Cable Fault Recognition Based on the Wavelet Energy Spectrum of Mode Components

Abstract:

When a fault appeared in a power cable transmission line, the transient current with high frequencies would be produced in the system. Three independent mode components could be obtained by applying the phase mode transformation to the transient current. For different types of the faults, the three independent mode components have different features. Based on wavelet energy spectrum of mode components, a method for cable fault recognition is developed in this paper. First, the fault current is decomposed by using Karenbaue transformation matrix. Then, wavelet transformation is uses to obtain the coefficients of the high frequency components which reflect the original signal high frequency energy. Finally, based on the wavelet energy spectrum method and the detailed coefficient manipulation, the equivalent norms of the mode components are obtained. Compared with the traditional fault recognition method, the new method depends less on zero mode component in two-phase short to ground state, and it can recognize the fault class in the cases of different fault positions, different fault path resistances and different inception angles.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 427-429)
• Pages: 834-837
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.427-429.834
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Mei Wang*, Jing Wu
• Keywords: Energy Spectrum, Fault Recognition, Phase Mode Transformation, Power Cable, Wavelet Transform (WT)

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