Anna University , Chennai
Department of B.E-Electrical and Electronics Engg
Seventh Semester
EE2402 Protection & Switchgear
Scanned Lecture Notes - All Units
(Regulation 2008)
UNIT-1
INTRODUCTION
TRANSFORMER PROTECTION
THEORY OF CIRCUIT INTERRRUPTION
CIRCUIT BREAKERS
INTRODUCTION
- Qualities of protective relaying
- Reliability
- Selectivity and discrimination
- Speed and time
- Sensitivity
- Stability
- Adequateness
- Simplicity& economy
- Protective zone
- Concept of backup relaying
- Types of relaying
- PROTECTIVE AGAINST OVERVOLTAGE
- Lighting
- Types of lighting stroke
- Protective of electrical apparatus against travelling waves
- Operation of surge diverter\lighting arrester
- Classification of surge arrestor
- Coefficient of earthing
- Surge absorber
- Solid grounding
- Resistance earthing
- Advantage
- Disadvantage
- Reactance earthing
- Advantage
- Disadvantage
- Resonant grounding
- Earthing transformer
- Symmetrical fault analysis
- Methods
- Insulation co-ordination
- Unsymmetrical fault analysis
- Single line to ground fault
- Fault current
- Fault impedance
- Line to line fault
- Operating principles and relay characteristics
- Relay
- Trip circuit operation
- Tripping schemes
- Relay with make type contact
- Relay with break type contact
- Electro magnet attraction relay
- Solenoid and plunger relay
- Balanced beam type relay
- Electromagnetic moving coil relay
- Calculation of relay operating time
- Directional power relay
- Directional induction type
- Differential relays
- Frequency relay
- Impedance relay
- Torque equation
- Advantages
- Disadvantages
- Directional impedance relay
- Reactance Relay
- Mho\admittance relay
- Static relay
TRANSFORMER PROTECTION
- Common transformer fault
- Protective schemes for transformer protection
- 1 .Buchholz device
- 2 .Earth fault relay
- 3 .Over current relay
- 4 .Differential relay
- 5 .Harmonic restraint and harmonic blocking
- Drawbacks of differential protection
- Protection of generators
- Classification
- Star connected alternator protection
- Delta connected alternated protection
- Stator interturn fault protection
- Restricted earth fault protection
- Unrestricted earth fault protection
- Unbalanced protection of generators
- Overload protection of stators
- Negative sequence protection relay
- Protection against abnormal running condition
- Motor protection requirements
- Comprehensive motor protection relay
- Protection circuit for induction motor
- Bus bar protection
- Advantage
- Disadvantage
- Instrument transformer
- Types
- Current transformer
- Application
- Design features
- Potential transformer
- Types
- Application
- Problems
THEORY OF CIRCUIT INTERRRUPTION
- Field emission
- Thermionic emission
- Maintanence of arc
- Electric arc
- Arc extinction
- Low resistance or zero point extinction
- DC circuit breaking
- AC circuit breaking
- Derivation of rate of rise of TRV
- Factors
- Current chopping
- Problems
CIRCUIT BREAKERS
- Classification
- Advantages
- Disadvantages
- Features
- Limitation
- Application
- Circuit breaker ratings
- Testing of circuit breaking
- Comparison of circuit breakers
- Problems