Protection Application Example

380 kV OHL

U source
I fault =
3 ⋅ Z tot with Usource = 400 kV

Ztot = sum of minimum positive sequence source and line impedance up to

Zone 2 reach (as only current magnitudes are being calculated, only the
magnitude of the impedance is relevant)

Z tot = ( Rsource _ min + 0.8 ⋅ ( RLine1 + 0.8 ⋅ RLine 2 )) + j ( X source _ min + 0.8 ⋅ ( X Line1 + 0.8 ⋅ X Line 2 ))
Z tot = (1 + 0.8 ⋅ (80 ⋅ 0.025 + 0.8 ⋅ 1.5)) + j (10 + 0.8 ⋅ (80 ⋅ 0.21 + 0.8 ⋅ 17.5))
Z tot = 3.56 + j 34.64
Z tot = 34.8

The maximum three phase fault current at the zone 2 reach limit therefore:
400kV
I 3 phZ 2 max =
3 ⋅ 34.8
I 3 phmin = 6636 A

As a secondary value, the setting applied for I>> is therefore 6.64A.

2611 T Iph>> time delay: This high set stage is required to trip with single time step
grading. Therefore set 0.25 sec which is one time step (refer to Figure 24).

2612 3I0>> Pickup: This high set stage is required to trip earth faults with single
time step grading. It should therefore have a reach equivalent to the Zone 2
setting. The setting should therefore be equal to the maximum single phase
fault current for a fault at the Zone 2 reach setting.

Based on the source and line impedances, the following maximum fault
current level can be calculated for faults at the Zone 2 reach limit:
U source
I fault =
3 ⋅ Z tot with Usource = 400 kV

Ztot = 1/3 of sum of minimum positive, negative and zero sequence source
and line impedance up to Zone 2 reach (as only current magnitudes are
being calculated, only the magnitude of the impedance is relevant)

For the 3 phase fault level used in setting 2610, the total positive sequence
impedance was calculated. As the negative sequence impedance equals the
positive sequence value, the Ztot for this setting can be calculated as follows:

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