Abstract
Early and reliable detection of a back-fed ground fault is of critical importance in the operation of a power distribution system. The operating distribution companies have been searching for a fully acceptable solution for decades. A current carrying conductor on the Earth ground that is not tripped by conventional protection systems presents a safety hazard for the general public. In this paper a method of using advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) is evaluated. Utilizing the distribution transformer secondary voltages, the simulation software OpenDSS is used to find a signature the distribution system behavior during a fault. A variation of three-phase distribution transformer connections and grounding methods are modeled to determine a set of rules for an algorithm. Integrating AMI with a distribution management system (DMS), a proposed detection system is presented.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting |
| Publisher | IEEE Computer Society |
| Volume | 2015-September |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781467380409 |
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| State | Published - Sep 30 2015 |
| Event | IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2015 - Denver, United States Duration: Jul 26 2015 → Jul 30 2015 |
Other
| Other | IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2015 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Denver |
| Period | 7/26/15 → 7/30/15 |
Keywords
- advanced metering infrastructure
- downed conductor
- OpenDSS
- power distribution engineering
- secondary distribution networks
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering