Translay relay
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• It is a voltage balanced system in which the
secondary CT voltages are compared.
• The CT are connected in opposition.
• The upper magnets acts as a Quadrature
transformer and induces secondary voltage
proportional to primary current.
• These type of relays are used in the feeder
protection and the scheme is called Translay
scheme. In this scheme, two such relays are
employed at the two ends of feeder
TRANSLAY RELAY
Normal conditions
• Under normal conditions or through fault
conditions, the pilot current is capacitive,
Fault conditions
• The secondaries of the two relays are
connected to each other using pilot wires.
• The connection is such that the voltages
induced in the two secondaries oppose each
other.
• The copper coils are used to compensate the
effect of pilot wire capacitance currents and
unbalance between two currents
transformers.
Normal conditions
• Under normal operating conditions, the
current at the two ends of the feeder is same.
The primaries of the two relays carry the same
currents inducing the same voltage in the
secondaries.
• As these two voltages are in opposition, no
current flows through the two secondaries
circuits and no torque is exerted on the discs
of both the relays.
Additional notes
Fault conditions
• When the fault occurs, the currents at the two ends
of the feeder are different. Hence unequal voltages
are induced in the secondaries. Hence the circulating
current flows in the secondary circuit causing torque
to be exerted on the disc of each relay. But as the
secondaries are in opposition, hence torque in one
relay operates so as to close the trip circuit while in
other relay the torque just holds the movement in
unoperated position. The care is taken that at least
one relay operates under the fault condition.
Role of copper ring
• Role of copper ring : Mainly relays may operate because of
unbalance in the current transformers. The copper rings are
so adjusted that the torque due to current induced in the
copper ring due to primary winding of relay is restraining and
do not allow the disc to rotate.
• It is adjusted just to neutralise the effect of unbalance
between current transformers. The copper rings also
neutralise the effect of pilot capacitive currents. Though the
feeder current is same at two ends, the pilot capacitive
currents may allow in the pilots. This current leads the
secondary voltage by 90o. The copper rings are adjusted such
that no torque is exerted on the disc, due to such capacitive
pilot currents, by adjusting the angle between the induced
current in the disc and secondary current to be 90o.
The advantages of this scheme are
• 1. Only two pilot wires are required.
• 2. The cost is very low.
• 3. The current transformers with normal
design can be employed.
• 4. The capacitive effects of pilot wire currents
do not affect the operation of the relays.
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