Bihar Engineering University, Bihar, Electrical Engineering Semester 7, Power System Protection Syllabus

PCC-EE26 Power System Protection 3L:0T:0P 3 credits

Module 1: Introduction and Components of a Protection System (4 hours)
Principles of Power System Protection, Relays, Instrument transformers, Circuit Breakers

Module 2: Faults and Over-Current Protection (8 hours)
Review of Fault Analysis, Sequence Networks. Introduction to Overcurrent Protection and overcurrent relay co-ordination.

Module 3: Equipment Protection Schemes(8 hours)
Directional, Distance, Differential protection. Transformer and Generator protection. Bus bar Protection, Bus Bar arrangement schemes.

Module 4: Digital Protection (8 hours)
Computer-aided protection, Fourier analysis and estimation of Phasors from DFT. Sampling, aliasing issues.

Module 5: Modeling and Simulation of Protection Schemes (8 hours)
CT/PT modeling and standards, Simulation of transients using Electro-Magnetic Transients (EMT) programs. Relay Testing.

Module 6: System Protection (4 hours)
Effect of Power Swings on Distance Relaying. System Protection Schemes. Under-frequency, under- voltage and df/dt relays, Out-of-step protection, Synchro-phasors, Phasor Measurement Units and Wide-Area Measurement Systems (WAMS). Application of WAMS for improving protection systems.

Text/References
1. J. L. Blackburn, “Protective Relaying: Principles and Applications”, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1987.
2. Y. G.Paithankar and S. R. Bhide, “Fundamentals of power system protection”, Prentice Hall, India, 2010.
3. A. G. Phadke and J. S. Thorp, “Computer Relaying for Power Systems”, John Wiley & Sons, 1988.
4. A. G. Phadke and J. S. Thorp, “Synchronized Phasor Measurements and their Applications”, Springer, 2008.
5. D. Reimert, “Protective Relaying for Power Generation Systems”, Taylor and Francis, 2006.