This application provides a traveling wave
ranging device, distribution terminal, fault
monitoring system, and method for
distribution networks, relating to the field of distribution network fault monitoring technology. The device includes: a
current transformer for acquiring
voltage / current traveling wave signals at corresponding detection points; a
data processing unit, including: a phase-
mode transformation module for performing phase-
mode transformation on the
voltage / current traveling wave signals to extract the line-mode components of each
voltage / current traveling wave
signal; a
wavelet analysis module for decomposing the extracted line-mode components based on
wavelet transform to obtain corresponding
wavelet transform coefficients, performing
modulus maxima search on all obtained
wavelet transform coefficients, and generating a first detection
signal representing the detection of the target
modulus maxima if a target
modulus maxima representing a line fault is determined; and a
ranging calculation unit for determining the first fault location information based on the first detection
signal. This application enables high-speed sampling and
processing of traveling wave data, effectively improving the accuracy of distribution network fault location.