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What is STUB Protection? application and working

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April 15, 2022 by admin

STUB Protection is simple overcurrent protection it is used to protect the power system
transmission line when the line isolator is in open condition.

STUB protection is mainly required in one and half breaker busbar schemes. In one and half
breaker scheme, 2 nos. lines are connected to 2nos. Bus through the 3 nos. Circuit breakers
as shown in the diagram. When 1 no. line gets shut down or switched off, the other line can
connect only through one breaker to the single bus. For the system stability, line should be
connected to both the buses.

In this case, when 1 no. line gets shutdown, its Main and Tie Circuit Breaker will close after
opening the line isolator as shown in the diagram. In this process, the other line is allowed to
connect to both the buses.

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Why STUB Protection?

The distance protection needs line voltage and current inputs to operate. As the line is under
shutdown and the line isolator is in open condition, there is no voltage in the distance relay.
In this case, to protect the area as marked in the diagram, we need STUB Protection.

Working Principle:
STUB protection is the function of distance relay. When the distance relay gets the open
status from the line isolator, it will block the distance protection and enable the STUB
protection to protect the area. Under STUB protection, the minimum fault current limit is set
above the full load current of the line, and delay time is set as zero.

The fault current of STUB protection should not be set below the full load current of the line
because during the service condition of the line, due to any reason, if wrong isolator status
goes to the relay, the STUB protection will activate, and it will trip the line.

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The delay time is also set to zero or less than the Zone-2 time delay of the lines connected to
the bus because if the fault is not isolated instantly, the fault will detect by other connected
lines under zone 2 and all the connected lines will trip.

Power Systems, Substation

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