CHAPTER-4

TRIP & CONTROL CIRCUIT SUPERVISION

A, TRIP CIRCUIT SUPERVISION

TRIP COIL OF CIRCUIT BREAKER IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CIRCUIT

BREAKER.

PROTECTION EFFECTIVENESS DEPENDS ON THE HEALHINESS OF

TRIP CIRCUIT & THE TRIP COIL OF CIRCUIT BREAKER.HENCE TRIP CIRCUIT
HAS TO BE MONITORED.

IN THE EARLIER DAYS TRIP CIRCUIT SUPERVISION WAS BY MEANS OF

INDICATING LAMPS.

SUPERVISION CAN BE EITHER A CONTINUOUS ONE OR ON DEMAND.

FOR ON DEMAND SUPERVISION A PUSH BUTTON IS REQUIRED IN
SERIES WITH THE LAMP.

AGAIN THE SUPERVISION CAN BE EITHER POST CLOSE OR BOTH

PRE CLOSE AND POST CLOSE.
SUPERVISION BY MEANS OF LAMP PROVIDES ONLY VISUAL INDICATION.
SINCE INDICATING LAMP CAN FAIL DUE FILAMENT FUSING , THE
INDICATION CAN BE MISLEADING SOMETIMES.

RESISTORS OF SUITABLE VALUE ARE TO BE PROVIDED IN SERIES WITH

THE LAMPS TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL TRIPPING OF BREAKER DUE TO
SHORTING OF FILAMENT OF LAMP.

IN SUPERVISION WITH TRIP CIRCUIT SUPERVISION RELAYS ANNUN-

CIATION CAN BE PROVIDED.

“C” COIL OF THE RELAY IS DELAYED ON DROP OFF BY MEANS OF RC

CIRCUIT FOR A TOTAL TIME OF 350TO 800 m sec. TO PREVENT FALSE
ALARM DUE TO VOLTAGE DIPS OR DURING NORMAL TRIPPING
OPERATION.

THIS RELAY DETECTS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

1, FAILURE OF TRIP SUPPLY.
2, OPEN CIRCUIT OF TRIP COIL OR TRIP CIRCUIT WIRING.
3, FAILURE OF MECHANISM TO COMPLETE THE TRIPPING OPERATION.
TRIP CIRCUIT SUPERVISION RELAYS ARE AVAILABLE IN TWO VERSIONS
VAX21 RELAY MONITORS THE TRIP CIRCUIT ONLY WHEN THE CIRCUIT
BREAKER IS CLOSED AND VAX31 RELAY MONITORS THE TRIP CIRCUIT
CONTINUOUSLY.

RESISTORS ARE PROVIDED IN SERIES WITH THE COILS TO AVOID

TRIPPING OF BREAKER DUE TO ACCIDENTAL SHORTING OF COILS.

TRIP RELAY SUPERVISION

HIGH BURDEN MASTER TRIPPING RELAYS LIKE VAJHM13, VAJHM23,

VAJHM33, VAJHM53 CAN BE SUPERVISED BY MEANS OF VAX21 RELAYS

SELF RESET RELAYS VAJSM33, VAJSM43 CANNOT BE SUPERVISED BY

MEANS OF VAX21 RELAYS , SINCE THE ABOVE TRIPPING RELAYS ARE
LOW BURDEN TYPE.

D.C.CONTROL CIRCUIT SUPERVISION

D.C.CONTROL CIRCUITS ARE SUPERVISED BY MEANS OF AUXILIARY

RELAYS HAVING REVERSE FLAG. THE RELAYS HAVE TIME DELAY ON DROP
OFF TO PREVENT SPUROUS OPERATION DURING MOMENTARY DIP
IN D.C.VOLTAGE IN CONTROL CIRCUIT.

AUXILIARY RELAYS TYPE VAA11 AND MVAAM11 ARE USED IN

D.C.CONTROL SUPPLY SUPERVISION.