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Power System Protection - 170903

1. Explain the following requirements of protection system. Selectivity,
Reliability, Security, Speed, Discrimination, Sensitivity, Economics,
Reach, Over-reach, Under-reach, Fault Clearing time, CT ratio error,
CT phase angle error, Unit protection, Burden ,Pick-up, Plug setting
multiplier, TSM, Stability, Reset, blind spot, Through fault.
2. Requirements of protection system, Difference of Main & back up
protection
3. PSM, TSM & its numerical.
4. Electromagnetic relay working principle, torque equation.
5. Over current relays, Types, characteristic
6. Directional relay 30, 60, 90 connections with reference to Maximum
torque angle.
7. Three zone Distance protection (Time-Distance characteristic), 1 st
zone relay is set to avoid over reach & 2 nd zone relay set to avoid
under reach
8. MHO, OHM, Reactance, Impedance relay characteristic.
9. Need of Carrier aided protection, introduction, various components &
schematic diagram
10. Phase Comparison scheme
11. Directional comparison scheme
12. Carrier aided Distance protection, transfer & permissive tripping
13. Differential protection of transformer, Buchholz Relay
14. Magnetizing inrush, harmonic restraint, over fluxing protection
15. Transverse differential protection scheme for Inter-turn faults of
generator
16. Loss of excitation & its protection
17. Earth fault & restricted earth fault, justify with the reason of not to
provide complete protection to alternator.
18. Protection of large motor. Overload, stalling, single phasing,
unbalance current.
19. Protection schemes for parallel feeders & ring main system
20. Differential protection of bus bar
21. Numerical relay block diagram, explanation

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22. Sampling theorem, comparison of FIR & IIR

23. Discuss various type test & special test to be performed on relay
24. Installation & commissioning test & stability test.

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