Power System Fault Analysis
- Types of fault, Factors affecting fault severity
- Methods of fault calculation, Balanced faults
- Fault calculation procedure, Component representation
- Unbalanced faults, Symmetrical components
- Three-phase faults, Single-phase-earth faults
- More involved circuits and sequence diagrams
- Phase to phase faults, Phase-phase-ground faults
- Practical fault studies, Computer program FAULT
Transducers
- Current and voltage transformers
- General current transformer theory
- Current transformer characteristics
- Ratio error, Phase error, Short time factor
- Accuracy limit factor, Specification of current transformers
- Secondary rating, Secondary winding impedance
- Primary windings, Secondary current flow
- Current transformer response to system transients
- Harmonics during transients, Voltage transformers
Overcurrent Protection
- Relays, Co-ordination introduction
- Co-ordination fundamentals, Settings
- Discrimination period overall time interval
- Definite time over current relays
- Systems incorporating various voltage levels
- Directional over current systems
- High set over current relays, Problem of overreach
- Low voltage industrial system protection
Earth Fault Protection
- Sensitive earth fault relays, CT burdens for various fault types
- Equivalent circuit and secondary current flow
- Neutral earthing, Directional earth fault relays
- Interlocked over current
- Typical modular over current protection relay
- Multifunctional features and applications of modern microprocessor based overcurrent relays
- Typical relay data, Fuses, Applications
- Appendix A: Relay characteristic curves, Modular relays
Transformer Protection
- Failure and their causes, Small transformers
- Differential protection
- Current flows in transformers due to symmetrical and unsymmetrical faults
- Interposing current transformers, Neutral earthing transformer
- Biased systems, High impedance schemes
- Earth fault protection, Current transformer ratios and connections
- Restricted earth fault protection, Level of fault current
- Other fault types, Externally applied conditions
- Fault withstand levels, Magnetizing inrush
- Review of additional protection
- Protective schemes for various types of transformer
- Integrated multi-microprocessor overall protection
- Transformer feeders, Tripping schematics
Generator Protection
- Introduction, Generator operating under fault conditions
- Steady-state calculations, Generator earthing, High impedance earthing
- Differential protection, Generator transformers
- High impedance differential
- Generator unit protection excluding differential protection
- Overcurrent protection, Unbalanced load
- Asynchronous running, Balanced earth fault and neutral displacement
- Stator earth faults, Over-excitation protection
- Reverse power protection, Overvoltage protection
- Under frequency protection, Shaft current protection
- Rotor ground fault protection
Motor, Pilot Wire & Busbar Protection
Basic Principles of Distance Protection