeroes
(in practice certain threshold is to be applied for that). B. Subroutine 2 – for faults in front of SCs&MOVs

B. Subroutine 2 - faults in front of SCs&MOVs In this case the formulae (4), (5) are still valid but
(13) – (15) have to be replaced by the relations:
The case of a fault between the substation and the - for the faulted line:
SCs&MOVs (Fig. 2) is more involved because the current VF = V A - x 2 Z LA I AA - x 2 Z m I AB (18)
flowing through the SCs&MOVs is not directly available to
VF = VB - (1 - x 2 )(Z LA I BA − Z m I AB ) - Z v (| I BA |)I AA (19)
the one-end locator and thus ought to be estimated.
In this case the following applies to the faulty network: - for the healthy line:
E A − E B = (Z sA + x 2 Z LA )I AA + (Z sA + Z sB + Z m )I AB + V A − VB = (Z LB + Z v (| I AB |))I AB +
(11)
− ((1 − x 2 )Z LA + Z sB + Z v ( I BA ))I BA
(20)
+ x 2 Z m I AA − (1 − x 2 ) Z m I BA
VF = V A − x 2 Z LA I AA − x 2 Z m I AB (12) The set of formulae (4) - (5), (18) – (20) yields:
The model of the pre-fault network (7) and the fault A c x2 2 - B c x2 + Cc - Dc R f 2 = 0 (21)
model ((4) - (5)) remain valid. In consequence, one also in which the vectors (3x1) are determined as follows:
obtains the quadratic equation as (9), but an iterative nu- A c = (Z m − Z LA )K F (Z LAI AA + Z m I AB )
merical solution is required because its coefficients depend
on the unknown current from the remote substation B. B c = (Z m − Z LA )K F (VA + Z LAI AA + Z m I AB )
− Z v (| I BA |)K F (Z LAI AA + Z m I AB )
C c = (Z m − Z LA − Z v (| I BA |)K F V A
IV. IMPROVED FAULT LOCATION ALGORITHM
D c = (Z m − Z LA − Z v (| I BA |))I AA − (Z m − Z LB − Z v (| I AB |))I AB
This algorithm also considers two characteristic fault Matrix formula (16) can be transformed to the scalar
spots and thus again consists of two subroutines for a fault quadratic equation, which is of the same form as (17) ob-
as seen behind or in front of SCs&MOVs, respectively. tained for the subroutine 1.
C. Selection procedure Z 1sA = 15 Ω ∠ 85 deg , Z 0sA = 26.7 Ω ∠ 85 deg
and the EMFs at the side B were delayed by 30deg with re-
Locating a fault with respect to the SCs&MOVs spect to the side A.
(Fig. 1, 2) narrows to the selection of the correct pair The MOVs with the common approximation of the v-i
( )
x , R f out of two alternatives x1 , R f 1 and x 2 , R f 2 . ( ) ( ) characteristic (Fig. 3a) were taken:
The selection procedure is based on appropriate aggrega- æ v ö
q
i
tion of the criteria values, which are estimated with both the =çç (22)
subroutines: è V REF P
• aggregated fault resistance R f (applicable for all the with the parameters: q=23, P=1 kA, V REF =150 kV.
fault types): the smaller positive value of R f indicates The model included the Capacitive Voltage Transform-
ers (CVTs) and the Current Transformers (CTs). The ana-
the valid subroutine while the negative value rejects it,
log filters were also implemented using the 2nd order But-
• amplitudes of currents from healthy phases of the fault
terworth approximation.
path (applicable for all the fault types except three-phase
The phasors were estimated with the use of the DFT
symmetrical faults): the subroutine which gives lower
algorithm working with 20 samples per cycle.
amplitudes (ideally zeroes) is taken as the valid one.
Example of fault location in series-compensated parallel
lines (Figures 5, 6, 7) has been performed for the fault:
IV. TESTING AND EVALUATING THE ALGORITHM • fault type: phase-to-ground (a-g),
• fault resistance: 10 Ω,
The detailed ATP-EMTP model of 400 kV, 300 km se- • fault location: at 0.833 pu, thus behind the SCs&MOVs
ries-compensated parallel lines network has been developed as seen by the considered fault locator FLAA from the
for generating reliable fault data to be used in testing and substation A (Fig. 1).
evaluating the algorithms. It was assumed that SCs are in- Nature of the transients in the fault locator input signals
stalled at p=0.5 pu and compensation rate is 70 %. (Fig. 5a, b, c) is typical for the fault case when the
The supplying systems at both the substations were SC&MOV are included in a fault loop. Fault location
taken as identical with the impedance data: (Fig. 6a, b, c) has been performed in the following ways:

5
a) b) c)
x10
4 3000 1500
Faulted Line - Phase Currents (A)

Helthy Line - Phase Currents (A)

3
2000 1000
2
1000 500
Phase Voltages (V)

0 0 0

-1
-1000 -500
-2
-2000 -1000
-3

-4 -3000 -1500
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0.12 0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0.12 0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0.12
Time (s) Time (s) Time (s)

Fig. 5. The example of fault location in parallel lines - waveforms of input signals of fault locator:
a) phase voltages, b) phase currents from the faulted line, c) phase currents from the healthy line.

a) b) c)
Result: x1=0.8263 (pu); Error: ε=0.70 (%) Result: x1=0.8067 (pu); Error: ε=2.66 (%) Result: x1=0.8238 (pu); Error: ε=0.95 (%)
1.2 1.2 1.2

1 1 1
Distance to Fault (pu)

Distance to Fault (pu)

SUB 1
Distance to Fault (pu)

SUB 1 SUB 1
0.8 0.8 0.8

0.6 0.6 0.6

SUB 2 SUB 2
0.4 0.4 0.4
SUB 2
0.2 0.2 0.2

0 0 0
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07
Post-Fault Time (s) Post-Fault Time (s) Post-Fault Time (s)

Fig. 6. The example of fault location in parallel lines - location performed with:
a) the basic algorithm under no mismatch for the remote source impedance,
b) the basic algorithm under 50 % mismatch for the remote source impedance,
c) the improved algorithm.
50 8000

Total Fault Current - SUB 1 (104 A)

Total Fault Current - SUB 2 (104 A


a) b) 7000
c)
Ω)

2.5
a
Estimated Fault Resistance (Ω

40
SUB 2 6000
2
30 5000
1.5 4000
20
1 3000
SUB 1
10 a 2000
0.5 b, c
1000
0 b, c
0 0
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0 0.02 0.04 0.06
Post-fault Time (s) Post-fault Time (s) Post-fault Time (s)

Fig. 7. The example of fault location in parallel lines – selection of the valid subroutine
on the base of the estimated criteria values for: a) fault resistance,
b) amplitudes of fault path currents (with the subroutine 1),
c) amplitudes of fault path currents (with the subroutine 2).

• Fig. 6a – using the basic algorithm with providing exact terminals of parallel lines and for the possible extra link
impedances for the equivalent systems: the estimated between the substations. Moreover, usage of pre-fault
fault distance (0.8263 pu) exhibits the error of 0.70 %, quantities is avoided in the algorithm.
• Fig. 6b – using the basic algorithm with providing exact ATP-EMTP program containing the ELECTRICAL
impedance for the local equivalent system and NETWORK and the MODELS units developed for
50 % higher for the remote system: the estimated dis- equivalencing of SC&MOV circuit has been presented.
tance (0.8067 pu) exhibits the error of 2.66%, The delivered algorithms have been extensively evalu-
• Fig. 6c – using the improved algorithm: the estimated ated with the fault data generated with ATP-EMTP versa-
fault distance (0.8238 pu) exhibits the error of 0.95 % tile simulations. The analysis has shown improvement of
The basic location algorithm is sufficiently accurate for accuracy of fault location with use of the new algorithm
vast majority of simulated faults, especially when imped- - in comparison to the basic method. This is illustrated with
ances for the equivalent systems are accurately known the attached examples of fault location where the improve-
(Fig. 6a). The mismatch with respect to remote system im- ment of accuracy reaches 2%.
pedance can cause the extra errors, as for example for the The examples of fault location considered in this paper
case from Fig. 6b it reaches around 2 %. The delivered im- deal with perfectly transposed parallel lines. However, the
proved location algorithm (the case of Fig. 6c) is superior applied phase coordinates approach to the network descrip-
with respect to this, as high accuracy is achieved even if a tion enables to locate faults in untransposed lines [6] as well.
compensation for shunt capacitances of a line was not ac-
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