The method of distribution network fault location based on improved Dempster-Shafer Theory of evidence

Abstract

A new method of fault location of distribution network based on the tree structure diagram and improved Dempster-Shafer Theory of evidence is proposed to solve the problem of misjudgment caused by abnormal fault information in distribution network. Firstly, this paper presents a new search method based on tree structure diagram. Through the tree structure diagram, we can ensure the initial positioning result respectively based on three different alarm information. The three alarm information include fault indicator information, distribution transformer information and trouble calls. And then, through using the improved Dempster-Shafer Theory of evidence, we can integrate the initial positioning results to get the final positioning result. Finally, a concrete example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of this method, which indicates that the method can solve the problem when misinformation or information happens. The outstanding advantage of this method is that the multi-source information is used to locate the fault, and the misjudgment due to the abnormality of the single source information can be avoided.