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Table 6 Comparison for the estimated fault distance (km) and percentage error in fault location (%) for a single line to ground fault (a-g), with a fault resistance (R f ) = 0.1Ω at different fault locations (2 km to 18 km i.e., FDR varied from 0.1 to 0.9 p.u., respectively), on the distribution line DL AB in the micro grid operating under grid connected mode, subjected to various levels of DG penetrations

From: A fast time-frequency response based differential spectral energy protection of AC microgrids including fault location

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Fault Type

Fault Resistance (in Ω)

Fault Distance Ratio (0–1) [×100 in %]

Faulted

Distribution Line

Total line Distance

(in km)

Actual Fault Distance (km)

DG status

Conventional DFT Technique

Proposed TFR technique

Estimate (km)

Percentage

Error in Fault Location (in %)

Estimate (km)

Percentage

Error in Fault Location (in %)

1

a-g

0.1

0.1

DL AB

20

2

DG 1 2 3 4 on

2.0681

0.3412

2.0112

0.0622

2

0.2

LAB

20

4

4.0944

0.4731

4.0226

0.1121

3

0.3

LAB

20

6

6.1261

0.6353

6.0400

0.2024

4

0.4

LAB

20

8

8.1639

0.8254

8.0640

0.3243

5

0.5

LAB

20

10

10.208

1.0412

10.095

0.4863

6

0.6

LAB

20

12

12.2614

1.3114

12.1360

0.6826

7

0.7

LAB

20

14

14.3241

1.6262

14.1866

0.9376

8

0.8

LAB

20

16

16.3989

1.9959

16.2495

1.2522

9

0.9

LAB

20

18

18.4888

2.4421

18.3258

1.6334

10

0.1

LAB

20

2

DG 1 2 3 on

DG 4 off

2.0436

0.2180

1.9892

0.0542

11

0.2

LAB

20

4

4.0479

0.2395

3.9785

0.1076

12

0.3

LAB

20

6

6.0527

0.2633

5.9681

0.1594

13

0.4

LAB

20

8

8.0580

0.2902

7.9581

0.2097

14

0.5

LAB

20

10

10.0640

0.3198

9.9485

0.2577

15

0.6

LAB

20

12

12.0705

0.3525

11.9393

0.3034

16

0.7

LAB

20

14

14.0777

0.3886

13.9305

0.3475

17

0.8

LAB

20

16

16.0857

0.4283

15.9221

0.3897

18

0.9

LAB

20

18

18.0944

0.4721

17.9140

0.4300

19

0.1

LAB

20

2

DG 1 2 on

DG 3 4 off

2.0283

0.1415

2.0004

0.0018

20

0.2

LAB

20

4

4.0364

0.1820

4.0033

0.0167

21

0.3

LAB

20

6

6.0458

0.2289

6.0083

0.0413

22

0.4

LAB

20

8

8.0557

0.2786

8.0143

0.0717

23

0.5

LAB

20

10

10.0660

0.3302

10.0212

0.1059

24

0.6

LAB

20

12

12.0766

0.3830

12.0285

0.1425

25

0.7

LAB

20

14

14.0873

0.4365

14.0362

0.1809

26

0.8

LAB

20

16

16.0985

0.4923

16.0445

0.2225

27

0.9

LAB

20

18

18.1110

0.5551

18.0546

0.2730

10

0.1

LAB

20

2

DG 1 on

DG 2 3 4 off

2.0506

0.2531

1.9950

0.0248

11

0.2

LAB

20

4

4.0600

0.3001

3.9884

0.0582

12

0.3

LAB

20

6

6.0694

0.3470

5.9816

0.0922

13

0.4

LAB

20

8

8.0793

0.3963

7.9756

0.1221

14

0.5

LAB

20

10

10.0903

0.4514

9.9710

0.1450

15

0.6

LAB

20

12

12.1030

0.5150

11.9684

0.1579

16

0.7

LAB

20

14

14.1183

0.5917

13.9685

0.1576

17

0.8

LAB

20

16

16.1370

0.6850

15.9718

0.1411

18

0.9

LAB

20

18

18.1584

0.7922

17.9770

0.1150

19

0.1

LAB

20

2

DG 1 2 3 4 off

2.0226

0.1130

2.0045

0.0227

20

0.2

LAB

20

4

4.0309

0.1545

4.0145

0.0723

21

0.3

LAB

20

6

6.0371

0.1853

6.0231

0.1154

22

0.4

LAB

20

8

8.0397

0.1983

8.0286

0.1431

23

0.5

LAB

20

10

10.0379

0.1893

10.0300

0.1499

24

0.6

LAB

20

12

12.0310

0.1548

12.0266

0.1328

25

0.7

LAB

20

14

14.0184

0.0922

14.0174

0.0871

26

0.8

LAB

20

16

16.0019

0.0094

15.9995

0.0025

27

0.9

LAB

20

18

17.9733

0.1335

17.9787

0.1065