satisfactory representation of the arc
characteristics. The new model preserves the
unique shape of the high impedance fault voltage
and current, and it also has the harmonics content,
as well as the angle shift of the 3rd harmonic,
consistent with experimentally observed behavior.
Thus the proposed model can be considered an
appropriate and physically well justified
representation of high impedance fault
characteristics and can be harnessed to generate
various data necessary for developing more reliable
HIF detecting algorithms.