Protective Relaying

For many years, Protective Relaying: Principles and Applications has been the go-to text for gaining proficiency in the technological fundamentals of power system protection. Continuing in the bestselling tradition of the previous editions by the late J. Lewis Blackburn, the Fourth Edition retains the core concepts at the heart of power system analysis. Featuring refinements and additions to accommodate recent technological progress, the text: Explores developments in the creation of smarter, more flexible protective systems based on advances in the computational power of digital devices and the capabilities of communication systems that can be applied within the power grid Examines the regulations related to power system protection and how they impact the way protective relaying systems are designed, applied, set, and monitored Considers the evaluation of protective systems during system disturbances and describes the tools available for analysis Addresses the benefits and problems associated with applying microprocessor-based devices in protection schemes Contains an expanded discussion of intertie protection requirements at dispersed generation facilities Providing information on a mixture of old and new equipment, Protective Relaying: Principles and Applications, Fourth Edition reflects the present state of power systems currently in operation, making it a handy reference for practicing protection engineers. And yet its challenging end-of-chapter problems, coverage of the basic mathematical requirements for fault analysis, and real-world examples ensure engineering students receive a practical, effective education on protective systems. Plus, with the inclusion of a solutions manual and figure slides with qualifying course adoption, the Fourth Edition is ready-made for classroom implementation.

Power outages have considerable social and economic impacts, and effective protection schemes are crucial to avoiding them. While most textbooks focus on the transmission and distribution aspects of protective relays, Protective Relaying for Power Generation Systems is the first to focus on protection of motors and generators from a power generation perspective. It also includes workbook constructions that allow students to perform protection-related calculations in Mathcad® and Excel®. This text provides both a general overview and in-depth discussion of each topic, making it easy to tailor the material to students' needs. It also covers topics not found in other texts on the subject, including detailed time decrement generator fault calculations and minimum excitation limit. The author clearly explains the potential for damage and damaging mechanisms related to each protection function and includes thorough derivations of complex system interactions. Such derivations underlie the various rule-of-thumb setting criteria, provide insight into why the rules-of-thumb work and when they are not appropriate, and are useful for post-incident analysis. The book's flexible approach combines theoretical discussions with example settings that offer quick how-to information. Protective Relaying for Power Generation Systems integrates fundamental knowledge with practical tools to ensure students have a thorough understanding of protection schemes and issues that arise during or after abnormal operation.

Targeting the latest microprocessor technologies for more sophisticated applications in the field of power system short circuit detection, this revised and updated source imparts fundamental concepts and breakthrough science for the isolation of faulty equipment and minimization of damage in power system apparatus. The Second Edition clearly describes key procedures, devices, and elements crucial to the protection and control of power system function and stability. It includes chapters and expertise from the most knowledgeable experts in the field of protective relaying, and describes microprocessor techniques and troubleshooting strategies in clear and straightforward language.

Improve Failure Detection and Optimize Protection In the ever-evolving field of protective relay technology, an engineer’s personal preference and professional judgment are as important to power system protection as the physical relays used to detect and isolate abnormal conditions. Invaluable Insights from an Experienced Expert Protective Relay Principles focuses on probable power system failure modes and the important characteristics of the protective relays used to detect these postulated failures. The book presents useful new concepts in a way that is easier to understand because they are equally relevant to older, electromechanical and solid-state relays, and newer, more versatile microprocessor-based relays. It introduces the applications, considerations, and setting philosophies used in transmission-line, distribution-line, and substation applications, covering concepts associated with general system operations and fault detection. Topics include relay load limits, cold load pickup, voltage recovery, and arc flash. The author also delves into the philosophies that engineers employ in both urban and rural areas, with a detailed consideration of setpoint function. Analysis of Key Concepts That Are Usually Just Glossed Over This versatile text is ideal for new engineers to use as a tutorial before they open the instruction manuals that accompany multi-function microprocessor-based relays. Guiding readers through the transient loading conditions that can result in relay misoperation, the author elaborates on concepts that are not generally discussed, but can be very helpful in specific applications. Readers will come away with an excellent grasp of important design considerations for working with overcurrent, over- and undervoltage, impedance, distance, and differential type relay functions, either individually or in combination. Also useful for students as a textbook, this book includes practical examples for many applications, and offers guidance for more unusual ones.

Maintaining the features that made the previous edition a bestseller, this book covers large and small utility systems as well as industrial and commercial systems. The author provides a completely new treatment of generator protection in compliance with governmental rules and regulations and supplies expanded information on symmetrical components. The text delineates individual protection practices for all equipment components; furnishes an overview of power system grounding, including system ferroresonance and safety grounding basics; analyzes power system performance during abnormal conditions; describes the relationship of input source performance to protection; and much more.

This text concentrates on the fundamentals of protective relaying and aims to provide lasting information in intelligible language. It covers the relative qualities of modern transmission line systems, communications channels, three-terminal applications and program design for microprocessors, and also supplies an encyclopaedic bibliography listing professional papers useful to the relay engineer.

The Present Edition Of The Book Contains Almost All The Topics Connected With Protection Schemes. The Book, Which Consists Of Ten Main Chapters And Two Appendices, Starts With The Chapter On Introduction, And Includes Chapters On Fundamental And Basic Theory Of Protection Schemes, Definition Of Various Terms, Different Types Of Protective Relaying Schemes, Generalized Mathematical Theory Of Protective Relay, Relay As A Comparator, Single Input, Dual Input And Multi- Input Comparator, Different Types And Arrangement Of Protection Schemes For Various Components And Detailed Studies Of Electromechanical, Electronics, Static And Digital Relaying Schemes. The Digital Protection Of Synchronous Machines, Transformer And Transmission Line Based, Both On Fundamental And Travelling Wave Phenomena, Are Dealt With In Detail. Also Included In The Present Edition, Are The Related Topics Such As Theory And Design Of Dynamic Test Bench, P.C. Based Relay Setting And Coordination, P.C. Based Short Circuit Studies And Ultra High Speed Relaying Schemes.The Present Edition Which Contains Almost All The Topics Of Current Interest In The Area Of Protective Relaying, Will Certainly Be Very Useful To The Teachers, Students And Engineers Working With The Utilities. The Present Edition Is The Result Of Teaching By The Author To The Undergraduate And Postgraduate Level Classes And Supervising Several Doctoral And Master Thesis And Graduate Level Projects In The Area Of Power System Protection At The Indian Institute Of Technology, Kanpur, For More Than Two Decades. The Content Of The Present Edition Has Been Class-Tested For Several Years At The Undergraduate And Postgraduate Level Classes At L.L.T., Kanpur. It Has Also Been Tested In Several Intensive Courses Offered By The Author Under Qip And Other Schemes To The Teachers Of Academic Institutions And Also Engineers Working With Utilities.