Fault detection in power systems based on power line communication

Abstract

Power Line Communications (PLC) is the technology that has the advantage of using the existing electrical infrastructure to transfer data in communication networks. The aim of this work is to apply this technology in power system by designing a bidirectional system capable to transfer data over transmission lines from different sites to the control center in order to detect the faults and then correct them by sending control signals to trip the protective instruments when necessary via PLC.