Science and Reactor Fundamentals Electrical

CNSC Technical Training Group

state the consequences of exceeding the conductivity limit;

explain how the ingress of water or air into the generator

impairs the ability of the hydrogen to insulate and cool the
generator.

1.4

PROTECTION

explain how differential protection is used to provide

protection to a bus;

identify why differential, over-current back-up, ground fault

and under voltage are required to provide protection for
electrical busses;

identify why instantaneous over-current, differential, gas relay,

thermal overload and ground fault are required to provide
protection for electrical transformers;

explain why instantaneous over-current, timed over-current,

thermal overload, ground fault, stall and over-fluxing are
required to provide protection for electrical motors;

identify why it is acceptable to immediately reset a thermal

overload relay on an electrical motor and not an instantaneous
over-current relay;

identify when a class A, B, C, or D turbine trip can occur;

explain why over-current, differential, ground fault, phase

imbalance, loss of field, over-excitation, under-frequency,
pole-slip, reverse power and rotor ground fault are required to
provide protection for electrical generators.

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