Tree Based Incipient fault Identification in Underground Cable

Underground cables playa major role in power distribution and transmission systems nowadays. In the case of underground cables, Permanent faults are preceded by incipient faults in the maj ority of the cases. This paper represents a classification analysis using a decision tree to quickly and accurately identify the incipient faults occurring in underground distribution cables. The Decision Tree algorithm has been implemented for the identification of the incipient faults in the UG cable.