What is Isolator. Types of Isolator and their operation
What is function of Isolator? Isolator may be defined as a mechanical switch which isolates a part of the circuit […]
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Safety point while work in Electrical substation
DO’s to Achieve Safety While Working in Substation Work on low & medium voltage mains and apparatus should be carried
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Capacitor Bank Unbalance Protection system
Introduction The protection of shunt capacitor banks against internal faults involves several protective devices/ elements in a coordinated scheme. Typically,
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Unbalance Protection Methods for Ungrounded Wye Capacitor Bank
Unbalance Protection for Ungrounded Single Wye Banks The simplest method to detect unbalance in single ungrounded Wye capacitor banks is
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Capacitor Bank Design
Introduction The protection of shunt capacitor banks requires understanding the basics of capacitor bank design and capacitor unit connections. Shunt
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Shunt Capacitor Bank Unit and Bank configuration
Capacitor Unit The capacitor unit, Fig-A, is the building block of a shunt capacitor bank. The capacitor unit is made
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Waveform Distortion: DC offset, Harmonics, Notching, Noise
What is Waveform Distortion? Waveform distortion is defined as a steady-state deviation from an ideal sine wave of power frequency
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What is Voltage Sag and Swell in Power quality
What is Sag (dips) in Power quality? A sag is a decrease to between 0.1 and 0.9 pu in rms
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Electrical Substation: Standard Practice and Maintenance Points
Introduction A modern electrical power system catering to huge energy demands are spread over extensive areas. It contains several major
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Current Transformer: Definition, working, Burden and open circuit condition
Definition of Current Transformer Current Transformer (CT) are used for reducing / stepping down ac current from higher value to
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Insulation resistance and Polarizing Index(P.I)
What is Insulation Resistance? Insulation resistance (IR) of an electrical equipment refers to the resistance between conducting part and earth.
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Calculation of Relay Operating Time
Step for Calculation of Relay Operating Time In order to calculate the actual relay operating time, the following things must
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What is Power System and Structure of Power system
What is Power System? The power system is a network which contain generation, distribution and transmission system. It involves process
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Types of tests in power system according to IEEE Standard
Application certification type tests in the factory or laboratory The objective of application certification type tests (also known as functional
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What is Tan delta cable testing
What is Tan Delta testing of Cable? Tan Delta, also called Loss Angle or Dissipation Factor, is a diagnostic method
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Current transformer (CT) winding arrangement
Several Current transformer CT winding arrangements are used. These are described in the following sections. Wound primary type This type
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Time and Current grading of Overcurrent Relay
Among the various possible methods used to achieve correct Overcurrent relay co-ordination are those using either time or overcurrent, or
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Basic of Alternating Current(AC) and detail overview
What is Alternating Current(AC) ? Alternating current is the rate of flow of electrical charge through a conductor. I =
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What is Tripping circuit and Trip circuit Supervision relay
Tripping Circuit There are three main circuits in use for circuit breaker tripping: Series sealing Shunt reinforcing Shunt reinforcement with
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Protective Relay testing- Type test on Protective Relay
Type tests on Relay Type tests are required to prove that a relay meets the published specification and complies with
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Power line carrier communication (PLCC) in Substation
What is PLCC (Power Line Carrier Communication) PLCC is used for tele-communication, tele-monitoring and teleprotection between electric substations through high
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Types of Relay used in power system in detail
What is Relay? It is necessary to remove a fault from the power system as quickly as possible for healthy
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What is Flexible Alternating Current Transmission and FACT device
What is Flexible Alternating Current Transmission or FACTs FACTS as they are generally known, are new devices that improve transmission
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What is Power quality measurement and Power quality measurement device
What Is Power quality measurement Solving power quality problems depends on acquiring meaningful data at the optimum location or locations
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Bus bar protection scheme in a substation
Introduction of Bus bar protection Bus bar protection scheme shall be provided for 220KV system where the sub-station layout arrangement
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DC distribution in 132 KV, 220 KV, 400 KV Control and Relay Panel in substation
DC distribution for 400KV system Two sets of batteries (220v), their respective chargers and DC boards shall be used for
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What is Float charging and Boost Charging of battery
What is Battery charger Battery charger is battery charging equipment which used float and boost charging techniques for battery charging.
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What is Reactive Power and Reactive Power compensation,it’s calculation
Definition of Reactive Power Reactive power(VARs) is defined as the amount of power that remains unused and gets generated within
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Case studies on Method for replacing faulty battery cell in electrical substation
How to replace faulty Battery Cell in Electrical Substation If we want to replace the battery cell named “B”. Now
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What is Battery and their charging method in Electrical Substation
Definition In science and technology, Battery is a device that stores chemical energy and makes it available in an electrical