The evolution of the conventional power systems to smart grids has changed the way to
conceive and operate them. The part of the grid evolving the most is the distribution grid …

One of the main factors that disrupt reliability and stop energy provision is the fault
occurrence in distribution networks. Thus, accurate and fast fault prediction and location in …

Electric power systems will always be exposed to the failure of their components. When a
fault occurs on a line, it is crucial for the fault location to be identified as accurately as …

With the rapid advancement of phasor measurement units (PMUs) technology, system
operators in different level of power systems have access to new and abundant …

Finding the location of faults in distribution networks has been a long standing problem for
utility operators, and an interesting subject for researchers as well. In recent years …

The protection of AC microgrids (MGs) is an issue of paramount importance to ensure their
reliable and safe operation. Designing reliable protection mechanism, however, is not a …

In this study, further improvements regarding the fault location problem for power distribution
systems are presented. The proposed improvements relate to the capacitive effect …

A critical function in outage management for distribution systems is to quickly detect a fault
and identify the activated protective device (s). With ongoing smart grid development …

Various methods have been proposed in the past for locating faults on distribution systems,
which generally entail iterative procedures. This paper presents novel fault-location …

Precise knowledge of faults is very exigent to reduce the outage duration as most of the
customer minute losses in distribution grids occur due to longer period of interruptions …