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of diagram versus the normalized expected value of useful life of several components (cables, transformers, motors, and so on). REFERENCES
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Closure on Time-Varying Harmonics: Part IIHarmonic Summation and Propagation

Y. Baghzouz

We thank Dr. A. Russo and Dr. P. Varilone for pointing out recently published articles on probabilistic harmonic power flow. The work done by the authors under the guidance of Prof. P. Verde advances the subject further by proposing a computationally efficient method to this complex problem in the above paper,1 allowing fast evaluation of voltage and current harmonic percentiles, and recommending the characteristics of peak factor as valuable index when evaluating the effect of time-varying harmonics on equipment. Unfortunately, the paper got tangled during the changes made in the PES paper review process and took nearly 30 months to publish; otherwise, these articles would have been at least pointed out.
Manuscript received April 30, 2002. The author is with the University of Las Vegas, NV 89154 USA. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TPWRD.2003.809875 Y. Baghzouz et al., IEEE Trans. Power Delivery, pp. 279-285, Jan. 2002

first author investigating various noncommunication based protective schemes for transmission line protection. The authors comments on the following points are appreciated: 1) It is stated in the Introduction that the voltage based Instant Operation scheme [1] and current based Delayed Operation scheme [2]. Would the authors please check whether the reference numbers are correct? 2) It would be useful to mention which method is used to determine sequence currents RMS value. 3) Superimposed current signals are used to detect the remote breaker operation. Would the protective algorithm remain stable during system transients such as system switchings and transmission line energization? 4) According to section II, the proposed RS12 relay relies on changes of the phase currents on the healthy circuit IL-2 to detect the operation of the remote circuit breaker. When one of the parallel lines is out of service, how could the proposed technique detect the remote breaker operation? 5) Two different Ratio 1 and Ratio 2 signals are used for unsymmetrical (e.g., phase to ground) and symmetrical (e.g., three phase) faults, respectively. As the fault type is not known in advance, how does the algorithm decide which Ratio signal should be selected? 6) For the a-e fault shown in Fig. 3b, the phase currents and corresponding positive sequence current look similar during time intervals T1 and T2, i.e., before and after operation of the BR1 breaker. How could it be justified that there is no significant decrease in the line IL-2 Ia phase current before and after removal of the fault? 7) Has the algorithm been tested with any evolving fault case, e.g., phase to ground a-e fault evolving to two phase to ground a-b-e fault? Performance evaluation of the proposed technique for complex fault cases worth to be further addressed in a following research work. 8) Would the proposed technique reliably perform for various faults with different fault levels? For the case that some of the sources, e.g., the source on the busbar R are disconnected, whether the algorithms performance is evaluated?

Discussion of Adaptive Noncommunication Protection of Double Circuit Line Systems

M. Sanaye-Pasand

Closure on Adaptive Noncommunication Protection of Double Circuit Line Systems

Z. Q. Bo, X. Z. Dong, B. R. J. Caunce, and R. Millar

The discusser would like to congratulate the authors for their interesting contribution to the increasing literature on power system transmission line protection. The paper1 is a sequel to earlier papers by the

The authors would like to thank to Professor M. Sanaye-Pasand for his interest in the paper1 and valuable comments. 1) the discusser is right, the references were misplaced; 2) the current root-mean-square (RMS) value is calculated using one-cycle discrete Fourier transform (DFT);
Manuscript received February 6, 2002. Z. Q. Bo, B. R. J. Caunce, and R. Millar are with the ALSTOM T&D Ltd. Protection & Control, Stafford, U.K. X. Z. Dong is with the Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TPWRD.2003.809898
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Manuscript received September 29, 2002. The author is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, 14395, Iran. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TPWRD.2003.809743
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