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Protection 2

The document discusses power system protection, including why it is needed for safety and equipment, types of faults and causes, and the basic philosophy of isolating problems and limiting disturbances to continue power distribution. Protective relays monitor current and voltage to detect problems using CTs and PTs.

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Switchgear and Power

System Protection
An Introduction and
Course Outline
Why we need Power
System Protection….?
Why we need Power System
Protection….?
Electrical apparatus operates at various voltage levels and may be enclosed
or placed in open. Under abnormal operating conditions protection is
necessary for:
• Safety of electrical equipment.
• Safety of human personnel.
Power System Operation

Normal
Abnormality
Operation Faults
Power
Series Swing

Open Frequency
Conductor drift

Voltage
Shunt
Unbalance

Ground
Lightning
Fault

Phase Fault

Simultaneous
Faults Causes
Electrical Mechanical

Flash Over Falling Branch

Insulation
Subjective Faults
Failure

Mechanical damage
of equipment
What is System Protection?
System protection is the art and science
of detecting problems with power system
components and isolating these
components. Problems on the power
system include:
1. Short circuits
2. Abnormal conditions
3. Equipment failures
Basic Protection Philosophy

• Implementing a system adopting components, which


should not fail and requires the least or nil
maintenance to maintain the continuity of service. This
is very important terms nowadays in deregulated
markets.

• The main idea is to restrict the disturbances during


such failures to a limited area and continue power
distribution in the balance areas.
Protective relays monitor
the current and/or voltage
of the power system to
detect problems with the
power system. Currents
and voltages to relays are
supplied via CT’s and PT’s
Basic construction of protection system

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