CAPACITOR BANK FAULT DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION

Methods and devices are provided for determining whether a phase is faulted or one or more phases are open in capacitor bank system. Detecting open and faulted phases may include determining a neutral current of the capacitor bank system. An open-phase event and a fault event may be distinguished based on a magnitude of a neutral current within a first or a second predetermined range. According to one embodiment, an IED may calculate an aggregate power phasor for the phases of the capacitor bank system with respect to each rotation. According to another detection method, in response to the magnitude of the neutral current being greater than a threshold value, an IED may calculate an individual power phasor for each of the phases of the capacitor bank system with respect to each rotation. Based on the angles of the power phases, the IED may determine which phases may be faulted.