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VOCATIONAL TRAINING

A Project Report submitted to

Chhattisgarh State Power Transmission Company Limited


MANA (RAIPUR)
In partial fulfillment for the award of the

Bachelor of Engineering
In
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

Submitted by
CHANCHAL KUMAR JHA
309302517002
BD2243

Under the Guidance of


Y. K. DHRUW
(Assistant Engineer)

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGG.


BHILAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RAIPUR
NEAR – KENDRI, DIST. RAIPUR
PIN CODE – 493661, C.G.

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DECLARATION

I, CHANCHAL KUMAR JHA, student of B.E, Electrical and Electronics Engineering


4th semester, hereby declare that the term paper titled “TRANSMISSION in 132/33KV SUB-
STATION”, which is submitted by me to Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering,
of BHILAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RAIPUR, in partial fulfillment of 4th semester
practical training. This is a comprehensive study based on the literature survey & brief review on
existing knowledge, which is produced in best possible manner.

Place:- Mana (Raipur) CHANCHAL KUMAR JHA

Date:-

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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“There are people, who, simply by being what they are, influence, encourage & inspire you
to do things you never thought yourself capable of doing….”

Among these are my teachers, friends & family members to whom I wish to extend my
gratitude on the event of completing my term training and report file..

Through the columns of this report file, I would like to take the opportunity to thanks
Prof. M.D.Khwaja (Head of Training and Placement Department) for encouraging us in
doing the summer training. I would also like to thank Prof. Abhishek Sahu (HOD, Department
of Electrical and Electronics Engineering) who gave us valuable suggestions during the
execution of the training.

I would also like to mention the support of my friends & family members for giving
me useful suggestions & contributed a lot to this file without whose endless efforts this work
would ever have been possible. At last I would like to thank all those around me who helped
me in any way to complete the training.

Any suggestions for the improvement of this report file would be highly accepted.

CHANCHAL KUMAR JHA


Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

LIST OF FIGURES

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FIGURE NO. TITLE OF FIGURE PAGE NO.
1.0 Single line diagram of mana sub-station 8
1.1 High voltage and low voltage transmission side 9

2.1 HVAC transmission line 11

3.1 A lightning arrester 12

3.2 A simple spark gap device which is used to divert 13


lightning strike to ground

4.1 Double break Isolator 14

5.1 SF6 Circuit Breaker 18

5.2 Vacuum circuit Breaker 19

6.1 Power transformer 21

6.2 ONAF cooling type of transformer 22

6.3 Current Transformer 24

6.4 Potential Transformer 25

7.1 Conductor 26

8.1 Insulator 28

9.1 Bus coupler 29

9.2 Bus bar 30

9.3 A 33KV Capacitor Bank 31

10.1.1 Relay and control panel 33

10.2.1 Fuse 34
11.1 Battery Bank 35
12.1 Wave trap 36

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LIST OF TABLES

TABLE NO. TABLE TITLE PAGE NO.


3.1 Data sheet of lightning arrester installed in Mana sub- 13
station.
4.1 Data sheet of Isolator 15

5.1 Specifications for SF6 circuit breaker used in Mana 18


132/33 KV sub-station

6.1 Data sheet for power transformer installed in 132/33 KV 21


Mana sub-station.

6.2 Specifications for CT used in Mana 132/33 KV sub- 24


station

6.3 Specifications of Potential Transformer used in Mana 25


132/33 KV sub-station

7.1 Ground clearance of overhead transmission lines with 27


respect to voltage they are carrying.

8.1 Properties of Porcelain Insulator 28

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CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE NO.

1) INTRODUCTION 9-10

1.1) 132/33 KV Mana Sub-station 9-10

2) TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY 11

2.1) Advantage of HVAC transmission system 11

2.2) Disadvantage of HVAC transmission system 11

3) LIGHTNING ARRESTER 12-13

4) ELECTRICAL ISOLATOR 14-15

4.1) Working 15

5) CIRCUIT BREAKERS 16-19

5.0) Working Principle 16-17

5.1) SF6 Circuit Breakers 17-18

5.1.1) Disadvantages 18

5.2) Vacuum circuit Breaker 19

5.2.1) Advantage 19

6) TRANSFORMERS 20-25

6.1) Power Transformer 20-22

6.2) Instrument Transformer 22

6.2.1) Current Transformer 22-24

6.2.2) Potential Transformer 25

7) CONDUCTORS 26-27

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7.1) Properties of Conductors used in Sub-station 26

8) ELECTRICAL INSULATOR 27-28

7.1) Porcelain Insulator 27-28

9) MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT 28-32

8.1) Bus coupler 28-29

8.2) Busbar 29-30

8.3) Capacitor Bank 31-32

10) PROTECTIVE GEAR 32-34

10.1) Relay 32-33

10.1.1) Types of Relays used in Control Panel of Sub-station 33-34

10.2) Fuse 34

11) BATTERY BANK 35

12) WAVE TRAP 36

13) CONCLUSION 37

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SINGLE LINE DIAGRAM OF MANA SUB-STATION

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1)INTRODUCTION

Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board or in short CSEB was recognized on January 14,
2000. CSPTCL is a part of CSEB. CSEB was formed because of the need of reforms in power
and energy sector in Chhattisgarh. These modifications were necessarily responsible for the
management and planning of electrical power industry while considering electricity (power)
generation, transmission, distribution and supply.

1.1) 132/33KV MANA SUB-STATION:-

Figure 1.1- High voltage and Low voltage transmission side of Mana sub-station.

CHHATTISGARH STATE POWER TRANSMISSION COMPANY LIMITED


(CSPTCL) MANA

The sub-station, in which I did my training, is located in MANA, RAIPUR. The sub-
station gets its 132KV supply from the DOMA1 and DOMA2. And give the 33KV supply in
different 9 feeders. At first a Lightning Assertor is used in a 3-phase transmission setup in order

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to protect the grid from surges due to lightning. After this comes the need to measure the voltage
and current in the transmission lines. For that we use a Voltage Transformer and Current
Transformer respectively. Just like an ammeter and a voltmeter, a CT is connected in series with
the transmission line whereas a PT is connected parallel to the transmission line. Since they both
are transformer they must have a transformation ratio. In MANA sub-station the transformation
ratio of these to instrument transformers is 400:1 step down.

Now comes the time of implementing some safety features in the transmission line setup.
For that we use a Isolator. But this is not enough, so we use a Gas Circuit Breaker. These
circuit breakers can be operated via control panel in the operating room.

Two transformers of 32MVA capacity each are installed in Mana sub-station, thereby
making a total station capacity of 64MVA. A lightning arrestor, current transformer and some
control equipment are used on both sides of the transformers for better monitoring. The
transformers step down the 132KV supply to 33KV supply. Then this 33KV supply is fed to the
nine feeders that are installed in the sub-station. The nine feeders are:-

 TUTA-1
 TUTA-2
 SEJBAHAR
 SADDANI DARBAR
 AMLIDIH
 HIMALAYA HEIGHTS
 JORA-1
 JORA-2
 MANA CAMP

There is also a jack bus which is connected to the main bus with the help of a bus coupler.
It is used as a backup feeder when some other feeder is under maintenance. Also there is another
step down transformer installed in the sub-station which is used to supply electricity to the sub-
station.

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2) TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY

Generally, two systems are there that can be used to transmit electrical energy:-

 HVDC – High Voltage Direct Current transmission system


 HVAC – High Voltage Alternating Current transmission system

Mostly HVAC system is used so we only discussed about it.

2.1) ADVATAGE OF USING AC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM:-

 Stepping up and stepping down is easy in AC transmission system.


 Low maintenance.
 More economical.

2.2) DISADVANTAGES OF USING AC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM:-


 Skin effect and proximity effects.
 More volume of conductor is required.
 More possibility of corona effect.
 Line reactance which cause change in voltage regulation of transmission system.
 Proper synchronisation required while connecting two or more transmission line.
 Complicated transmission network.

Figure 2.1- High Voltage AC transmission lines

3) LIGHTNING ARRESTER
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Lightning strikes and surges can become a major problem in electrical power systems and
to deal with that we use lightning arrestors. They protect the conductors, insulators, transformers
and other equipment that are attached to it. Usually a lightning arrester is made up of a high
voltage terminal and a ground terminal. The lightning arrester easily channels to the earth any
lightning surge that travels to it through the transmission line.

In the absence of lightning arrestor, thousands of kilovolts of electricity can be introduced


causing serious damage to the transmission system. Costly instruments such as transformers are
very much sensitive too these kind of surges and once damaged they are very expensive to repair.
Chances of fire hazards also increase in these situations.

In transmission systems, lightning arrestors are made up of porcelain tube. They are high
usually several feet and several inches in diameter. Disks of zinc oxide are generally filled in
them. They are provided with a safety port on the side to dissipate occasional internal explosions
without harming the porcelain cylinder.

Lightning arresters are graded by:-

 the peak current that they can endure


 the amount of energy they can absorb
 the break-over voltage that they require to start conducting

Figure 3.1-A lightning arrester

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If we look at figure 2, then we will be able to understand how a lightning arrester works.
Let there be an instrument which is connected to terminal A and terminal E is earthed. In normal
conditions, no current flows through terminal A to terminal E because of the large resistance
between B and C; and C and D. But when lightning strikes, the voltage is very high and even
those large resistances have no effect. So electricity gets channeled to earth without destroying
the instrument.

Figure 3.2-A simple spark gap device which is used to divert lightning strike to ground.

The lightning arresters installed in the sub-station were of ABB. All the arresters were
carefully placed so as to avoid any sort of damage to the sub-station due to lightning strikes and
surge.

Product name Lightning Arrester


Company Lamco Industries Private Limited
Rating 60KV, 10KA
Max. continuous operating voltage 48KV (rms)
Pressure relief current 40KA
Frequency 50Hz
Year of mfg. 2014
Table 3.1- Data sheet of lightning arrester installed in Mana sub-station.

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4) ELECTRICAL ISOLATOR
Even though the circuit breakers physically disconnect the current carrying contacts thus
isolating the two lines from each other, but we cannot see that from outside the circuit breaker
and hence it is advisable not to touch the transmission line just by opening the circuit breaker.
For safety purposes, a mechanical isolation technique must be employed so that we can be 100%
sure that there is no current in the transmission line. To achieve that, Electrical Isolators are used.
These are like mechanical switches which are used to completely isolate a part of transmission
circuit so that some maintenance work can be performed.

Figure 4.1- Double Break Isolator used in sub-station

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Thus an Isolator is a manually operated mechanical on-off instrument that is used to
isolate a part of electrical power system generally at off load condition. Electrical isolators are of
various types:-

 Depending upon system requirement:


o Double Break Isolator
o Single Break Isolator
o Pantograph Isolator
 Depending upon the position in power system:
o Bus Side Isolator (isolator directly connected to main bus)
o Line Side Isolator (isolator situated at line side of a feeder)
o Transfer Bus Side Isolator (isolator directly connected to transfer bus)

4.1) WORKING:-
the first and most important thing to be kept in mind before operating the isolator is that
there are least chances of current flowing in the wire. This is done to avoid arcing. Therefore an
isolator must be opened only after opening the circuit breaker and must be closed before closing
the circuit breaker. The isolator mechanism can be operated both manually by hand and using a
motor that is operated from a distance. Motor system is costly and hence must be chosen
properly, whereas hand operated system is cost effective. Usually hand operated systems are used
for voltages upto 145KV and motorized system are used for higher voltages.

In Mana sub-station has double break isolators which are used on bus side, line side as
well as on transfer bus side. They all are operated using hand held mechanism.

Company GR Power switchgear Ltd


Product Isolator
Rating Current 800A
K.V. 33KV
Weight 210KG
Short time current for 3sec. 30KA TMS.PEAK
Table 4.1 :- Data sheet of Double Break Isolator

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5) CIRCUIT BREAKERS

Circuit breakers are a sort of switching devices that can be activated manually to control
the electrical power system as well as automatically for the protection of the grid. Modern power
systems deal with huge amount of current so the designing of these circuit breakers should be
such that no arc is produced and hence we get safe and loss free functioning.

5.1) WORKING PRINCIPLE:-


The circuit breaker mainly consists of fixed contacts and moving contacts. The physical
connection between the two current carrying contacts due to the applied mechanical pressure on
the moving contacts, make the “on” state of the circuit breaker. The potential energy can be
stored in the circuit breaker by different ways:-

 Deforming metal spring


 Compressed air
 Hydraulic pressure

This stored potential energy is the main factor in the working of the circuit breaker and it
must be released whenever the signal is given. This causes tremendously fast sliding of the
moving contact. All circuit breaker have operating coils (tripping coils and close coil), whenever
these coils are energized by switching pulse, the plunger inside them gets displaced. This
operating coil plunger is typically attached to the operating mechanism of circuit breaker and the
moving contacts are mechanically connected with this operating mechanism through a gear lever
arrangement. There is a conversion of stored potential energy into kinetic energy, which makes
the moving contact to move. Once the cycle of circuit breaker operation is complete, the total
energy is again stored in the form of potential energy by means of spring charging motor or air
compressor or by any other means.

The circuit breaker has to carry large rated or fault power. While carrying this large
power there is always a risk of dangerously high arcing between the moving and the fixed
contacts during the circuit breaker operation. For safe arc quenching in the circuit breaker, the
dielectric strength between the current carrying contacts should be increased rapidly during every
zero current crossing of the alternating current. The dielectric strength of the media in between
contacts can be increased in numbers of ways:-

 Compressing the ionized arcing media since compressing accelerates the


deionization process of the media
 Cooling the arcing media since cooling increase the resistance of arcing path
 Replacing the ionized arcing media by fresh gasses.
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Now we discuss about the two types of circuit breakers used in the sub-station.

5.2) SF6 CIRCUIT BREAKER:-

It is a type of circuit breaker in which the current carrying contacts are immersed in
Sulfur Hexafluoride gas. SF6 gas has a high affinity of absorbing free electrons as its electro-
negativity is very high. Moreover, SF6 is an excellent insulator. The SF 6 molecules absorb the
free electrons from the arc, and hence form a negative ion. These negatively charged ions have a
very low mobility compared to the free electrons. Hence there is no arcing as the mobility of the
charges is the main reason of movement of current through the gas. Electron can be attached to
SF6 molecule in two different ways:-

−¿
SF 6 + e  SF ¿
6

−¿+ F
¿
SF 6 +e → SF5

SF6 has a very high dielectric property and not only that, its molecules recombine very
fast after the arcing has stopped. The gas can also transfer heat very efficiently through
convection due to its low viscosity. Considering all these properties of SF6, it becomes 100 times
more effective than air to be used in circuit breakers. Hence they can be used for voltage ranges
from 33KV to 800KV and beyond.

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Figure 5.1- SF6 Circuit Breaker

5.2.1) Disadvantages:-

 SF6 is a greenhouse gas and the circuit breaker must be manufactured and handled
carefully in order to prevent its release into the atmosphere.
 The design of these types of circuit breakers requires almost five times greater
mechanical energy than oil circuit breakers for their proper functioning.

Table 5.1- Specifications for SF6 circuit breaker used in Mana 132/33KV sub-station

Breaking Current 50A


Making Capacity 80KA
Total Break Time <60ms
Rated Short Circuit Breaking Current 31.5KA
(symmetrical)
Rated Short Circuit Breaking Current 36.86KA
(asymmetrical)
Rated Duration of Short Circuit Current 3s
Rated Nominal Current 1250A
Rated Voltage 145KV
Rated SF6 Gas Pressure 6kg/cc

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5.3) VACUUM CIRCUIT BREAKERS :-

In this type of circuit breaker, the arc quenching is done in vacuum. This setup is
generally used for arc quenching in medium voltage applications. Vacuum interrupter is a
vacuum chamber in the breaker where all the operations of opening and closing of contacts and
linked arc quenching takes place. The vacuum pressure inside the vacuum interrupter is generally
maintained at 6-10 bar. The interrupter is basically a steel arc chamber in the center of
symmetrically arranged ceramic insulators.

CuCr is generally used to make vacuum circuit breaker contacts, because these current
carrying contacts are very important for the performance of these circuit breakers. Vacuum
circuit breaker is a developing technology, although it was first introduced in 1960’s. Its size has
been greatly reduced and the contact geometry has evolved from butt contact to spiral shape, cup
shape and axial magnetic field contact. These are one of the most reliable medium voltage
switchgears and require least maintenance.

Figure 5.2- Vacuum circuit Breaker

5.3.1) Advantages:-

 Service life is high.


 No fire hazard as in oil circuit breakers.
 No environment hazard as in SF6 circuit breakers.
 Easy replacement.

(6) RANSFORMERS:-
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The energy is generated in bulk at the power plants situated in remote areas. Here the AC
power so generated by these plants is then transmitted over all parts of the country. The power
should be transmitted at appreciably high voltage to reduce the losses and increase the
transmission efficiency. On contrary, at the consumer end, the power should be transmitted at
low voltages based on the nature of load. Such transformation of AC power from one voltage
level to another is obtained by the use of a device known as transformer.

Transformer is an alternating current dependent machine that is employed to transfer


electrical energy from one electrical circuit to another. It does so without change in frequency
and follows the principle of electromagnetic induction. It has two electric circuits that are linked
with a common magnetic circuit.

DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER – The transformer used to step down the distribution


voltage to a standard service voltage or from the transmission voltage to the distribution voltage.
These are kept in use 24 hours a day whether they are carrying any load or not. They have very
good voltage ratio and are designed for small value of leakage resistance.

6.1) POWER TRANSFORMER:-


Power transformers have a very important role in the distribution of electricity till it
reaches us. They are used to step up and step down voltages greater than 33kV and upto 400kV.
They are used to transmit very heavy loads and are usually rated upto 200MVA. They are
maintained to have very high efficiency so that minimum power is lost during the transmission
process. They are bigger in size as compared to distribution transformers. They have high
insulation levels. Their type generally is (according to needs):-

 Generator transformers
 Sub-station transformers
 Unit Auxiliary transformers
 System transformers
 Interconnecting transformers
 Multi-winding transformers for specific needs

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Figure 6.1- Power transformer in Mana sub-station

In Mana 132/33KV sub-station, there were two transformers with 32/40MVA


capacity each. One was from BHARAT BIJLEE and the other from TCI

Table 6.1- Data sheet for power transformer installed in 132kV sub-station.

Company BHARAT BIJLEE


Serial Number IS 5102/1
Type of cooling Oil Natural Air Forced (ONAF)
Rated power 32/40MVA
Rated Voltage at No Load 132/33Kv
Rated Line Current 175/699.82A
Guaranteed Max. Temperature Rise 40oC for top oil ; 45oC for winding
Reference Ambient Temperature 50oC
Frequency 50Hz
Core & Winding Mass 40500kg
Untanking mass (top shell) 8000kg
Mass of Oil 27290/31730kg
Total Mass 99000kg

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Figure 6.2- ONAF cooling type of transformer

6.2) INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMER:-


Instrument transformers are classed as highly accurate electrical devices. They are used
to isolate and transform voltage and current levels. The most common use of these transformers
is to operate instruments or measuring from high voltage and current circuits. They can safely
isolate the secondary low voltage (current) circuit from the primary high voltage (current)
circuits thus ensuring that the secondary circuit is not harmed by such high voltage (current). The
meter is always connected to the secondary circuit. They are primarily of two types:-

 Current transformer
 Potential transformer

6.2.1) CURRENT TRANSFORMER:-


These types of transformers are typically used to measure current flowing in high
voltage AC circuits. They are usually connected a low range ammeter. They thus insulate
the ammeter which could not be connected directly to the lines. They step down the
current by a desired a transformation ratio. The primary is made up of thick wire which is
connected in series with the circuit where current has to be measured. The secondary is

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made up of thin wire but has large number of turns which is connected to the ammeter
terminals.

The current transformer is usually used short circuited because the ammeter
resistance is very low. To be on the safe side, if for some reason the ammeter is removed
then the secondary windings must be short circuited with the help of a short circuiting
switch. If not done then in absence of counter ampere turns by the secondary, the
unconstrained primary mmf will result in extremely high flux in the transformer core
producing extreme core loss causing super heating of the core. Also, high voltage gets
produced across the secondary terminals. Hence, the secondary terminals of the CT
should not be left open circuited in any circumstances.

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Figure 6.3- Current Transformer

Table 6.2- Specifications for CT used in Mana 132/33KV sub-station

Manufacturer VISHAL TRANSFORMER & SWITCHGEAR


Pvt. Ltd.
Highest System Voltage 132KV (line)
Frequency 50Hz
Rated Current Factor per Time 31.5KA/s
Weight 400 Kg
Turn Ratio 400:1 or 200:1

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6.2.2) POTENTIAL TRANSFORMER:-
These types of transformers are used for very accurate voltage readings from a
high voltage circuits. They are step down transformers with a defined voltage
transformation ratio. Their secondary is connected to a low range voltmeter for voltage
measurements. Power rating of these transformers is very high. Dry type potential
transformers are used for upto 5,000V and immersed type for beyond 13,800V. Between
5,000V to 13,800V, both types are available. The power ratings are usually 40W to 100W.
A precautionary tip: the secondary is always completely insulated and isolated from the
primary (high voltage) and is grounded for protection of operators.

Figure 6.4- Potential Transformer

Table 6.3- Specifications of Potential Transformer used in Mana 132/33KV sub-station

Manufacturer VICTRANS ENGINEERS


Rated Voltage Factor per Time 1.2/s or 1.5/s
Highest System Voltage 145KV
Primary Voltage 76.21KV
Frequency 50Hz
Class 3 Phase

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(7) CONDUCTORS:-
7.1) PROPERTIES OF CONDUCTORS USED IN SUB-STATION:-
For an efficient working of the sub-station, an ideal conductor or wiring used in the sub-
station should have the following characteristics:

 Capability of withstanding the specific load currents and short time currents.
 Free from corona discharge at the rated voltage.
 Economical
 Minimum number of joints.
 Ability to endure various mechanical forces acting on it due to its situation. These forces
can be weight of self and other conductors, atmospheric forces like wind and rainfall;
short circuit forces et al.
 Requires minimum number of support insulators.

Suitable materials for conductor systems are copper and aluminum. Another option can
be steel, but it has its limitations which are poor conductivity and high susceptibility to
corrosion.

In order to achieve the above properties of an ideal conductor, they are categorized into
different types depending on utilization:-

 Flat surfaced conductors


 Stranded conductors
 Tubular conductors

Figure 7.1 Conductor

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Table 7.1- Ground clearance of overhead transmission lines with respect to voltage they are
carrying.

Voltage Level Minimum Ground Clearance


< 66KV 6.1m
66KV – 110KV 6.4m
110KV – 165KV 6.7m
>165KV 7.0m

8) ELECTRICAL INSULATOR
Electrical insulators are one the most important part of a power system. They are used to
avoid unnecessary contact of the transmission lines from their supporting structures. This ensures
that the electric current doesn’t flow to earth through the supporting points. Electrical insulators
basically are extremely high resistive paths through which virtually no current can flow. In
power system, the overhead transmission lines are supported by properly grounded towers and
poles. So an insulator must be used between the transmission lines and the poles in order to avoid
the flow of electric current to earth. The material of the insulator must possess certain specific
properties for its effective utilization:-

 High mechanical strength to carry the weights of the conductors.


 High dielectric strength to endure voltage stresses in high voltage systems.
 Non-porous.
 High insulation resistance to avoid leakage of current to earth.
 Free from unwanted impurities.
 Resistant to changes in temperature.
 Properly sealed to avoid entrance of moisture and gas.

8.1) PORCELAIN INSULATOR:-


Overhead insulators, now-a-days, are mostly made of porcelain. Porcelain insulator is
basically aluminum silicate mixed with plastic kaolin, feldspar and quartz hard and glazed. To
avoid water tracing, the surface of porcelain insulator should be properly glazed. It must be non-
porous to avoid deterioration of its dielectric strength. Also it must be free from any air bubble or
impurity in the material.

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Figure 8.1- Porcelain Insulator (Disc)

Table 8.1- Properties of Porcelain Insulator

Dielectric Strength 60KV/cm


Compressive Strength 70000Kg/cm2
Tensile Strength 500kg/cm2

9) MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT

9.1) BUS COUPLER:-


Whenever we need to couple the main bus with any other bus or two busses so that there
is no interruption in the power supply, a bus coupler is used. A bus coupler can be used without
arcing. A setup of isolators and circuit breakers is used for coupling.

Bus coupler can be used to couple every generator and feeder with the main bus or with
the spar bus. If we have to repair or analyze a feeder or any other instrument then we can do that
by putting it on the spar bus, thus ensuring that the main bus supply is not disturbed.

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Figure 9.1.- Bus coupler

9.2) BUSBAR:-
A busbar, in power transmission and distribution system, is an important piece of metallic
strip usually made of copper or aluminum. Its work is to conduct electricity within a sub-station,
battery bank, switchboards and many other electrical instruments.

If we talk about transmission system, the primary work that the busbar does is to transmit
electricity from one part to another without much loss.

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Figure 9.2.- Busbar

There are various busbar arrangements used in a transmission system. The main three being:
 Single busbar system
 Single busbar system with section single auxillary
 Duplicate busbar system
Large substations carry huge amount of power and they cannot afford fault or maintenance
work to hinder the power supply. It can prove to be a very costly affair. Hence, to avoid that, a
duplicate busbar arrangement system is used. The system is very easy to understand and consists
of two busbars. One busbar is the main bus while the other one is the transfer bus or the spare
bus. They are connected by a bus coupler which is a combination of circuit breaker and isolators.
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9.3) CAPACITOR BANK:-
One of the most important parts of an electrical power system is a capacitor bank. The
active power, the power required to run all the electrical appliances, is mainly used to run
inductive loads. It is measured in Watts, usually in Kilos and Megawatts for power systems. The
inductive load may include transformers, motors (Synchronous and inductive both), tube lights,
CFLs, electric furnaces et al. they increase the overall inductance of the power system, thereby
increasing the current lag. This causes decrease in the power factor of the system. Lower the
power factor causes increase in demand of supply power in order to maintain same active power
in the system. And finally more power (current) means more losses. Moreover high power factor
results in bad voltage regulation.

Thus to avoid all these problems, current lag must be decreased so that power factor of
the system may be improved. This is ensured by using a capacitor that nullifies the inductive
effect. This is generally achieved by using a static capacitor in series or shunt with the electrical
power system. For better maintenance and effectiveness, a group of capacitor units are used.
They are preferred over using a single capacitor unit per phase. This setup of a number of
capacitors is known as CAPACITOR BANK.

Figure 9.3.- A 33KV Capacitor Bank

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There are two types of capacitor banks (based on their connections in the power system):-

 Shunt Capacitor
 Series Capacitor

The most commonly used capacitor bank connection is shunt connection. They are
usually connected in grounded star connection because of some advantages:-

 Lower cost of installation.


 Better surge protection.
 Lesser over-voltage phenomenon (comparatively).
 Reduced recovery voltage on circuit breaker for normal capacitor switching delay.
 All 3 phases of capacitor bank are fixed and remain unaffected even during two
phase operation period.

10) PROTECTIVE GEAR:-

10.1) RELAY

Sometimes, sooner or later, a failure will definitely occur somewhere in a power system.
Its might be because of human negligence or obsolete instruments. But a better system is where a
failure is speedily detected and tackled with proper measures. Immediate disconnection of the
faulty part of the system prevents further damage to it as well as to other parts of the system. In
high voltage circuitry, relays are installed to provide automatic and reliable switchgear
functioning. These relays are used to identify the problem and convey it to the control panel.

Whenever a fault occurs, there are possibilities that any one or a combination of all of
these electrical quantities change (voltage, current, frequency or phase angle). Whenever there is
a short circuit in the transmission line, there is an enormous current flow through it. Therefore, a
large amount of current also flows from the relay causing its contacts to close. This action closes
the trip circuit of the circuit breaker forcing it into a open state. Hence, the faulty part of the
system gets isolated from rest of the power system. This way relays are used as protective
instruments, safeguarding the power system. The relays work mainly on two operating
principles:-

 Electromagnetic attraction relay


 Electromagnetic induction relay

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Figure 10.1.1- Relay and Control Panel

10.1.1) TYPES OF RELAYS USED IN CONTROL PANEL OF SUB-STATION –

 Differential Relay – It is a type of relay that operates when the vector difference of two
or more electrical quantities exceed a fixed value. When the differential quantity becomes
equal to or greater than the pickup value, the relay will be activated and the circuit
breaker opens causing the isolation of faulty section.

 Over-current Relay – It is the type of relay that functions when the current in the circuit
exceeds the fixed value. They are only attached to alternating current circuits and hence
can be operated for fault detection in both the directions. It operates when phase to phase
fault occurs. The starting source is the current in the electrical circuit supplied from the
current transformer to the relay.

 Directional Relay – This relay operates when there is an earth fault, i.e. if any one of the
phase touches the earth due to any fault. It is so designed that it attains its operating
moment of force by interacting with the magnetic field of the voltage and current source
it protects. The direction of the moment of force is dependent on the current relative to
the voltage.

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 Tripping Relay – It is the type of relay that is used in combination with the main relay.
Whenever a fault occurs, the main relay signals the tripping relay to isolate the faulty part
of the power system.

 Auxiliary Relay – It is used to indicate the fault in the power system by glowing a bulb
to warn the employees of the fault.

10.2) FUSE:-
A fuse is a type of protective device that consists of a short piece of wire or thin strip of
metal with low melting point. It is designed such that whenever high current flows through it for
large amount of time, then the wire melts. The fuse is connected in series with the electrical
circuit so that it can physically disconnect the circuit in case of excessive current flow, which
otherwise would damage the electrical circuit. The fuse wire melts due to overheating. If used
efficiently, a fuse wire can be used for both detection and interruption of fault.

Fuses can be work as alternative to circuit breakers. Hence in a power system, they are
used where the cost of buying a circuit breaker is too much to bear. They are used in power
systems for upto a voltage of 115KV, to defend instrument transformers.

Figure 10.2.1- Fuses used in sub-station

11) BATTERY BANK:-


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In a Substation DC power is supplied in Following feeders of a panel:

 Trip n Closing circuit of Circuit breaker


 Protection Relay
 Isolator control circuit
 Indication lamp, Alarm
 PLCC panel
 Emergency lamps in Control room

All of the above are minimum requirements and supply to the above circuits should
be available in any condition. Suppose the Station Transformer is failed, in that case
supply should be available for the panels of line and Power Transformer, Busbar
protection etc., which are still in service. Hence battery set is provided for backup
purpose. Nowadays in EHV Substations, it is a practice to provide two battery sets
each with a Battery charger.

In Mana sub-station, there are two battery bank one is 48V(DC) and another is
110V (DC)

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48V (DC) 110V (DC)

Figure 11.1 Battrey Bank

12) WAVE TRAP:-


Wave trap is also known as line trap, it is act as barrier or filter to prevent signal
losses.Line trap are cylinder-like structure in series with HV transmission line. A line trap
(high frequency stopper) is a maintenance free parallel resonant circuit, mounted in line
on high voltage AC transmission power line to prevent the transmission of high
frequency (40 kHz to 1000kHz) carrier signal of power line communication to unwanted
destination.

Figure 12.1 Wave Trap

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11) CONCLUSION:-
The practical training that I got from Chhattisgarh State Power Transmission Company
Limited (sub-station Mana), made me learn many thing about the Transmission System deployed
for transmission of electricity from power plants to power houses.

The sub-station allotted to me was Mana sub-station 132/33KV in Mana (Raipur). It was
a great experience and I learnt a lot there. The sub-station has of two 32MVA transformers which
determine the capacity of the sub-station. I have also learnt about the various circuit breakers,
busbars, lightning arresters, isolators, and insulators, various types of relays, fuses and bus
coupler.

The hands on experience I had, like repairing burnt cooling fans of transformer and using
temporary measures to ensure supply et al, were all very interesting.

Thus, doing my practical training at the 132/33kV sub-station had been a great
experience and very helpful.

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