摘要 |
The present invention relates to a method for calculating the distance to fault in a section of a power transmission network, which section is arranged with line terminals at both ends, each terminal including impedance relays (AA, BB), including the steps of, at the occurence of a fault; measuring the apparent impedances by each relay, measuring the relaying currents, determining the type of fault, checking whether the fault involves a fault resistance or not, and, if so, solving a quadratic equation for complex numbers, resolving the quadratic equation for the real and imaginary components, obtaining two quadratic equations for a fault distance in which the coefficients are real numbers, combining the two equations and obtaining a distance to fault, or, if not so, solving a quadratic equation for real numbers, obtaining two solutions for the distance to fault d<SUB>1</SUB>, d<SUB>2 </SUB>and comparing the solutions as 0<(D<SUB>1 </SUB>or d<SUB>2</SUB>)<1 pu, where pu is the length of transmission lines between the line terminals. |