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C4-105
CIGRE 2012
KEYWORDS
Temporary Overvoltage, Compensation, Out-of-Phase breaking, Recovery Voltage, EMTP
Michael.owen@beca.com
CONFIGURATION
There are instances where large loads are supplied via a long distance circuits. The conventional
supply may be via an HVAC line, either overhead or underground cable. In order to facilitate the
connection application, it is common for Network Service Providers to prescribe limits at the
connection point on operating variables such power factor, voltage etc.. Reactive compensation is
conventionally provided to meet those requirements. The limits imposed for Mvar import / export can
result in requirements for high percentages of reactive compensation, which in turn can lead to missing
current zeros when the line is energized. Figure 2 below demonstrates typical transients that can occur
when a compensated line is energized. Standard interrupting tests are not performed on circuit
breakers with such high levels of DC offsets. Because the circuit breaker may be called upon by
protection to interrupt directly following line energization, some utilities [4] either adopt
countermeasures or apply circuit breakers that have been subject to DC interruption tests [5]. One
solution is to install two or more smaller reactors that are switched to match the circuit load.
Compensation may be applied as a set of two of three 30% switched reactors.
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This paper reports on resonance effects noticed during ATP-EMTP simulation studies for deenergization of a compensated unloaded line. A reactor with a five limb core was chosen to align with
an existing installation, and to avoid the resonance effect, reported by others [6], due to mutual
coupling between the reactor phases.
MODELLING
The elementary circuit is shown below in Figure 1. This model is used to facilitate understanding, and
provides a lumped circuit which may be constructed in ATP-EMTP to exhibit the basic phenomenon.
A distributed parameter model similar to an existing circuit was also built to demonstrate that the same
effects also occur on a realistic model.
Other authors [2] have analyzed this basic circuit using Clarke components and reported that upon
circuit de-energization, high voltages occur due to resonance effects on untransposed lines. That
analysis is extended in this paper to show that high resonant voltages can also occur on perfectly
transposed lines for non-simultaneous interruption between phases. An overview of the Clarke
method is included in the Appendix. Full derivation of the Clarke equivalent network is reported in a
separate text [7]. In Figures 1a and 1b, the overhead line or underground cable circuit are modeled as
a set of lumped capacitors, with the circuit breaker pole opening shown by the switch sequence 1, 2
and 3. Figure 1d shows the Clarke equivalent network for the circuit, again with the corresponding
circuit breaker pole opening shown by the switches 1, 2 and 3.
mpensated line
Figure 1. Reprresentation of com
(2)
For cable:
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(3)
(4)
Nom
minal voltagee 220 kV, 50H
Hz, with the operating vo
oltage at the switching loocation being
g 242 kV.
o
o
Lines unloaded.
The circuit breaker pole span upon opening is a parameter reported [9] to contribute to overvoltage
upon de-energization. For the current work, a maximum value of 4ms was assumed, although for
modern well maintained equipment a value less than 2ms is expected. In all simulations, the current
chopping level was set to 1A.
RESULTS
The results plotted in Figures 2 to 21 demonstrate various combinations of parameters for:
In each case the results for compensation levels of 60% and 30% are recorded. Results are obtained
for switch opening pole spans at 0ms and 4ms.
On the power frequency recovery voltage plots, lines are drawn to match the power frequency
recovery voltage test limits of the IEC standard for High Voltage AC Circuit Breakers [3]. The limits
are drawn for a 245 kV system and are 400 kV for solidly earthed neutral systems, and 500 kV for
other systems. During testing, the circuit breaker is expected to withstand the power frequency
recovery voltage for 0.3s.
It is immediately apparent from the results, that on occasions following interruption, the line side
voltages at the circuit breaker exhibit an oscillation that display a beat characteristic with peak
voltages that exceed the nominal value. This reflects onto the power frequency recovery voltage
across the circuit breaker, and test limits are exceeded within the 0.3s period. The effect is more
noticeable when the pole span is 4ms.
Inspection of the Clarke network in Figure 1 shows that the resonant frequency of the and circuits
are the same (cable and overhead line 27.2 Hz, at 30% compensation ), however the resonant
frequency of the circuit is different (cable 28.1 Hz, overhead line 14.6 Hz, at 30%
compensation). When the circuit is introduced into the network by operation of switch 1, currents
and voltages exhibit a resultant beat due to the difference in the , and frequencies. If however, all
switch currents were to chop current concurrently (Figure 21), the circuit never receives any
excitation, and the beat in frequency is not expected.
Two current interrupting patterns are observed, one in which two of the slopes at interruption are of
the same sign, with one different (e.g. Figure 5a), and each interruption is separated by 3.33ms; and
the other in which the slopes at interruption are all the same sign (e.g. Figures 2a), and each
interruption is separated by 6.66ms. The latter case is associated with a pole span of 4ms.
A slight interference on the second and third phases of the interrupting current is also observed.
Suppression of the peak of the second phase current to interrupt may be seen in Figure 2a, and careful
measurement shows that current zero of the last phase to interrupt is slightly extended over the normal
power frequency value. This effect is anticipated due to evolving nature of the circuit.
For similar current interruption patterns, similar power frequency recovery voltages are observed.
The Figures also show the Clarke component currents flowing into the reactor, and voltages across the
cable entry point respectively. The reason for the high voltage becomes clear when it is observed that
the component slowly shifts its phase relative to the and components. At some point, it is in antiphase to the others. Application of the inverse Clarke transform via equation A.6 demonstrates that
differences in the signs of the instantaneous Clarke component voltages can result in high voltages in
the phase components.
The results with a 4ms pole span generally exhibit more severe power frequency recovery voltages
than those with a 0ms pole span. This is expected, since inspection of Figure 1a shows that the the
circuit will experience a longer period of excitation due to a greater duration between the operation of
switches 1, 2 and 3.
Comparison of the results at 30% and 60% compensation show a tendency for higher recovery
voltages at lower levels of compensation. This may be attributed to the magnitude of current flowing
prior to the interruption. The higher the initial current the higher are the voltages developed in the
equivalent Clarke network (Figure 1d) following switch operation, and consequently the recovery
voltage is more severe.
The effect of increased resistance to earth at the first major section bonding point is shown in
Figure 17. The sheath voltage measured for the default study parameter of 50 for resistance to earth
is compared to the voltage obtained with a 1 value. As might be expected, the sheath voltage is
higher by an order of magnitude with the higher earth resistance. The other results for that case,
recorded in Figures 14 to 16 remain substantially the same.
500km 220kV lumped capacitance overhead line model, pole span 4ms
150
250.0
600
[kV]
[A]
[kV]
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100
400
125.0
50
200
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0.0
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(a)Breaker currents
(b) Breaker power frequency recovery voltage
(c) Phase voltages at cable entry
- scale ticks 50A
- scale ticks 200kV
- scale ticks 62.5kV
Figure 2. 500km 220kV overhead line (unloaded) - 60% compensated lumped capacitor model. Pole span = 4 ms
300
600
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400
350.0
*10 3
*10 3
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175.0
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200
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(a)Breaker currents
(b) Breaker power frequency recovery voltage
(c) Phase voltages at cable entry
- scale ticks 100A
- scale ticks 200kV
- scale ticks 87.5kV
Figure 3. 500km 220kV overhead line (unloaded) - 30% compensated lumped capacitor model. Pole span = 4 ms
500
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*10 6
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500km 220kV lumped capacitance overhead line model, pole span 0ms
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500
250.0
[kV]
[A]
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375
187.5
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250
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125
62.5
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(a)Breaker currents
(b) Breaker power frequency recovery voltage
(c) Phase voltages at cable entry
- scale ticks 50A
- scale ticks 125kV
- scale ticks 62.5kV
Figure 5. 500km 220kV overhead line (unloaded) - 60% compensated lumped capacitor model. Pole span = 0 ms
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*10 3
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(a)Breaker currents
(b) Breaker power frequency recovery voltage
(c) Phase voltages at cable entry
- scale ticks 100A
- scale ticks 200kV
- scale ticks 100kV
Figure 6. 500km 220kV overhead line (unloaded) - 30% compensated lumped capacitor model. Pole span = 0 ms
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[kV]
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200
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125
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-125
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(a)Breaker currents
(b) Breaker power frequency recovery voltage
(c) Phase voltages at cable entry
- scale ticks 100A
- scale ticks 125kV
- scale ticks 62.5kV
Figure 8. 100km cable (unloaded) 60% compensated, lumped capacitance cable model. Pole span = 4ms
600
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[A]
[kV]
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(a)Breaker currents
(b) Breaker power frequency recovery voltage
(c) Phase voltages at cable entry
- scale ticks 200A
- scale ticks 125kV
- scale ticks 100kV
Figure 9. 100km cable (unloaded) 30% compensated, lumped capacitance cable model. Pole span = 4ms
500
1200
*10 3
375
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(a)Breaker currents
(b) Breaker power frequency recovery voltage
(c) Phase voltages at cable entry
- scale ticks 100A
- scale ticks 125kV
- scale ticks 50kV
Figure 11. 100km cable (unloaded) 60% compensated, lumped capacitance cable model. Pole span = 0ms
500
600
[kV]
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375
*10 3
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50
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(a)Breaker currents
(b) Breaker power frequency recovery voltage
(c) Phase voltages at cable entry
- scale ticks 200A
- scale ticks 125kV
- scale ticks 50kV
Figure 12. 100km cable (unloaded) 30% compensated, lumped capacitance cable model. Pole span = 0ms
700
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500
[A]
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(a)Breaker currents
(b) Breaker power frequency recovery voltage
(c) Phase voltages at cable entry
- scale ticks 125A
- scale ticks 125kV
- scale ticks 62.5kV
Figure 14. 100km cable (unloaded) 60% compensated, fully cross bonded distributed parameter model. Pole span = 4ms
700
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500
[A]
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525
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0 30
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(a)Breaker currents
(b) Breaker power frequency recovery voltage
(c) Phase voltages at cable entry
- scale ticks 175A
- scale ticks 125kV
- scale ticks 100kV
Figure 15. 100km cable (unloaded) 30% compensated, fully cross bonded distributed parameter model. Pole span = 4ms
700
0 35
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-125
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500
[A]
[kV]
[kV]
375
375
250
250
125
125
187.5
125.0
62.5
0.0
-125
-125
-62.5
-250
-250
-375
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[ ]
0 35
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0 10
0 15
0 20
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(a)Breaker currents
(b) Breaker power frequency recovery voltage
(c) Phase voltages at cable entry
- scale ticks 125A
- scale ticks 125kV
- scale ticks 62.5kV
Figure 18. 100km cable (unloaded) 60% compensated, fully cross bonded distributed parameter model. Pole span = 0ms
[s]
0 35
250.0
700
500
[kV]
[A]
[kV]
187.5
525
375
350
250
175
125
0.0
-175
-125
-62.5
-350
-250
-125.0
125.0
62.5
-375
-525
-700
0 060
0 075
-187.5
-500
0 00
0 090
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0 10
0 15
0 20
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[s]
0 35
-250.0
0.00
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0.10
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0.20
0.25
0.30
[s]
(a)Breaker currents
(b) Breaker power frequency recovery voltage
(c) Phase voltages at cable entry
- scale ticks 175A
- scale ticks 125kV
- scale ticks 62.5kV
Figure 19. 100km cable (unloaded) 30% compensated, fully cross bonded distributed parameter model. Pole span = 0ms
800
0.35
500
*10 6
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375
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250
200
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-250
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-800
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(f
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ff
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0.20
0.25
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600
200
*10 3
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-200
0.00
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0.15
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(a)Breaker currents
(b) Breaker power frequency recovery voltage
(c) Phase voltages at cable entry
- scale ticks 200A
- scale ticks 100kV
- scale ticks 50kV
Figure 21. 100km cable (unloaded) 30% compensated, fully cross bonded distributed parameter model. Simultaneous current chop.
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CONCLUSIONS
This paper has examined the effects of de-energizing an unloaded compensated line. This corresponds
to an out-of-phase breaking case [3], due to the sustained resonant voltage at the line side of the
circuit breaker following interruption.
A simple lumped model of the circuit representing the power frequency recovery voltage has been
analyzed to determine the transient currents and voltages. The similarity between the results observed
between the simple model and the distributed line model give confidence in the accuracy of the latter.
It has been established that high power frequency recovery voltages can occur when relatively low
levels (30%) of compensation are employed, however the effects are still occasionally observable even
at commonplace (60%) compensation levels.
The pole span during circuit breaker opening is shown to have a detrimental effect if it is of sufficient
duration to affect the sequence of current interruption between the phases. This is observed to occur
above about 4ms. With modern well maintained equipment however, a pole span greater than 2ms is
not expected.
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Circuit breaker test limits for power frequency recovery voltage are specified in the IEC standard for
High Voltage AC Circuit Breakers [3]. It states that for out-of-phase breaking tests, the power
frequency recovery voltage shall be 2.0/3 times the rated voltage for solidly earthed neutral systems
and 2.5/3 times the rated voltage for other systems. The standard also requires that the power
frequency recovery voltage be withstood during test for a period of at least 0.3s.
This paper has demonstrated that the act of de-energizing an unloaded compensated line may cause
those limits to be exceeded. The standard however does include a caveat to say that operation leading
to a power-frequency recovery voltage higher than that corresponding to the rated voltage of the
circuit-breaker, in particular, at the end of long lines, should be subject to an agreement between
manufacturer and user.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The author acknowledges the support of Beca Pty Ltd in the presentation of this paper.
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APPENDIX
CLARKE ANALYSIS
The problem under consideration is transient in nature. In this paper Clarke analysis is adopted as the
method of analysis due to its validity under instantaneous conditions, and also to avoid the
inconvenience of the complex operator associated with the Symmetrical Component method.
Both the Symmetrical Component and Clarke transformations are each particular solutions to the
eigenvalue problem. The following relationship holds true:
=
(A.1)
0
0
(A.2)
for:
(A.3)
The same form is also applicable to capacitance (C), inductance (L) and resistance (R) matrices
respectively, and:
=
(A.4)
where ( I ) is the unit matrix.
The phase (p) components (a, b & c) and Clarke ( ) components (, & ) are represented as:
(A.5)
1
1
1
or:
0
2
2
(A.7)
=
1
=
2
1
0
or:
=
(A.6)
2
1
2
3
2
2
1
2
3
2
(A.8)
(A.9)
It may be observed from the above equations that the component is 3 times the zero sequence value
from the Symmetrical Component method. It may also be observed that the Clarke component
impedances and Symmetrical Component impedances are equal.
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