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TRANSLAY SCHEME FOR FEEDER PROTECTION

arjun — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:32:34 +0000

This system is similar to voltage balance system except that here balance or opposition is between the voltages induced in the secondary windings wound on the relay magnet and not between the secondary voltages of the line current transformers. This permits to use current transformers of normal design and eliminates one of the most serious limitations of original voltage balance system, namely its limitation to the system operating at voltages not exceeding 33 kV. In a 3-phase system one relay is placed at each end of each phase of the 3- phase line. It can be simplified by combining currents derived from all the phases in a single relay at each end, using the principles of summation transformer in fig 8. A summation transformer is a device that reproduces the poly phase line currents read more

MERZ-PRICE VOLTAGE BALANCE SYSTEM FOR FEEDER PROTECTION

arjun — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:27:34 +0000

Figure shows the single line diagram of Merz Price voltage balance system for the protection of 3-phse line. Identical current transformers are placed in each phase at both ends of the line. The pair of CTs in each line is connected in series with a relay in such a way that under normal conditions, their secondary voltages are equal and in opposition i.e. they balance each other Under healthy conditions, current entering the line at one-end is equal to that leaving it at the other end. Therefore equal and opposite voltages are induced in the secondaries of the CTs at the two ends of the line. The result is that no current flows through the relays. When a fault occurs at point F on the line as shown in Fig 6. It will cause a greater current to flow through CT1 than through CT2. read more

DIFFERENTIAL PILOT-WIRE PROTECTION

arjun — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:09:47 +0000

The differential pilot-wire protection is based on the principle that under normal conditions, the current entering one end of a line is equal to that leaving the other end. As soon as a fault occurs between the two ends this condition no longer holds and the difference of incoming and outgoing currents is arranged to flow through a relay which operates the circuit breaker to isolate the faulty line. There are several differential protection schemes for the lines. They are: 1. Merz-Price voltage balance system 2. Translay scheme Share and Enjoy: read more

TIME GRADED OVER CURRENT PROTECTION IN RING MAIN SYSTEM

arjun — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:26:29 +0000

Ring main system – In this system, various power stations or sub-stations are interconnected alternate routes, thus forming a closed ring. In case of damage to any section of the ring, that section may be disconnected for repairs and power will be supplied from both ends of the ring, thereby maintaining continuity of supply Fig 5 shows the single line diagram of a typical ring main system consisting of one generator G supplying four sub-stations S1, S2, S3 and S4. In this arrangement power can flow in both directions under fault conditions. So, it is necessary to grade in both directions round the ring and also to use directional relays. In order that only faulty section of the ring is isolated under fault conditions, the types of relays and their time settings should be as read more

TIME GRADED OVER CURRENT PROTECTION IN PARALLEL FEEDERS

arjun — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:38:42 +0000

PARALLEL FEEDER – Where continuity of supply is particularly necessary, two parallel feeders may be installed. If a fault occurs on one feeder, it can be disconnected from the system and continuity of supply can be maintained from the other feeder. The parallel feeder cannot be protected by non directional relay over current relays only. It is necessary to use directional relay also and to grade the time setting of relays for selective tripping. Fig above shows the system where two feeders are connected in parallel between the generating station and the sub-station. The protection of this system requires that (i) Each feeder has a non directional over current relay at the generator end. These relays should have inverse -time characteristic. (ii) Each feeder has a reverse power or read more

TIME GRADED OVER CURRENT PROTECTION IN RADIAL FEEDERS

arjun — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:08:15 +0000

In this type of protection time settings of relays is so graded that in the event of fault, the smallest possible part of the system is isolated. Following are the important cases. RADIAL FEEDER The main characteristics of this system is that power can flow only one direction, from generator or supply end to the load .It has the disadvantage that continuity of the supply cannot be maintained at the receiving end in the event of fault .Time graded protection of a radial feeder can be achieved by using (i) Definite time relay (ii) Inverse time relay (i) Using Definite time relay Fig .2 shows the over current protection of radial feeder by definite time relays .The time of operation of each relay is fixed and is independent of the operating current Thus relay D has an operating time of read more

CARRIER CURRENT PROTECTION

arjun — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:30:51 +0000

In this type of protection, transmission lines are used to carry protective currents at carrier frequency (30 to 200 kc/s) or at an ultra high frequency (above 900 mega cycles). When the transmission lines carry protective currents at carrier frequency it is called carrier current-pilot protection and when it carries protective current at ultra high frequency its called as microwave pilot wire protection. As no separate pilot wires are used, the transmission lines are used to carry both power current as well as protective carrier currents it causes a great saving. Fig 14 represents a phase blocking system schematic arrangement of the equipment required at both ends of the transmission line. Each end of the transmission line consists of a network which transforms CT output currents into read more

PHASE AND EARTH FAULT PROTECTION USING IMPEDANCE RELAY

arjun — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:10:51 +0000

The distance impedance relays are normally used for phase- to-phase faults as for such faults the loop impedance between the phase is obtained which remains constant, but in case of earth fault the loop impedance consists of impedance of one line and the impedance of the earth fault which is a variable factor. Practically it has been estimated that for earth fault loop impedance is approximately 1.5 times the impedance of earth phase (phase and neutral), however for a multiple earth system this factor may be taken 1.25. Hence for earth faults special connections can be made, so the impedance relay may be used for both phase and earth fault From this it appears that the system will require two – impedance relays with voltage restraint elements energized, one for phase faults and read more

TIME DISTANCE PROTECTION

arjun — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:01:19 +0000

When a generating station supplies to three sub-stations radially, it is desired to isolate all those sub-stations beyond the fault point. This can be achieved by the use of time delayed over current relay but the main disadvantage is that if the fault is near the power station it will take much longer time to isolate the system and this may cause serious defects. However with the use of time-distance relay the fault can be cleared much early. Let the impedance of each section of the transmission line be the same. Let the time distance relay installed at the beginning of each section of the line be so adjusted that it provides discrimination with the circuit breaker on the following section which should be about 0.75 sec. At the power station end the relay is adjusted so as to trip in read more

DEFINITE DISTANCE PROTECTION

arjun — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:49:31 +0000

This relay operates at a constant time for all faults independent of the distance of occurrence of fault. For its application consider Fig 10 which represents a power station feeding transforming sub-station. The power transformer is protected independently by inverse-time over current relay. Let, it be required to provide a relay at the input side so that it wilt trip the circuit instantaneously for any fault on the transmission line and at the same time permit the use of time delayed inverse-time over current relay for the transformer This cannot be achieved with the use of instantaneous over current relay set to trip the circuit for a certain minimum short circuit current because the fault current depends on the number of sections in service and the number of sources feeding the read more