Use of Traveling Wave Signatures in Medium-Voltage Distribution Systems for Fault Detection and Location
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10.2172/1814596
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Protection systems are a critical feature for the proper operation of a power grid. Protection systems should be able to quickly detect, identify, locate, and isolate the faults within a time frame that prevents damage to grid components and reduces customer outages. As more inverter-based photovoltaics (PV) are integrated into the grid, phasor domain based protection schemes become more inaccurate due to low levels of fault current from inverters or respond too slowly to accurately identify fault conditions. This points to the need to identify and develop novel protection approaches for distribution systems with high penetration of inverter based PV. The main objective of the project is to develop new time domain-based protection schemes to enable more accurate and faster detection, identification and location of faults in distribution systems and/or microgrids with high penetration of inverter-based PV. Our approach aims to exploit the traveling waves that are generated during a fault or other disturbances in the grid.
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AB - Protection systems are a critical feature for the proper operation of a power grid. Protection systems should be able to quickly detect, identify, locate, and isolate the faults within a time frame that prevents damage to grid components and reduces customer outages. As more inverter-based photovoltaics (PV) are integrated into the grid, phasor domain based protection schemes become more inaccurate due to low levels of fault current from inverters or respond too slowly to accurately identify fault conditions. This points to the need to identify and develop novel protection approaches for distribution systems with high penetration of inverter based PV. The main objective of the project is to develop new time domain-based protection schemes to enable more accurate and faster detection, identification and location of faults in distribution systems and/or microgrids with high penetration of inverter-based PV. Our approach aims to exploit the traveling waves that are generated during a fault or other disturbances in the grid.
AU - Prabakar, Kumaraguru
A2 - Singh, Akanksha
A3 - Reynolds, Matthew
A4 - Lunacek, Monte
A5 - Monzon, Lucas
A6 - Velaga, Yaswanth Nag
A7 - Maack, Jonathan
A8 - Tiwari, Soumya
A9 - Roy, Jinia
A10 - Tombari, Colin
A11 - Mendoza Carrillo, Ismael
A12 - Yang, Xinshuo
A13 - Iyengar, Spatika
A14 - John, William
A15 - Anand, Dhananjay.
A16 - Vaidhynathan, Deepthi
DB - C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO - 10.2172/1814596
KW - Power electronics and inverters
KW - Power electronics
KW - Inverters
KW - Solar
KW - Photovoltaics
KW - PV
KW - Battery energy storage
KW - Diesel generators
KW - Other liquid-fuel generators
KW - Standards
KW - Interconnection
KW - Protection
KW - Maintenance and operations
KW - Operations
KW - Maintenance
KW - Commissioning
KW - Planning and design
KW - Planning
KW - Design
LA - English
DA - 2021/08/01
PY - 2021
PB - NLR
T1 - Use of Traveling Wave Signatures in Medium-Voltage Distribution Systems for Fault Detection and Location
UR - https://doi.org/10.2172/1814596
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Prabakar, Kumaraguru, et al. Use of Traveling Wave Signatures in Medium-Voltage Distribution Systems for Fault Detection and Location. NLR, 1 August, 2021, C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://doi.org/10.2172/1814596.
Prabakar, K., Singh, A., Reynolds, M., Lunacek, M., Monzon, L., Velaga, Y., Maack, J., Tiwari, S., Roy, J., Tombari, C., Mendoza Carrillo, I., Yang, X., Iyengar, S., John, W., Anand, D., & Vaidhynathan, D. (2021). Use of Traveling Wave Signatures in Medium-Voltage Distribution Systems for Fault Detection and Location. [Data set]. C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. NLR. https://doi.org/10.2172/1814596
Prabakar, Kumaraguru, Akanksha Singh, Matthew Reynolds, Monte Lunacek, Lucas Monzon, Yaswanth Nag Velaga, Jonathan Maack, Soumya Tiwari, Jinia Roy, Colin Tombari, Ismael Mendoza Carrillo, Xinshuo Yang, Spatika Iyengar, William John, Dhananjay. Anand, and Deepthi Vaidhynathan. Use of Traveling Wave Signatures in Medium-Voltage Distribution Systems for Fault Detection and Location. NLR, August, 1, 2021. Distributed by C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://doi.org/10.2172/1814596
@misc{CMIX_Dataset_332,
title = {Use of Traveling Wave Signatures in Medium-Voltage Distribution Systems for Fault Detection and Location},
author = {Prabakar, Kumaraguru and Singh, Akanksha and Reynolds, Matthew and Lunacek, Monte and Monzon, Lucas and Velaga, Yaswanth Nag and Maack, Jonathan and Tiwari, Soumya and Roy, Jinia and Tombari, Colin and Mendoza Carrillo, Ismael and Yang, Xinshuo and Iyengar, Spatika and John, William and Anand, Dhananjay. and Vaidhynathan, Deepthi},
abstractNote = {Protection systems are a critical feature for the proper operation of a power grid. Protection systems should be able to quickly detect, identify, locate, and isolate the faults within a time frame that prevents damage to grid components and reduces customer outages. As more inverter-based photovoltaics (PV) are integrated into the grid, phasor domain based protection schemes become more inaccurate due to low levels of fault current from inverters or respond too slowly to accurately identify fault conditions. This points to the need to identify and develop novel protection approaches for distribution systems with high penetration of inverter based PV. The main objective of the project is to develop new time domain-based protection schemes to enable more accurate and faster detection, identification and location of faults in distribution systems and/or microgrids with high penetration of inverter-based PV. Our approach aims to exploit the traveling waves that are generated during a fault or other disturbances in the grid.},
url = {https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/332},
year = {2021},
howpublished = {C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange, NLR, https://doi.org/10.2172/1814596},
note = {Accessed: 2026-08-06},
doi = {10.2172/1814596}
}
https://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1814596
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Data from Aug 1, 2021
Last updated Mar 30, 2026
Submitted Jun 2, 2026
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NLR
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Kumaraguru Prabakar
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Keywords
Power electronics and inverters, Power electronics, Inverters, Solar, Photovoltaics, PV, Battery energy storage, Diesel generators, Other liquid-fuel generators, Standards, Interconnection, Protection, Maintenance and operations, Operations, Maintenance, Commissioning, Planning and design, Planning, Design