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The authors would like to acknowledge The Research

Management Institute (RMI) UITM, Shah Alam and Ministry


of Higher Education Malaysia (MOHE) for the financial
support of this research. This research is supported by MOHE
under the Research Acculturation Grant Scheme (RAGS) with
project code: 600-RMI/RAGS 5/3(49/2012).

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

coordination problem of overcurrent relays in radial system.

The overcurrent relays which dominate almost all types of


relays in the power system need to be coordinated properly so
as to avoid trial-operation and also, to avoid unnecessary
downtime in other parts of the system. In this paper, normal
practice of coordination works of overcurrent relays by
manual calculation has been presented. However, since the
network is very large and has many layers of protective
devices, the coordination works become intricate. With help of
ETAP software, the protection engineer can foresee the
expected results from any possibilities of fault since from the
initial stae. Therefore, the chances of mal-fl.inction operation
of the devices is very very minimal. Thus, the advantage of
using software tool can efficiently provide and solve the

VI. CoNcLusioN

Consider that fault is occurred at bus EL3. Then near the


faulted bus, first relay MKI 1 must be operated. In the ETAP
software, the star view feature is good to show the exact
coordination of relays.
Same way, if the relay MKJ I is failed, the relay MK8 must
be operated as back up relay. So as, if relay MK8 is failed, the
relay MK6 must be operated. As above, if relay MK6 is failed,
the next relay that should be operated is relay MK3. The same
will follow to relay lvi 1<2 and the last relay MKI.
Thus, the relay coordination from relay MKI ito relay MKI
is done by using ETAP software. The star views of all relays
can be displayed to confirm complete coordination of all
relays.

B. Relay setting in ETAP:

Relays connected to MSB are graded base on the upstream


relay which is relay MK3. Whereas, relays connected to
EMSB are graded base on the upstream relay which is relay
MK8. Table I shows the grading of the rest of the adjacent
relays.

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Omar Alitnan (M07) received his Diploma in Electrical Power Engineering


from University Teknologi Malaysia, graduated his BSc. from Hanyang
University, Korea and obtained his MEng. from Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia. Currently, he is a PhD candidate at Universiti Teknologi MARA.
His special field of interest includes power distribution, distributed generation

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