8th International Conference on Advanced Power System Automation and Protection (APAP2019)

The problem of high resistance grounding fault detection in resonant grounding system is always the pain point and difficulty in the field of power system research. To solve the problem, based on PSCAD software, this paper firstly establishes a typical distribution system model, and analyzes the relationship between the transient component, traveling wave component and the fault initial angle, transition resistance value and arc. Secondly, this paper analyzes the effect of the main fault detection methods such as transient methods and travelling wave method, and gives the effective domain of different detection methods. Above analysis establishes a complete systematic test scheme for the high resistance grounding fault detection, and provides an effective test support for the subsequent effectual fault detection method for high resistance grounding fault.

Resonant grounding system, high resistance, fault detection, arc, test analysis