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OvercurrentCoordinationBasicsGenerators

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Purpose

Thepurposeofthisguideistoprovideabasicovercurrentprotectionphilosophyforgenerators.

GeneratorOvercurrentProtection
Timecurrentcurve(TCC)landmarks(figure1)

Fullloadamps(FLA)locatedintheupperdecade
Overloadcurvelocatedintheupper1or2decades
Shortcircuitwithstandcapabilitypointlocatedinthemiddledecade
Decrementcurvelocatedinthebottom3decades

TCCregions(figure2)

EquipmentoperatingregionlocatedatandtotheleftoftheFLAandthegeneratordecrementcurveintheinstantaneousregionofthelowestdecade
Equipmentdamageregionlocatedattotherightoftheoverloadcurveandshortcircuitwithstandpoint,andabovethedecrementcurve
Protectivedeviceoperatingregionlocatedbetweentheequipmentoperatinganddamageregions

Suggestedovercurrentprotection(figure3)

Setprotectionabovethefullloadampsandthedecrementcurveintheinstantaneousregionofthelowestdecade
Setprotectionbelowtheoverloadcurveandtheshortcircuitwithstandpoint
Setprotectiontointersectwiththedecrementcurveinthesecondlowestdecade

Comments

Ifcurrentpenetratesthelimitsoftheoverloadcurve,insulationlifeisreduced.
Ifprotectionissetabovethedecrementcurve,thedevicewillnevertrip.

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Fig.1GeneratorTCClandmarks

Fig.2GeneratorTCCregions

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Fig.3Generatorovercurrentprotection

References

OtherApplicationGuidesofferedbySKMSystemsAnalysisatwww.skm.com
ElectricalTransmissionandDistributionReferenceBook,ABBPowerT&DCompany,Raleigh,NorthCarolina,1997
ProtectiveRelayingTheoryandApplications,2ndEdition,MarcelDekker,NewYork,2004

Thelatestrevisionof:

IEEEStd242,IEEERecommendedPracticeforProtectionandCoordinationofIndustrialandCommercialPowerSystems(IEEEBuffBook)
IEEEStdC37.102,IEEEGuideforACGeneratorProtection
IEEEStdC37.101,IEEEGuideforGeneratorGroundProtection
ANSIC50.13,CylindricalRotorSynchronousGenerators
NEMAStdMG1,MotorsandGenerators

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