10 unbalance detection schemes for removing failed capacitor bank from the system
The main purpose of an unbalance detection scheme is to remove a capacitor bank from the system in the event of a failure and fuse operation. This will prevent damaging… Read more
Nov 26, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
Main components of a Gas Insulated Substation (GIS) you should know about
Gas-insulated substations (GIS) use circuit breakers, disconnect switches, and grounding switches, and have various means of indicating their position, either opened or closed, so the same as in air-insulated substation…...
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Nov 23, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
Coordinating study in protection of utility supply line, transformer and plant main bus/feeder
The installation of a dedicated substation to serve a plant actually involves an interface between the utility and the plant. Close coordination between utility and plant personnel is essential so… Read more
Nov 21, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
What is polarity and why it’s important for transformers and protection relays
Polarity is very important for the operation of transformers and protection equipment. A clear understanding of polarity is useful in understanding and analyzing transformer connections and operations as well as… Read more
Nov 19, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
Power transformer protection relaying (combined differential & restricted earth fault)
In previous article we described how overcurrent, restricted earth fault (REF) and differential protection of a transformer can be applied and explained their schemes. This part continues with other, also… Read more
Nov 14, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
Power transformer protection relaying (overcurrent, restricted earth fault & differential)
The problems relating to transformer temperature rise above an assumed maximum ambient temperature require some means of protection. Let’s summarize the problems and the possible forms of transformer protection that… Read more
Nov 12, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
Neutral earthing systems of generator sets (gensets)
Generator sets have specific features that must be taken into account for protection against electric shocks. Mobile sets cannot be connected to earth and their connection by means of a… Read more
Nov 08, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
The raising technology of high voltage vacuum circuit breakers (that could replace SF6…)
Because of great harmfulness of greenhouse effect, SF6 gas has to be limited. It is necessary to develop high voltage vacuum circuit breaker to replace SF6 circuit breaker. Insulating structure…...
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Nov 07, 2018 | By Ali Sepehri
Ground faults in ungrounded systems (risks & detection)
Ungrounded systems are power systems with no intentionally applied grounding. However, they are grounded by the natural capacitance of the system to ground. Thus, the fault current level is very… Read more
Nov 05, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
Eight most important distance relay characteristics (based on impedance comparison)
Some numerical relays measure the absolute fault impedance and then determine whether operation is required according to impedance boundaries defined on the R/X diagram. Traditional distance relays and numerical relays… Read more
Oct 31, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
4 essential ground-fault protective schemes you should know about
While ground-fault protective schemes may be elaborately developed, depending on the ingenuity of the relaying engineer, nearly all schemes in common practice are based on one or more of the… Read more
Oct 29, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
Four special capacitor applications in EHV systems you should know about
There are many other applications in the industry where capacitors are used for power factor correction or energy storage purposes. These include arc furnaces, resistance welding equipment, single-phase capacitor start,…...
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Oct 26, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
Automatic bus transfer scheme in thermal and nuclear power stations
In order to ensure uninterrupted supply to connected loads in thermal and nuclear power stations, two types of automatic supply transfer schemes are normally used: automatic bus transfer scheme and… Read more
Oct 24, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
Biased-differential protection theory and application
The term biased-differential or percentage differential is based on the fact that the operating threshold increases with the through current. Because of that, comparison of upstream and downstream currents in… Read more
Oct 22, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
Four Crucial Switching Functions Of a MV Circuit Breaker (Facts You MUST Know)
The demands made on MV power systems, irrespective of the place of use of the circuit breakers, vary widely in nature. All these functions cannot obviously be performed with the… Read more
Oct 17, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi