Abstract:On the basis of analyzing the features of various voltage sags due to short - circuit faults,transformer energizing and induction motor starting in power system,a new method to identify voltage sag sources based on voltage space vector ( VSV) is proposed. In the proposed method,αβ transform is applied to three - phase voltage to get the voltage space vector and zero - sequence components at first. Then,the discrete Fourier transform ( DFT) is applied to the VSV to get characteristics of amplitude,phase and the harmonic,which can be used to identify voltage sag sources. The 3d visualization of the time - varying VSV in complex plane could clarify the global voltage sag evolution along the time. The results of simulation using Matlab / Simulink show this method is simple and accurate.