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GE Power Management
Technical Notes

ALPS Series Compensation

Calculations for NonStandard PTs
GE Power Management No. GET-8412
Copyright 2002 GE Power Management

CALCULATIONS

For ALPS and LPS-D relays with series-compensation, the manual shows the protective
levels of series capacitors as determined by the following formula:
n

1
PL t = ------ PL n
95

(EQ 1)

The value for PLn is the gap flashing/MOV protective level in peak phase-to-neutral volts
for each compensation capacitor. The value for PLt equals the sum of the protection level
of all capacitors in series to the fault, divided by the maximum peak line-to-neutral voltage PTm, which is
115
V-------------- 2 V = 95 pu V
3

(EQ 2)

for a standard 115 V PT.

The PLt should thus be calculated as follows:
n

1
PL t = ----------- PL
PTm n

(EQ 3)

PT L-L sec. volts

2
PT m = ---------------------------------3

(EQ 4)

where

The values for Z1PLEVDET and Z1GLEVDET, are, like PLt, in pu as follows:
Z1PLEVDET

0.15 + 1.3 PL t

and

Z1GLEVDET

0.15 + PL t

(EQ 5)

GET-8412: ALPS Series Compensation Non-Standard PTs

EXAMPLE

Consider a system with the following series capacitor and CVT values:

series capacitor impedance: 29.92

series capacitor rating current: 2360 A
protective level of MOV and gaps: 230 kV peak value
CVT ratio: 500000 / 100 V

In this case, since there is only one capacitor, only one protective level PL1 need be considered. We have:

PT L-L sec. volts

100 V
PT m = --------------------------------- 2 = ---------------- 2 82 V
3
3

(EQ 6)

Protective Level- = --------------------------------230 kV - = 46 V

PL 1 = MOV
--------------------------------------------------------PT Ratio
500000 100

(EQ 7)

and

and, since there is only one protective level PL1:

n

1
1
PL t = ------------ PL n = ------------ 82 V = 0.56 pu
PTm
46 V

(EQ 8)

Therefore, the phase and ground level detector settings are:

Z1PLEVDET

Z1GLEVDET

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0.15 + 1.3 PL t =
=

0.15 + PL t =

0.15 + 1.3 ( 0.56 ) = 0.75

2

0.15 + ( 0.56 ) = 0.68

(EQ 9)

(EQ 10)