This guide represents a short overview of fundamentals of a power system protection, operating principles and relay characteristics as well as description of main switchgear components like various types of circuit breakers, CTs and PTs, relays etc. Operating Principles and Relay Construction: Electromagnetic relays, thermal relays, static relays, microprocessor based protective relays Time-current characteristics, current setting, over current protective schemes, directional relay, protection of parallel feeders, protection of ring mains. At the completion of this course, students will be able to test phase / ground time over current (51) and phase / ground instantaneous over current (50) protection elements on electromechanical and microprocessor feeder protection relays.
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