Course Title: Power System Protection CreditUnits:3 L T P/S SW/F TOTAL
W CREDIT
Course Level: UG Course Code: ELEC311 UNITS
3 0 0 0 3
CourseObjectives:
To teach thefundamentals of powersystems protection with basictheoryofrelays, circuit breakers&fuses.
Pre-requisites:
Electrical Machines-I, Electrical Machines-II, Electrical Power Systems-I
CourseContents/Syllabus:
Weightage(%)
ModuleI:IntroductiontoProtectionScheme
NeedforProtectivesystems,NatureandcausesofFaults,Typesoffaults,Effectoffaults,faultstatistics,Evolutionofprotectiverelays,Zonesofprotection,
PrimaryandBackupProtection,EssentialqualitiesofProtection,ClassificationofProtectiveschemes,Automaticreclosing,currenttransformerforProte 20
ction,potentialtransformer,summationtransformer,phasessequencecurrent,segregatingnetwork,basicrelayterminology
ModuleII:Relays
Generalconsiderations,sensingoffaults,[Link],Buchholzandnegativesequencerelay,c
onceptofreset,pickup,inversetimeanddefinitetimecharacteristics,overcurrent,overvoltage,directional,differentialanddistancerelaysonR- 20
Xdiagram
ModuleIII:Protection
Types&detectionoffaultsandtheireffects,alternatorprotectionscheme(stator,rotor,reversepowerprotectionetc.),Powertransformerprotection(exter
nalandinternalfaultsprotection),generatortransformerunitprotectionscheme,busbarprotection,Transmissionlineprotection(current/timegrading,di 20
stance),Pilot-relayingschemes,powerlinecarrierprotection.
ModuleIV:Switchgears
Principlesofarcinterruption,DCCircuitbreakingandACcircuitbreaking,Recoveryandre-
strikingvoltage,Methodsofarcextinction,Mathematicalexpressionforre-
20
strikingvoltage,Activerecoveryvoltage,Switching,magnetizingandcapacitivecurrents,Currentchopping,Resistanceswitching,,TypesofCircuitbre
akers-
oilcircuitbreakers,Aircircuitbreakers,VacuumCircuitbreakers,SF6circuitbreakers,Construction,HRCFuselink,ActionofHRCfuse,Shapesoffuseel
ement,Specificationsofafuselink,Characteristicofafuse,Selectionofafuselink
ModuleV:ModernProtection
StaticRelays:Introduction,advantageandlimitationofstaticrelays,staticovercurrent,directional,distanceanddifferentialrelays 20
staticrelaysfunctionalcircuits:comparators,leveldetectors,logicandtrainingcircuits,microprocessor-based relays- overcurrent relay, impedance
relay, directional relay and reactance relay, Introduction to numerical relays
Course LearningOutcomes:
Aftercompletingthe Power Systemscourse, students will be able to
1. Understand theconceptand constituent of powersystemprotection
2. Study the construction and characteristics of electromagnetic relays
3. Apply different protection schemes for apparatus protection
4. Understandconstructionand workingofFuses,circuitbreakers
5. Apply modern protective relaying schemes
Pedagogy forCourse Delivery:
ClassRoomLectures,assignments,Quizes
Assessment/ExaminationScheme:
TheoryL/T(%) Lab/Practical/Studio(%) Total
100 - 100
TheoryAssessment(L&T):
Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment End Term Examination
Components (Drop down) Attendance Class Test HA Quiz EE
Weightage (%) 5 15 10 10 60
Text Reading:
[Link]-SwitchgearandProtection-KhannaPublishers,[Link],2011
[Link]-PowerSystemProtection-TMH,2011
[Link]-PowerSystemEngineering,TMH,2005
References:
[Link]-PowerSystemProtectionandSwitchgear -TMH,2010
[Link].M-PowerSystemProtectionandSwitchgear -WileyEastern,2009
