TUESDAY GROUP 10

Neelkanth Kundu 2014EE10520

Nilesh Kumar Jha 2014EE10523
Ritik Vijayvergiya 2014EE10479
ELP303: Power Engineering
EXPERIMENT-3 : Laboratory

IDMT CHARACTERISTICS
OF OVERCURRENT RELAY Date of Experiment: 22-Aug-2017

Date of submission: 5-Sep-2017

OBJECTIVE: To obtain the IDMT characteristics of the induction type over current relay.
Equipment Required: CDG 11 over-current relay, current transformer, 3-phase contractor, 1-
phase load (Rheostat), Ammeter, DC Supply to power the relay, Digital timer, single phase auto
transformer, connecting wires.

Circuit Diagram:
Procedure:
Study the Circuit diagram and identify the different components used in the experiment. Connect the
components as shown in circuit diagram.
1) Fault Current versus Time of operation keeping PS & TSM fixed.
a) Fix the PS= 2.5 and TSM=1.
b) Make the initial fault current about 1.5 times the PS.
c) Simulate the fault by opening the switch.
d) Note down the time elapsed since opening the switch till the relay starts clicking. This is the
time of operation of the relay.
e) Increase the fault current by increasing the autotransformer voltage and note down the time of
operation of the relay each time.
f) Repeat the above steps for PS=3.75 and TSM=1

2) TSM versus Time of operation.

a) First fix the PS= 2.75 and Fault current= 4A.
b) Start with TSM=0.2 and note down the time of operation of the relay.
c) Increase TSM in steps of 0.2 till 1 and note down the time of operation of the relay.
d) Now keep PS=3.75 and Fault current = 5A and repeat the above steps.
Plot the data and interpret the results.

Observation and Results:

1) Fault Current versus Time of operation keeping PS & TSM fixed:

a) TSM=1 and PS=2.5

Fault Time Of
Current(A) operation(s)
3 84.75
3.5 25.63
4 16.73
4.5 12.72
5 10.91
6 8.5
7 7.26
8 6.52
 Time Of operation vs Fault Current
90
Time of Operation (Seconds)

80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fault Current (A)

Log Log scale:

Time Of operation vs Fault Current

100
Time of Operation (Seconds)

10

1
1 10
Fault Current (A)

b) TSM=1 and PS=3.75

Fault Time Of
Current(A) operation(s)
4.5 64.21
5 30.44
5.5 21.87
6 16.66
6.5 13.72
7 12
8 9.86
9 8.4
 Time Of operation vs Fault Current
70
Time of operation (Seconds)

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fault Current(A)

Log Log scale plot:

Time Of operation vs Fault Current

100
Time of operation (Seconds)

10

1
1 10
Fault Current(A)

2) TSM versus Time of operation:

a) PS=2.5 & Fault Current=4A

Time Time of
Setting operation
0.2 3.44
0.4 7.03
0.6 11.51
0.8 15.1
1 16.73
 Time of operation vs Time setting
18
16
Time of operation(Seconds)

14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2
TSM

b) PSM=3.75 & Fault Current=5A

Time Time of
Setting operation
0.2 7.4
0.4 16.2
0.6 24.1
0.8 33.27
1 42.62

Time of operation vs Time setting

45
40
Time of operation(Seconds)

35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2
TSM
Conclusion:
The graph of time of operation versus fault current has inverse relation when plotted on linear
scale for both PSM=2.5 and PSM=3.75. The time of operation saturates after a certain fault
current. In log-log scale it has a linearly decreasing characteristics.
The graph of time setting multiplier vs time of operation has linearly increasing characteristics.
For IDMT relays the time of operation is more if time setting multiplier is higher.
The observations are in accordance with the theoretical characteristics of IDMT overcurrent
relays.
The time of operation of IDMT relay is dependent on the severity of faults. This ensures that the
relay doesnt operate during normal overload conditions of short duration.

Precautions:
Slowly increase the fault current above the Plug setting and dont increase fault current too much
it may cause burning of rheostat.
Note down the time of operation accurately using a timer.
Wait till the rotating disk of the relay restores to normal position before taking the next it reading.