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OvercurrentRelays
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Overcurrentrelaysareusedforprotectionoflines,transformer,generators,andmotors.
PrincipleofOvercurrentProtection
Therearetwotypesofovercurrentrelays
instantaneousNEMA#50
timeovercurrentNEMA#51
InstantaneousRelaysoperatewithoutintentionaltimedelay.Theyareusedforfaultsclosetothesourcewhenthefaultcurrentisveryhigh.Theoperatingtimeis
approximately10ms.Theconstructionoftheinstantaneousrelaysisusuallymovingarmature,plunger,orinductiondisk.
Animportantcharacteristicofaninstantaneousrelayisadropoutratio.
Dropoutratioisusuallylessthan1.
TimeOvercurrentRelaysoperatewithatimedelay.Thetimedelayisadjustable.Foragivensetting,theactualtimedelaydependsonthecurrentthroughtherelaycoil.
Ingeneral,highercurrentwillcauseafasteroperationoftherelay.Theminimumcurrentatwhichtherelayoperates(pickupcurrent)isalsoadjustable.
TypicalCharacteristicsofanOvercurrentRelay
Timeovercurrentrelayscomeinfivedifferentversionsthataredefinedbythesteepnessofthetimeovercurrentcharacteristic:
definitetime
Dropoutratioisusuallylessthan1.
TimeOvercurrentRelaysoperatewithatimedelay.Thetimedelayisadjustable.Foragivensetting,theactualtimedelaydependsonthecurrentthroughtherelaycoil.
Ingeneral,highercurrentwillcauseafasteroperationoftherelay.Theminimumcurrentatwhichtherelayoperates(pickupcurrent)isalsoadjustable.
TypicalCharacteristicsofanOvercurrentRelay
Timeovercurrentrelayscomeinfivedifferentversionsthataredefinedbythesteepnessofthetimeovercurrentcharacteristic:
definitetime
moderatelyinverse
inverse
veryinverse
extremelyinverse
Themostcommonlyusedovercurrentrelayincorporatesboth,theinstantaneousunitandthetimeovercurrentunit.Theinstantaneousresponseisprovidedbyamoving
armatureunit.Itspurposeistooperateonverylargecurrents.Theinversetimeresponseisprovidedbyaninductiondiskunitandissettooperateforlowerfaultcurrents.
Theinductiondiskunitoperatesonthesameprincipleasinductionmotor.Themetaldiskismountedonashaftthatcanfreelyrotate.Thecurrentcoilsarefixed.They
createmagneticfieldthatinduceseddycurrentsinthemetaldisk.Themagneticfieldoftheeddycurrentsinteractswiththemagneticfieldofthestationarycoilsand
producetorqueonthedisk.Thediskanditsshaftrotateandbringthemovingcontacttowardsthefixedcontactintoaclosedposition.Themotionoftheshaftisopposed
byaspringthatreturnsthediskandthemovingcontactintotheopenpositionwhenthecurrentdropsbelowapresetvalue.Thetimetoclosethecontactdependsonthe
contacttraveldistancewhichissetbyatimedial.Thepickupcurrentisadjustablebyselectingcurrenttapsonthecurrentcoil.Therelaysarenormallyavailablewith
threerangesofcurrenttaps:0.5to2.0A,1.5to6.0A,and4to16A.Thetimedialhasusuallypositionsmarkedfrom0to10,wherefor0settingthecontactis
permanentlyclosed.
ConnectionofOvercurrentRelaystothePowerSystem
contacttraveldistancewhichissetbyatimedial.Thepickupcurrentisadjustablebyselectingcurrenttapsonthecurrentcoil.Therelaysarenormallyavailablewith
threerangesofcurrenttaps:0.5to2.0A,1.5to6.0A,and4to16A.Thetimedialhasusuallypositionsmarkedfrom0to10,wherefor0settingthecontactis
permanentlyclosed.
ConnectionofOvercurrentRelaystothePowerSystem
ProtectionofRadialSystemsbyOvercurrentRelays
Consideracaseofaradiallinesupplyingthreestationsasshown:
Theprotectionmustsatisfytheserequirements:
a)undernormalconditionsthebreakersarenottripped
b)underfaultconditionsonlythebreakersclosesttothefaultonthesourcesideare
tripped
c)iftheclosestbreakerfailstooperate,thenextbreakerclosertothesourceshouldtrip.
Forexample:forafaultatF3,breakerB2shouldtrip,andB1andB0shouldremainclosedsothatpowercanbestilldeliveredtoloadsonbuses0,1,and2.Onlyif
breakerB2failstotrip,B1shouldtripafteratimedelay.B0shouldstillremainclosed.
Inaradialsystem,thefaultcurrentdecreasesasthedistancefromthesourceincreases.Thusthefaultcurrentwillbethehighestforafaultclosetobus0,andthelowest
forafaultpastbus2.
LetsassumeafaultatF3.TherelaysatbreakerB2mustoperateforthisfault.TherelaysatB1willalsodetectthefault,buttheremustbeadelayintheiroperationto
allowthebreakerB2tripfirst.
LetsassumeafaultatF3.TherelaysatbreakerB2mustoperateforthisfault.TherelaysatB1willalsodetectthefault,buttheremustbeadelayintheiroperationto
allowthebreakerB2tripfirst.
T2=pickuptimeofrelaysatB2forafaultatF2
T2=pickuptimeofrelaysatB1forafaultatF2
T3=pickuptimeofrelaysatB2forafaultatF3
T3=pickuptimeofrelaysatB1forafaultatF3
(T3T3)and(T2T2)mustbelargeenoughtoallowtherelaysatB2operateandthebreakerB2tripandclearthefaultbeforerelaysatB1canoperate.Itmustalso
allowforovertraveloftherelaysatB1.
GroundCurrentRelays
Duringbalancedconditions,currentthroughtheneutralis0.Ifthereisanunbalancedfault(onephaseortwophasetogroundfault)thecurrentthroughneutralisnolonger
zero.Presenceofcurrentintheneutralindicatesthatthereisafaultpresent.Groundcurrentrelayscanbesettoquitelowvaluestodetectthiscurrentandoperate.
Example:
Undernormalconditions,thethreephasecurrentsarebalancedandthecurrentintheneutral(orground,iftheneutralisgrounded)addstozero:
IfthereisafaultonphaseA,thecurrentinphaseAwillincrease,whiletheothertwophasecurrentswillremainthesame.Thecurrentintheneutralnownolongeraddsto
zero:
Exampleofatypicaltimeovercurrentcharacteristicofatimeovercurrentrelay:
Exampleofatypicaltimeovercurrentcharacteristicofatimeovercurrentrelay:
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