In order to enhance the reliability of traveling wave fault location (TWFL) systems, an improved wide area traveling wave fault location (WA-TWFL) algorithms is presented in this paper. In the disturbance area that near to the fault position, we can first get the possible fault positions by using the outgoing path data from the substation that first records the initial traveling wave, then use the possible fault position to verify the reasonableness of data recorded. The fault position that has no counter-example in logical is the real fault position. EMTP simulation verifies the validity and applicability of this algorithm.
Fault location method for transmission grids based on time difference of arrival of wide area travelling wave