Fault Detection and Diagnosis of Power Distribution System
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F2: Distributed Energy System".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 20
Special Issue Editors
Interests: distribution network fault detection and early warning; power disturbance data analysis; transmission and transformation equipment status monitoring
Interests: distribution system automation; intelligient distribution system
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Distribution systems are very important for achieving reliable and safe power supply. There have been multiple serious explosion and fire accidents caused by distribution system faults. These faults were inevitable due to operational problems, poor maintenance, issues with insulation, and many other challenges. The traditional issues with distribution systems have not been solved yet, including accurate fault location and high-impedance fault detection. These are still tough and challenging problem for the power utilities. Moreover, new problems have emerged due to the large number of new energy production, energy storage, and electric vehicle-charging facilities connected to the distribution system, enhancing the complexity and diversity of fault features.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to high-impedance fault detection, fault analysis, fault diagnosis, fault location, fault anticipation, protection, electric fires, and the condition monitoring of power distribution systems.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Fault detection and location;
- Fault type and fault cause identification;
- High-impedance fault detection;
- Incipient fault detection and fault anticipation;
- Electric fire detection and warning;
- Distribution system protection;
- Distribution system equipment condition monitoring.
Dr. Wenhai Zhang
Dr. Xueneng Su
Dr. Shu Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- distribution system
- fault detection
- fault diagnosis
- fault anticipation
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