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Dead Machine Protection Working Principle - 94G ANSI Code - Electrical4u

Dead machine protection is used to protect generators from damage if the circuit breaker closes while the generator is offline. If energized while offline, the generator would draw a high starting current and could be damaged. Dead machine protection consists of overcurrent and undervoltage protection. It monitors current and voltage - if current is too high or voltage too low, it will trip the circuit breaker to de-energize the generator. The protection helps prevent bearing and assembly damage that could occur if the generator was energized while offline.

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Dead Machine Protection Working Principle - 94G ANSI Code - Electrical4u

Dead machine protection is used to protect generators from damage if the circuit breaker closes while the generator is offline. If energized while offline, the generator would draw a high starting current and could be damaged. Dead machine protection consists of overcurrent and undervoltage protection. It monitors current and voltage - if current is too high or voltage too low, it will trip the circuit breaker to de-energize the generator. The protection helps prevent bearing and assembly damage that could occur if the generator was energized while offline.

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Dead Machine Protection Working Principle – 94G ANSI


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Dead machine Protection Working Principle -94G ANSI Code


Dead machine protection is used to protect the generator or alternator from accidental circuit
breaker closing when the machine in off condition Example in standstill position or rolling
condition. Incase, the machine energized which means the generator circuit breaker closed
during off condition, the machine takes high starting current. Typically, generator goes to
motoring action. It may be few seconds, but during the off condition the generator’s thrust
bearing oil pressure will be low or not present. Hence the bearing sleeve and bearing assembly
may damage. Since conventional protections do not provide adequate protection when the
generator is out-of-service, a dedicated high-speed protection is recommended by most major
equipment manufacturers.

Dead Machine Protection

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Dead machine Protection Working principle:

When current flow increases in an electrical circuit, simultaneously the voltage drop increase.
Since when the generator acts as an induction motor, the machine starts take high inrush
current. This causes the voltage across the generator terminal get reduced. Therefore, The
dead machine protection consists of an over current protection + under voltage protection. The
overcurrent protection sense the current flow through the generator winding and the under
voltage relay detects the voltage across the generator. The under voltage relay trips the circuit
breaker, if the voltage falls below 85% of the related voltage.

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The Dead Machine Protection initiates the trip command to the generator breaker on stage-I x
but still the fault exits it gives the trip command to the upstream 110kV grid circuit breaker.

Dead Machine Protection concept

Dead Machine Protection ANSI code: 94G.

Relay acted:

94G relay opted in protection Panel


86 M generator Master trip acted
86 M Grid Master trip acted

Consequences:

Block out & total unit trip

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