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I. INTRODUCTION
Fig. 1. Coordination between DOCR.
TABLE I
RESULTS FOR PHASE RELAYS
TABLE II
RESULTS FOR GROUND RELAYS
NOTE: CTR = current transformer ratio. TAP and INST, are the pick-up current and instantaneous current settings in secondary
Amps. NDR = no distance relay included.
in Tables I and II. The characteristics of the system shown in and MVA kV %
Fig. 4 follow: Line impedances:
and kV MVA % % km
p.u. p.u. (base 100 MVA) km
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Line lengths (km): the relays must be computed considering both relays. Separate
relay computation would lead to loss of selectivity.
As expected, the time setting of distance relays’ second zone
Boundary phase relays:
depends on the coordination interval used. It was shown that in
Boundary ground relays: practical cases the best setting for the second zone that assures
selectivity could be larger than the classical setting of 0.3 sec-
All CBs associated with transmission lines have phase and
onds used in distance schemes. This is verified even for very
ground DOCR and distance relays.
low coordination intervals.
The normal between DOCR is set to be 0.5 sec. and the
setting calculation was performed for different values of .
REFERENCES
From these results it can be observed that:
[1] A. J. Urdaneta, R. Nadira, and L. G. Pérez, “Optimal coordination of
a) In all cases, is over 0.3 seconds, which is the typical directional overcurrent relays in interconnected power systems,” IEEE
setting used in distance relay schemes. Trans. on Power Delivery, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 903–911, July 1988.
b) In all cases, increases as gets larger. [2] L. G. Pérez and A. J. Urdaneta, “Optimal coordination of directional
overcurrent relays considering definite time backup relays,” IEEE Trans.
c) For this particular case, the coordination of DOCR with on Power Delivery, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 1276–1284, Oct. 1999.
distance relays does not influence the results for the time
dial settings for s for the phase relays and
s for the ground relays. Luis G. Pérez was born in Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela, in 1957. He received
d) Observations b) and c) lead to the conclusion that for small the Electrical Engineer degree from Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB) in 1979,
the M.Sc. in E.E. from the Universidad Central de Venezuela in 1982 and the
, constraints of type (7) are more active than con- Ph.D. degree from Washington State University in 1994. He is a relay specialist
straints of type (8). This can be explained by the fact that who has been involved in many industrial and research projects in the field since
backup DOCR are more likely to reach point than 1979. He currently is a Professor of EE at USB, where he continues his work in
power system protection, high voltage substation design and system dynamics.
point .