Syllabus - Power System Protection (EE-603(A))

Electrical Engineering

Power System Protection (EE-603(A))

VI-Semester

Unit-I

Introduction and Components of a Protection System

Principles of Power System Protection, Relays, Instrument transformers, Circuit Breakers

Unit-II

Faults and Over-Current Protection

Review of Fault Analysis, Sequence Networks. Introduction to Overcurrent Protection and overcurrent relay co-ordination.

Unit-III

Equipment Protection Scheme

Directional, Distance, Differential protection. Transformer and Generator protection. Bus bar Protection, Bus Bar arrangement schemes.

Unit-IV

Digital Protection

Computer-aided protection, Fourier analysis and estimation of Phasors from DFT. Sampling, aliasing issues.

Unit-V

Modeling and Simulation of Protection Schemes and System Protection

CT/PT modeling and standards, Simulation of transients using Electro-Magnetic Transients (EMT) programs. Relay Testing. Effect of Power Swings on Distance Relaying. System Protection Schemes. Under-frequency, under-voltage and df/dt relays, Out-of-step protection, Synchro-phasors, Phasor Measurement Units and Wide-Area Measurement Systems (WAMS). Application of WAMS for improving protection systems.

Practicals

Reference Books

  • J. L. Blackburn, “Protective Relaying: Principles and Applications”, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1987.

  • Y. G.Paithankar and S. R. Bhide, “Fundamentals of power system protection”, Prentice Hall, India, 2010.

  • A. G. Phadke and J. S. Thorp, “Computer Relaying for Power Systems”, John Wiley & Sons, 1988.

  • A. G. Phadke and J. S. Thorp, “Synchronized Phasor Measurements and their Applications”, Springer, 2008.

  • D. Reimert, “Protective Relaying for Power Generation Systems”, Taylor and Francis, 2006.