PROCEDURE FOR

BUSBAR DIFFERENTIAL STABILITY

1. Check the polarity P1-P2 and S1-S2 for the Incomer panel and the feeder
panel physically and verify it as per the drawing.
2. Check the CT ratio of Bus differential core for Incomer is same as for the
Feeder.
3. Connect the primary injection kit one end of the cable to Phase A of the
Incomer Panel or Phase A of the Incomer Panel to Ground and other end of
the cable to Phase A of the feeder panel or Phase A of the feeder panel to
Ground.
4. The circulation of the current should flow from the incomer secondary to the
feeder secondary current circuit.
5. Check the FT switches links for the corresponding CT circuits are closed.
6. Inject 10% (for eg. Say 50A and ct ratio 500/5A) of the current through the
test kit.
7.

Measure the current flowing thro FT in Incomer Panel A Phase CT circuit.

(Approximately it will come 0.5 A)

8. Measure the current flowing thro FT in the Feeder panel A phase CT circuit.
(Approximately it will come 0.5 A).
9. Measure the Current flowing in the Relay is 0 Amps and the relay will not
sense any fault current for trip. This shows the Stability of the Differential
relay.
10. Switch off the primary injection test kit.
11. Now to check the operation of the relay, swap the polarity S1-S2 for any one
the incomer CT circuit or the feeder CT circuit.
12. Inject the current again in the same phase; the relay will operate to trip the
circuit. Measure the current in the Relay (Approximately it will come 1A), it
reads summation of the incomer and feeder secondary current to operate the
relay. This shows the Sensitivity of the Differential relay.
13. Turn off the Injection test kit.
14. Normalize the CT circuit back as per the system.
15. Similarly follow the above same procedure for B phase and C phase and also
for the other Outgoing feeders

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Busbar Differential Protection CT Stability Test

REFERENCE
CIRCUIT

STABLE SYSTEM

87A

Reference
Circuit
Panel
Ref.

CT
Ratio

87B

87C

Injected
Primary
Current

Test Circuit
Panel
Ref.

REFERENCE
CIRCUIT

CT
Ratio

UNSTABLE SYSTEM

87A

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87B

TEST
CIRCUIT

87C

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Differential Current
(Secondary)
R-PH

TEST
CIRCUIT

Y-PH

B-PH

Status

Reference
Circuit
Panel
Ref.

CT
Ratio

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Test Circuit
Panel
Ref.

CT
Ratio

Injected
Primary
Current

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Differential Current
(Secondary)
R-PH

Y-PH

B-PH

Status