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Zones of Protection
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Zones of protection
Zone of protection of a relay is the place or the distance that the relay can protect
easily.Fig.1 shows an example of protection zones for three circuit breakers.It is to be
noted that the protection zones are overlapped.
CB1
Zone of protection of CB1
CB2 CB3
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OPEN ZONE
CLOSED ZONE
PROTECTION
PROTECTION
Relay 87
Distance Relay 50/51
Overcurrent
Primary Zones of protection
Zone3
Zone 5
Zone 4
Zone1
Zone2
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Backup protection
It is essential that provision be made to
clear the fault by some alternative
protection system in case of the
primary protection fails to operate.
These are referred to as backup
protection systems
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Fault
Transmission line
21P
21B
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21
50/51
50/51
B/B2 B/B1
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21 21
SUBSTATION B SUBSTATION A
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A D
G1 G2
B E
G H J K
C F
L M
Q R
N P
LOAD
Discuss the local and remote backup protection for two fault
locations as follows:
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A D
G1 G2
B E
G H J K
C F
F1
I
L M
Q R
N P
LOAD
Therefore:
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A D
G1 G2
B E
G H J K
C F
L M
Q R
N P
F2
LOAD
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Power System Protection Part – 2 Dr.Prof. Mohammed Tawfeeq
A D
G1 G2
B E
G H J K
C F
I
F1
L M
Q R
N P
LOAD
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A D
G1 G2
B E
G H J K
C F
L M
Q R
N P
F2
LOAD
55