UNIT I - PROTECTION SCHEMES
Significance and need for protective schemes – nature and causes of faults – types of faults Effects of faults - Zones of protection and essential qualities of protection – Types of Protectionn schemes - Power system Grounding and Methods of Grounding
UNIT II - BASICS OF RELAYS
Operating principles of relays –Universal torque equation - R-X diagram –Electromagnetic Relays – Over current, Directional and non-directional, Distance, Differential, Negative sequence and Under frequency relays
UNIT III - OVERVIEW OF EQUIPMENT PROTECTION
Current transformers and Potential transformers and their applications in protection schemes - Protection of transformer, generator, motor, bus bars and transmission line
UNIT IV - STATIC RELAYS AND NUMERICAL PROTECTION
Static relays – Phase, Amplitude Comparators – Synthesis of various relays using Static comparators – Block diagram of Numerical relays – Over current protection, transformer differential protection, and distantce protection of transmission lines
UNIT V - CIRCUIT BREAKERS
Physics of arcing phenomenon and arc interruption – DC and AC circuit breaking – re-striking voltage and recovery voltage - rate of rise of recovery voltage - current chopping - interruption of capacitive current - resistance switching - Types of circuit breakers – air blast, oil, SF6 and vacuum circuit breakers – comparison of different circuit breakers – HVDC Breaker