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Abstract

A fault section in Korean distribution networks is generally determined as a section between a switch with a fault indicator (FI) and a switch without an FI. However, the existing method cannot be applied to distribution networks with distributed generations (DGs) due to false FIs that are generated by fault currents flowing from the load side of a fault location. To identify the false FIs and make the existing method applicable, this paper proposes a method to determine the fault section by utilizing an artificial neural network (ANN) model for validating FIs, which is difficult to determine using mathematical equations. The proposed ANN model is built by training the relationship between the measured A, B, C, and N phase fault currents acquired by numerous simulations on a sample distribution system, and guarantees 100% FI validations for the test data. The proposed method can accurately distinguish genuine and false Fis by utilizing the ability of the ANN model, thereby enabling the conventional FI-based method to be applied to DG-connected distribution networks without any changes to the equipment and communication infrastructure. To verify the performance of the proposed method, various case studies considering real fault conditions are conducted under a Korean distribution network using MATLAB.

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Title
A Method for Fault Section Identification of Distribution Networks Based on Validation of Fault Indicators Using Artificial Neural Network
Author
Myong-Soo Kim 1 ; Jae-Guk An 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Yun-Sik Oh 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Lim, Seong-Il 2 ; Kwak, Dong-Hee 2 ; Jin-Uk Song 2 

 Digital Solution Laboratory, KEPCO Research Institute, Daejeon 34056, Republic of Korea; [email protected] 
 Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyungnam University, Changwon 51767, Republic of Korea; [email protected] (J.-G.A.); [email protected] (Y.-S.O.); [email protected] (S.-I.L.); [email protected] (D.-H.K.) 
First page
5397
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
19961073
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2843058792
Copyright
© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.