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ABB Group - 1 -
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Distance Protection in SC Lines
Benefits of Series compensated lines
Improvement in stability margins
Improved load division on parallel paths
Reduction in transmission losses
Ability to regulate power flow
Reduction in the voltage drop on the system
during severe disturbances
ABB Group - 2 -
Sep 16, 2017
Distance Protection in SC Lines
Conventional spark gap-protected capacitor
L Bypass circuit-breaker R
Airgap
X11 XC X12
Protection Location
XSL XSR
ABB Group - 3 -
Sep 16, 2017
Distance Protection in SC Lines
MOV protected capacitor
ABB Group - 4 -
Sep 16, 2017
Distance Protection in SC Lines
Protection problems encountered
Forward faults may appear to the distance relay in the reverse direction
Faulty-phase polarized directional measurement detects the fault in the
wrong direction.
ABB Group - 7 -
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instantaneous zone
Distance Protection in SC Lines
Quadrilateral characteristic, cross-polarised
ABB Group - 14 -
Sep 16, 2017
Distance Protection in SC Lines
Negative fault current
~ Load
Series
capacitor Fault
X
Locus of transient
fault impedance
Video Clip
ABB Group - 20 -
A
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Distance Protection in SC Lines
ABB Group - 21 -
Sep 16, 2017