This paper presents a new technique called morphology singular entropy (MSE), based on which a phase selector for transmission lines is developed. MSE combines mathematical morphology, singular value decomposition (SVD), and entropy theory, making it insensitive to noise and easy to extract the features of the fault-induced transients. Voltage signals are used as inputs of the proposed MSE-based phase selector. Each signal is processed by a multiscale morphological filter first, and a matrix consisting of the outputs of the filter is formed. By decomposing the matrix using SVD, the singular values are obtained, and then the entropy in association with this signal can be calculated. Afterwards, in order to improve the sensitivity and reliability of the phase selection, four classification indices derived from the entropies are defined. The phase selection is performed by comparing these four indices to a preset threshold. Simulation data generated using PSCAD/EMTDC and real-life data have been employed to verify the performance of the proposed method.
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