Series arc fault diagnosis using generalized S-Transform and power
spectral density
Abstract
It is difficult to identify the arc fault effectively when the loads in
the user-side are more complicated, blocking the development of
low-voltage monitoring and pre-warning inspection. In this paper, series
arc fault signals are acquired according to IEC 62606. The main
time-frequency features can be strengthened more effectively by the
generalized S-transform with bi-Gaussian window, meanwhile the power
spectrum density (PSD) determination allows for the detection of
imperceptible high-frequency harmonics energy reflections, increasing
the rate of arc fault diagnosis and suitable for the arc fault
monitoring of nonlinear loads. The final samples are trained and
classified by two-dimensional Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and the
overall accuracy of identification is 98.13%, of which involves various
domestic loads, providing a reference for the follow-up arc fault
monitoring and inspection research.