Patent ID: 11971440
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 3:
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the faulted conductor comprises a first length thereof spanning from the connection terminal of the faulted conductor where the current therein was measured to an opposite remote connection terminal at a remote location within the power transmission system and a subsequent series of lengths of the faulted conductor operatively connected to the remote connection terminal of the first length so as to transmit power beyond the remote connection terminal of the first length to a farther location within the power transmission system, and the method further includes:
checking whether the predicted distance is less than the first length of the faulted conductor between the opposite connection terminals thereof, and
if true then determining that the fault is located along the first length of the faulted conductor, or
if false then determining that the fault is located along the subsequent series of lengths of the faulted conductor;

and if the fault is determined to be located along the first length of the faulted conductor, disconnecting the first length of the faulted conductor so as to interrupt fault currents generated as a result of the fault event.