EE 104 Protective Relaying 2nd Long Exam 2nd Sem AY 2016-2017 05/12/2017 COE Amphitheatre

Coverage: Circuit Breakers & Instrument Transformers

Instruction: Erased answers are considered wrong.

I. Modified True or False. Write TRUE if the statement is true. If the statement is false, underline the word or phrase
that makes the statement wrong and write the correct answer on the space provided.

_______________ 1. Circuit breaker ratings include voltage, frequency and current.

_______________ 2. MCCBs have electrical clearances that large air circuit breakers don’t have.
_______________ 3. For air circuit breakers, arcing products are generally completely removed.
_______________ 4. Oil circuit breakers are cheaper than air circuit breakers.
_______________ 5. For cross blast types of air blast circuit breakers, blast is directed transversely, across the arc.
_______________ 6. Where voltages are high and the current to be interrupted is low, vacuum circuit breakers have
definite advantages over the air or oil CBs.
_______________ 7. Time delay of CBs should override transient overcurrents and to coordinate with upstream
protective devices.
_______________ 8. Transducers provide galvanic isolation between the power network and the relays and other
instruments.
_______________ 9. SF6 stands for sulfur hexafluorine.
_______________ 10. SF6 CBs are used where the switching frequency is high.

II. Designing. Draw the appropriate connection with marked polarity (for items 1-3) for the following.

1. Voltage transformers connected to the primary lines with secondary voltages for phase relay with auxiliary voltage
transformers.
2. Current transformers connected to the primary lines with relays.
3. Open delta current transformers connected to the primary lines.
4. Connection of components inside a circuit breaker.
5. Inside of an SF6 CB.

III. Discussion. Discuss in details.

1. Operation of SF6 CB.

2. Operation of a circuit breaker.
3. Instrument transformers.

IV. Enumeration. Enumerate what is asked in the items below.

1. Advantages of SF6.
2. Properties required of a gas for a CB use.
3. Insulating fluids commonly used for CB.
4. Advantages of air CB.
5. Advantages and disadvantages of oil CB.