Introduction to Power System Protection
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The function of the CT is to reproduce in its secondary winding a current I’ that is proportional to the primary current I. The CT converts primary currents in the kiloamp range to secondary currents in the 0–5 ampere range for convenience of measurement.
The function of the relay is to discriminate between normal operation and fault conditions. The OC relay in Figure 2 has an operating coil, which is connected to the CT secondary winding, and a set of contacts. When |I’| exceeds a specified ‘‘pickup’’ value, the operating coil causes the normally open contacts to close. When the relay contacts close, the trip coil of the circuit breaker is energized, which then causes the circuit breaker to open.
System-protection components have the following design criteria:
- Reliability: Operate dependably when fault conditions occur, even after remaining idle for months or years. Failure to do so may result in costly damages.
- Selectivity: Avoid unnecessary, false trips.
- Speed: Operate rapidly to minimize fault duration and equipment damage. Any intentional time delays should be precise.
- Economy: Provide maximum protection at minimum cost.
- Simplicity: Minimize protection equipment and circuitry.
The book consists from the following sections:
1. Chapter 1: Power System Faults:
2. Chapter 2: Instrument Transformers.
3. Chapter 3: Overcurrent and Earth Fault Protection Relays.
4. Chapter 4: Radial System Protection.
5. Chapter 5: Zones of Protection.
6. Chapter 6: Differential Relays.
7. Chapter 7: Distance Relays.
8. Chapter 8: Transformer Protection.
9. Chapter 9: Generator Protection.
10. Chapter 10: Busbar Protection.
11. Chapter 11: Circuit Breakers.
12. Chapter 12: Fuses.
13. Chapter 13: References.
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Introduction to Power System Protection - Dr. Hidaia Mahmood Alassoulii
Introduction to Power System Protection
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Dr. Hidaia Mahmood Alassouli
Hidaia_alassouli@hotmail.com
While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.
Introduction to Power System Protection
Copyright © 2022 Dr. Hidaia Mahmood Alassouli.
Written by Dr. Hidaia Mahmood Alassouli.
1) Introduction
Power system protection systems have three basic components: Instrument transformers, Relays, Circuit breakers
The function of the CT is to reproduce in its secondary winding a current I’ that is proportional to the primary current I. The CT converts primary currents in the kiloamp range to secondary currents in the 0–5 ampere range for convenience of measurement.
The function of the relay is to discriminate between normal operation and fault conditions. The OC relay in Figure 2 has an operating coil, which is connected to the CT secondary winding, and a set of contacts. When |I’| exceeds a specified ‘‘pickup’’ value, the operating coil causes the normally open contacts to close. When the relay contacts close, the trip coil of the circuit breaker is energized, which then causes the circuit breaker to open.
System-protection components have the following design criteria:
Reliability: Operate dependably when fault conditions occur, even after remaining idle for months or years. Failure to do so may result in costly damages.
Selectivity: Avoid unnecessary, false trips.
Speed: Operate rapidly to minimize fault duration and equipment damage. Any intentional time delays should be precise.
Economy: Provide maximum protection at minimum cost.
Simplicity: Minimize protection equipment and circuitry.
Since it is impossible to satisfy all these criteria simultaneously, compromises must be made in system protection.
The book consists from the following sections:
1. Chapter 1: Power System Faults:
2. Chapter 2: Instrument Transformers.
3. Chapter 3: Overcurrent and Earth Fault Protection Relays.
4. Chapter 4: Radial System Protection.
5. Chapter 5: Zones of Protection.
6. Chapter 6: Differential Relays.
7. Chapter 7: Distance Relays.
8. Chapter 8: Transformer Protection.
9. Chapter 9: Generator Protection.
10. Chapter 10: Busbar Protection.
11. Chapter 11: Circuit Breakers.
12. Chapter 12: Fuses.
13. Chapter 13: References.
2) Chapter 1: Power System Faults
1. Power systems principals:
In general, the definition of an electric power system includes some stages. Firstly, Power Plants as a source of power. Then, high voltage transmission lines are used to transfer power from power plants to power substations. power substations with their step-down transformers are installed for reducing the voltage to suitable levels to be distributed. As a last stage, Distribution systems are used to give the costumer his need of electricity. All these stages are as shown in figure (1).
Figure 1. Complete Power System
2. Power system faults:
Power substations as a target of study consists of some elements which must be protected against different types of fault. These elements are Transmission Lines, Bus Bars, Power Transformers, Outgoing Feeders, and Bus Couplers. Before we go through different functions of protection relays, some of fault causes, fault effects, and fault types must be considered.
The main fault causes:
a) Fault Current
Healthy insulation in the equipment subjected to either transient over voltages of small-time duration due to switching and lightning strokes, direct or indirect. Failure of insulation may be happened, resulting in very high fault current. This current may be more than 10 times the rated or nominal current of the equipment.
b) Insulation Aging:
Aging of power equipment may cause breakdown of it even at normal power frequency voltage.
b) External Causes
External object such as bird, kite string, or tree branch are considered as external cause of fault. These objects may span one conductor and ground causing single line to ground fault (phase-earth) or span two conductors causing phase-phase fault
3. Fault effects:
The fault must be cleared as fast as possible. Many equipments may be destroyed if the fault is not cleared rapidly. The dangerous of the faults depends on the type of the fault, as example the three-phase short circuit is the most dangerous fault because the short circuit current is maximum. Some of the effects of short circuit current are listed here under.
a) Due to overheating and the mechanical forces developed by faults, electrical equipments such as bus bars, generators, transformers will be damaged
b) Negative sequence current arises from unsymmetrical faults will lead to overheating.
c) Voltage profiles may be reduced to unacceptable limits as a result of faults. A frequency drop may lead to instability
d) Due to overheating and the mechanical forces developed by faults, electrical equipments such as bus bars, generators, transformers will be damaged
e) Negative sequence current arises from unsymmetrical faults will lead to overheating.
f) Voltage profiles may be reduced to unacceptable limits as a result of faults. A frequency drop may lead to instability
4. Fault types:
The fault can be classified due to the NATURE of the fault to
a) Permanent
b) Transient
Or due to participated phases as
a) Phase-Earth
b) Phase-Phase
c) Phase-Phase-Earth
d) Three-Phase or Three-Phase-Earth
5. System protection components
Protection systems have three basic components:
1. Instrument transformers
2. Relays
3. Circuit breakers
Figure 2 shows a simple overcurrent protection schematic with: (1) one type of instrument transformer—the current transformer (CT), (2) an overcurrent relay (OC), and (3) a circuit breaker (CB) for a single-phase line.
The function of the CT is to reproduce in its secondary winding a current I’ that is proportional to the primary current I. The CT converts primary currents in the kiloamp range to secondary currents in the 0–5 ampere range for convenience of measurement, with the following advantages.
Safety: Instrument transformers provide electrical isolation from the
power system so that personnel working with relays will work in a safer
environment.
Economy: Lower-level relay inputs enable relays to be smaller, simpler,
and less expensive.
Accuracy: Instrument transformers accurately reproduce power system
currents and voltages over wide operating ranges.
The function of the relay is to discriminate between normal operation and fault conditions. The OC relay in Figure 2 has an operating coil, which is connected to the CT secondary winding, and a set of contacts. When |I’| exceeds a specified ‘‘pickup’’ value, the operating coil causes the normally open contacts to close. When the relay contacts close, the trip coil of the circuit breaker is energized, which then causes the circuit breaker to open.
Note that the circuit breaker does not open until its operating coil is energized, either manually or by relay operation. Based on information from instrument transformers, a decision is made and ‘‘relayed’’ to the trip coil of the breaker, which actually opens the power circuit—hence the name relay.
System-protection components have the following design criteria:
Reliability: Operate dependably when fault conditions occur, even after remaining idle for months or years. Failure to do so may result in costly damages.
Selectivity: Avoid unnecessary, false trips.
Speed: Operate rapidly to minimize fault duration and equipment damage. Any intentional time delays should be precise.
Economy: Provide maximum protection at minimum cost.
Simplicity: Minimize protection equipment and circuitry.
Since it is impossible to satisfy all these criteria simultaneously, compromises must be made in system protection.
Figure 2. Overcurrent protection schematic
3) Chapter 2: Instrument Transformers
High voltage network components are subject to high voltage magnitudes (220 kV, 66 kV or at least 11 kV) and hundreds of amperes are passing through them. Instrument transformers are used to reduce the values of volts and current to standard secondary values which are (100 v or 110 v) and (1 or 5) amperes. These values are suitable for protection and measuring relays. Advantage of using instrument transformers is isolating the current and voltage coils of relays from high voltages of the power system.
1. Basic idea of Instrument Transformer
Instrument transformer is similar to power transformer in the idea of work which depends on, when alternating current