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Review of Modern Methods for Busbar Protection

Implementation
Borbad G. Mirzoevich 1, Murodbek S. Kholnazarovich2 Ismoil O. Nazrimadovich 3, Rajabbek O. Ayombekovich 4
1.4Relay Protection and Automation Department 2,3Automated Electrical Systems Department
1.42Tajik Technical University named after academician
Ural Federal University
M.S.Osimi Ekaterinburg, Russia
1,4 Dushanbe, Tajikistan 3 i.n.odinaev91@mail.ru ,
1borbadtjk@mail.ru, 2murodbek_03@mail.ru 4Rajabbek.Otashbekov@andritz.com

Abstract—At present time, the introduction of digital II. OPERATION PRINCIPLES OF ABSOLUTELY SELECTIVE
technologies has a significant impact on the building principles BUS PROTECTIONS
of modern electrical substations. Thereby it is provided an In the framework of the paper, a protection the buses is
increasing interest to the standards of the IEC 61850 series. implemented based on the following principles: differential
The paper provides a comparative analysis of traditional current, differential current with percentage restraint, using a
busbar protections and options for their modern
partial operating current, as well as differential-phase.
implementation carried out with the application of IEC 61850
standard. The digital model of DPBP capable of working with
Differential busbar current protection.
modern digital CTs according to the protocols of the standard The differential busbar current protection is called
family IEC 61850 has been developed. protection based on a comparison of the directions of the
currents of the connections of the protected buses. When the
sum of the currents at the connections is greater than the
Keywords— IEC 61850, differential busbar protection, relay setting value, which is possible with an internal short circuit
protection and automation, electric power system. and is shown in Fig. 1a, at point K1, the protection is
I. INTRODUCTION activated. With an external short circuit at point K2, as
shown in Fig. 1a, the current in the relay winding tends to
The most important element of substations is busbars. zero and the protection does not work.
The average number of damages per year for one bus system The main disadvantage of differential current protection
of a switchgear (SG) of 110 and 220 kV lies in the range is the offset need of the unbalance current that occurs in the
from 0.077 to 0.149, and for a network of 220 kV and above relay winding with external short-circuit, as well as in
- 0.104 or 0.01 per feeder per year [5]. Accidents’ resulting normal conditions. An unbalance current is the current
from damage on the busbar is 19% of all accidents in the flowing through the winding of the current relay of BDP due
electrical networks [5]. Thus, a time between damages on to the difference between the primary current and the
110 and 220 kV buses is 6–13 years. magnetization current adjusted to the secondary winding of
The failure rate of busbar differential protection (BDP) is the CT. The main reason for the occurrence of an unbalance
0.42 ∙ 10-2 failures per year that is BDP is more reliable than current is the non-identical characteristics of the CTs, which
distance protection (DP) with high-frequency blocking more is especially manifested in external short-circuit due to the
than 1,7 times [3]. However, in spite of the high degree of large value of the aperiodic component, as shown in Fig. 1b.
reliability of BDP, large volumes of load are fall under its The unbalance current in the relay is defined by the formula
action, which leads to great damage. It should be noted that (1).
with the growth of the voltage class, the volume of load
connected to the bus system grows, as a result of which I1
proportionally increases the responsibility of BDP [4], which
confirms the relevance of the study.
The short-circuit currents at the 110 kV network buses I2
exceed short-circuit currents at the overhead lines of the ΔI
same voltage by more than 1.5 times [9-10]. It can lead to
failure of a large number of main and auxiliary equipment
[8], which also confirms an importance of the selection of а) б)
study object.
Currently, as the main protection of busbars of 110-750 Fig. 1. Operating principle of differential current protection
kV network, BDP is mainly used [6-7], and as a backup – DP
of network elements, most often - AT. As a rule the relay 𝐼𝐾𝐴 = 𝜀 ∗ 𝐼𝐾 = 𝐼𝑢𝑛𝑏 , (1)
protection (RP) of busbar systems according to the
differential principle is not applied at the 6-35 kV networks where: I_K – short-circuit current for external damage.
[4]. Traditionally, the offset of an unbalance current is laid
In the present work, a detailed analysis of the applied down in the procedure for selecting the settings using the
methods of organizing BDP, their classification and formula: I_(unb,max)=0,1×I_(K,max), which follows from
comparison is carried out. It is proposed to implement the condition for providing of 10% accuracy by the condition
relevant modern technologies, including standard IEC 61850 ɛ≤10% at the maximum current of the external fault [5]. In
[11-15] as a solution for the mentioned main problems. this case, the trip current of the protection is detuned from
the unbalance current using the reliability factor: I_P: I_(tr.

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pr.)=0,1kn IK, max which further reduces the sensitivity
during short-circuit in the protection zone, especially in the SC
minimum modes [5].
Busbar differential protection with restraint. CT4 F4 CT5 F5
The restrained differential is called protection, the i4 i5
principle of which is based on the excess of the operating SC
current over restraint current. The restrained protection is

PCR
characterized by the presence of restraint signals. Fig. 2
shows the block diagram of the restrained protection, where
i1 i2 i3
the operating current – Ioper. is formed by the operating
signal shaping network (OSSN), the restraint (bias) current - CT1 F1 CT2 F2 CT3 F3
Trip
Ibias is segregated by the restrained signal shaping network
(RSSN). The operating and biased signals are fed to the input G1 G2 G3
of the signal comparison (SC) and when (Io.) > (Ir) the output
unit (OU) is actuated. Fig. 4 Block diagram of the DPBP
1 2 n The flow of currents in the protection circuits is shown in
OSSN:
Fig. 4, Fig. 5 shows the time-current characteristic at the
CT2 CTn
CT1
Io input of the PCR. Fig. 5a shows that during a fault in the
protection zone (point K1 in Fig. 4), the compared currents
SС:
OU are approximately the same in phase, the protection is
Io˃ Ir tripped, and the PCR generates a tripping signal. In case of
RSSN: external short-circuit (point K2 in Fig. 4), the phase shift
Ir between the damaged feeder 5 and the currents of the
remaining feeders is close to 180°, which is shown in Fig.
5.b. In this case, the trip protection does not operate.
Fig. 2. Block diagram of the restrained protection
i
The protection feature is that it has an adapted setting. In
i i1
i1
case of internal short circuit in minimum mode, the setting is i2 i2
automatically reduced, which indicates to the high
t
sensitivity.
t
i5
а) б)

Fig. 5. Operating principle of the DPBP а) internal SC; б) external SC

The protection feature is that the correctness of its


operation is affected only by the angular error of the current
transformer, which in transient conditions usually does not
exceed 41° (12.8%), while the current error can reach up to
81% i.e. CT current error of 6.3 is greater than the angular
error [5].
Fig. 3. Change trajectory operating/restrain point in case of external SC A significant disadvantage of the protection is the
possibility of its failure in case of internal short-circuits with
The main disadvantage of the protection is that the
high transition resistance. Calculations using a model that
restrained BDP can falsely trip in case of an external short-
takes into account CT saturation [16] show that in case of
circuit near the protected buses, in the case of saturation of
internal short-circuit (K(1) , K(2) or K(3))with a transition
the CT within the first cycle [16-17]. It can be seen from the
resistance of 0.01 Ohms, the protection operates correctly,
bias characteristic in Fig. 3 that with deep saturation of the
but in case of internal SC K(1)) with a transition resistance of
CT, with an external short circuit accompanied by an
10 ohms or more, the protection does not trip.
aperiodic component, a false tripping is occurred.
Buses protection using partial operating currents
Differential-phase busbar protection
Differential-phase protection (DPBP) is called protection, method.
Bus protection, in which for n feeders there are n-1
based on the principle of comparing the phases of the
differential currents and at each differential current there is a
currents of the protected feeders. The current transformers
cumulative increasing the current of the subsequent feeder, is
included in the protection scheme power supply the F1 ÷ F5
called differential protection with partial operating currents
sharpers, whose function is to determine the current phase of
(POC). The calculation of the differential current is made by
the corresponding feeders, which is shown in Fig. 4. The
the formula (2). The zone protected by differential protection
output signals of the sharpers are fed to the phase
is shown in Fig. 6b.
comparison relay (PCR), which determines the short circuit
location.
 k
j 1 I j  I k 1 I D ( k 1)  I k 1 (2)

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where: 𝐼𝐷(𝑘) – k-th differential current with initial condition This characteristic provides the adaptive functioning of
the protection. When СT is saturated, caused by periodic and
𝐼𝐷(0) = 𝐼1 ; 𝐼𝐷(𝑘−1) − differential current of order k-1; aperiodic components, an automatic increase of the bias ratio
𝐼𝑘+1 − POC. k occurs (transition to section S1 and S2, Fig. 7) [19].
Adaptability of operation allows to offset from the CT’s
Based on the formula (2), the relationship between two errors in transient conditions.
consecutive POC can be expressed as follows:

I D ( k )  I D ( k 1)  I k 1 (3) Iр
S2
Fault No
Fig. 6a shows a block diagram of the considered fault

protection, it consists of five blocks: a Data Processor, a I p  I p0 S1


I p  S 2 ( IT  IT 1 )  S1 ( IT  IT 0 )  I p 0
Fault Detector, a Fault Discriminator, a Current Transformer
Saturation Detector, and an emergency shutdown unit (Trip Iр0 I p  S1 ( IT  IT 0 )  I p 0
Logic). The function of the data processor is to digitize Iт0 Iт1

analog signals, and the damage detector, damage
discriminator and CT saturation detector are designed to Fig. 7. Fault Detector Definition Characteristic
detect short-circuit, determine the position relative to
protection and, accordingly, detect CT saturation. The The CT Saturation Detector contains two saturation
function of the emergency shutdown unit is to generate a trip detection algorithms. There is fast saturation detection
signal. algorithm and saturation detection algorithm with time
interval [13]. The first algorithm compares the phases of the
Data
I / dt I / dt
processor currents Р , Т on the second harmonic. The
second saturation detection algorithm with a time interval
Fault Fault CT saturation I
monitors the movement of the trajectory Т from the zone
discriminator detector detector
F
“No fault” to zone “fault”. When the trajectory enters to the
IEF
Trip logic
SAT I
“Fault” zone through Р 0 and S1, the time delay of 6 ms (8
unit ms for 50 Hz) is accepted and when the trajectory enters to
а) the “Fault” zone through S2, the time delay of 36 ms (45 ms
TRIP
for 50 Hz) is accepted [13].
The main disadvantage of protection is that the current
vector is high-priority information. The error of vector
measurement, as mentioned above, is 6.3 times larger
relative to the angular error in CT. This is significant for
internal SC or false tripping in case of external faults close to
the protection zone.

III. DIFFERENTIAL-PHASE BUSBAR PROTECTION


ACCORDING TO IEC 61850

б)
Currently, works are ongoing to implement a “digital
substation” within the framework of the standard IEC 61850
Fig. 6. а) Block diagram of the POC; б) differential zone with n feeders [11-17]. The specified standard serves to standardize the
The first condition for protection operation is expression exchange protocols between systems such as RP&A,
(4), according to that, in case of internal short-circuit, the k- information acquisition & transmission system (IATS),
th order differential current module must be greater than the process control system (PCS) [15].
k-1 module of the previous maximum differential current k-1 The main advantage of the standard is to reduce the
order 𝐼𝐷(𝑘−1) and module of POC 𝐼𝑘+1 number of control cables at the substation by 3.5 times and
reduce the total number of low-current cables and terminal
connections by about 3 times, the absence of bulky cable
I D ( k )  max( I D ( k 1) , I k 1 ) (4) trays and the integration of smart devices from different
manufacturers [12].
The characteristic in Fig. 7 illustrates the operating Values measured by busbar protection device using the
principle of the Fault Detector. It is seen that the bias standard IEC 61850 can be used, including for electricity
characteristic consists of 3 areas with different angle of metering and power measurement flowing through buses.
slope: In addition, a result of the transmission of information
from CTs in protocols IEC 61850 in digital form is a
0  IТ  IТ 0 (5) potential reduction the number of windings used. Whereas
for RP&A and electricity metering (EM) using CTs
IТ 0  IТ  I Т 1 (6) transmitting information through copper channels, different
accuracy classes of secondary windings are needed, for
IТ  IТ 1 (7) example: for RP&A the CTs with accuracy classes of 5P or
10P are used, while for EM of 0.1; 0.2; 0.2S; 0.5; 0.5S; 1; 3;

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5 and 10 classes [1]. At the same time, an additional Description of the DPBP logic circuit diagram
restriction is created, it is necessary to use different sampling For comparison of the instantaneous values with a
frequencies: for RP&A 80 samples per period, and for EM setting, blocks of positive (I_ust_positive) and negative
256 samples per period [14], for which theoretically one (I_ust_negative) half-waves are used, which allow
secondary winding is enough. immediately to determine the moment of fault inception.
It is known that more than 50% of failures or incorrect Then, if the signals “1” are reached to both inputs of the
actions of busbar protections are associated with damage or logic element “AND” from the two previous comparison
erroneous switching in current circuits [4]. In case of short blocks, the signal “1” will also appear at the output. When
circuits near buses using traditional current transformers in “1” appears on any of the inputs of the “OR” logic element,
the protection arms, an unbalance current appears which the signal “1” will also appear on its output, when it enters
causes false tripping. However, the use of CTs that transmit the input of the time delay element “Z-12”, after a specified
information according to the protocols of the standard IEC time, the protection circuit diagram will give a signal to trip
61850 for BDP will allow offsetting from unbalance in the the circuit breakers. The conditional direction of current flow
circuit of current circuits and reducing the load on the CTs, is defined as follows: the currents flowing to the bus are
which will simplify operation and reduce the likelihood of taken positive, and the currents flowing from the bus to the
protection false tripping. network elements are taken negative.

Fig. 8. CT block diagram Fig. 10 DPBP logic diagram for phase A

Fig. 8 shows a block diagram of a CT using a This logic diagram is tripped if the protection threshold is
communication on protocol IEC 61850. The Fig. shows the exceeded and the input signals coincide in phase, taking into
process of digitizing the primary current. As can be seen account that this situation should be maintained for 3 ms (12
from the diagram in Fig. 8, analog signals are received at the samples according to IEC 61850). The described delay is
input of the “merging unit”, and digitized signals are necessary to ensure the reliability of protection.
generated at the output with a discretization of 80 samples In the process of this circuit diagram operation, in case of
per period transmitted to the smart devices. beginning internal fault, “AND” and “OR” are activated,
then a short circuit signal “INTERNAL FAULT (IF)” is sent
IV. DIFFERENTIAL-PHASE BUSBAR PROTECTION to the input of the time delay element, if this signal persists
ACCORDING TO IEC 61850 for 3 ms, then a TRIP signal will be issued, which gives a
command to trip the circuit breakers.
The elimination of the deficiencies identified in Chapter
The top part of the diagram, fig. 10 (blue color) is tripped
2 is possible using IEC 61850. In the frame of this work, a
when a positive half-wave of the internal fault occurs,
DPBP model was constructed. The circuit diagram of the
otherwise the lower part of the circuit diagram (red) will
protected network is represented in Fig. 9a, where four
operate.
feeders are connected to the protected 110 kV busbar system.
In case of an external short circuit, the currents flowing into
the bus and the currents flowing from it are shifted by 180 °
relative to each other, which leads to a violation of one of the
tripping conditions, and the protection is blocked.
Protection circuit testing
Any malfunctions can occur on the buses, as well as on
any network element, including SC(1), SC(2) and SC(3).
Further, each type of short circuit is considered in detail,
including external short circuit SC(3).

а) a) Internal Short Circuit SC(3)


Operating Schedules of the circuit for phase A are shown
in Fig. 11. In this case, currents of the arms of phase A
increase on the positive half-wave ( A1(  ) , A2(  ) ) and
coincide in phase, at the moment of short circuit (40 ms), the
top part of the protection circuit diagram is activated – Fig.
10 (blue part), which will lead to the appearance of the IF
signal, and after 3 ms the circuit diagram generates a TRIP
b) signal to trip the circuit breakers.
Fig. 9 а) SLD of the protected BB, в) Sampling of continuous-time signal

Information from feeders is transmitted digitally with the


discretization interval =0.25 ms, which is seen in Fig. 9b.

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violated - the signals received to the input of the circuit
A A
diagram 1(  ) и 2(  ) at the initial time (until the CT is
saturated) are shifted on phase by 180° that leads to the
protection blocking.
This section presents the developed model of DPBP
using digital CTs according to the standard IEC 61850. Its
distinctive feature is the lack of information transfer via
copper wires. The proposed scheme operates in case of
internal faults under minimum network modes and is blocked
in case of the external faults in maximum network modes.
The lack of traditional analog transmission channels allows
to obtain more accurate information for further processing
and determining the status of the protection zone.
Fig. 11 Internal SC(3)

a) Internal Short Circuit SC(2) between phases A and C V. CONCLUSION


Fig. 12 presents graphs illustrating the operation of the The proposed research work can be concluded as
circuit diagram for this type of short circuit. At the moment follows:
of short-circuit inception (50 ms), on negative half-waves 1) The analysis of circuit designs for busbar
A1(  ) , A2(  ) of input signals coinciding in phases, the lower protection performed in this work shows that protections
part of the logic circuit diagram is activated – Fig. 10 (red using traditional current circuits are characterized by
part). The tripping conditions are met, so an IF signal is disadvantages such as CT saturation, the effects of
generated, and then a TRIP signal is produced. electromagnetic interference on analog signals transmitted
through cable channels, and damage of the current circuits.
2) Microprocessor bus protection made using
traditional CTs, in order to avoid the influence of CT
saturation, include a number of additional algorithms for
matching and processing the measured values, which cause
of requirement more calculations. Since the digital CTs
make it possible to exclude the effect caused by saturation,
their use in relay protection systems can solve these
problems.
3) When analyzing the feasibility of using devices
including digital CTs, a number of issues arise, such as:
writing differential bus protection algorithms according to
IEC 61850, developing mathematical models within the
framework of the proposed standard, comparing the results
Fig. 12 Internal SC (2)
with the proposed options for DPBP that meet the
Fig. 13 illustrates the operation of the circuit diagram in requirements of the standard.
case of an external short-circuit SC (3) that occurs at a time 4) In the course of the work, a digital model of DPBP
of 50 ms. It can be seen from the waveform that in case of capable of working with modern digital CTs according to
an external short circuit causing CT saturation (through the protocols of the standard family IEC 61850 has been
which the currents of the other feeders flow), the formation developed. The principles of the functioning of the
of the IF signal does not occur, like the TRIP signal, which algorithm are explained and its testing is executed.
satisfies the protection requirement on differential principle.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to thank the reviewers for their
very useful comments, which helped us to improve the
quality of the paper. There viewers' efforts are gratefully
appreciated.
The reported study was funded by RFBR, project
number 19-38-90204.
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