Fault Localisation in Infinite-Dimensional Linear Electrical Networks

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Main Authors: Selvaratnam, Daniel, Moreschini, Alessio, Das, Amritam, Parisini, Thomas, Sandberg, Henrik
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Published: 2025
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author Selvaratnam, Daniel
Moreschini, Alessio
Das, Amritam
Parisini, Thomas
Sandberg, Henrik
author_facet Selvaratnam, Daniel
Moreschini, Alessio
Das, Amritam
Parisini, Thomas
Sandberg, Henrik
contents We present a novel fault localisation methodology for linear time-invariant electrical networks with infinite-dimensional edge dynamics and uncertain fault dynamics. The theory accommodates instability and also bounded propagation delays in the network. The goal is to estimate the location of a fault along a given network edge, using sensors positioned arbitrarily throughout the network. Passive faults of unknown impedance are considered, along with stable faults of known impedance. To illustrate the approach, we tackle a significant use-case: a multi-conductor transmission line, with dynamics modelled by the Telegrapher's equation, subject to a line-to-ground fault. Frequency-domain insights are used to reformulate the general fault localisation problem into a non-convex scalar optimisation problem, of which the true fault location is guaranteed to be a global minimiser. Numerical experiments are run to quantify localisation performance over a range of fault resistances.
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spellingShingle Fault Localisation in Infinite-Dimensional Linear Electrical Networks
Selvaratnam, Daniel
Moreschini, Alessio
Das, Amritam
Parisini, Thomas
Sandberg, Henrik
Systems and Control
Signal Processing
Dynamical Systems
We present a novel fault localisation methodology for linear time-invariant electrical networks with infinite-dimensional edge dynamics and uncertain fault dynamics. The theory accommodates instability and also bounded propagation delays in the network. The goal is to estimate the location of a fault along a given network edge, using sensors positioned arbitrarily throughout the network. Passive faults of unknown impedance are considered, along with stable faults of known impedance. To illustrate the approach, we tackle a significant use-case: a multi-conductor transmission line, with dynamics modelled by the Telegrapher's equation, subject to a line-to-ground fault. Frequency-domain insights are used to reformulate the general fault localisation problem into a non-convex scalar optimisation problem, of which the true fault location is guaranteed to be a global minimiser. Numerical experiments are run to quantify localisation performance over a range of fault resistances.
title Fault Localisation in Infinite-Dimensional Linear Electrical Networks
topic Systems and Control
Signal Processing
Dynamical Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.04910