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WhatisMhoRelay?Description&itsOperatingCharacteristicCircuitGlobe
MhoRelay
AmhoRelayisahighspeedrelayandisalsoknownastheadmittancerelay.Inthisrelayoperatingtorqueis
obtainedbythevoltampereselementandthecontrollingelementisdevelopedduetothevoltageelement.Itmeans
amhorelayisavoltagecontrolleddirectionalrelay.
Amhorelayusingtheinductioncupstructureisshowninthefigurebelow.Theoperatingtorqueisdevelopedbythe
interactionoffluxesduetopole2,3,and4andthecontrollingtorqueisdevelopedduetopoles1,2and4.
IfthespringcontrollingeffectisindicatedbyK3,thetorqueequationbecomes,
WhereandaredefinedaspositivewhenIlagbehindV.Atbalancepoint,thenettorqueiszero,andhencethe
equationbecomes
Ifthespringcontrolledeffectisneglectedi.e.,k3=0.
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OperatingCharacteristicofMhoRelay
Theoperatingcharacteristicofthemhorelayisshowninthefigurebelow.Thediameterofthecircleispractically
independentofVandI,exceptataverylowmagnitudeofthevoltageandcurrentwhenthespringeffectis
considered,whichcausesthediametertodecrease.ThediameterofthecircleisexpressedbytheequationasZR=
K1/K2=ohmicsettingoftherelay
Therelayoperateswhentheimpedanceseenbytherelaywithinthecircle.Theoperatingcharacteristicshowedthat
circlepassesthroughtheorigin,whichmakestherelaynaturallydirectional.Therelaybecauseofitsnaturally
directionalcharacteristicrequiresonlyonepairofcontactswhichmakesitfasttrippingforfaultclearanceand
reducestheVAburdensonthecurrenttransformer.
Theimpedanceangleoftheprotectedlineisnormally60and70whichisshownbylineOCinthefigure.Thearc
resistanceRisrepresentedbythelengthAB,whichishorizontaltoOCfromtheextremityofthechordZ.Bymaking
theequalto,orlittlelesslaggingthan,thecircleismadetofitaroundthefaultyareasothattherelayis
insensitivetopowerswingsandthereforeparticularlyapplicabletotheprotectionoflongorheavilyloadedlines.
Foragivenrelaytheisconstant,andtheadmittancephasorYwilllieonthestraightline.Thecharacteristicofmho
relaysontheadmittancediagramis,therefore,astraightlineandisshowninthefigurebelow.
MhorelayissuitableforEHV/UHVheavilyloadedtransmissionlinesasitsthresholdcharacteristicinZplaneisa
circlepassingthroughtheorigin,anditsdiameterisZR.Becauseofthis,thethresholdcharacteristicisquite
compactenclosingfaultyareacompactlyandhence,thereislesserchancetooperateduringpowerswingandalsoit
isdirectional.
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2.ImpedanceTypeDistanceRelay
3.ThermalRelay
4.OvercurrentRelay
5.DistanceProtectionRelay
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