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Fault Location in Distribution Networks with the Presence of Distributed Generation Units Based on the Impedance Matrix

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The study of “fault rapid detection and resolution” in the power network is particularly important in sensitive areas of the network. Today, the use of distributed generation in the distribution network is increasing. In the event of an accident, if the fault location is quickly identified, the recovery of the faulty network is accelerated and the shutdown time is minimized. Since distributed generation networks do not have the traditional methods of fault location, accurate and efficient performance, so in this paper, for the least interrupted power supply, a new method for locating and identifying the faulted part of the distribution system with the presence of distributed generation is studied. The proposed method is based on the impedance matrix of the distribution network which has high speed and accuracy in fault location and also has high accuracy in simulations considering the asymmetry of loads and network. In this paper, simulations are implemented in OpenDSS software under various fault conditions and the results are processed in MATLAB software.

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    Seyed Mohammad Sadegh Hosseinimoghadam, Masoud Dashtdar & Majid Dashtdar

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Hosseinimoghadam, S.M.S., Dashtdar, M. & Dashtdar, M. Fault Location in Distribution Networks with the Presence of Distributed Generation Units Based on the Impedance Matrix. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. B 102, 227–236 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40031-020-00520-2

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