Industrial Power

system protection
Topics to be covered…
• Scope of Industrial power system protection and role of electrical
engineers
• Expectations of industry
• Roles and responsibilities of electrical engineers
• Challenges involved
• Threats to the electrical industry
1. Scope of power system protection
• Things that are required to be protected are motor, generator,
transformer and cables etc.,
• Protection is required to minimize the severity of the damage during
an abnormal conditions like short circuit or earth fault
Motor protection
• 1. over load protection
• 2. short circuit protection
• 3. earth fault protection
• 4. stalling protection