Performance Comparison Between Deep Learning Models for Fault Classification in Transmission Lines Using Time Series Data

ABSTRACT Deep learning has become a vital tool for addressing complex challenges in power systems, particularly fault detection and classification in transmission lines. This study presents a comparative analysis of three advanced time‐series models like temporal convolutional networks (TCN), bidire...

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Main Authors: Nadeem Ahmed Tunio, Mohsin Ali Tunio, Muhammad Amir Raza, Muhammad Faheem, Ashfaque Ahmed Hashmani, Rumaisa Nadeem
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Published: Wiley 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.70033
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Mohsin Ali Tunio
Muhammad Amir Raza
Muhammad Faheem
Ashfaque Ahmed Hashmani
Rumaisa Nadeem
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description ABSTRACT Deep learning has become a vital tool for addressing complex challenges in power systems, particularly fault detection and classification in transmission lines. This study presents a comparative analysis of three advanced time‐series models like temporal convolutional networks (TCN), bidirectional long short‐term memory (BiLSTM), and gated recurrent units (GRU) for fault classification. Leveraging a comprehensive data set encompassing diverse fault scenarios like single‐phase to ground fault (AG), double line to ground fault (ABG), three‐phase fault (ABC) from both simulated and real transmission line data, the study provides a rigorous evaluation of these models’ performance under realistic conditions. The results demonstrate that TCN achieves a fault classification accuracy of 99.9%, significantly outperforming BiLSTM (92.31%) and GRU (95.27%), while also excelling in precision, recall, F1 score, and training efficiency. Additionally, this study incorporates feature extraction techniques like discrete wavelet transform (CWT) to establish new benchmarks for fault classification. The findings underscore TCN's robustness in handling the dynamic nature of transmission line signals and its practical potential for real‐time applications, contributing to the development of more reliable and efficient power system fault classification systems.
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spelling doaj-art-249004d7352e451680b91256223fe2d72025-08-20T02:14:15ZengWileyEnergy Science & Engineering2050-05052025-05-011352330235110.1002/ese3.70033Performance Comparison Between Deep Learning Models for Fault Classification in Transmission Lines Using Time Series DataNadeem Ahmed Tunio0Mohsin Ali Tunio1Muhammad Amir Raza2Muhammad Faheem3Ashfaque Ahmed Hashmani4Rumaisa Nadeem5Department of Electrical Engineering Mehran University of Engineering & Technology SZAB Campus Khairpur Mirs PakistanDepartment of Electrical Engineering Mehran University of Engineering & Technology SZAB Campus Khairpur Mirs PakistanDepartment of Electrical Engineering Mehran University of Engineering & Technology SZAB Campus Khairpur Mirs PakistanVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. Espoo FinlandDepartment of Electrical Engineering Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro PakistanSchool of Computer Sciences, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon CanadaABSTRACT Deep learning has become a vital tool for addressing complex challenges in power systems, particularly fault detection and classification in transmission lines. This study presents a comparative analysis of three advanced time‐series models like temporal convolutional networks (TCN), bidirectional long short‐term memory (BiLSTM), and gated recurrent units (GRU) for fault classification. Leveraging a comprehensive data set encompassing diverse fault scenarios like single‐phase to ground fault (AG), double line to ground fault (ABG), three‐phase fault (ABC) from both simulated and real transmission line data, the study provides a rigorous evaluation of these models’ performance under realistic conditions. The results demonstrate that TCN achieves a fault classification accuracy of 99.9%, significantly outperforming BiLSTM (92.31%) and GRU (95.27%), while also excelling in precision, recall, F1 score, and training efficiency. Additionally, this study incorporates feature extraction techniques like discrete wavelet transform (CWT) to establish new benchmarks for fault classification. The findings underscore TCN's robustness in handling the dynamic nature of transmission line signals and its practical potential for real‐time applications, contributing to the development of more reliable and efficient power system fault classification systems.https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.70033bidirectional long short‐term memoryfault classificationgated recurrent unitsmart gridtemporal convolutional networktransmission lines
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Performance Comparison Between Deep Learning Models for Fault Classification in Transmission Lines Using Time Series Data
Energy Science & Engineering
bidirectional long short‐term memory
fault classification
gated recurrent unit
smart grid
temporal convolutional network
transmission lines
title Performance Comparison Between Deep Learning Models for Fault Classification in Transmission Lines Using Time Series Data
title_full Performance Comparison Between Deep Learning Models for Fault Classification in Transmission Lines Using Time Series Data
title_fullStr Performance Comparison Between Deep Learning Models for Fault Classification in Transmission Lines Using Time Series Data
title_full_unstemmed Performance Comparison Between Deep Learning Models for Fault Classification in Transmission Lines Using Time Series Data
title_short Performance Comparison Between Deep Learning Models for Fault Classification in Transmission Lines Using Time Series Data
title_sort performance comparison between deep learning models for fault classification in transmission lines using time series data
topic bidirectional long short‐term memory
fault classification
gated recurrent unit
smart grid
temporal convolutional network
transmission lines
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.70033
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