THE UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE,ISLAMABAD CAMPUS

COURSE: POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION

Lab Work Sheet 4

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Instructions:
 Complete all activities in lab and get checked by the lab engineer.
 Home task should be completed before next lab and must checked by the lab engineer.
 At the end of all activities and home task students advised to write a summary in their own words.
 Late submission will lead to deduction of marks.
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 LAB EAXPERIMENT NO: 4
(PLO: 5 (Modern Tool Usage))

MODELING PROTECTION SCHEME USING CIRCUIT BREAKER

OBJECTVE:
 Understand the behavior of Circuit Breaker.
 Design and make the circuit of Circuit Breaker on Matlab Simulink Library.

INTRODUCTION:
In A circuit breaker is an automatically operated electrical switch designed to protect an
electrical circuit from damage caused by overload or short circuit. Its basic function is to detect a
fault condition and interrupt current flow. Unlike a fuse, which operates once and then must be
replaced, a circuit breaker can be reset manually or automatically to resume normal operation.
Circuit breakers are made in varying sizes, from small devices that protect an individual
household appliance up to large switchgear designed to protect high voltage circuits feeding an
entire city.

Types of circuit breakers:

 Low-voltage circuit breakers

Low-voltage (less than 1,000 VAC) types are common in domestic, commercial and industrial
application
  Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) circuit breakers
A sulfur hexafluoride circuit breaker uses contacts surrounded by sulfur hexafluoride gas to
quench the arc. They are most often used for transmission-level voltages and may be
incorporated into compact gas-insulated switchgear.

 Vacuum circuit breaker

A vacuum circuit breaker is such kind of circuit breaker where the arc quenching takes place in
vacuum. The technology is suitable for mainly medium voltage application.

 Oil circuit breaker

Mineral oil has better insulating property than air. In oil circuit breaker the fixed contact and
moving contact are immerged inside the insulating oil. Whenever there is a separation of current
carrying contacts in the oil, the arc in circuit breaker is initialized at the moment of separation of
contacts, and due to this arc the oil is vaporized and decomposed in mostly hydrogen gas and
ultimately creates a hydrogen bubble around the arc. This highly compressed gas bubble around
the arc prevents re-striking of the arc after current reaches zero crossing of the cycle. The oil
circuit breaker is the one of the oldest type of circuit breaker
 LAB TASK LAB 04
(PLO: 5 (Modern Tool Usage))

Using Simpower system tool and implement the three phase system as shown in figure below

LAB TASK 01: (5 MARKS)

LAB TASK 02: (5 MARKS)

RESULTS: