A multiple model filtering approach to transmission line fault diagnosis

This paper provides justification and implementation for a multiple model filtering approach to diagnosis of transmission line three-phase short to ground faults in the presence of protection misoperations. This approach utilizes the electric network dynamics and wide area measurements to provide diagnosis outcomes. A second focus of this paper is on the reduction of computational complexity of the diagnosis algorithm. This issue is addressed by a two-step heuristic. The first step designs subsystem models through measurement selection. The second step reduces the dynamic model order. The performance of the diagnosis algorithms are evaluated on a simulated WSCC 9-bus system. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.