Electric Power ›› 2021, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (11): 91-96,114.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.202105071

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Faulted Line Segment Location Method for Low-Voltage Distribution Network Based on Adjacency Matrix

YAO Yongfeng1, WANG Qizhe2, WANG Huiping1, JIA Jia1, XIA Xibin1   

  1. 1. State Grid Henan Electric Power Company Xinxiang Power Supply Company, Xinxiang 453000, China;
    2. School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
  • Received:2021-05-18 Revised:2021-09-14 Online:2021-11-05 Published:2021-11-16
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Research on Coordinated Fault Traversal Control of Microgrid Group Considering Current Limiting Energy Router, No.51877154)

Abstract: The low-voltage distribution network is characterized by short feeder line sections, a large number of line branches, and a complex and changeable topology, and the integration of distributed generation further complicates the faulted line segment location problem. This paper investigates a novel faulted line segment location algorithm by combining the graph theory and artificial intelligence algorithm. Firstly, the adjacency matrix corresponding to the configuration of the fault monitoring units in distribution network is built, then the connectivity equivalent model of fault current in the topology of fault monitoring units is established. The monitoring information of the fault monitoring unit is calculated according to the shortest path from the power source to the estimated fault line section. Based on these works, the fault line segment location model of low-voltage distribution network considering multiple faults is developed, and the particle swarm optimization algorithm is used to solve the model. The results of simulation examples show that the proposed method can effectively improve the efficiency and accuracy of fault location.

Key words: low-voltage distribution network, fault section location, adjacency matrix, the shortest path, particle swarm optimization algorithm