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A Method Of Differential Relay For Power Transformer Protection Using Dsp Processor

Abstract: A device and a method for power transformer differential protection which effectively discriminate the internal fault current from magnetizing inrush current and CT saturation, and restraints relay operation during other than fault cases. The device consists of digital signal processor (DSP) with built-in Analog to Digital Converter (ADC), signal conditioning circuit and output contact relay. The device estimates the fundamental component of a current signal using Empirical Fourier Transform (EFT) technique and restraint the relay operation during magnetizing inrush and CT saturation conditions of the power transformer. The EFT provides the fundamental component value equal to Discrete Fourier Transformer (DFT) in case of internal fault and, zero or very low value for the case of magnetizing inrush and CT saturation condition. This helps in the discrimination of the operating conditions of the power transformers and restraining the operation during magnetizing inrush and CT saturation effectively.

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Patent Information

Application #
Filing Date
05 April 2016
Publication Number
43/2017
Publication Type
INA
Invention Field
ELECTRICAL
Status
Email
trinitypatsol@gmail.com
Parent Application
Patent Number
Legal Status
Grant Date
2021-10-28
Renewal Date

Applicants

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
THUVAKUDI, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI-620015, TAMIL NADU

Inventors

1. N P Padhy
Department of Electrical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Roorkee - 247 667 Uttarakhand India
2. Sishaj P Simon
Dept. of EEE, NIT-Tiruchirappalli
3. Senthil kumar.M
Dept. of EEE, NIT-Tiruchirappalli.
4. K. Sundareswaran
Dept. of EEE, NIT-Tiruchirappalli.
5. P. Srinivasa Rao Nayak
Dept. of EEE, NIT-Tiruchirappalli

Specification

DESC:FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a device and a method for power transformer differential protection based on EFT technique and more specifically to distinguish internal fault current from magnetizing inrush current and CT saturation and provide restraint for power transformer differential relay operation during magnetizing inrush and CT saturation due to external fault condition. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The power transformer is one of the important equipment in a power system, since it handles large amount of power. When it undergoes maintenance due to outage, the economic impacts on power system is very high. Though many factors such as operating condition of power transformer, periodical maintenance, power transformer lifetime and maloperation of protection relay causes power transformer outages, the latter one is significant. Therefore, it is necessary to use an appropriate protection relay to ensure the reliability of power transformer protection. The biased restrained differential relay is widely used for power transformer protection. The operation of biased restrained differential relay operates based on the differential current (ID) and biasing current (IB), which are derived from the CT secondary current of HV and LV side of power transform using equation (1)& (2) after phasor correction with respect to transformer vector group. I_D=|I_1-I_2 | (1) I_B=|(I_1+I_2)/2| (2) Here, dual slopes (slope-1 and slope-2) are used in biased restraint characteristic (BRC),which alters the required current for relay operation (IDO) with respect to IB as shown in Figure 1. The initial setting (IIS) is a constant threshold value for low bias current operation up to IR1 (slope-1 takeover point), where it crosses the single end feed line on BRC plane. IIS also specifies the minimum current required for relay operation during the steady-state magnetizing current flow in the power transformer at no load. When bias current is more than IR1, the bias characteristic adopts the slope-1 which accounts power transformer ratio error due to tap-changer as well as CT errors. It should be noted that the slope-1 is followed till IR2 (slope-2 takeover point) up to which there are no possibilities of CT saturation. The slope-2 is effective in the infinite region beyond the knee point of the operating characteristic of the transformer. The IDO is calculated with respect to IB as per equations (3), (4) and (5). I_DO=I_IS if?I_B

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# Name Date
1 Power of Attorney [05-04-2016(online)].pdf 2016-04-05
2 Description(Provisional) [05-04-2016(online)].pdf 2016-04-05
3 201641012033-Power of Attorney-190416.pdf 2016-07-12
4 201641012033-Correspondence-Power Of Attorney-190416.pdf 2016-07-12
5 Form 3 [31-03-2017(online)].pdf 2017-03-31
6 Form 18 [31-03-2017(online)].pdf 2017-03-31
7 Drawing [31-03-2017(online)].pdf 2017-03-31
8 Description(Complete) [31-03-2017(online)].pdf_85.pdf 2017-03-31
9 Description(Complete) [31-03-2017(online)].pdf 2017-03-31
10 Assignment [08-04-2017(online)].pdf 2017-04-08
11 201641012033-FER.pdf 2019-11-22
12 201641012033-OTHERS [16-05-2020(online)].pdf 2020-05-16
13 201641012033-FER_SER_REPLY [16-05-2020(online)].pdf 2020-05-16
14 201641012033-DRAWING [16-05-2020(online)].pdf 2020-05-16
15 201641012033-COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [16-05-2020(online)].pdf 2020-05-16
16 201641012033-CLAIMS [16-05-2020(online)].pdf 2020-05-16
17 201641012033-Correspondence, Declaration_26-05-2020.pdf 2020-05-26
18 201641012033-PatentCertificate28-10-2021.pdf 2021-10-28
19 201641012033-IntimationOfGrant28-10-2021.pdf 2021-10-28

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