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RELAY
When ever occurs a fault
Then the current should halt.
Otherwise, the fault current increases.
And the service continuity decreases.
Then the relay should act quick
And the circuit breaker should trip.
Thus the faulty section is disconnected
And the power system is protected.
RELAY( As per IEEE 100 -1984 )
Relay is an electric device that is designed to interpret input conditions in a prescribed manner and after specified conditions are met to respond, to cause contact operation or similar abrupt change in associated electric control circuits.
Inputs are usually electric, but may be mechanical, thermal or other quantities.
Limit switches and similar simple devices are not relays.
PROTECTIVE RELAYS
A relay whose function is to detect defective lines or apparatus or other power system conditions of an abnormal or dangerous nature and to initiate appropriate control circuit action.
Fuses are also used in protection. But fuses are only over current protective device with a circuit opening fusible part that is heated and severed by the passage of the over current through it.
Thus protective relays and their associated systems are compact units of analog, discrete component and / or digital network connected through a power system for the purpose of sensing problems.
OutputAmplificationIntegrationtimings etc.
SensingSingle
orMultipleInputs
Single or
Multiple
Logic Representation of Electric Relays
The term PROTECTION does not indicate or imply that the protection equipment can prevent TROUBLE , such as fault and equipment failures. It cannot anticipate trouble.
The protective relays act only after an abnormal or intolerable condition has occurred with sufficient indication to permit their operation.
Thus protection does not mean PREVENTION, but rather minimising the duration of trouble and limiting the damage, outage time, and related problem that may otherwise result.
FIVE BASIC FACTS OF PROTECTIVE RELAYS
1. RELIABILITY :- To ensure that the protection scheme will perform correctly.
2. SELECTIVITY :- To ensure maximum continuity of service with minimum system disconnection.
3. SPEED OF OPERATION :- To ensure minimum fault duration and consequent minimum equipment damage.
4. SIMPLICITY :- To have minimum protective equipment and associated circuitry to achieve the protection objectives.
5. ECONOMY :- To provide maximum protection at minimum total cost.
CLASSIFICATION OF RELAYS
1. PROTECTIVE
2. REGULATINGGenerally don’t respond to system faultsunless faults are far too long.Associatedwith Tap changers of Transformers,Governors of generating equipments.
3. RECLOSING, SYNCHRONISM CHECK, SYNCHRONISING(PROGRAMMING)
These are related to computers & used in energising or restoring lines to service after an outage and in interconnecting pre-energised parts of system.
4. MONITORINGTo verify conditions in the poweror protective system (Alarm units)
5. AUXILLARYi ) Contact Multiplicationii) Circuit Isolation
Frequent Requirement of
Control System
i ) More outputs for multiple tripping, alarms and operating other equipment such as recording and data acquisition, lock out and so on.
ii ) Contacts that will handle higher currents or voltages in the secondary system.
iii ) Electrical and magnetic isolation of several secondary circuits.
TYPES OF RELAYS
ELECTRO MECHANICAL RELAY
These relays are based on the comparisonbetween operating torque/force and restoring torque/force.As the characteristic of such relay is limited,hence it can perform only one protective function. VA Burden of such relay is high.
ELECTRO MAGNETIC RELAY
These relays have a coil or an electromagnetenergised by coil. The coil is energised by the operating current or voltage. A plunger or rotating iron vane is subjected to the action of magnetic field produced by the operating current or voltage.These relays are operational both for AC andDC, because torque is proportional to I2 .These are fast operated relays due to smalllength of travel and light moving parts.
IDMT RELAY
The current setting is changed by plug setting to get desired number of turns in the coil.
Time multiplier setting is in the formof an adjustable back stop.
The desired time setting is obtained bychanging the relative position of contacts by adjusting the length oftravel of moving contacts.
STATIC RELAYS
In these relays, the sensing, comparison andmeasurements are made by electronic circuitshaving no moving part. These relays have low burden and versatile characteristics, thus incorporate several protective control and monitoring function in one compact unit.
Microprocessor based relays have several features such as :
i) Indication of operating values and thus no need of separate indicating instrument.ii)Reduction in number of relays as a single relay can perform even 10 different protective functions (e.g. AZ1114 ALIND RELAY)iii) Increased Reliability due to internal monitoring of own relay circuit.iv) Memory function can flash on the display the magnitude of current & instant of time at the moment of tripping.v) Extended range of application.
Fault clearing time is elapsed time between the instant of occurrence offault and the instant of final arc extinction.
F.C.T. = RELAY TIME +CB TIME
Relay Time = Instant of fault occurring to closure of trip circuit
CB Time = Closure of trip circuit to final arc extinction
Normally CB time is between 20 to 50 milliseconds (1 to 2.5 cycles)
AUTO RECLOSURE SEQUENCE
Fault Occurs
C.B. Trips
Auto ReclosureFeature
C.B. Recloses
CB Trips &Remains open
CB Remains closed
The auto reclosing of EHV lines is high speed and single shot i.e. only one reclosing is attempted
If fault persists If fault is cleared
S.N. NO. OF TIME IN OPERATION REMARKSCYCLES MILLI SEC
1 0 Fault occurs CB in closed positionProtective gear starts operating
2 0-2 0-40 Relay Time Fast relay functioning 3 2 40 Trip circuit closed Operating mechanism
starts to open4 2 to 4.5 40-90 Opening time of CB5 4.5 to 6 90-120 CB final arc extinction CB is of 4 cycles6 6 to 18 120-360 Dead time 12 cycles for De-ionization
CB remains open7 13.5 270 CB contacts starts
closing8 18 360 CB contacts touch
for reclose9 20 400 CB Reclosed CB closes in 0.4 sec
10 CB will remain closed, iffault has vanished.CB will open again, if faultstill persists & will remainlocked open.
Single shot auto reclosure complete
AUTO RECLOSURE SEQUENCE
Generally minimum time of 0.2 second must be allowed to elapse to enable the fault zone to become de-ionized completely. Hence a dead time of 0.3 second has been chosen for safe reclosure time.
In 25 KV AC Traction, time for single shot auto reclosure is set at 0.5 second i.e. before the opening of DJ of loco in 0.6 second.
OPERATING TIME OF RELAYS
(RDSO : - TI/PSI/PROTCT/CONVEN/2000 dated 1.9.2000)
Instantaneous OCR - Less than 15 ms
Mho Relay - Less than 50 ms *
Master Trip Relay - Less than 15 ms
Circuit Breaker - Less than 65 ms
* This value is at maximum torque angle of 75 0 and at 15 % less fault impedance than the relay setting.
Disadvantages of Electro mechanical relays
Bulky, poor accuracy, slow in operation
High VA burden, require frequent calibration
EMI and harmonics tend to effect
Integrated functions, multiple characteristics
and memory storage not possible
Fault waveform recording & analysis not
possible
Reasons of spurious trippingof relays
Growth of trees in section, sparking at ROB,
FOB, improperly set locomotive spark gaps
Excessive relay settings
Load encroachment of Inst OCR and
MHO Relay
Magnetic inrush currents
Operation of WPC for regenerative current
Reasons of spurious trippingof relays
Initial energisation of a transformer on NO
load causes currents going upto 5 times full
load rating of transformer depending upon
the instance of switching ON.
These though die out within 0.5 sec but are
sufficient to cause tripping of relays.
These inrush currents are rich in 2nd harmonics
(Contd.)
Type of relay Total relays(Characteristics) on I.R. Max Min AvgYTG 14(Lenticular) 12 29 5 10.3YCG14(Mho) 372 105 9 21.3AZ1114(Parallelogram) 23 16 2 5.1Others 37 40 5 19
Tripping of the relays / month
Statistics of distanceprotection relays on I.R.
Load encroachment Inst OCR
Inst OCR is set at 5 times the relays settings
and acts in < 15 ms.
Upto the set value of the current the relay shall
trip at higher time.
Typically the relay is set to 1000 to 1500 amp
to cover instantaneous faults of 5000 to 7500
amp
Thus the relay will trip at 1000 to 1500 amp
current in about 100 msec
This is load encroachment of inst OCR
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Instantaneous OCR curves
Regenerative Current Handling
Regenerative currents if fed back to grid may
cause WPC tripping
These current fall in the 2nd quadrants
Selected area of WPC operation for 100 to
150 degree in the 2nd quadrant solves this
problem
At present only AZ 1114 latest version is
immunized for regenerative currents
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Area
Load areaRegenerativearea
Regenerative Current Handling
Need for a Delta - I Relay
1. Conductor falling on rocky terrain.
2. Dry twig touching OHE
3. Monkey menace or bird faults on brackets
and 9-T insulators.
4. Bond not properly connected or open
5. Delta I can protect fault current upto 200 Amps
Panto flashover prevention relay
Tripping of one of the CB’s at a TSS & during
this state if a locomotive enters the TSS IOL
it can cause flashover at the OHE
Depending upon the intensity of the flashover
current, their can be catenary strands cutting
or parting of OHE
The solution to such a problem is to eliminate
the flashover by switching OFF the arc feeding
circuit breaker
Tripping of mainline CB for faults in yards
1. Normally big yard and loco sheds are known
to cause excessive tripping of the CB
2. Divisions sometimes provide separate CB to
feed such locations in order to avoid mainline
tripping
3. However, effective segregation is seldom
achieved due to the characteristics of the
relays provided.
Tripping of mainline CB for faults in yards
4. This problem can be solved by blocking the
mainline CB for a period of 100 ms from the
time of tripping of the yard OCR.
5. This shall block the mainline relay for yard
fault but for the mainline faults the system
shall remain unaffected
6. RDSO has cleared this scheme in 1998 for
implementation on Zonal Railways
(Contd.)
Remedial Measures
1. Relay settings to be done as per RDSO
standard guidelines
2. Tripping monitoring is an important tool
to judge section performance
3. Adequate relays are not available as spares.
10 % relays of each type with a minimum of
one relays of each type required
4. Availability of high speed auto reclosure to
ensure quick power supply availability
5. Changes in section like removal of BT-RC
change of CT and the transformer ratings
needs review of the relays settings.
Remedial Measures
6. Bonds connections to be ensured, tightened
for an effective return path for the faults.
7. Training of staff at the depot levels is must
8. To summarize
(a) Modern day Microprocessor based relays
are far more superior than the ancient
electromechanically technology, when
ever need is felt, replacement should be
done in a phased manner.
(b) Monitoring of the protective relays
performance as per their characteristics
should be closely watched by the
Sr.DEEs through regular and frequent
inspection.
(Contd.)
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