EE8602 – Protection and Switchgear – Regulation 2017 Syllabus

EE8602 – NOTES & QP

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EE8602 – SYLLABUS

UNIT I PROTECTION SCHEMES

Principles and need for protective schemes — nature and causes of faults — types of faults — Methods of Grounding — Zones of protection and essential qualities of protection — Protection scheme

UNIT II ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAYS

Operating principles of relays — the Universal relay — Torque equation — R-X diagram — Electromagnetic Relays — Over current, Directional, Distance, Differential, Negative sequence and Under frequency relays.

UNIT III APPARATUS 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, distant 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 — resistance switching — current chopping — interruption of capacitive current — Types of circuit breakers — air blast, air break, oil, SF6, MCBs, MCCBs and vacuum circuit breakers — comparison of different circuit breakers — Rating and selection of Circuit breakers.