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Table 8 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 ) = 10 Ω 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

l. No.

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 %)

Estimate (km)

Percentage

Error (in %)

1

a-g

10

0.1

LAB

20

2

DG 1 2 3 4 on

2.6584

3.2919

2.6063

3.0313

2

0.2

LAB

20

4

4.9467

4.7335

4.8906

4.4529

3

0.3

LAB

20

6

7.3169

6.5844

7.2603

6.3014

4

0.4

LAB

20

8

9.8024

9.0119

9.7498

8.7491

5

0.5

LAB

20

10

12.4584

12.2922

12.4164

12.0822

6

0.6

LAB

20

12

15.3774

16.8869

15.3552

16.7761

7

0.7

LAB

20

14

18.7261

23.6306

18.7162

23.5808

8

0.8

LAB

20

16

22.7886

33.9430

22.7344

33.6720

9

0.9

LAB

20

18

27.8364

49.1818

27.7534

48.7672

10

0.1

LAB

20

2

DG 1 2 3 on

DG 4 off

2.2228

1.1139

2.1697

0.8484

11

0.2

LAB

20

4

4.3147

1.5736

4.2531

1.2655

12

0.3

LAB

20

6

6.4357

2.1787

6.3664

1.8321

13

0.4

LAB

20

8

8.5999

2.9993

8.5240

2.6198

14

0.5

LAB

20

10

10.8311

4.1557

10.7506

3.7530

15

0.6

LAB

20

12

13.1717

5.8587

13.0889

5.4445

16

0.7

LAB

20

14

15.6986

8.4931

15.6156

8.0778

17

0.8

LAB

20

16

18.5583

12.7917

18.4735

12.3675

18

0.9

LAB

20

18

22.0391

20.1955

21.9325

19.6624

19

0.1

LAB

20

2

DG 1 2 on

DG 3 4 off

2.2391

1.1954

2.1821

0.9105

20

0.2

LAB

20

4

4.3287

1.6434

4.2578

1.2891

21

0.3

LAB

20

6

6.4452

2.2262

6.3608

1.8039

22

0.4

LAB

20

8

8.5982

2.9912

8.4996

2.4982

23

0.5

LAB

20

10

10.8020

4.0101

10.6882

3.4411

24

0.6

LAB

20

12

13.0794

5.3970

12.9491

4.7454

25

0.7

LAB

20

14

15.4663

7.3316

15.3185

6.5924

26

0.8

LAB

20

16

18.0207

10.1035

17.8542

9.2712

27

0.9

LAB

20

18

20.8351

14.1755

20.6508

13.2541

10

0.1

LAB

20

2

DG 1 on

DG 2 3 4 off

1.8329

0.8355

1.9015

0.4927

11

0.2

LAB

20

4

3.7707

1.1467

3.8521

0.7395

12

0.3

LAB

20

6

5.7063

1.4684

5.8006

0.9971

13

0.4

LAB

20

8

7.6361

1.8194

7.7438

1.2809

14

0.5

LAB

20

10

9.5573

2.2137

9.6798

1.6011

15

0.6

LAB

20

12

11.4676

2.6620

11.6070

1.9652

16

0.7

LAB

20

14

13.3650

3.1751

13.5239

2.3803

17

0.8

LAB

20

16

15.2473

3.7635

15.4295

2.8525

18

0.9

LAB

20

18

17.1122

4.4392

17.3225

3.3877

19

0.1

LAB

20

2

DG 1 2 3 4 off

2.0501

0.2504

1.9889

0.0553

20

0.2

LAB

20

4

4.0535

0.2677

3.9780

0.1099

21

0.3

LAB

20

6

6.0576

0.2880

5.9673

0.1637

22

0.4

LAB

20

8

8.0622

0.3110

7.9565

0.2174

23

0.5

LAB

20

10

10.0674

0.3371

9.9460

0.2701

24

0.6

LAB

20

12

12.0733

0.3664

11.9356

0.3219

25

0.7

LAB

20

14

14.0798

0.3990

13.9256

0.3722

26

0.8

LAB

20

16

16.0871

0.4356

15.9157

0.4214

27

0.9

LAB

20

18

18.0953

0.4764

17.9063

0.4686