Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Webinar Presentation Basics of Protection - Part II
Webinar Presentation Basics of Protection - Part II
I1 I2
U
Detection of short circuits
Current: I ∆I
Impedance: Z
IL1 IL1
t=f(I)
IL1 A
D
IL2 IL2
t=f(I) >1
A
IL2 D
TRIP
IL3 IL3
t=f(I)
A
IL3 D
I
t=f(I)
Definite time
t> over current protection
Function:
Trip signal, if current is above
IN I> I
I> for more than t>
Function:
Inverse time
Trip signal, if t(I) is exceeded
over current protection
IN I
Z1
Selectivity
• Fault on the next line:
Z2
X
I
Function:
Z< Trip signal, if measured
V impedance is inside characteristic
R
I1 I2
I3 I4
Comparison with zero is not applicable!
Comparison with threshold: IDiff > Ithres
A B
Protected line
Current measurement on different locations,
summation and comparison with a threshold
Protection Protection
relay communication
relay
To consider:
• Winding ratios
x
BB A System I
BB B System II
X
Function:
Measurement of many
currents within a substation,
X
X
X
X
IL1
IL2 IL1
IL3
IL3 IL2
IL2
IL1
IL3
Symmetrical load current:
IL1+IL2+IL3 = 0
IL1 IL1
IL2 IL2
IL3 IL3
The earth current is the negative sum of the three Important fact for protection:
phase currents: In normal operating states, the earth current is
(nearly) zero:
IE=-(IL1+IL2+IL3) IE=-(IL1+IL2+IL3)=0
connection
IL2 IL2
IL3 IL3
IL1+IL2+IL3
IL1+IL2+IL3
IE
IE
IE
Detecting phase faults with phase currents: Detecting earth faults with the earth current:
Normal Normal
operation Short circuit operation Short circuit
I> IE>
ILoad,max ISC,min Current IE,max, NO IEF,min Current
IL1 IL1
t=f(I)
IL1 A
D
IL2 IL2
t=f(I)
A
IL2 D
>1
IL3 IL3
t=f(I)
A TRIP
IL3 D
IE t=fE(I)
A
IE D
Basics of Protection
05: Primary & secondary
Primary voltage
Secondary
voltage
Setting values are normally calculated from network calculations → primary values
Caution: You must be careful, if you change the c.t. or v.t. ratio: either the primary values or the secondary
values will change
© Siemens 2024
Subject to changes and errors. The information given in this
document/video only contains general descriptions and/or performance
features which may not always specifically reflect those described,
or which may undergo modification in the course of further development
of the products. The requested performance features are binding only
when they are expressly agreed upon in the concluded contract.
All product designations may be trademarks or other rights of Siemens,
its affiliated companies or other companies whose use by third parties
for their own purposes could violate the rights of the respective owner.