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Experiment 4

The document outlines an experiment focused on studying the characteristics of Inverse Definite Minimum Time (IDMT) overcurrent relays for implementation with microprocessors. It includes a MATLAB program to analyze the operating time based on load current and threshold current, with varying parameters. Additionally, it instructs on drawing inverse characteristics for specific values of alpha and time setting dial (TSD).

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Experiment 4

The document outlines an experiment focused on studying the characteristics of Inverse Definite Minimum Time (IDMT) overcurrent relays for implementation with microprocessors. It includes a MATLAB program to analyze the operating time based on load current and threshold current, with varying parameters. Additionally, it instructs on drawing inverse characteristics for specific values of alpha and time setting dial (TSD).

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Experiment No. 4

Study of Numerical Overcurrent Relays Characteristics


for Implementation with Microprocessors
Objective:
IDMT( Inverse Definite Minimum Time)
The term is generally used to describe relay characteristics of Electrical Switchgear. IDMT
relays have such tripping characteristics that, for a particular range of low values of current
the tripping time varies inversely with the value of current. But beyond a certain current limit
the tripping time becomes constant or definite and causes tripping in minimum time. Hence
the name becomes Inverse Definite Minimum Time. This type of characteristic is found in
Overcurrent Relays. It's an electromagnetic type rotating disk relay.

Study of the characteristics of IDMT relays for operation with a microprocessor:


The operating time is governed by the following equation:

(1)

where, Iload = Load current (A), Ithreshold = Threshold current, and TSD is the time setting dial
(a constant). Write the following program in Matlab. Study the operating characteristics with
different TSD and different .

Matlab Program
%Digital overcurrent relay
echo off;
clear all;
I_threshold = 5.0;
I_load = 1:100;
n1 = length(I_load);
alfa=.5;
for m = 1:5,
alfa=m*.1;
for n=1:n1,
if I_load(n)>I_threshold
operating_time(m,n) = 1.0/((I_load(n)/I_threshold).^alfa-1);
else
operating_time(m,n)=100000;
end
end
switch m,
case 1
dd='r';
dd1='alfa=.1';
case 2
dd='y';
dd2='alfa=.2';
case 3
dd='m';
dd3='alfa=.3';
case 4
dd='c';
dd4='alfa=.4';
2

case 5
dd='b';
dd5='alfa=.5';
end
semilogy(operating_time(m,:),dd);
grid on;
hold on;
end
legend(dd1,dd2,dd3,dd4,dd5);

axis([0 100 0 100]);


xlabel('Load current (A)');
ylabel('Operating time (Seconds)');
Relay Characteristics

A typical relay inverse characteristics is shown in Fig. 1.

3
10

2
10
Operating time (Seconds)

1
10 



10
0



0 20 40 60 80 100
Load current (A)

Fig. 1 Operating characteristics of IDMT relay with different .

Report

a) Draw the inverse characteristics for  = 0.5 and TSD = 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.


b) Draw the inverse characteristics for TSD = 1.0 and  = 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5.

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