In distribution networks with arc suppression coil grounding, the fault line can be set as the energy leakage channel of the capacitive current of the entire system. During the period from fault occurrence to the whole action process of arc suppression coil, there is abundant fault information in the transient waves. However, the data of this period are usually ignored in previous methods. In this study, a novel fault section location method based on the leakage energy function is proposed. Only the fault phase voltage and fault phase current are used in the proposed method, to avoid the difficulty of the zero-sequence current measurement. Then, the action characteristics of two types of arc suppression devices are analysed. The influence of the capacitor current on the fault phase voltage and current during the entire process of arc suppression coil operation is deduced. The difference between the leakage energy on both sides of the fault section is used as the criterion for fault section location. Finally, the effectiveness of the method is verified by a case study. The simulation results indicate that the proposed method has high sensitivity and high impedance adaptability, that will have more advantages in the actual situations.

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