WHY PROTECTION COORDINATION IS IMPORTANT?

A power system involves generation, distribution, transmission,

and load. For conveying uninterrupted electricity to the customer,
faultless operation is required. In such cases, fault should be
smoothly cleared and faulty portion must be Isolated using proper
relay coordination.

In all power system the relay protect all the important

components. There are majorly primary and backup protection
provided in the system. If primary relay does not operate and
clear the fault in appropriate time, then the backup relays located
in the backup zone must operate to isolate the fault. To achieve
this, protection coordination should be done.

The aim of a coordination study is to determine the

characteristics, ratings, and settings of overcurrent protective
devices which will ensure that minimum unfaulty load is
interrupted when protective devices isolate a fault or overload
anywhere in the system.
Over current phase and earth fault relay coordination is
necessary to achieve proper fault identification and fault
clearance sequence. Sequence-of-Operation provides a
system-wide solution for an accurate and realistic operating
time and state of protective devices, such as relay, fuse, circuit
breaker, trip devices, contactor, etc. The operation time is
calculated for each protective device based on its settings
and time current characteristic.

Protection coordination studies are essential to power system

engineers whose responsibilities are to operate industry
(generators, transformers, motors) under a safe and
uninterruptible power supply. ETAP is the most flexible and
accurate solution to perform relay coordination studies on any
system (High Voltage as well as Extra High Voltage).

ETAP Star provides intelligent tools and powerful capabilities

to analyze system protection and troubleshoot false trips, relay
and breaker mis-operation, mis-coordination, and more.