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Circuit Breaker Faliure / Local Breaker Backup

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50Z / 50BF / LBB / CBF Ha..! Ha..! Don't get confused upon reading the title. The explanation is just here..! This is another level of protection given for particular circuit breakers. Each power system equipment like transformer, generator, transmission line, etc. have its own protection relay which assures its smooth working and safety. When a fault occurs, one or more protection devices will operate and issue a trip command to the relevant circuit breakers. Operation of the circuit breaker is essential to isolate the fault and prevent, or at least limit, damage to the power system. For transmission and sub-transmission systems, slow fault clearance can also threaten system stability. But most of the time the circuit breaker works fine, but due to some external fault on the circuit breaker such as trip circuit lose contact, delayed circuit breaker operation, circuit breaker’s internal mechanism issue, etc. it fails to trip for the command of different relays . Here c...

Differential Protection Scheme (Transformer)

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Hey friends! you are familiar with the power system equipment which we discussed earlier.! Now it's time to protect it to total safety. As soldiers protect our country from enemies likewise our system should be protected from fault. The line of control is decided by fixing the current transformers on the right place. So our boundaries is decided by their location. Here in a substation, we have many equipments such as transmission lines, bus-bar, transformers, etc in the system which need atmost care. Starting from the bulkiest, transformers are having different level of protections such as phase to phase and phase to ground. In other words differential protection and earth-fault protection. Over-current protection is also implemented in it. Let's talk about the differential type of protection for transformers. It's quite simple to explain the theory but some complicated while coming into the calculation. The term itself gives a brief idea about the ...

Current Transformers

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  Did we want to really concerned about the current transformers ? Its just an instrument transformer Yeah!,  that's make it different in protective relaying Lets dig deep                             In the most protective relays the input quantity is current and these current are supplied by current transformers. located on or near to the protected equipment. The main functions of CT are 1. To isolate the power system circuit from protection circuit 2.Reduction of magnitude to a level accessed by relays and meters  When considering Constructional features, these are similar to normal transformers consisting a magnetically coupled primary and secondary windings, wound on a common iron core and the primary is connected in series with  the network and the ratio could be found from basics ie,   Ampere-turns in primary=Ampere-turns in secondary ie, low no. of t...