Breaker Failure Relay (Back-up Protection Relay)

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Breaker failure relays are referred to as back-up protection

devices which are applied as stoppage protection relays for the
most relays. As case in point Breaker failure relay is employed
as a backup device for differential relay of an influence Power
Transformer and additionally for distance relay of a conductor.

Why Breaker Failure Relay is required

In the fault condition of any equipment it's expected that the

fuse of this instrumentality are going to be tripped by main
protection relays of such instrumentality if there's a failure
within the tripping circuit of the fuse or within the fuse
itself. During this case the fuse won't tripped then, to isolate
this fault, the bus bar at that this equipment is connected
should by fully isolated by tripping all the equipment connected
thereto by a delayed time. Then, the sole connected
equipment to the current bus bar is that the faulted one. During
this case, the faulted equipment has no current transient
through it thus, it's are often disconnected manly by isolates.

How Breaker Failure Relay Operates

To operate breaker failure relay it should satisfy three

conditions. They are;

Tripping signal from any main protection relay of the condemned

equipment which exist.
Fuse of the condemned equipment continues to be connecting (n.o.
auxiliary contact from fuse is used).
Theres current passing through this equipment not withstanding

its value is incredibly tiny.

Although one among-st the second and third conditions are spare
for healthy operation of breaker failure relay, it's desirable
to use each for a lot of security.

The schematic arrangement shows the breaker failure relay

circuit. Tripping circuit of breaker failure relay is analogous
to tripping circuit of bus bar protection relay. Generally
breaker failure relay could use an equivalent tripping circuit
of bus bar protection relay.