OVERCURRENT PROTECTION

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 TIME-CURRENT CHARACTERISTICS

Definite-time Overcurrent Relay

Instantaneous Overcurrent Relay
Inverse-time Overcurrent Relay
Inverse Definite-time Overcurrent Relay
Very Inverse-time Overcurrent Relay
Extremely Inverse-time Overcurrent Relay
Special characteristics
Method of Defining shape of Time-current Characteristics
Technique to Realise Various Time-current Characteristics
using Electromechanical Relays

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 Definite-time and Inverse-time characteristic of Overcurrent relays

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 Very Inverse-time Overcurrent Relay

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 Extremely Inverse-time Overcurrent Relay

5 I.D.M.T., very inverse-time and extremely inverse-time characteristics

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 Method of defining shape of Time-current characteristics
The general expression for time-current characteristics is given
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 Current settings

Standard I.D.M.T ccharacteristic

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 Over current protection schemes
Time-graded system

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 Current-graded system

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 A combination of time and current grading

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 Reverse power or Directional Relay

24 Induction disc type directional relay

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26 Induction cup type directional relay

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 Directional relay connections

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 Directional over current relay

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 Protection of parallel feeders

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 Protection of ring mains

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 EARTH FAULT AND PHASE FAULT PROTECTION
Earth fault relay and over current relay
Earth fault Protective schemes

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 Combined Earth Fault and Phase fault protective
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Two over current and one earth fault relay

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 Directional earth fault relay

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 Static over current relay

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 Instantaneous over current relay

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 Definite Time over current relay

41 Block diagram of Definite Time over current relay

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 Inverse-time over current relay

43 Block diagram of Inverse-time over current relay

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 Directional over current relay

44 Block diagram of Directional over current relay

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 Numerical over current relay
Microprocessor-based over current relay
Microcontroller-based over current relay
Digital Signal Processor (DSP)-based relays
Field Programming Gate Arrays (FPGA)-based over current
relays.
Artificial Neural Network (ANN) based numerical relays

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 REVIEW QUESTIONS

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