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Frequency-domain features are extracted by using Pisarenko spectral decomposition, and the differences in amplitude, frequency, and polarity between faulted and healthy feeders are analyzed. A similarity matrix is constructed with the help of Manhattan distance, and an improved density-based spatial clustering of application with noise (DBSCAN) clustering is adopted to achieve intelligent fault line selection. Experimental results show that compared with the steady state component method and the transient component method, the accuracy of this method is increased to 97.5%, with an improvement of more than 12.5%. Quantitative thresholds are replaced by qualitative spectrum differences, and this method is not affected by weak signals, thus solving the problem of threshold setting caused by the access of new energy. The accuracy of this method under different fault types, phases, and resistances is verified by simulation, ensuring easy engineering implementation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym17050775","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,16]],"date-time":"2025-05-16T06:57:28Z","timestamp":1747378648000},"page":"775","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["High Impedance Fault Line Detection Based on Current Traveling Wave Spectrum Symmetry Driving for New Distribution Network"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Maner","family":"Xiao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7593-5121","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jupeng","family":"Zeng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zehua","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qiming","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Li","family":"Deng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Feiyu","family":"Peng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"122846","DOI":"10.1016\/j.apenergy.2024.122846","article-title":"Network Partition and Distributed Voltage Coordination Control Strategy of Active Distribution Network System Considering Photovoltaic Uncertainty","volume":"362","author":"Meng","year":"2024","journal-title":"Appl. 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