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OMICRON User Meeting, Jordan

Transformer Differential Protection Testing

Sameh Eldmrdash

Amman, Jordan 16 June 2014

 Instructor

Sameh Eldmrdash
OMICRON Germany since 2007

Application areas:

Testautomation
(PTL development, etc.)

Training

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 Protection Principle

> Precisely defined protection zone

> 100% selective
> Fast

> Three-phase differential protection

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 Operating Characteristic

Idiff = Ip - Is
ID>> Trip Characteristic
Sum

Blocking
Saturation
Tap changer/
Leakage

I D>
Magnetization

Ibias = Ip + Is

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 Zero Sequence Elimination IL I0

2 3
IP 1 IS 0
1
I0 IL1 IL2 IL3
3
1 0

2 3 5 2 3 1
IBias IP IS 1 0 1 IDiff IP IS 1 0 1
1 0 1 1 0 1

2 0 2 3 1 2
IP IP IP0 1 0 1 IS IS IS0 0 1 1
1 0 1 0 1 1

2 2 4 2 2 0
IBias IP IS 1 1 2 IDiff IP IS 1 1 0
1 1 2 1 1 0

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 Tripping Characteristic AREVA P633
Line equations
I : IDiff= 2 IBias
IDiff II : IDiff= 0.3 IBias + a
III : IDiff= 0.7 IBias + b
P3 (?/6)
Idiff>> P1:
0.25 = 2 IBias IBias = 0.125
P2:
P1 insert in II:
0.25 = 0.3 0.125 + a
a = 0.25 0.3 0.125 = 0.2125
P2 (4/?) IBias = 4 insert in II:
Idiff> IDiff = 0.3 4 + 0.2125 = 1.41

IBias P3:
P1 (?/0.25) 4 P2 insert in III:
1.41 = 0.7 4 + b
P1 (0.125/0.25) b = 1.41 0.7 4 = -1.39
P2 (4/1.41) IDiff = 6 insert in III:
6 = 0.7 IBias 1.39
P3 (10.56/6) 7.39 = 0.7 IBias
IBias = 10.56

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 Tripping Characteristic SIEMENS 7UT6

Line equations
IDiff I : IDiff = 0.25 IBias
II : IDiff = 0.5 (IBias 2.5)
Idiff>>
P3 (?/6) P2:
I = II
0.25 IBias = 0.5 (IBias 2.5)
0.25 IBias = 0.5 IBias 1.25)
1.25 = 0.25 IBias
IBias = 5
IBias = 5 insert in I:
P2 (?/?) IDiff = 0.25 IBias
Idiff> = 0.25 5 =1.25
P1 (0/0)2.5 IBias
P3:
IDiff = 6 insert in II:
P1 (0/0) 6 = 0.5 IBias 1.25
P2 (5/1.25) 7.25 = 0.5 IBias
P3 (14.5/6) IBias = 14.5

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Differential Characteristic for Line-Earth-Faults

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 Combined Characteristic

What does the pink characteristic mean, when testing single phase faults?
Example: Test shot: Ibias = 10
Idiff = 3
Fault: L1-E

6.5 3.5
Output currents: Ip 3.25 Inom Is 1.75 Inom

3.25 1.75

6.5 3.5 10 6.5 3.5 3

Ibias 3.25 1.75 5 Idiff 3.25 1.75 1.5

3.25 1.75 5 3.25 1.75 1.5

 Combined Characteristic

Half of the coordinates =

Doubling of the characteristic
Idiff / In

6,0

5,0

4,0
Trip
L1 + L2 + L3 Trip
3,0
L2+L3
2,0

only L1 no Trip
1,0

0,0
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Ibias / In
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