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Method and apparatus for locating a fault on a line

US4128805A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 1977
Grant dateDec 5, 1978
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Expiry dateMar 14, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02H3/382
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of, and apparatus for, locating a fault on a line, wherein current and voltage signals weighted relative to one another are formed from measurement signals corresponding to the line current and line voltage at a measurement location and after superimposing are used for a phase detection. At least one of the current signals or voltage signals is multiplied by a weighting factor at least approximately devoid of phase shift. From mutual relatively weighted current- and voltage signals there is determined the phase angle of a sinusoidal component of at least one auxiliary signal -- corresponding to the sum or difference of a respective pair of mutually relatively weighted measurement currents and measurement voltages -- in relation to a reference phase position which can be correlated to a reference location at the line.

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