Analysis of fault characteristics of half-wavelength AC transmission lines

Half-wavelength AC transmission (HWACT) is an ultra-long distance AC transmission technology, whose electrical distance is close to half-wavelength at the system power frequency. The countries with a large territory have a big demand for HWACT. The fault characteristics of an HWACT line can be different from those of a conventional transmission line. So it is necessary and significant to analyze the fault characteristics of an HWACT line. In this paper, the influence of fault distances and fault resistances on the fault voltages and currents of two buses is analyzed after different types of faults occur on an HWACT line. And the analysis results are compared with the simulation results from EMTP.