Distance relays are used to protect transmission lines by responding to the impedance between the relay location and the fault location. As impedance per mile of a transmission line is fairly constant, distance relays respond to the distance to a fault. Zone 1 of the relay is typically set to underreach 80-95% of the line length to avoid overreaching. Zone 2 is deliberately set to overreach the remote terminal to provide backup protection. Zone 3 provides further backup protection by extending 120-180% of the next line section. Relay settings are analyzed using an R-X diagram to represent the relay and system on the same diagram.
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Chap.4 - Nonpilot Distance Protection
Distance relays are used to protect transmission lines by responding to the impedance between the relay location and the fault location. As impedance per mile of a transmission line is fairly constant, distance relays respond to the distance to a fault. Zone 1 of the relay is typically set to underreach 80-95% of the line length to avoid overreaching. Zone 2 is deliberately set to overreach the remote terminal to provide backup protection. Zone 3 provides further backup protection by extending 120-180% of the next line section. Relay settings are analyzed using an R-X diagram to represent the relay and system on the same diagram.
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Non-pilot distance protection
of transmission lines Distance relays are normally used to protect transmission lines. They respond to the impedance between the relay location and the fault location.
As the impedance per mile of a transmission line is fairly
constant, these relays respond to the distance to a fault on the transmission line – and hence their name. • ‘Under-reaching’ protection is a form of protection in which the relays at a given terminal do not operate for faults at remote locations on the protected equipment. This definition states that the relay is set so that it will not see a fault beyond a given distance. • Over-reaching’ protection is a form of protection in which the relays at one terminal operate for faults beyond the next terminal. They maybe constrained from tripping until an incoming signal from a remote terminal has indicated whether the fault is beyond the protected line section FACTS: • The zone of distance relays are opened at the far end, thus uncertainty about its exact reach is eminent. Typically, uncertainty is about 5% of its setting. • Owing to this uncertainty, so that not to overreach the end of the line section, zone 1 should be underreach at 80 to 95% of the line length and to be operated instataneously. • Zone 1 alone does not protect the line AB. • Zone 2 is set deliberately to overreach the remote terminal(i.e. bus) • Zone 2 of distance relay at A must be slower than zone 1 of distance relay at B(next line) in the order of 0.3 secs. • Zone 2 is typically set at 120 – 150% of the line length AB. • In order to provide a backup function for the entire line, it is customary to provide yet another zone of protection for the relay at A. This is known as the third zone of protection, and usually extends to 120–180% of the next line section Ex. Consider the transmission line shown, the relay RAB is to be set to protect the line AB. Impedances are actual transmission line parameters. • Zone 1 setting ---- .85 x (4 +j30) = 3.4 + j25.5 • Zone 2 setting --- 1.2 x (4 + j 30)= 4.8 + j 36 • Zone 3 setting ---- (4 + j 30) + 1.5 x (7 + j60) =14.5 + j 120 Time delays: Zone 1 – instantaneous Zone 2 - 0.3 sec Zone 3 - 1 sec
• It should be noted that if one of the neighboring lines, such
as line BD, is too short, then the zone 2 setting of the relay Rab may reach beyond its far end. For the present case, this would happen if the impedance of line BD is smaller than [(4.8 + j36) − (4.0 + j30)] = (0.8 + j6) . In such a case, one must set zone 2 to be a bit shorter, to make sure that it does not overreach zone1 of Rab, or, if this is not possible, zone 2 of the relay Rab may be set longer than zone 2 of relay Rab or it may be dispensed with entirely and only zone 3 may be employed as a backup function for the two neighboring lines. R–X diagram It is common to use an R–X diagram to both analyze and visualize the relay response. By utilizing only two quantities, R and X (or Z and θ), we avoid the confusion introduced by using the three quantities E, I and θ. There is an additional significant advantage in that the R–X diagram allows us to represent both the relay and the system on the same diagram. Although we have defined Zf under fault conditions, it must be borne in mind that the ratio of E and I at the relay location is an impedance under all circumstances, and when a fault occurs, this impedance assumes the value Zf. In general, the ratio E/I is known as the apparent impedance seen’ by the relay. This impedance may be plotted as a point on the complex R–X plane. This is the plane of (apparent) secondary ohms. One could view the impedance as the voltage phasor , provided that the current is assumed to be the reference phasor , and of unit magnitude.