The directional relay is supplied with the current as well as the voltage. Consider the case of two auxiliary transformers, A and B, used to derive the substation auxiliary LVAC supply. Even with both earth fault components IFA and IFB present, the SBEF CT associated with transformer A summates the currents to operate the appropriate relay and in turn correctly disconnects transformer A from the faulty busbar. In addition to the instructive part, a short chapter on the service of the relay has been included. Maximum voltage across relay=current×lead and CT resistances=10.1×(0.3+2×0.4)=11.1 V. Therefore set the relay to 2×voltage value=22 V. Therefore CTs must have a minimum knee point value of 44 V. From the CT characteristics given in the table above the knee point is approximately 100 V and therefore suitable for this application. Transverse differential protection can be used against interturn faults, where the stator windings are divided into two or more circuits. At 22 V the relay current is approximately 11 mA and the CT magnetizing current 32 mA. Bayliss CEng FIET, B.J. The residual current protection is usually set to operate at around 10% of the nominal current. To prevent voltages being transferred through interwinding capacitance coupling, an earthed screen is provided between windings. Supplied with TecQuipment’s Protection and Relay Test Set (PSL50), the relay enables investigations into protection and monitoring of transformers, transmission lines and distribution schemes. The use of the relay An earth fault relay is activated by the fault current flowing from line to earth, while an over-current relay is activated if the line current exceeds a certain value. Lead and CT resistances to common LVREF relay connection point=0.4 ohm neutral to relay cable resistance per core. Plain overcurrent relays operating on bus-section switches cannot, of course, remove the faulted section from the supply, unless it is being fed via another section. The relay will only operate for faults appearing in the protection zone between the sets of sensing CTs at the primary and secondary terminals. Instantaneous high-set overcurrent protection. Earth fault protection of the LV winding is part of the excitation equipment earthing which consists of high impedance earthing through a resistor. Figure 10.13b. The relay contacts close when the ratio of this differential current to the through current exceeds the slope of the relay operating characteristic. The relay is designed for sensing the fault current which is 15% more than that of the rated winding current. If the switchboard has three sections, directional overcurrent relays, arranged to detect fault currents flowing outwards, may be fitted to the bus-section switches. This fault current could therefore cause the relay associated with transformer B to operate. BEF protection CT arrangement. 2. PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd, 100% found this document useful, Mark this document as useful, 0% found this document not useful, Mark this document as not useful, Save Earth Fault Relay in a Single Phase Power System. A current transformer (CT) associated with secondary unrestricted, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Electrical Engineer's Reference Book (Sixteenth Edition). I G Crow BEng, PhD, CEng, FIMechE, FIMarE, MemASME, R Robinson BSc, CEng, FIEE, in Plant Engineer's Reference Book (Second Edition), 2002. But the use of this term is not recommended, as unrestricted earth fault protection will not detect phase-to-phase faults and therefore the term ‘back-up’ or ‘standby’ leads to some confusion. The substation and its environment should not be connected to metal objects such that the voltages arising within the substation under fault conditions can be transferred to a point remote from the substation. Earth fault: Earth fault is an Open Circuit fault; where the power carrying cable or conductor breaks and gets into contact with earth or a conductor capability material in contact with earth. Bayliss CEng FIET, B.J. The excitation transformer is naturally cooled so the winding temperature indicator gives an alarm only. Synchronous machines subjected to sudden mechanical overloads should be protected against loss of synchronism, which can also be caused by a reduction of field current or supply voltage. Auxiliary transformer LV connections: (a) Single transformer LVAC auxiliary supply source and simplistic single line diagram representation (inset); (b) substation auxiliary supply derived from duplicate transformer source with incorrect SBEF CT location; (c) substation auxiliary supply derived from duplicate transformer source with correct SBEF CT location. Such an arrangement will preserve the two healthy sections, provided the fault is not on the central section. Geoff Macangus-Gerrard, in Offshore Electrical Engineering Manual, 2018, Differential protection is rarely used on transformers offshore. IF=busbar earth fault current. ScienceDirect ® is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V. ScienceDirect ® is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V. 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Omar Salah Elsayed Atwa, in Practical Power System and Protective Relays Commissioning, 2019. tap changing on transformers giving CT mismatch. If these currents become unequal because of a fault current being sensed in the transformer windings, the resulting current energises the operating coil. All the protection systems mentioned above, depending on circuit conditions, trip their own unit, the banked generator-motor unit, the 400 kV circuit-breakers and send a trip signal to the starting busbar system to trip the generator-motor, if they are in a starting sequence. A single earth fault results in a rise in the voltage between system neutral and earth, which may be detected by a relay measuring the residual voltage of the system (normally zero for a perfectly balanced, healthy system). Balanced Earth Fault Protection The balanced earth fault protection scheme is mainly used for protection of small generator where differential and self-balanced protection systems are not applicable. =0.1 ohm phase-to-relay cable resistances per core. When excessive current flows in a circuit, it is necessary to trip the circuit breaker protecting that circuit. Figure 4.6b shows such a system with a key-interlocked normally open LV busbar-section circuit breaker and the same ‘classic’ SBEF CT location. Assuming, for example, that because of the CT errors 1% of the phase fault current will be seen by the earth-fault relay this becomes 5..20 x 1% = 5..20% of the rated secondary current. Consider an earth fault on motor terminal, ASB. The earth fault relay must be very sensitive for sensing the fault. Consider the same network as shown in Fig. Under fault free or external fault conditions the CT currents will sum to zero and the relay will not operate. Such settings protect a restricted portion of the winding. The Example Over current/Earth fault relay is shown in the below figure. When a motor is stalled due to loss of one phase, the heating is concentrated in one part of the rotor and the instantaneous negative-sequence unit can give complete protection. Loss of synchronism and field failure in synchronous motor protection. Earth-fault Relay connected in Neutral to Earth Circuit (Fig. In this video the philosophy behind the restricted Earth Fault Protection has been elaborated. Consider an out-of-zone fault with one CT saturated. Since core is kept earthed, this situation causes an Earth fault. This kind of earth fault protection is also known as unrestricted earth fault protection. It is necessary to verify the relay voltage setting, a suitable CT knee point, and, given the relay voltage–current relationship, the effective relay primary CT setting. It is used when it is obvious that large fault currents are the consequence of fault on the equipment being protected by the relay e.g., close-in fault on a long feeder. The earth systems associated with high-voltage substations must satisfy the following conditions: The resistance of the system to earth must be low enough to ensure that earth fault protection equipment operates correctly. A single auxiliary transformer is normally connected to the LVAC distribution switchboard earth and neutral busbars via links as shown in Figs. An entry-level three-phase and earth fault overcurrent relay presented in an educational format. The most occurred and severe earth fault happens when insulation of winding get damaged, and it touches the core of the machine. The auxiliary transformer connections to the LVAC switchboard shown in Fig. The NewElec GA Earth Leakage relay provides earth leakage protection also known as ground fault protection designed to protect personnel and equipment by rapid disconnection of main supply to faulted equipment a unique feature is the integrated distinguishing between Earth leakage and Earth fault routing trips to incoming circuit breaker rather than the fault level limited main circuit contactor. away from the bus. The purpose of a standby relay is to trip if all other earth-protection schemes fail to remove the fault. However, if the switchboard is fed by plain feeders or directly by generators with overcurrent protection, such an arrangement can provide reasonable overcurrent protection whilst preserving the supplies on healthy bus sections (see Fig. Claire Soares, in Gas Turbines (Second Edition), 2015. Hardy CEng FIET, in Transmission and Distribution Electrical Engineering (Fourth Edition), 2012. Thermal relays are employed for overloading, also a separate stalling relay is employed for motor stalling conditions. Relays with harmonic restraint filters can be employed in cases where the harmonic component of the load (such as with discharge lighting) is high. Hence the name restricted earth fault protection. A sensitive underfrequency relay is used for this condition. Traditionally, such a relay has only the pick-up setting and it does not have any TMS. System at load end in this case is disconnected form source in in case of radial power flow. The relay is connected to secondary of a CT whose primary is connected in neutral to earth connection. Ground Differential (also known as “restricted earth fault”) IEEE Devices used in Transformer Protection Transformer Protection 23 23 WSU Hands-On Relay School 2018 IEEE Devices used in Transformer Protection Transformer Protection 23 23 WSU Hands-On Relay School 2018 Types of earth fault relays are the same as over current relays however with just one coil for current within the case of fast, definite time, or inverse time earth fault varieties. Therefore, whenever the relay gets energized, trip command to the breaker is issued. The original equipment manufacturer recommends that the generator, as a minimum, be equipped with the following protective equipment: Negative phase-sequence current protection, Underexcitation protection and/or underexcitation limiter, Reverse power protection (depending on the drive machine type), Overexcitation and/or overexcitation limiter, Loss-of-excitation protection; in installations where there is a risk of high overvoltages, a surge diverter is to be installed and, in certain cases, protective capacitors. 4.6a–c. DrC.R. Simple directional overcurrent busbar protection scheme. The rotor is also protected against earth faults. magnetising inrush giving secondary currents in one set of CTs only. Failure of a bearing can cause motor stalling. By continuing you agree to the use of cookies. 4.6c involve relocating the SBEF CTs close to the transformer neutrals. This relay is not suitable for backup protection. Figure 1-1 System considered for earth fault coordination by fuse We reserve all rights in this document and in the information therein. Figure 4.6. In addition, a fairly high bias slope is required to prevent maloperation by CT differential currents arising from. Another method of connecting an earth-fault relay is illustrated in Fig 5. The importance of this is shown in Figure 11 from which it will be seen that if the neutral of a star-connected winding is earthed through a resistance of one per unit, an overall differential system having an effective setting of 20%will detect faults in … The term ‘back-up’ earth fault protection is sometimes used to describe this scheme, as it supplements the generator differential protection. That actually means a standby-scheme should have a long time delay to ensure positive operation for downstream schemes. Selectivity of non-unit type protection devices is achieved by Kerala Switchgear Sales Corporation - Offering Earth Fault Relay, पृथ्वी फॉल्ट रिले, Earth Relay in Kadavanthra, Kochi, Kerala. If the earth fault current path is particularly unfavourable it is possible for the LVAC switchboard incomer from transformer B to be tripped, thereby losing the healthy side of the switchboard. At the same time maloperation of transformer B protection is avoided and transformer B continues to supply the healthy busbar and associated substation LVAC loads. The earthing conductors must be capable of carrying maximum earth fault current without overheating or causing mechanical damage. The bias slope is chosen so that the relay is insensitive to unbalanced external lead burdens which normally give a lower ratio of differential current to through current than an internal fault. Supplied with TecQuipment’s Protection and Relay Test Set (PSL50), the relay enables investigations into protection and monitoring of transformers, transmission lines and distribution schemes. Damper winding thermal protection may be used as an alternative to field failure protection if the machine is required to run for long periods as an induction motor. As an alternative consider a resistance-earthed neutral with earth fault current limited to 1,000 A. OVERCURRENT AND EARTH FAULT RELAY An entry-level three-phase and earth fault overcurrent relay presented in an educational format. Earth fault protection of the 18 kV winding is included in the unit transformer earth fault protection scheme. Motors with powers greater than 50 HP, supplied from an earthed system, should be protected against earth faults to reduce fault damage and accident risk, especially motors not protected by differential protection. For Later, Many developing countries confront widespread theft of, In India electricity theft leads to annual losses estimated at, #onest consumers, poor people, and those without, connections, who bear the burden of high tariffs, system, inefficiencies, and inadeuate and unreliable power. 4.4.2). Under worst case conditions for an internal fault with three CTs receiving magnetizing current from the CT in the faulted phase, then CT output required to operate the relay=11+(3×32)=107 mA. In the event of an earth fault the difference in potential between a person's feet (step potential) should not reach dangerous levels. A defective bearing is indicated by temperature rise and vibration and a small rise in motor current. An undercurrent relay in the field circuit gives satisfactory protection. In this way the CT is in the path of the earth fault current. These are normally fitted in machines of 1000 HP and above. This arrangement is unsatisfactory when applied to a multi-source supply system. Used for protection of transformers and feeders from over current and earth faults. Where the overloads period is short a loss of synchronism relay can be arranged to disconnect the field supply only, so that the machine runs as an induction motor during overload then the relay resynchronizes the machine automatically after overload periods. If the busbars are sectionalised, the bus-section switch may be fitted with overcurrent or directional overcurrent protection. so fault current is generally low due to the high fault resistance. Get contact details and address| ID: 9474380897 Unbalanced or negative-phase sequence protection should be used as rotor heating due to unbalanced currents being a function of the negative-sequence component of line currents. Figure 4.4.2. All excitation transformers have a Buchholz gas (alarm), a Buchholz gas (trip), a pressure relief device (alarm) and a conservator tank low level (alarm). Maximum 11 kV fault current If=1,347×33/11=4,042 A (see Section 10.5.3.1). For an earth fault, IF=IFA+IFB, on the left-hand side LV switchgear busbar fed by transformer A a proportion of the fault current, IFB, may return to the neutral of transformer A via the earthing path of transformer B. Hardy CEng FIET, in, Transmission and Distribution Electrical Engineering (Fourth Edition), I G Crow BEng, PhD, CEng, FIMechE, FIMarE, MemASME, R Robinson BSc, CEng, FIEE, in, Plant Engineer's Reference Book (Second Edition), Transformer Faults and Protection Devices, Differential protection is rarely used on transformers offshore. It is provided with flag. The disadvantage of this connection arrangement is that the SBEF CTs will now register 3rd harmonic or out of balance load currents. ⊗=open bus-section circuit breaker. As central section faults rely on upstream protection for clearance, this section should be kept as short and uncomplicated as possible for good reliability. One voltage coil is additional within the case of directional earth fault relays. Normally these are combined to form what is known as a combined over-current and earth fault relay, which is widely used as back up protection if the main protection fails. This is the ‘classic’ standby earth fault (SBEF) protection CT location and transformer connection to the LVAC switchboard for a single transformer source of supply. Under internal fault conditions within the transformer LV winding or connections the CT currents will become unbalanced and the LVREF protection will operate. In directional earth fault relay, the voltage coil is actuated by the residual voltage. In addition it should be noted that the IFB proportion of the fault current will bypass, and not be summated by the neutral CT associated with the transformer supplying the fault. stabilized differential protection relay SPAD 346 C has been provided with an earth-fault relay module SPCD 2D55 and a combined overcurrent and earth-fault relay module SPCJ 4D28. With a resistance-earthed neutral the maximum earth fault current is 1,000 A. In the event of an earth fault the difference in potential between any point which may be touched and the ground (touch potential) should not reach dangerous levels. IFA=component of earth fault current returning via transformer ‘A’ neutral to earth link. The earth fault relay operates only for the internal fault of the protective zone. Earth faults, in other words, the accidental contact between an active (phase) and an earthed conductive part can lead to dangerous situations … At the same time unbalanced or harmonic currents involving the neutral (3rd harmonics and multiples) will not be ‘seen’ by the CT in this position. The transformer windings and connections are protected by an extremely inverse relay and two high set overcurrent relays. Earth Leakage Protection Relays (ELR series) Earth Leakage relays (ELR’s) or also known as ground fault relays are residual current monitors (RCM’s) that are used to detect potentially dangerous ground fault currents before they cause any hazard. Read about company. The directional relay is connected in series with the Overcurrent relay so that the trip command is only given if there is a fault and also flow of power due to the fault in the forward direction, i.e. This arrangement could be used for the connection of a third generator, with all outgoing feeders (except third generator auxiliaries) fed from the end sections (see Fig. A current transformer (CT) associated with secondary unrestricted earth fault protection is located on the earth side of the neutral to earth link. earth fault relay is a definite time over current relay with an additional low-pass filter. Assume worst case earth fault with solid earthing equals 3 phase fault level with one transformer feeding maximum CT current. Selectivity, also known as discrimination, is one of the fundamental qualities of a protection relay. A single earth fault in the rotor circuit will complete the circuit comprising the voltage source (ac or dc), sensitive overvoltage relay and earth fault and thus earth fault will be sensed by the relay. This relay can detect the earth’s fault, so we can say that RCCB does the same function. 1.2. This will result in desensitizing the LVREF protection and approximately 43/1,000=4.3% of the transformer windings at the neutral end will not be protected. 1.7 Case Study 1.7.1 Coordination of earth fault by fuse Consider the system shown in Figure 1-1 for earth fault coordination. The advantages to be obtained by the use of restricted earth fault protection, discussed in previous article lead to the system being frequently used in conjunction with an overall differential system. 5). 10.13a. Under normal load conditions the CT secondary currents are equal and no current flows in the relay operating coil. Distance relays, also known as impedance relay, differ in principle from other forms of protection in that their performance is not governed by the magnitude of the current or voltage in the protected circuit but rather on the ratio of these two quantities. Field failure relay should be provided for synchronous machines larger than about 500 HP which are not provided with loss of synchronism protection, preventing overheating of the rotor after continuous operation as an induction motor. As the name indicates, it's action is fast. Figure 4.4.1. It is also a high resistance earth fault. Equivalent CT primary current=1,200/3×107×10−3=43 A approximately. These relays initiate a Unit trip. LVREF protection CT arrangement and lead-CT resistances. However, it does have the advantage over restricted, The overcurrent fault protection relays on the primary circuit of the transformer will provide some protection to the secondary circuit, but, . A temperature-sensing device embedded in bearings gives adequate warning. Directional earth fault relays sense the direction in which earth fault occurs with respect to the relay location and it operates for fault in a particular direction. and earth-fault relay REJ 525 and presents detailed instructions on how to use the Human-Machine Interface (HMI) of the relay, also known as the Man-Machine Interface (MMI). DC injection method is simple and has no problems of leakage currents. This can be included with thermal overload relays. The major function of an earth fault relay is to operate for the leakage currents to the earth. The protection setting should take into consideration that the three CTs do not have identical characteristics and will perform differently for heavy phase-to-phase faults or for initial asymmetrical motor starting currents. This characteristic may be altered by adjusting the turns ratio of the operating and restraint coils. Thus, no CTs are required, and the technique may be useful where provision of an extensive number of core-balance CTs is impossible or difficult, due to physical constraints or on … Low voltage restricted earth fault (LVREF) protection is applied to the LV 11 kV transformer star winding and neutral connections as shown in Fig. 10.13c. The core is a high resistance element. Discover everything Scribd has to offer, including books and audiobooks from major publishers. 4.4.1). This relay is also known as Master Trip Relay and its ANSI code is 86. different CT ratios and hence saturation levels giving differential currents under through-fault conditions. We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content and ads. The directional earth fault relay (single phase unit) has two coils. A reverse-phase sequence and undervoltage relay can be used to detect this condition. The overcurrent fault protection relays on the primary circuit of the transformer will provide some protection to the secondary circuit, but earth fault protection devices on the upstream side will not provide any secondary circuit protection because there is normally no zero-sequence path through the transformer. Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. or its licensors or contributors. Simple plain overcurrent busbar protection scheme. In Electrical Systems and Equipment (Third Edition), 1992. Triple harmonics are of particular importancesince these harmonics are additive and cophasal in a three phase system and thus appearin the system neutral or in an earth fault relay aszero sequence (or earth fault) current. : 4 The first protective relays were electromagnetic devices, relying on coils operating on moving parts to provide detection of abnormal operating conditions such as over-current, overvoltage, reverse power flow, over-frequency, and under-frequency. Synchronous machines must be protected against this condition because it can go out of step with supply after an interruption. However, it does have the advantage over restricted earth fault protection in that both primary and secondary windings are protected from both earth and phase-to-phase faults. To prevent maloperation by magnetising inrush, the relay operation is delayed by a selected time delay which allows the initial current peaks to decay below the relay setting value determined by the percentage bias. The extremely inverse relay used for this protection has to grade with the fuses protecting the excitation thyristors. In electrical engineering, a protective relay is a relay device designed to trip a circuit breaker when a fault is detected. Over current/Earth fault relays are the basic protection relays. Normally, during earth-fault conditions, very high earth-fault currents will flow in a solidly-earthed transformer. Figure 10.13c. 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