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Protection 1
Protection 1
OF POWER SYSTEM
PROTECTION
Part 1
Bob Coulter
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PowerofSystem
Principles Protection
Power System Protection
Purpose of Protection Engineering
Protection engineering is the branch of electrical power
engineering concerned with the design and operation of
“protection schemes”
The purpose of protection is to minimise the effects of faults
on electrical power systems - note faults can never be
entirely avoided
Protection schemes are specialised control systems that
monitor the power system - detect faults or abnormal
conditions and then initiate corrective action
In this context the power system is considered all the plant
and equipment necessary to generate, transmit, distribute
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and utilise electrical power
Principles of Power System Protection
The Electrical Power System
G
Terminal Station or
Power Station Transmission Substation Zone
Substation
Standby Generation
G Embedded
G G
Generation Embedded
Distribution Generation
Substation
CUSTOMER
LOAD
415/240V, 480/240V 33kV, 22kV, 11kV, 6.6kV, SWER
CUSTOMER SECONDARY
INSTALLATION or LV DISTRIBUTION PRIMARY or HV DISTRIBUTION
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Principles of Power System Protection
Power System ““Secondary
Secondary Systems
Systems”” include
Protection
Communications infrastructure
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Causes of Short -Circuit Faults
Short-Circuit
Insulation breakdown due to inherent weakness
Lightning
Birds and animals bridging insulators
Dig-ups for underground cables
Poles collapsing
Conductors breaking
Willful damage
Vehicle impact
Wind borne debris
Incorrect operation by personnel
etc
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Effects of Short -Circuit Type Faults
Short-Circuit
Large or very large currents can flow through parts of the network
– thousands or tens of thousands of Amps can be involved
These large currents can only be allowed to flow for a very short
time otherwise equipment and generators would be damaged,
most likely terminally – allowable short-circuit current flow
duration could range from as short as 10 milliseconds up to say 3
seconds.
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Short -circuit Type Faults
Short-circuit
R R R R
W W W W
B B B B
3Φ Fault 2Φ Fault
R R R R
W W W W
B B B B
3Φ Fault 2Φ Fault
R R R R
W W W W
B B B B
Zf1 Zf2
Zf
Zf3
Arc resistance
Pole, tower or structure footing resistance to earth
Resistance things that may come in contact with a
line i.e. tree, crane etc
Contact resistance where a conductor falls to the
ground
R R R R
W W W W
B B B B
1Φ Open 2Φ Open
R Zf R R Zf1 R
W W W Zf2 W
B B B B
R
W
B
Φ-e Fault at
Location 1
R
W
B
Φ-e Fault at
Location 2
Short-circuited
turns
Fault
If
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Principles of Power System Protection
Protection Function - Components
PR Protection Relay
Bus
CB Circuit Breaker
CB CT Equip
Equip Protected Item
Tr
PR P CT Current Transformer
C
L
VT
VT Voltage Transformer
DC Aux HMI Control
Tr CB trip coil
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Protection Schemes – Key Factors
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Basic Objectives of a Network Protection System
Detect faults and unacceptable abnormalities and
isolate faulty section of network as quickly as
possible
PR
PR
Source
Network
Short-circuit fault
on Line B-C
PR PR
Substation C Substation D
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Protection Application Concepts - continued
Protection relays are associated with each network plant
equipment item or circuit (ie line, cable, transformer, generator,
busbar etc)
Circuit Circuit
Busbar Busbar
Fault Fault
Overlapped current transformers –
No overlap of current transformers
correct practice
Fault
Circuit
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Performance Requirements of Protection
Systems - 2
High degree of reliability and availability
Should be affordable
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Methods of Detecting Faults
Magnitude of current – Overcurrent protection
Magnitude of current in earth or neutral – Earth Fault protection
Magnitude and Phase Angle of current – Directional Overcurrent protection
Magnitude and Phase Angle of current in earth or neutral – Directional Earth Fault
protection
Magnitude and Angle of Impedance (Ratio V/I) – Impedance protection
Difference between two or more currents – Differential protection
Difference between Phase Angles of two currents – Phase Comparison protection
Magnitude of negative sequence current
Magnitude of Voltage – Overvoltage or Undervoltage protection
Magnitude of Frequency – Over or Underfrequency protection
Temperature – Thermal protection
Specials i.e. transformer gas protection,
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Types of Protection ““Relay”
Relay”
Electromechanical
Microprocessor
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Digital Protection Relays
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Enhanced Performance Provided by Digital
Relays
Better accuracy of protection function measurements i.e.
less margin required for measuring errors (time, current,
voltage, impedance, phase angle)
True RMS sensing and unaffected by transient components
of fault voltage and current signals
Tuning or rejection of non-power frequency currents in
sensitive earth fault protection
Complete catalogue of timing functions
Result better protection coverage, shorter operating times,
better load carrying capability and enhanced security
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New Functions
Protection functions done in software
Once input voltages and currents are digitised, new and
additional functionality can be added at low cost
For example:
Negative sequence protection for distribution feeders
Impedance measurement instead of current
Circuit breaker fail logic
Thermal modelling
Circuit breaker duty
Directional features
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Fault Records
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Supervision and Reliability
Processor watchdog and self-monitoring
Alarm raised for wide range of protection scheme internal
abnormalities
Do not have wait until a fault occurs or maintenance to find
protection is inoperable
Input quantity supervision i.e. checking of measured
currents and voltages to detect CT and VT circuit anomalies
Supervision of circuit breaker trip circuit
Logs of input quantities, internal quantities and response
can be logged for assessment of operation case by case
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Communication Links
Needed to exploit power of digital protection
For relay to relay protection functionality such as blocking,
acceleration schemes – digital I/O
For protection operation principle such as line differential
For interfacing into substation digital control schemes
For operation command use such as resetting,
suppression/restoration, setting group selection
For data retrieval – event logs, metered quantity logs,
oscillographic records
For maintenance, i.e. downloading new
software or settings remotely
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Communications Links Used for Protection
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Digital Relays...
Features of digital relays reduce routine tests to:
input/output tests
“measured quantity” tests
Setting/configuration
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Testing and Maintenance...
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Summary
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