ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA.
Continuing Education
Power Field of Electrical Engineering
ESAA
POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION
VICTORIA °
UNIVERSITY A. Kalam
= A. Spicer
R. Coulter
A. Klebanowski
C. Biasizzo
H. McDonald
AoOTONHOE
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Victoria University of Technology
PO Box 14428 MCMC
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 8001ELECTRICITY SU
pply Associati
LY ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA
Continuing Education
& Blectronic Engineering
of Technology
Power Field of Electrical Engineering
Engineering
POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION
ECHNOLOGY
ISBN 1 86272
Printed by ERICA PRESS, MELBOURNECONTENTS
RECOMMENDED PROTECTION TERMINOLOGY
CHAPTER 1
BASIC PRINCIPLES
INTRODUCTION TO PROTECTIVE RELAYING
POWER SYSTEM PLANT AND LAYOUTS
‘THE FUNCTION OF PROTECTIVE RELAYING
‘PRINCIPLES OF PROTECTIVE RELAYING
GONMON TERMINOLOGIES
CHAPTER 2
NETWORK ANALYSIS AND FAULT CALCULATIONS.
FAULTS ON POWER SYSTEM
FAULIS TYPE
FAULT LEVEL CALCULATIONS
LIMITING SHORT CIRCUIT LEVELS
TRANSIENTS DURING BALANCED FAULT.
SEQUENCE NETWORKS FOR CALCULATION OF
UNBALANCED FAULTS
|OF VOLTAGES IN THE NETWORK
FAULT CALCULATIONS
CHAPTER 3
EARTH FAULT AND INTERFERENCES
EARTH POTENTIAL RISES
SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS
APPLICATION OF SAFETY CRITERIA
DEMANDS ON PROTECTION ARISING FROM
SAFETY, RELIABILITY AND INTERFERENCE
‘CONSIDERATIONS
INTERFERENCE OTHER SUPPLIED AND OTHER
SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 4
RELAYING TRANSDUCERS
GUIDANCE IN APPLICATION OF CT's
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EARTH FAULT PROTECTION
CHAPTERS
FUSES
INTRODUCTION
(CATEGORIES OF FUSES
DISCRIMINATION
TESTING OF FUSES
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
CHAPTER 7.
DISTANCE/MPEDANCE PROTECTION
DIGITAL COMPUTATION BY A MICROPROCESSOR
CHAPTER 8
PROTECTION OF TRANSFORMERS
CHAPTER 9
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4
6
6CHAPTER 10 CHAPTER 14
PROTECTION OF GENERATORS CONFIGURATION OF THE PROTECTION SYSTEM
INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION 1
STATOR FAULTS GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 2
ROTOR FAULTS TOCAL BACKUP SYSTEMS i
ABNORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS OF
GENERATOR 5
MECHANICAL FAULTS a
TRIPPING &
PRESENT TREND 5 CHAPTER 15
RECOMMENDED PROTECTION FOR TYPICAL PLANT PROTECTION OF DISTRIBUTION FEEDER 1
CONFIGURATIONS i INTRODUCTION. 1
OVERHEAD DISTRIBUTION NETWORK FUNCTION
CHAPTER 11 AND CONSTRUCTION 1
PROTECTION OF TRANSFORMERS i EQUIPMENT USED TO PROTECT DISTRIBUTION
INTRODUCTION 1 FEEDERS 3
POTENTIAL HAZARDS AND PURPOSE OF DISTRIBUTION FEEDER PROTECTION APPLICATION
PROTECTION 1 CONSIDERATIONS AND CRITERIA 10
METHOD OF PROTECTION 3 ‘TYPICAL OVERHEAD DISTRIBUTION FEEDER
FUSE PROTECTION OF TRANSFORMERS 8 PROTECTION SCHEMES 6
PROTECTION OF NEW TYPES OF OVERHEAD
CHAPTER 12 DISTRIBUTION FEEDER CONSTRUCTION 1
‘MOTOR PROTECTION
INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 16
UNDERGROUND AND CBD DISTRIBUTION PROTECTION,
‘CBD AND URBAN PROTECTION
RADIAL LV SYSTEM (OR OPERATED NORMAL
MOTOR CURRENT DURING START AND STALL
MOTOR PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS OF
FAULT CURRENT CONTRIBUTION FROM RADIAL) a
INDUCTION MOTORS INTERCONNECTED LV SYSTEMS 2
CO ORDINATION OF PROTECTION SURVEY OF AUSTRALIAN CBD PROTECTION
‘THERMAL PROTECTION PRACTICES (SUMMARY) “4
SHORT CIRCUIT PROTECTION ZONE SUBSTATION PROTECTION 15
[BEARING FAILURE PROTECTION
STATOR FAULT PROTECTION CHAPTER 17
‘THREE PHASE STALLING PROTECTION PROTECTION OF TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS 1
AUTOMATIC CHANGEOVER SYSTEMS INTRODUCTION 1
MANAGEMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC UNIT PROTECTION 2
MOTOR 19 TELECOMMUNICATION AIDED DISTANCE
PROTECTION. 6
CHAPTER 13 ‘TWO ZONE MHO DISTANCE RELAYS PIT AND
PROTECTION OF BUSBARS 1 BLOCKING 1
INTRODUCTION 1 EXAMPLE OF SETTINGS FOR PIT SCHEME 0
DIFFERENTIAL BUSBAR PROTECTION 1
HIGH IMPEDANCE DIFFERENTIAL SCHEME 2
FRAME LEAKAGE BUSBAR PRO} 6 CHAPTER 18
'BUSBAR OVERCURRER ‘SUB-TRANSMISSION LINES AND ZONE SUBSTATION
BUSBAR PROTECTION IN EHV TRAY PROTECTION SYSTEMS
PART 1 - SUB-TRANSMISSION LINES
STATIONS
ZONE SUBSTATION BUSBARS
‘NUMERICAL BUSBAR PROTECTION
PILOT WIRE PROTECTION 2
DISTANCE PROTECTION 5
Contes owen Sveraw PaoTEcTiON Canrents-4‘TESTING AND MAINTENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPRY
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SUMMARY
PART 2 - ZONE SUBSTATIONS
PREFACE
CAPACITOR BANK AND SHUNT REACTOR
PROTECTIONS
EXAMPLE COVERING THE PROTECTIONS AND
THEIR SETTINGS AT A TYPICAL ZONE SUBSTATION
SUMMARY
complex area of pow
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GENERATOR PROTECTION - SUMMARY.
SUPPLY NETWORK PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS
‘TO ALLOW FOR PRIVATE GENERATION
CONTROL SCHEMES
SUMMARY
PART 1 - TESTING
GENERAL
FACTORY TESTS
PRE-COMMISSIONING ON-SITE TESTS
COMMISSIONING TESTS
METHODS OF TESTING PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
PART 2 - MAINTENANCE
GENERAL
MAINTENANCE PRINCIPLES
‘TIMING OF MAINTENANCE
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‘Voltage and cuent balance relay
Buchholz gas device
Earth fait protection relay
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CHAPTER 1
BASIC PRINCIPLESCHAPTER 1
BASIC PRINCIPLES
Protective Relaying or Protection i the term that defines the branch of electric power
eae ng tha i concerned with the detection and disconnection of ‘short crits
“and other abnormal conditions onthe power system.
‘There are three aspects of the design and
{Important in considering the role of protec:
© Normal operation
Prevention of elect
assumes 0 failures of equipment, 0 mistakes of
ince oP God’. Ieimvolves the minimum requirements for suppying the
hod and a certain amount of anticipated future load. Design of the
Sg ic for normal operation involves major expense fr equipment an includes
‘onsideration of:
Choice between hydro, steam, or other soures of power
"Transmission of power tothe Toad
‘Stady ofthe load characterises and planning for its forre grow.
Metering
Voltage and frequency regulation
‘System operation
‘Maintenance requirements
. ‘The cons
1s of equipme
Protection systems must not interfere with
but must cont
imit the normal operation of the system
iy monitor the system to detect clerical failure or abnormal
‘Further important aspects in the design of the power system are
=> imoorporation of features ai
ng files, and
‘provisions for mitigating the effec
je when i oocus.
‘Modem poner system design employs both recourse's, as dictated by the economics of
vege foul bination. Notable advances continue to be made toward geste:
Power SverauPRorEcriON uapren 1-1The typeof cecrical failure that causes greatest the sh *
‘concern is the short circuit, or fault"
2 18 usualy called, but thee are oer abnormal operating conditions peer to
Gecain element of the sytem tat also require atention. Some of the fers of
gn and operation aimed at preventing electrical failure are:
© Provision of adequate insulation
Co-ordination of insolation strength with the capabilites of lightning arresters
2 Design to withstand mechanical stresses and heating owing to. short-circuit
corrents,
3 Timerdelay undervoltge devices on cic breakers to prevent opin
during momentary voltage dips. re —_
4 Ground eal
Feats or prompt scanning he fay element
1 Protective relaying: rete fay
2 Chea beet cen naming mses
Features that mitigate the loss of the faulty element
Frequent surveys
Joregoing feaares
“Ths, protetive relaying is one of several fearures of system design concerned with
Thinirlsing Gamage to equipment and interruptions to service when electrical failures
ooaur, WHEN WE SAY THAT RELAYS "PROTECT”, WE MEAN THAT,
TOGETHER WITH OTHER EQUIPMENT, THE RELAYS HELP TO MINIMISE
DAMAGE AND IMPROVE SERVICE. I will be evident that all the mitigation
‘Ratures are dependent on one another for successfully minimising the effects of fasture.
“The following notes give an overview of plant andthe electrical characteristic that are
Televant to design of the protection system. They also outine some of the various
‘Titching arrangements that are Likely to be encountered on the power system,
“The aim isto identify, forthe student, some of the underlying issues that need to be
considered in the design of protection
“The system for generation, transmission and distribution of electric
‘enstators, lines transformers, reactive plant (capacitors and static compensator) ec
Connected in a network to provide reliable transport of elect gy from the
fencration source to the costomer. The parameters of the plan
its associated ausiiary equipment, together
over ayaem. Consequently, the protection engineer must have a sound knowledge oF
Biv design ofboth the elecuical plant andthe power sysiem in order to influence the
esign
“The following paragraphs briefly outline some of the plant and system design
considerations
Generators
Generators appeat in a number of sizes ranging from less than L MW Cypically in @
‘cogeneration plamt) to 600 MW or more in Yossi! fueled station. Generated
oltages are gencrally consirained in the ‘GGkV to 33KV due to design
Timitations in the generator insolation means that step-up transformers
are generally ncaded to connect thes ‘transmission system. Important
system and the generator are the
Darameters in the design of protector
{generator impedances,
{A distination is made fortwo conditions, namely the direct
over the positions when the axis of the rotor poles are
poles, or 60 electrical degrees out of phase. Fankt cure
ure axis which
‘he machine
fing from a short
owen SYSTEM PRoTBCriON Gaumia
owen STi Pronecrion cuueroe 1-3+ Subtransient impedance (K.") - determines the level for short circuit current
‘ycles after short circuit inception,
‘+ Synchronous impedance (X.) - determines the steady state value of short circuit
cartent after the eansient period,
‘transformers reduce the voltages atthe bulk load centres to
distribution through a ‘subiransmission network’ Which
Gistrbation system, The distributions system is typically 33, 22 or 11kV and supplies