Development of Fault Detection System using Wavelength Division Multiplexing Transmission of Optical Fiber Current Sensor

A fault detection system is applied to power lines consisting of both overhead power line and underground power cable in order to detect a fault on the underground power cable section and prevent the automatic reclosing. The fault detection system using optical fiber current sensor has two subjects. The fist subject is that we have to use wound-type current transformer together, when applying the fault detection system to single-core underground power cable. The second subject is that we are not able to detect three-phase short-circuit fault in using the fault detection system. This paper describes that we developed a new fault detection system using optical fiber current sensor by applying the multiplex transmission technology of optical fiber current sensor signal in order to solve these subjects.