CA1261921A - Fault location in a power supply network - Google Patents
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- G01R31/08—Locating faults in cables, transmission lines, or networks
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- G01R31/08—Locating faults in cables, transmission lines, or networks
- G01R31/11—Locating faults in cables, transmission lines, or networks using pulse reflection methods
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A method for location of a fault on a transmission line in a network for distribution and transmission of electric power uses a travelling wave model of the trans-mission line positioned in measuring stations (P, Q) at either end of the transmission line, to obtain the voltage distribution along the transmission line, seen from both station P and station Q. A voltage .DELTA.UQp is generated as the difference between the voltage in station P, calculated in the travelling wave model in station Q, and the corresponding voltage one period/half period earlier. A voltage .DELTA.UPp is generated as the difference between the voltage, calculated in the travelling wave model in station P, and the corresponding voltage one period/half period earlier. The corresponding voltage differences .DELTA.UPp and .DELTA.UQq are calculated for station Q. The voltage difference .DELTA.P is then generated as the difference between .DELTA.UQp and .DELTA.UPp and the corresponding voltage difference .DELTA.Q is generated as the difference between .DELTA.UPq and .DELTA.UQq. The fault distance PF is then obtained as PF = .DELTA.P?PQ/(.DELTA.P+.DELTA.Q), where PQ is the distance between the stations.
A method for location of a fault on a transmission line in a network for distribution and transmission of electric power uses a travelling wave model of the trans-mission line positioned in measuring stations (P, Q) at either end of the transmission line, to obtain the voltage distribution along the transmission line, seen from both station P and station Q. A voltage .DELTA.UQp is generated as the difference between the voltage in station P, calculated in the travelling wave model in station Q, and the corresponding voltage one period/half period earlier. A voltage .DELTA.UPp is generated as the difference between the voltage, calculated in the travelling wave model in station P, and the corresponding voltage one period/half period earlier. The corresponding voltage differences .DELTA.UPp and .DELTA.UQq are calculated for station Q. The voltage difference .DELTA.P is then generated as the difference between .DELTA.UQp and .DELTA.UPp and the corresponding voltage difference .DELTA.Q is generated as the difference between .DELTA.UPq and .DELTA.UQq. The fault distance PF is then obtained as PF = .DELTA.P?PQ/(.DELTA.P+.DELTA.Q), where PQ is the distance between the stations.
Description
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Fault location in a power supply network TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a method and equip-ment for locating a fault in a power line network for distribution and transmission of electric power, in which the supply of power to the power line that is to be pro-tected takes place at least substantially from one ofthe end points of the line and in which that part of the network that is to be protected is provided with measuring devices in a station or the like at either end of the line section to be protected.
Multiphase distribution and transmission networks have to be protected against ground faults and faults occurring between the phases in such a way that a faulty component or line is automatically disconnected with the aid of its circuit breaker. This is necessary for ; 15 minimizing the risk of personal injury and fire.
It is also very important, after a fault has occurred and has been detected, to be able to eliminate the fault.
This presupposes fast methods for locating the point on the transmission line where the fault has occurred.
The present invention relates to a method and a device for solving this problem.
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BACKGROUND ART
A method for fault location must necessarily be preceded by some form of detection of the fault~ A detec-tion can take place in many different ways which will not be described here, with the exception of the special method of detection which is a condition for the method and the device for fault location according to this inven-tion. This detection will be described in connection with the disclo~ure of the present invention.
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One such method is known from British patent
Fault location in a power supply network TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a method and equip-ment for locating a fault in a power line network for distribution and transmission of electric power, in which the supply of power to the power line that is to be pro-tected takes place at least substantially from one ofthe end points of the line and in which that part of the network that is to be protected is provided with measuring devices in a station or the like at either end of the line section to be protected.
Multiphase distribution and transmission networks have to be protected against ground faults and faults occurring between the phases in such a way that a faulty component or line is automatically disconnected with the aid of its circuit breaker. This is necessary for ; 15 minimizing the risk of personal injury and fire.
It is also very important, after a fault has occurred and has been detected, to be able to eliminate the fault.
This presupposes fast methods for locating the point on the transmission line where the fault has occurred.
The present invention relates to a method and a device for solving this problem.
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BACKGROUND ART
A method for fault location must necessarily be preceded by some form of detection of the fault~ A detec-tion can take place in many different ways which will not be described here, with the exception of the special method of detection which is a condition for the method and the device for fault location according to this inven-tion. This detection will be described in connection with the disclo~ure of the present invention.
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a plurality of different known methods exist.
One such method is known from British patent
2,036,478B. This describes a method by which a location for a fault is assumed and, under simplified assumptions of the parameters of the network, the current and voltage at the assumed fault location are determined.
The determinations are repeated at different assumed locations until the determined current and the voltage have the same phase, which means that the fault point has been correctly located.
Another method is described in U.S. Patent No.
4,559,491 (Saha). This publication relates to a method for fault location on a section of a three-phase power line. After measurement of currents and voltages at one end of the section, the type of fault is first deter-mined and thereafter certain parameters in an equation s~stem are determined. The equation system used provides relationships between the complex values of the impedance of the section, the impedances of the n`etworks of the near end and of the remote end of the section, and meas-ured currents and voltages while eliminating fault resis-tance, zero sequence components, etc. Solving the equation system gives the distance from the end point o the section to the location of the fault in questiOn.
In an inven-tion described in Canadian application Serial No. 484,063, filed on June 14th 1985 in the name of Nimmersjo, a method and a device for locating a fault is described, which is based on voltage waves emanating from a measuring point towards the fault location and corresponding waves reflected from the fault location, which waves are included in a travelling wave model of the transmission line. The invention described in this ea~lier application comprises carrying ou~, at certain specified time intervals, a measurement of the instantan-::~
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With these measured values and with -the aid of the travelling wave model, the voltage at a number of control points along the transmission line can be calculated.
If the transmission line is energized and the calcula-ted control vol-tages at two consecutive control points cons-tantly have different signs, there is a fault on the transmission line between these points. Starting :Erom the distance between the points in question and the calculated control voltages, -the location of the fault can be determined by interpolation.
It is tha travelling wave model described in the above-noted prior application that forms the basis for the fault location method and equipment according to the present invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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According to the present invention there i5 pro-vided a method for locating a fault on an electrical power line extending between a first and a second sta-tion included in a power transmission sys-tem, in which at each pOillt of the line, measurement is made of the instantaneous values of the current flowing in -the line and the voltage of the line, which values are converted into corresponding digital values and are supplied to each respective station to produce in accordance with a travelling wave model of the line the instantaneous : voltage distribution along the transmission line, as seen from the first and from the second station, com-~ prising:
:.~ determining the di~ference between the present line voltage and the line voltage at an immediately preceding time and when a fault is indicated by ,.; t.;
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-the currents and voltages measured in the first sta-tion and -the corresponding voltage at an im-mediately preceding time, generating a similar second value in the second station for the first station using the travelling wave model in the second station, and transmitting one of said first and second values to the station in which it was not generated and - used there in digital form to compute where the faul-t lies on the line relative to said station.
According to the present invention, there is also pro-vi.ded an equipment -Eor determining the location of a fault on a power line between a first (P) and a second (Q) station included in a multi-phase power transmission system, comprising: :
a first summation device to generate a difference voltage ap = ¦QUPP¦ equal to the difference between a voltage (U'p) determined .in the first station, and a correspon~ing voltage (U'' p) one time unit : earlier, a second summation device to generate a difference voltage aq= ¦QUQq¦ equal to the difference between a voltage (U'Q), determined in the second station and a corresponding voltage (U''Q) one time unit earlier, :: a third summation d0vice to generate a difference :~ -~' .: ~ , ., . - ~ .:
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; means to transmit the differerlce voltages aq,bq and c from the second station Q to the Eirst sta-: q tion P, means to supply the difference voltages ap, bp ~: and cp together with the values of aq, bq and cq transmitted to the firs-t station, to a calculator, : the calculator calculates ~' .
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will now be described, by ~ 20 way of example, with reference to the accompanying :: ~ drawings, in which: :
Figure l shows a faultless power line extend-ing between two stations P and Q which are supplied . ~:: ~ :
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from two power sources A and B, Figure 2 is a graph showing the real measuredvoltage distribution along the line according to Figure 1 between the power sources A and B, S Figure 3 is a graph showing the voltage distri-bution of Figure 2 crea-ted by superposing one travel-ling wave model based on station P and one based on station Q and with voltage and current values measured in station P and in station Q, Figure 4 shows the power line of F'igure 1 but with a fault located at F between stations P and Q, Figure 5 is a graph showing the real measured voltage along -the line according to Figure 4 after the occurrence of a high resistance fault at F, ' ~ 15 Figure 6 is graph showing along the line of ~ e , /
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Figure 12 shows an embodiment of a device according to the invention for location of a ground fault when the complex impedances of the power sources and the lin~
have approximately equal argument~, Figure 13 shows an embodiment of a device according to the invention for location of a ground fault when the complex impedances of the power sources and the line ~; 25 may have arguments of different value, Figure 14 shows an embodiment according to the inven-tion of a flow diagram for evaluation of auxiliary quan-tities AP and ~Q for calculating the fault distance, :
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THEORETICAL BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Figure 1 shows a power transmission line extending ` between two stations or measuriny points P and Q. In the example shown, the line is fed at each end from a respective power source A or B.
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Figure 2 shows graphically the real voltage distribu-tion along the transmission line of Figure 1 in its rault-less state. EA and EB, respectively, are the E.M.F.
of the respective power source, and U'p and U'Q, respec-tively, are the voltage measured at P and at Q, respec-tively.
In the above-mentioned US patent application No.
743,930, it is described how a travelling wave model of a transmission line can be used forlcalculating the voltage distribution along that line. With the aid of the current and voltage values measured in stations P
; 25 and Q, it is therefore possible to determine, using the travelling wave model, what will be the voltage distri-~`~; bution along the transmission line from station P towards station Q and from station Q towards station P, respec-tively, in a ~aultless state. The result of such calcu-, .
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lations is shown in Figure 3 and it can be seen that the same voltage distribution is obtained as in Figure 2 within the limits set by measurement errors in measured values and by uncertain knowledge of parameters~
In an ideal transmission system, the zero sequence v~oltage and the negative sequence voltage are zero in the faultless case. In practice, they can be assumed to be small. This is particularly true of that part of the zero sequence voltage and the negative sequence voltage which is generated by asvmmetry in the monitored transmission line. The voltage change which arisss as a result of a-fault may eithe~;-be conceived to be that difference voltage ~U which, in accordance with the Helmhortz-Thevenin theorem, arises at the different points of the network because of the fault, or only the zero ~
sequence or negative sequence component of this change.
The conclusions drawn are valid for all interpretations of ~U. Thus, in the faultless case, ~U = O at all measur-ing points.
When the transmission line shown in Figure 1 is subjected to an internal fault, that is, a fault located between the measurlng points P and Q (see Figure 4), a real voltage distribution is obtained as shown in Figure 5. The greatest voltage change QUF occurs at the fault point F. The real measured voltage at the points P and Q are now represented as U"p and U"Q. In the following description the sign ' will indicate the value of a quan-tity prior to the occurrence of a fault and the sign " the value of a quantity after the occurrence of a fault.
Further, in order to describe the invention, an indexing system defining the quantities in question is needed.
An index containing P indicates that the quantity ~` in question has been determined with values measured at the measuring point P-.-~ .
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An index containing p indicates that the value of the quantity in question is calculated for the point P.
An index containing q indicates that the value of the quantity in question is calculated for the point Q.
This means, for example, that Upq indicates a voltage at Q calculated with values measured at P.
With the aid of this system, the following difference voltages will now be defined:
~Upp = U'p - U"p (1) 15 ~UQq = U'Q - U"Q ~2) :~Up9 = U'pq - U"pq (3) ~Qp = U'Qp - U"Qp (4) ;~ The zero se~uence component in the changes is obtained by forming the sum of the phase voltages U'R, U's and U'T.
Prior to a fault, U'IR + U''s + U''T = , and a simple calcu-pp)o~ (~UQq)0r (~Upq)0 and (~U ) in all these cases is obtained since (AU)o = U'0 = UIR ~ U's + U'T
The negative sequence component can be obtained by means of some known type of negative sequence filter.
In Figure 6 the voltage differences according to equations (1), (2), (3) and-(4) are plotted graphically.
It can be determined that a device at P for calculating the voltage distribution from P towards Q has a line model which i.s correct between P and F but incorrect : , : , ' ~ : ' , ; ' at point F, and therefore the calculated voltage distribu-tion is incorrect in the region between F and Q. In similar manner, a device at Q provides a correct picture of the voltage distribution between Q and F but an incorr-ect dis~ribution for the reyion Fp, The two devicesjointly give a correct distribution of the voltage divided between PF for the device at P and QF for the device at Q. F is the only point for which the two devices give the same model voltage.
The voltage differences ~P and ~Q, as they are repre-sented in Figure 6, that is, ~P = QU~p - ~Upp (5) ~Q = aUpq - ~UQq (6) can now be utilized for ground fault indica~ion, since irl a faultless state both ~P and ~Q will be zero. ~P
constiutes an error in measurement at Q concerning the voltage change at P, and ~Q constitutes an error in measurement at P concerning the voltage at Q because the models in the case of a fault at F are not correct for the whole transmission line. AP and aQ can therefore be referrea to as model fault voltages which are always zero if the real transmission line and the model are in agreement~
For calculating ~P and ~Q in equations 15~ and (6), the mean value, the R.M.S. or the peak value of the differ-ence voltage can be utilized.
Th~ method and ~he device for fault location according to the invention are based on an evaluation of the model fault voltages AP and ~Q. When ~P and ~Q are not zero, this means that a fault has occurred. On the basis of ~;~ the geometry in Figure 6, the fault can be located in simple manner. If the distance between P and Q is desig-'~
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nated PQ, the fault distance from P to the fault point F can be calculated as follows:
~P t ~Q PQ (7) With the aid of the voltage differences described, a. fault located behind a measuring point can also be detected in a simple manner. In the case of measuring point P, a fault located behind relates to a fault between the power sourca A and the point P, and in the case of measuring point Q a fault located behind relates to a fault between the power source B and the point Q.
If a fault occurs between A and P as shown in Figure 7, a real voltage distribution is obtained according to Figure 8. The distribution of the voltage difference between P and Q, calculated with the travelling wave model, is clear from Figure 9. It can be seen that the protection devices at P and Q provide the same voltage distribution for the whole transmission line, which means that for a fault located behind the measuring point in question the following relationships apply i~Upq~ UQpl = o (8) ~ I~UQPI - I~UPPI = (9) It can also be shown in a simple manner that equations ~; (8) and (9) must be valid for a fault between B and Q.
Distinguishing for a fault between A and P and between B and Q, respectively, is then that for a ~ault between A and P
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In the figures the distribution of the difference voltages along the transmission line have been drawn as straight lines. It can be proved that this is the case since the difference in argument for the complex impedances of the power sources and the line is small.
This is a prerequisite for the fault location e~uation (7) which, however, gives good results also in the case of normal differences between the arguments of the soruces and the line~ This means that if the arg~ments are not too differen- only two calculated values from station Q, namely ~UQq and QUQp, need be transferred to station A general and exact calculation method with arbitrary source impedances presupposes that three quantities are transferred via the data communications link which a constantly switched-in fault locator requires. The basis for the general case will be described below. The des-cription is based on stationary conditions, that is, with complex currents and voltages. ~I is defined as the stationary fault current which is superposed on the condition prevailing prior to the oceurrence of the fault and constitutes the current flowing at the fault point.
This current is distributed such that ~ KlpQI~ p is the positive sequence component ; 25 K2p ~2 = ~I~p is the negative sequence component and Kopalo = ~Iop is the zero sequence component ~ of the current at the measuring point P. K is the distri-; bution factor for ~he respective component of the current at the fault point.
ZlA~ Z2A and ZOA are source impedances seen from the measuring point P of the protection device.
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Ul is the voltage prevailing at the measuring pointprior to a fault.
A single-phase ground fault in phase R is assumed to occur on the transmission line.
In this case, ~I1 = AI2 = aIO = ~I~ For each phase the control voltages of the measuring point, after the occurrence of a fault, can be expressed as follows:
URp = U'Rpp - ~I (K PZlA + K2P 2A OP OA ~ t12) Uspp = U'spp - ~I (a K1pZ1A + aK2PZ2A + KoP OA) (13) UTp = U~Tpp - ~I (aK1pZlA+ a K2PZ2A ~ KPZOA) ~14) The calculated control voltages for the remote end point are as follows:
U = U~ p - aI [K1p(Zl~ + Zl) + K2P( 2A 1 0 0 15 + ZO)] (15) uspq = ulspq - ~I la Klp~ZlA + Zl) + aK2p~Z2A + Zl) ;~ + K~p~ZOA + Z)~ (16) TPq TPq ~I [aK1p~Z1A ~Zl) + a K2P(Z2A + Zl) +
+ KOP(ZOA + Ao)] (17) . 20 During the filtration in order to obtain the voltage : change, U' disappears, and for the first period or half-period after a fault, depending on how the filtration is performed, the following relationships are valid:
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- ~ 15 Thus, in addition to the generation o the sum of the phase ~ltages, no special filtering to obtain ~UO is needed, and ~UO = O p~ior to a fault. If Kop~ Iop is used, the sum voltage can ~e exp~essed as:
p~ ~ R~T ~UiPq 3IZOA O P (24) and ;~AUopp = RST ~Ulpp 3ZOA OP (25) For the actual fault ~oint, if the zero seque~ce impedance of P~ is designated ZOPF~ the following sum voltage can be calculated:
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OQq RST ~UiQq -3~zoB + zO) ~IoQ (27) Qq RST ~UiQp = -3ZoB ' ~IOQ (28) and QUOQf = ~ ~Ui = -3(Z + Z ) ~ ~I (29) It is also possible to write:
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~UOpp = -3(ZoA + ZOPF) QIop + 3ZOPF OP OPf OPF Iop (31) ; and since ~Uopf = ~UoQf~ the following relationships are obtained:
~UOQp = ~UOpf - 3ZoPF OQ (32) and ~UOQq = ~Uopf + 3ZoQF OQ
Now, if the following equations are lnserted ~Po = ~UOQp - aUOpp .
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It can be noted that aPo and QQO have the same argu-ments, since the impedance quotient in the righthand term of equatiOn (36~ is real. ZOPF and ~OQF have the same arguments since they are parts of the same line PQ. Given the simplified assumption that the complex impedances in the source and the line have the same argu-ments, the voltages ~UoQp~ ~UOpq and aUOQq will have the same phase angle, and the simplified calculation with mean values according to equations (5) to (7) can be used. This makes it possible to limit the data trans-mission to two mean values ¦aUOql and ¦QU~P¦ from station Q to station P in order to evaluate the fault position on the transmission line as previously described. What is further required in the general case for an exact determination is another measured ~alue for determining the phase angle y~ between ~U~p and ~UQ~, ~:`
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If, in order to simplify quantity designations and indexes for quantities locally calculated at P, the follow-ing equations are inserted laUOppl = ap (39) ; !aU~pql = bp (40) UOppql = cp (41) and if for quantities locally calculated at Q Jthe follow-ing equations are inserted l UOQ~I aq (42) .
~ laUOQpl = bq (43) I~UOQ I = C (4 : it will be clear from the vectorial relationship in Figures 10 and 11 that a, b and c constitute sides in triangles ~ having corners C , Bp, Ap and Cq, Bq, Aq, respectively, :~ where the triangle~ have been placed in a right-angled system of coordinates xy with C and C at the origin of coordinates and with the sides C B and C Bq along ~ 20 the x-axis. Since now all the sides in the triangles : : are known, it is possible to determine a ll the angles in the triangles with the aid of the cosine theorem.
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For example, by turDing the triangle CqBqAq through an angle ~ so that ~P and ~Q become parallel, correct ~alues of these quantities are obtained, which will be clear from Figure 11.
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Since the mathematical model for calculating control voltages or the voltage distribution along the trans-mission line is a correct and accurate method within the limits determined by errors in measurement and the like, this also means a high accuracy in the fault loca-tion.
As stated above, the complete travelling wave model gives control voltages along the entire transmission line. However, as will have been clear from the disclosure Of the invention, what is needed for the fault location is really only access to control voltages at the two end points calculated with measured values for the respec-tive opposite end point on the protected transmission line, in addition to a communication link between P and Q, This means that it is also possible to use a simplified version of the travelling wave model and that the device for carrying out the method according to the.invention :~ will therefore be a considerably simpler device than if a complete voltage distribution has to be obtained.
The method and the device according to the invention can be applied to principal voltages, phase voltages as well as zero sequence and negative sequence voltages.
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DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED:EMBODIMENTS
As will have been clear from the description of the method for location of a fault point, the starting-: 25 point is the same model fault voltages ~P and ~Q as are : used for detection of a ground fault. In addition to comprising members for the actual ~valuation of the fault distance between one of the stations and the fault point, a device for fault detection therefore comprises necessary members for generating the voltage differences ~P and ~Q.
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g RP' USP' UTpr iRp~ isp and iTp measured in station P are converted from analog signals to corresponding digital ones in the measured value conver-ter 1. The corresponding conversion of measured valuesin station Q takes place in converter 2. The digital measured values are each supplied to a respective trav-elling wave model 3 and 4O
; As will be clear from the above description of the method, the fault location may take place with the aid of a phase voltage, a principal voltage or a negative or zero sequence voltage. Thus, the voltage values U
delivered from the travelling wave model may be any one of these voltages. However, all of them must represent the same voltage; for example, all values U must be princi-pal voltages.
The value of U"p, which may be a mean value of the voltage in question during one period or during a half-period, is compared in the summation member 5 with U'p, that is, the mean value of the same voltage measured for the preceding period or half-period. In stationary and faultless state, the difference ~Upp becomes zero.
When a new measured value for the next period/half-period becomes available,-an existing U"p is transferred into a new U'p and the new measured value forms a new U"p.
This shifting and this updating take place continuously up to the point when a fault occurs, whereby ~pp acquires a value different from zero.
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With the aid of vol.tage and current values measured at P, the voltage U"pq, that is, the voltage in station Q, can be calculated with the travelling wave model. In similar manner, the value of U'pq, that is, the value 5 one period/half-period earlier, can be calculated. These two values are compared with each other in the summation ; member 6, whereby the difference or sum ~Pp is generated.
To be able to use equations (5) and (6~, to generate the differences ~P and ~Q, the values of ~UQq and ~UQp must be available in station P. Value transmission is performed via a transmitter 9 and a receiver 10. The calculations may, of course, take place in station Q, in which case the values of AUpp and ~Up must be transmitted from station P to station Q.
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: ated in accordance with equation (5) in a summation mem~er 11 and the corresponding value of AQ is generated in a summation member 12. According to the description of the method for the fault location, it is possible, with access to the values of AP and ~Q and knowledge :~ of the length PQ of the protected transmission line, to determine the distance between station P and the fault . point using equation (7).
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general method for obtaining ~P and ~Q, described above, must be resorted to, three values have to be transferred from one station to the other, as mentioned above. If the evaluation of ~P and ~Q is to take place in station P, it is the voltage differences in the Q station, that is, the values given by equations (42), (43) and (44) that have to be transferred to station P.
The description of the method according to the inven-tion for evaluation of ~P and ~Q in the general case has been based on the zero sequence voltage change accord-; ing to equations (25) to (56). As also mentioned above, in addition to zero sequence voltages, the evaluation is also valid for negative sequence voltages, phase volt-ages and principal voltages. In order to show that any one of these voltage differences can be used, in the description of the following embodiment of the general method all references to zero sequence or negative sequence voltage, phase voltage and principal voltage has been omitted. Thus, this embodiment will be described using the following equations:
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~ ¦~Uppl = ¦U'p - U"p¦ = ap . tl') ~ I~UQqI = ¦UIQ - U'`Q¦ = aq (2') ¦~Upq¦ = ¦U'pq - U"pql - bp (3') ¦QUQP¦ = ¦ U ' QP - U"QP¦ = bq (4') 25 l~Uppql = I~Upq - ~uppl = cp (57) ~UQgpl = I~UQP ~ ~UQql = cq (58) : This embodiment uses the arrangement shown in Figure 13 which is similar to Figure 12 but includes a calculator 20 and iS supplemented by summation devices 18 and 19 .
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Transmitter 9 and receiver 10 now transmit three measured values a , bq and c , which together with ap, bp and cp are supplied to the calculator 20 for evaluating ~P and ~Q. The calculation of the fault distance PF then takes place in the same way as described with reference to Figure 12.
Figure 14 shows a flow diagram for the calculator 20. It includes devices 21 and 22 for calculating yp and Yq, device 23 for calculating the auxiliary quantities A, B and C, device 24 for calculating ~ and devices 25 and 26 for final calculation of ~P and ~Q.
The calculating devices 21-26 undertake simple mathe-matical operations which can be carried out in many differ-ent ways. In principle, the calculating devices 21 and26 for calculating y and y according to equation (44) can be designed as shown in Figure 15 with multipliers 27 and 28, elements for squaring, 29, summation, 30, division, 31, and a unit for generating the angle by the arccosine function (arccos), 32.
;~ The device 23 for calculating the auxiliary quantities A, B and C according to equations ~47), (483 and (49) may, in principle, be designed as shown in Figure 16 comprising multipliers 33 to 39, summation devices 40, 41 and 42, elements 43, 44 and 45 for sine generation and element 46 for cosine generation.
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The device 26 for calculating ~Q according to equation ; (56) can be designed according to Figure 19 comprising elements for summation, 63, 64, 65, for multiplying, 66, 67, 68, 69, for squaring, 70, 71, for generating the square root, 72, and elements for sine generation, 73, 741 and cosine generation, 75, 76.
In the embodiment of the fault locating equipment which assumes approximately equal arguments for source impedance and line impedance as well as in the embodiment according to the general alternative as regards arguments, the components included, such as analog-digital converters, travelling wave models, summation device, comparison device, etc., can of course be designed as more or less integrated solutions based on modern analog or digital ~ 20 techniques.
; As stated in the description of the method, alterna-tive solutions to both alternative versions can be formed with a complete travelling wave model with the aid of which the voltage distribution along the whole trans-mission line between P and Q can be obtained, or with a simplified model which only gives the control voltage in the respect1ve opposite station.
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The determinations are repeated at different assumed locations until the determined current and the voltage have the same phase, which means that the fault point has been correctly located.
Another method is described in U.S. Patent No.
4,559,491 (Saha). This publication relates to a method for fault location on a section of a three-phase power line. After measurement of currents and voltages at one end of the section, the type of fault is first deter-mined and thereafter certain parameters in an equation s~stem are determined. The equation system used provides relationships between the complex values of the impedance of the section, the impedances of the n`etworks of the near end and of the remote end of the section, and meas-ured currents and voltages while eliminating fault resis-tance, zero sequence components, etc. Solving the equation system gives the distance from the end point o the section to the location of the fault in questiOn.
In an inven-tion described in Canadian application Serial No. 484,063, filed on June 14th 1985 in the name of Nimmersjo, a method and a device for locating a fault is described, which is based on voltage waves emanating from a measuring point towards the fault location and corresponding waves reflected from the fault location, which waves are included in a travelling wave model of the transmission line. The invention described in this ea~lier application comprises carrying ou~, at certain specified time intervals, a measurement of the instantan-::~
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With these measured values and with -the aid of the travelling wave model, the voltage at a number of control points along the transmission line can be calculated.
If the transmission line is energized and the calcula-ted control vol-tages at two consecutive control points cons-tantly have different signs, there is a fault on the transmission line between these points. Starting :Erom the distance between the points in question and the calculated control voltages, -the location of the fault can be determined by interpolation.
It is tha travelling wave model described in the above-noted prior application that forms the basis for the fault location method and equipment according to the present invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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According to the present invention there i5 pro-vided a method for locating a fault on an electrical power line extending between a first and a second sta-tion included in a power transmission sys-tem, in which at each pOillt of the line, measurement is made of the instantaneous values of the current flowing in -the line and the voltage of the line, which values are converted into corresponding digital values and are supplied to each respective station to produce in accordance with a travelling wave model of the line the instantaneous : voltage distribution along the transmission line, as seen from the first and from the second station, com-~ prising:
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, - 3a -the diEference exceeding a pre-set threshold value in either s-tation, generating a first value in the Eirst station re-presenting the difEerence be-~ween the voltage in the second station, calculated in the travelling wave model in the first station with values oE
-the currents and voltages measured in the first sta-tion and -the corresponding voltage at an im-mediately preceding time, generating a similar second value in the second station for the first station using the travelling wave model in the second station, and transmitting one of said first and second values to the station in which it was not generated and - used there in digital form to compute where the faul-t lies on the line relative to said station.
According to the present invention, there is also pro-vi.ded an equipment -Eor determining the location of a fault on a power line between a first (P) and a second (Q) station included in a multi-phase power transmission system, comprising: :
a first summation device to generate a difference voltage ap = ¦QUPP¦ equal to the difference between a voltage (U'p) determined .in the first station, and a correspon~ing voltage (U'' p) one time unit : earlier, a second summation device to generate a difference voltage aq= ¦QUQq¦ equal to the difference between a voltage (U'Q), determined in the second station and a corresponding voltage (U''Q) one time unit earlier, :: a third summation d0vice to generate a difference :~ -~' .: ~ , ., . - ~ .:
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; means to transmit the differerlce voltages aq,bq and c from the second station Q to the Eirst sta-: q tion P, means to supply the difference voltages ap, bp ~: and cp together with the values of aq, bq and cq transmitted to the firs-t station, to a calculator, : the calculator calculates ~' .
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will now be described, by ~ 20 way of example, with reference to the accompanying :: ~ drawings, in which: :
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Figure 12 shows an embodiment of a device according to the invention for location of a ground fault when the complex impedances of the power sources and the lin~
have approximately equal argument~, Figure 13 shows an embodiment of a device according to the invention for location of a ground fault when the complex impedances of the power sources and the line ~; 25 may have arguments of different value, Figure 14 shows an embodiment according to the inven-tion of a flow diagram for evaluation of auxiliary quan-tities AP and ~Q for calculating the fault distance, :
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THEORETICAL BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Figure 1 shows a power transmission line extending ` between two stations or measuriny points P and Q. In the example shown, the line is fed at each end from a respective power source A or B.
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of the respective power source, and U'p and U'Q, respec-tively, are the voltage measured at P and at Q, respec-tively.
In the above-mentioned US patent application No.
743,930, it is described how a travelling wave model of a transmission line can be used forlcalculating the voltage distribution along that line. With the aid of the current and voltage values measured in stations P
; 25 and Q, it is therefore possible to determine, using the travelling wave model, what will be the voltage distri-~`~; bution along the transmission line from station P towards station Q and from station Q towards station P, respec-tively, in a ~aultless state. The result of such calcu-, .
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In an ideal transmission system, the zero sequence v~oltage and the negative sequence voltage are zero in the faultless case. In practice, they can be assumed to be small. This is particularly true of that part of the zero sequence voltage and the negative sequence voltage which is generated by asvmmetry in the monitored transmission line. The voltage change which arisss as a result of a-fault may eithe~;-be conceived to be that difference voltage ~U which, in accordance with the Helmhortz-Thevenin theorem, arises at the different points of the network because of the fault, or only the zero ~
sequence or negative sequence component of this change.
The conclusions drawn are valid for all interpretations of ~U. Thus, in the faultless case, ~U = O at all measur-ing points.
When the transmission line shown in Figure 1 is subjected to an internal fault, that is, a fault located between the measurlng points P and Q (see Figure 4), a real voltage distribution is obtained as shown in Figure 5. The greatest voltage change QUF occurs at the fault point F. The real measured voltage at the points P and Q are now represented as U"p and U"Q. In the following description the sign ' will indicate the value of a quan-tity prior to the occurrence of a fault and the sign " the value of a quantity after the occurrence of a fault.
Further, in order to describe the invention, an indexing system defining the quantities in question is needed.
An index containing P indicates that the quantity ~` in question has been determined with values measured at the measuring point P-.-~ .
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An index containing p indicates that the value of the quantity in question is calculated for the point P.
An index containing q indicates that the value of the quantity in question is calculated for the point Q.
This means, for example, that Upq indicates a voltage at Q calculated with values measured at P.
With the aid of this system, the following difference voltages will now be defined:
~Upp = U'p - U"p (1) 15 ~UQq = U'Q - U"Q ~2) :~Up9 = U'pq - U"pq (3) ~Qp = U'Qp - U"Qp (4) ;~ The zero se~uence component in the changes is obtained by forming the sum of the phase voltages U'R, U's and U'T.
Prior to a fault, U'IR + U''s + U''T = , and a simple calcu-pp)o~ (~UQq)0r (~Upq)0 and (~U ) in all these cases is obtained since (AU)o = U'0 = UIR ~ U's + U'T
The negative sequence component can be obtained by means of some known type of negative sequence filter.
In Figure 6 the voltage differences according to equations (1), (2), (3) and-(4) are plotted graphically.
It can be determined that a device at P for calculating the voltage distribution from P towards Q has a line model which i.s correct between P and F but incorrect : , : , ' ~ : ' , ; ' at point F, and therefore the calculated voltage distribu-tion is incorrect in the region between F and Q. In similar manner, a device at Q provides a correct picture of the voltage distribution between Q and F but an incorr-ect dis~ribution for the reyion Fp, The two devicesjointly give a correct distribution of the voltage divided between PF for the device at P and QF for the device at Q. F is the only point for which the two devices give the same model voltage.
The voltage differences ~P and ~Q, as they are repre-sented in Figure 6, that is, ~P = QU~p - ~Upp (5) ~Q = aUpq - ~UQq (6) can now be utilized for ground fault indica~ion, since irl a faultless state both ~P and ~Q will be zero. ~P
constiutes an error in measurement at Q concerning the voltage change at P, and ~Q constitutes an error in measurement at P concerning the voltage at Q because the models in the case of a fault at F are not correct for the whole transmission line. AP and aQ can therefore be referrea to as model fault voltages which are always zero if the real transmission line and the model are in agreement~
For calculating ~P and ~Q in equations 15~ and (6), the mean value, the R.M.S. or the peak value of the differ-ence voltage can be utilized.
Th~ method and ~he device for fault location according to the invention are based on an evaluation of the model fault voltages AP and ~Q. When ~P and ~Q are not zero, this means that a fault has occurred. On the basis of ~;~ the geometry in Figure 6, the fault can be located in simple manner. If the distance between P and Q is desig-'~
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~P t ~Q PQ (7) With the aid of the voltage differences described, a. fault located behind a measuring point can also be detected in a simple manner. In the case of measuring point P, a fault located behind relates to a fault between the power sourca A and the point P, and in the case of measuring point Q a fault located behind relates to a fault between the power source B and the point Q.
If a fault occurs between A and P as shown in Figure 7, a real voltage distribution is obtained according to Figure 8. The distribution of the voltage difference between P and Q, calculated with the travelling wave model, is clear from Figure 9. It can be seen that the protection devices at P and Q provide the same voltage distribution for the whole transmission line, which means that for a fault located behind the measuring point in question the following relationships apply i~Upq~ UQpl = o (8) ~ I~UQPI - I~UPPI = (9) It can also be shown in a simple manner that equations ~; (8) and (9) must be valid for a fault between B and Q.
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In the figures the distribution of the difference voltages along the transmission line have been drawn as straight lines. It can be proved that this is the case since the difference in argument for the complex impedances of the power sources and the line is small.
This is a prerequisite for the fault location e~uation (7) which, however, gives good results also in the case of normal differences between the arguments of the soruces and the line~ This means that if the arg~ments are not too differen- only two calculated values from station Q, namely ~UQq and QUQp, need be transferred to station A general and exact calculation method with arbitrary source impedances presupposes that three quantities are transferred via the data communications link which a constantly switched-in fault locator requires. The basis for the general case will be described below. The des-cription is based on stationary conditions, that is, with complex currents and voltages. ~I is defined as the stationary fault current which is superposed on the condition prevailing prior to the oceurrence of the fault and constitutes the current flowing at the fault point.
This current is distributed such that ~ KlpQI~ p is the positive sequence component ; 25 K2p ~2 = ~I~p is the negative sequence component and Kopalo = ~Iop is the zero sequence component ~ of the current at the measuring point P. K is the distri-; bution factor for ~he respective component of the current at the fault point.
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A single-phase ground fault in phase R is assumed to occur on the transmission line.
In this case, ~I1 = AI2 = aIO = ~I~ For each phase the control voltages of the measuring point, after the occurrence of a fault, can be expressed as follows:
URp = U'Rpp - ~I (K PZlA + K2P 2A OP OA ~ t12) Uspp = U'spp - ~I (a K1pZ1A + aK2PZ2A + KoP OA) (13) UTp = U~Tpp - ~I (aK1pZlA+ a K2PZ2A ~ KPZOA) ~14) The calculated control voltages for the remote end point are as follows:
U = U~ p - aI [K1p(Zl~ + Zl) + K2P( 2A 1 0 0 15 + ZO)] (15) uspq = ulspq - ~I la Klp~ZlA + Zl) + aK2p~Z2A + Zl) ;~ + K~p~ZOA + Z)~ (16) TPq TPq ~I [aK1p~Z1A ~Zl) + a K2P(Z2A + Zl) +
+ KOP(ZOA + Ao)] (17) . 20 During the filtration in order to obtain the voltage : change, U' disappears, and for the first period or half-period after a fault, depending on how the filtration is performed, the following relationships are valid:
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~' ' ' '~ :' ~URpp = - ~I (K1p~lA t K2PZ2A ~ KoP OA) (18) ~uspp = ~ a KlpZlA ~ aK2PZ2A + KPZOA) (19) QU = - ~I (aKlpZlA t a K2PZ2A OP OA ~20) and S RPq [ lP( lA 1) 2P( 2A 1)z P~ 20 o)l ( ) ~U = - ~I [a Klp(ZlA~zl~ ~ aK2P(Z2A 1) t RoP~ZoA~Zo)3 ~22) ; ~U = _ ~I [aK1p(ZlA+zl) ~ a K2P(Z2A 1) OP( OA 0)] (23) - 10The ~ero sequence change and also the negative ~ sequence change, that is, one-third of the sum voltage, `~ are of special interest to ground fault detection. Since UO = O may be assumed to be valid prior to a fault, its ~ occur~ence implies that thers is a fault in the network.
- ~ 15 Thus, in addition to the generation o the sum of the phase ~ltages, no special filtering to obtain ~UO is needed, and ~UO = O p~ior to a fault. If Kop~ Iop is used, the sum voltage can ~e exp~essed as:
p~ ~ R~T ~UiPq 3IZOA O P (24) and ;~AUopp = RST ~Ulpp 3ZOA OP (25) For the actual fault ~oint, if the zero seque~ce impedance of P~ is designated ZOPF~ the following sum voltage can be calculated:
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OQq RST ~UiQq -3~zoB + zO) ~IoQ (27) Qq RST ~UiQp = -3ZoB ' ~IOQ (28) and QUOQf = ~ ~Ui = -3(Z + Z ) ~ ~I (29) It is also possible to write:
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~UOpp = -3(ZoA + ZOPF) QIop + 3ZOPF OP OPf OPF Iop (31) ; and since ~Uopf = ~UoQf~ the following relationships are obtained:
~UOQp = ~UOpf - 3ZoPF OQ (32) and ~UOQq = ~Uopf + 3ZoQF OQ
Now, if the following equations are lnserted ~Po = ~UOQp - aUOpp .
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It can be noted that aPo and QQO have the same argu-ments, since the impedance quotient in the righthand term of equatiOn (36~ is real. ZOPF and ~OQF have the same arguments since they are parts of the same line PQ. Given the simplified assumption that the complex impedances in the source and the line have the same argu-ments, the voltages ~UoQp~ ~UOpq and aUOQq will have the same phase angle, and the simplified calculation with mean values according to equations (5) to (7) can be used. This makes it possible to limit the data trans-mission to two mean values ¦aUOql and ¦QU~P¦ from station Q to station P in order to evaluate the fault position on the transmission line as previously described. What is further required in the general case for an exact determination is another measured ~alue for determining the phase angle y~ between ~U~p and ~UQ~, ~:`
The problem in the general case with arbitrary source ~ impedances is ~hat the mut~al phase dïfference between `~ 20 the partial v~ltages at QP and ~Q have to be determined before the amounts of Ap and ~Q can be determined. A
general method, independent of the arguments of the source impedances, is obtained if, in addition to the above-mentioned calculated end point voltages, the difference ;~ 25 voltages defined below are also utilized. The method then only uses peak values or mean values.
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If, in order to simplify quantity designations and indexes for quantities locally calculated at P, the follow-ing equations are inserted laUOppl = ap (39) ; !aU~pql = bp (40) UOppql = cp (41) and if for quantities locally calculated at Q Jthe follow-ing equations are inserted l UOQ~I aq (42) .
~ laUOQpl = bq (43) I~UOQ I = C (4 : it will be clear from the vectorial relationship in Figures 10 and 11 that a, b and c constitute sides in triangles ~ having corners C , Bp, Ap and Cq, Bq, Aq, respectively, :~ where the triangle~ have been placed in a right-angled system of coordinates xy with C and C at the origin of coordinates and with the sides C B and C Bq along ~ 20 the x-axis. Since now all the sides in the triangles : : are known, it is possible to determine a ll the angles in the triangles with the aid of the cosine theorem.
Especially the angles ~ and:y , respectively, are deter-mined ~rom ~he eguation , ' ' :::
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2 + b2 _ c2 ( ~) (45) 2ab From Figure 10 the significance of ~P and ~Q is also clear. However, as has been shown in equation (36), in order to obtain correct ~P and ~Q values these must : 5 have the same arguments, that is, they must b~ parallel.
For example, by turDing the triangle CqBqAq through an angle ~ so that ~P and ~Q become parallel, correct ~alues of these quantities are obtained, which will be clear from Figure 11.
For the corners Aq, Bp, Ap and Bq in Figure 11, :: the following coordinates are ~alid:
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equation ~45) can be expressed as follows:
A cos ~ + B sin ~ + C = 0 (50) S This equation is simplified further and the following quadratic equation is obtained:
(C-A)tan 2 + (2B)tan 2 + ~A+C) = 0 (51) with the solutions (if A +B -C ~0 and A-C ~ 0) = 2 arctan A ~ C (52) A - C-~ 10 Of the two solutions, that solution is rejected ;, which gives the ~ectors BpAq and BgAp opposite directions.
The solution shall fulfil the condition:
[Bqcos(y~+~)-ap] ~bpcosyp-aqcos~] ~ 0 (53) .~
[bqsin(yq+~)]~ [bpsinyp-aqsin~] ~ 0 (54) : 15 QP and QQ can be calculated with the distance formula from . analytical geometry:
, ~ QP = /lb cos(yq+~)-ap~2 + [bqsin(yq+~)]2 (55) ____ .
AQ = ~lbpcosyp-aqcos~]2 + [bqsinyp-aqsin~]2 (56) The ault distance PQ can then be calculated according to equation (7).
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Since the mathematical model for calculating control voltages or the voltage distribution along the trans-mission line is a correct and accurate method within the limits determined by errors in measurement and the like, this also means a high accuracy in the fault loca-tion.
As stated above, the complete travelling wave model gives control voltages along the entire transmission line. However, as will have been clear from the disclosure Of the invention, what is needed for the fault location is really only access to control voltages at the two end points calculated with measured values for the respec-tive opposite end point on the protected transmission line, in addition to a communication link between P and Q, This means that it is also possible to use a simplified version of the travelling wave model and that the device for carrying out the method according to the.invention :~ will therefore be a considerably simpler device than if a complete voltage distribution has to be obtained.
The method and the device according to the invention can be applied to principal voltages, phase voltages as well as zero sequence and negative sequence voltages.
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DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED:EMBODIMENTS
As will have been clear from the description of the method for location of a fault point, the starting-: 25 point is the same model fault voltages ~P and ~Q as are : used for detection of a ground fault. In addition to comprising members for the actual ~valuation of the fault distance between one of the stations and the fault point, a device for fault detection therefore comprises necessary members for generating the voltage differences ~P and ~Q.
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g RP' USP' UTpr iRp~ isp and iTp measured in station P are converted from analog signals to corresponding digital ones in the measured value conver-ter 1. The corresponding conversion of measured valuesin station Q takes place in converter 2. The digital measured values are each supplied to a respective trav-elling wave model 3 and 4O
; As will be clear from the above description of the method, the fault location may take place with the aid of a phase voltage, a principal voltage or a negative or zero sequence voltage. Thus, the voltage values U
delivered from the travelling wave model may be any one of these voltages. However, all of them must represent the same voltage; for example, all values U must be princi-pal voltages.
The value of U"p, which may be a mean value of the voltage in question during one period or during a half-period, is compared in the summation member 5 with U'p, that is, the mean value of the same voltage measured for the preceding period or half-period. In stationary and faultless state, the difference ~Upp becomes zero.
When a new measured value for the next period/half-period becomes available,-an existing U"p is transferred into a new U'p and the new measured value forms a new U"p.
This shifting and this updating take place continuously up to the point when a fault occurs, whereby ~pp acquires a value different from zero.
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With the aid of vol.tage and current values measured at P, the voltage U"pq, that is, the voltage in station Q, can be calculated with the travelling wave model. In similar manner, the value of U'pq, that is, the value 5 one period/half-period earlier, can be calculated. These two values are compared with each other in the summation ; member 6, whereby the difference or sum ~Pp is generated.
To be able to use equations (5) and (6~, to generate the differences ~P and ~Q, the values of ~UQq and ~UQp must be available in station P. Value transmission is performed via a transmitter 9 and a receiver 10. The calculations may, of course, take place in station Q, in which case the values of AUpp and ~Up must be transmitted from station P to station Q.
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: ated in accordance with equation (5) in a summation mem~er 11 and the corresponding value of AQ is generated in a summation member 12. According to the description of the method for the fault location, it is possible, with access to the values of AP and ~Q and knowledge :~ of the length PQ of the protected transmission line, to determine the distance between station P and the fault . point using equation (7).
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general method for obtaining ~P and ~Q, described above, must be resorted to, three values have to be transferred from one station to the other, as mentioned above. If the evaluation of ~P and ~Q is to take place in station P, it is the voltage differences in the Q station, that is, the values given by equations (42), (43) and (44) that have to be transferred to station P.
The description of the method according to the inven-tion for evaluation of ~P and ~Q in the general case has been based on the zero sequence voltage change accord-; ing to equations (25) to (56). As also mentioned above, in addition to zero sequence voltages, the evaluation is also valid for negative sequence voltages, phase volt-ages and principal voltages. In order to show that any one of these voltage differences can be used, in the description of the following embodiment of the general method all references to zero sequence or negative sequence voltage, phase voltage and principal voltage has been omitted. Thus, this embodiment will be described using the following equations:
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~ ¦~Uppl = ¦U'p - U"p¦ = ap . tl') ~ I~UQqI = ¦UIQ - U'`Q¦ = aq (2') ¦~Upq¦ = ¦U'pq - U"pql - bp (3') ¦QUQP¦ = ¦ U ' QP - U"QP¦ = bq (4') 25 l~Uppql = I~Upq - ~uppl = cp (57) ~UQgpl = I~UQP ~ ~UQql = cq (58) : This embodiment uses the arrangement shown in Figure 13 which is similar to Figure 12 but includes a calculator 20 and iS supplemented by summation devices 18 and 19 .
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Transmitter 9 and receiver 10 now transmit three measured values a , bq and c , which together with ap, bp and cp are supplied to the calculator 20 for evaluating ~P and ~Q. The calculation of the fault distance PF then takes place in the same way as described with reference to Figure 12.
Figure 14 shows a flow diagram for the calculator 20. It includes devices 21 and 22 for calculating yp and Yq, device 23 for calculating the auxiliary quantities A, B and C, device 24 for calculating ~ and devices 25 and 26 for final calculation of ~P and ~Q.
The calculating devices 21-26 undertake simple mathe-matical operations which can be carried out in many differ-ent ways. In principle, the calculating devices 21 and26 for calculating y and y according to equation (44) can be designed as shown in Figure 15 with multipliers 27 and 28, elements for squaring, 29, summation, 30, division, 31, and a unit for generating the angle by the arccosine function (arccos), 32.
;~ The device 23 for calculating the auxiliary quantities A, B and C according to equations ~47), (483 and (49) may, in principle, be designed as shown in Figure 16 comprising multipliers 33 to 39, summation devices 40, 41 and 42, elements 43, 44 and 45 for sine generation and element 46 for cosine generation.
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The device 26 for calculating ~Q according to equation ; (56) can be designed according to Figure 19 comprising elements for summation, 63, 64, 65, for multiplying, 66, 67, 68, 69, for squaring, 70, 71, for generating the square root, 72, and elements for sine generation, 73, 741 and cosine generation, 75, 76.
In the embodiment of the fault locating equipment which assumes approximately equal arguments for source impedance and line impedance as well as in the embodiment according to the general alternative as regards arguments, the components included, such as analog-digital converters, travelling wave models, summation device, comparison device, etc., can of course be designed as more or less integrated solutions based on modern analog or digital ~ 20 techniques.
; As stated in the description of the method, alterna-tive solutions to both alternative versions can be formed with a complete travelling wave model with the aid of which the voltage distribution along the whole trans-mission line between P and Q can be obtained, or with a simplified model which only gives the control voltage in the respect1ve opposite station.
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Claims (11)
1. A method for locating a fault on an elec-trical power line extending between a first and a second station included in a power transmission system, in which at each end point of the line, measurement is made of the instantaneous values of the current flowing in the line and the voltage of the line, which values are converted into corresponding digital values and are supplied to each respective station to produce in accordance with a travelling wave model of the line the instantaneous voltage distribution along the trans-mission line, as seen from the first and from the second station, comprising:
determining the difference between the present line voltage and the line voltage at an im-mediately preceding time and when a fault is indicated by the difference exceeding a pre-set threshold value in either station, generating a first value in the first station representing the difference between the voltage in the second station, calculated in the travelling wave model in the first station with values of the currents and volt-ages measured in the first station and the corresponding voltage at an immediately pre-ceding time, generating a similar second value in the second station for the first station using the travelling wave model in the second sta-tion, and transmitting one of said first and second values to the station in which it was not generated and used there in digital form to compute where the fault lies on the line relative to said station.
determining the difference between the present line voltage and the line voltage at an im-mediately preceding time and when a fault is indicated by the difference exceeding a pre-set threshold value in either station, generating a first value in the first station representing the difference between the voltage in the second station, calculated in the travelling wave model in the first station with values of the currents and volt-ages measured in the first station and the corresponding voltage at an immediately pre-ceding time, generating a similar second value in the second station for the first station using the travelling wave model in the second sta-tion, and transmitting one of said first and second values to the station in which it was not generated and used there in digital form to compute where the fault lies on the line relative to said station.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein un each travelling wave model, the voltage distribution along the whole transmission line, as seen from the respective station, is calculated.
3. A method according to claim 1, wherein in each travelling wave model, only the voltage in the first and the second station is calculated.
4. A method according to claim 1 wherein the voltages delivered from the travelling wave models are generated as phase voltages.
5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the voltages delivered from the travelling wave models are generated as principal voltages.
6. A method according to claim 1, wherein voltages delivered from the travelling wave models are generated as negative or zero sequence voltages.
7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining includes producing a value ap=¦.DELTA.UPp¦ as the difference between a voltage (U'p), determined in the first station and a corresponding voltage (U''p) one time unit earlier, and producing a value aq=¦.DELTA.UQq¦ as the difference between a voltage (U'Q), determined in the second station and a corresponding voltage (U''Q) one time unit earlier, said first step of generating includes pro-ducing as value bp=?.DELTA.UPq? as the difference between a voltage (U'Pq) in the second sta-tion, calculated in the travelling wave model in the first station with values of currents and voltages measured in the first station, and a corresponding voltage (U''Pq) one time unit earlier, said second step of generating includes producing a value bq=?.DELTA.UQp? as the differ-ence between a voltage (U'Qp) in the first station, calculated in the travelling wave model in the second station with values of currents and voltages measured in the second station, and a corresponding voltage (U "Qp) one time unit earlier, the computation of where the fault lies on the line includes producing a value cp as the vectorial difference between the voltages corresponding to ap and bp, producing a value cq as the vectorial dif-ference between the voltages corresponding to aq and bq, determining a value .DELTA.P as and determining a value Q as where where obtaining the distance between the first station and a fault point F on the transmission line between the first station and the second station with a mutual distance PQ as PF= .DELTA.P/(.DELTA.P+.DELTA.Q)PQ.
8. A method according to claim 7, wherein when the difference in argument between the complex impedances of the power sources and the trans-mission line is less than 10 degrees, .DELTA.P and .DELTA.Q are expressed, respectively, as and
9. A method according to claim 7, wherein the values of ap, bp, cp and aq, bq, cq represent one of the rectified mean value, the R.M.S.
and the peak value of the corresponding voltages.
and the peak value of the corresponding voltages.
10. Equipment for determining the location of a fault on a power line between a first (P) and a second (Q) station included in a multi-phase power transmission system, comprisings:
a first summation device to generate a difference voltage ap=? .DELTA.UPp? equal to the difference between a voltage (U'p) determined in the first station, and a corresponding voltage (U''p) one time unit earlier, a second summation device to generate a difference voltage aq=? .DELTA.UQq? equal to the difference between a voltage (U'Q), determined in the second station and a corresponding voltage (U''Q) one time unit earlier, a third summation device to generate a difference voltage b =? .DELTA.UPq? equal to the difference between a voltage (U'Pq) in the second station, cal-culated in the travelling wave model in the first station with values of voltages and currents measured in the first station, and a corresponding voltage (U"Pq) one time unit earlier, a fourth summation device to generate a differ-ence voltage bq?.DELTA.UQp? equal to the difference be-tween a voltage (U'Qp) in the first station, calculated in the travelling wave model in the second station with values of voltages and currents measured in the second station, and a corresponding voltage (U''Qp) one time unit earlier, a fifth summation device to generate the vectorial difference cp between the voltages corresponding to ap and bp, a sixth summation device to generate the difference cq between the voltages corresponding to aq and bq, means to transmit the difference voltages aq, bq and cq from the second station Q to the first station P, means to supply the difference voltages ap, bp and cp together with the values of aq, bq and cq transmitted to the first station, to a calculator, the calculator calculates and where in which a seventh summation device to generate the sum of .DELTA.P and .DELTA.Q, means to generate the quotient between P and the sum of .DELTA.P and .DELTA.Q, and means to obtain a measure of the distance PF between the first station and a fault point F on the transmission line between the first and the second stations with a mutual distance PQ by multiplying PQ by said quotient between .DELTA.P and .DELTA.P plus .DELTA.Q.
a first summation device to generate a difference voltage ap=? .DELTA.UPp? equal to the difference between a voltage (U'p) determined in the first station, and a corresponding voltage (U''p) one time unit earlier, a second summation device to generate a difference voltage aq=? .DELTA.UQq? equal to the difference between a voltage (U'Q), determined in the second station and a corresponding voltage (U''Q) one time unit earlier, a third summation device to generate a difference voltage b =? .DELTA.UPq? equal to the difference between a voltage (U'Pq) in the second station, cal-culated in the travelling wave model in the first station with values of voltages and currents measured in the first station, and a corresponding voltage (U"Pq) one time unit earlier, a fourth summation device to generate a differ-ence voltage bq?.DELTA.UQp? equal to the difference be-tween a voltage (U'Qp) in the first station, calculated in the travelling wave model in the second station with values of voltages and currents measured in the second station, and a corresponding voltage (U''Qp) one time unit earlier, a fifth summation device to generate the vectorial difference cp between the voltages corresponding to ap and bp, a sixth summation device to generate the difference cq between the voltages corresponding to aq and bq, means to transmit the difference voltages aq, bq and cq from the second station Q to the first station P, means to supply the difference voltages ap, bp and cp together with the values of aq, bq and cq transmitted to the first station, to a calculator, the calculator calculates and where in which a seventh summation device to generate the sum of .DELTA.P and .DELTA.Q, means to generate the quotient between P and the sum of .DELTA.P and .DELTA.Q, and means to obtain a measure of the distance PF between the first station and a fault point F on the transmission line between the first and the second stations with a mutual distance PQ by multiplying PQ by said quotient between .DELTA.P and .DELTA.P plus .DELTA.Q.
11. Equipment according to claim 10, wherein when the difference in argument between the complex impedances of the power sources and the transmission line is smaller than 10 degrees, .DELTA.P is generated in an eighth summation device as the difference between .DELTA.UQp and .DELTA.UPp, and .DELTA.Q is generated in a ninth summation device as the difference between .DELTA.UPq and .DELTA.UQp.
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