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Lecture 30 – Generator

Protection III
Switchgear and Protection
UEE603
Summary – Generator Protection I
• Purpose of Generator Protection
• Possible fault locations
• Stator Protection
– Phase fault - Differential protection
– Ground Fault – Restricted earth fault protection
– Turn to turn protection
• Rotor protection
• Rotor ground fault protection
• Open field winding
• Overheating of the field winding
• Abnormal operating conditions
Abnormal operating conditions
Contents – Generator Protection III
• Over-heating protection
• Over-voltage protection
• Unbalanced current protection
• Loss of excitation protection
• Over-speed protection
• Protection against generator motoring
• Coolant failure protection
• Over-excitation protection
Negative Sequence Current
Over-excitation or over-fluxing protection
Generator Protection CT/VT connections
Summary – Generator Protection III
• Over-heating protection
• Over-voltage protection
• Unbalanced current protection
• Loss of excitation protection
• Over-speed protection
• Protection against generator motoring
• Coolant failure protection
• Over-excitation protection

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