Application of a separate reley for earth fault curent proeeton is indeed a best practice considering its characteristic which canbe adjusted to provide faster and more sensitive protection for single phase to ground fault than the phase relays ean provide, However, theres circumstance when the phase relay alone needs to rely on the protection against ll type of faults In coteat, there is also condition that the pase relay need to be inoperative on the zere-sequence component of ground ful o ensure that phase relay ‘operation during ground fal is not perfarmed, Practically, unique characteristic of overcument relay which are straightforward, ‘economical and donot be directional and no AC voltage seurce involve make it very well adaptable for distribution system protcetion. 23° Types of Fault [During equipment installation, assessment on the equipment capability to withstnd the eneray generated without eausing any damage is very crucial. Thus, know-how on fat suet ina powersystem isimponat, Ther ae five posible modesof ft ingle phase to gun thre phase short cit phase to pass, twos ogound and tre Phase to grou Due to the fit thal the most common fait is single phase to ground faut andthe most severe is the thre phase a, the distribution system & fused on these two faults, Ditference between three phase balanced fault and the single phase to ground for ‘unbalanced aultin terms of postive sequence impedance are illustrated in Figure 21 and Figure 22, given that i: negative sequence impedance, > (Z'); and zero sequence impedance, Zs