Testing and Maintenance of Protective Gear Articles: Classification of Relay Testing: Classification of Relay Testing are usually conducted to demonstrate that: the relay will operate correctly to clear a fault;…
Direct Testing of Circuit Breaker: The Direct Testing of Circuit Breaker in a plant enables us to test under conditions largely representing those in actual network as well as tests…
Circuit Breaker Tester Classification: Circuit Breaker Tester can be classified into two main groups, viz. (i) type tests and (ii) routine tests. Type Tests: These are performed solely for the…
Static Distance Protection Relay: Static Distance Protection Relay are characterized by having two input quantities respectively proportional to the voltage and current at a particular point in the power system,…
Differential Protection Relay in Power System: A Differential Protection Relay in Power System scheme compares quantities derived from the input and output currents of the protected circuit in such a…
Static Relays Basics and Classification: A Static Relays Basics refers to a relay in which the measurement or comparison of electrical quantities is done in a static network which is…
General Methods of Testing Protective Gear: The General Methods of Testing Protective Gear are namely, Primary Injection, Secondary Injection, Measurement of Time, Primary Injection: These tests are limited by the…
Distance Protection by Reactance Relays: Like impedance relays, Distance Protection by Reactance Relays are also amplitude comparators and thus require an additional directional unit. Although the performance of reactance relays…