Motor Protection

Motor Protection: Motor Protection - There is a wide range of motors in existence for various purposes. However, the fundamental problems affecting the choice of protection are independent of the…

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Prime Mover Protection

Prime Mover Protection: In the event of prime-mover failure the machine starts motoring meaning thereby that it draws electrical power from the system and drives the prime-mover. This condition imposes…

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Generator Faults

Generator Faults: Generator faults can be considered under the following heads. (a) Stator Faults: These include the following: Phase-to-earth faults. Phase-to-phase faults. Inter-turn faults. Most faults occur in the stator…

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Directional Earth Fault Relay

Directional Earth Fault Relay: In the case of Directional Earth Fault Relay the angular relationship of residual current and residual voltage is independent of the faulted phase and is governed…

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Distance Relays Types

Distance Relays Types and their Applications: In applying relays to a transmission system it is necessary to state the relay characteristic in the same terms that the system conditions are…

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Important Questions

Important Questions in Electrical & Electronics: IMPORTANT QUESTIONS OF AC DISTRIBUTION IMPORTANT QUESTIONS OF CIRCUIT BREAKERS IMPORTANT QUESTIONS OF DC DISTRIBUTION IMPORTANT QUESTIONS OF DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS IMPORTANT QUESTIONS OF ECONOMICS…

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Components of Protection System

Components of Protection System: Some of the more commonly used Components of Protection System are Relays Circuit Breakers Tripping and Other Auxiliary Supplies Current Transformer (CT) Voltage Transformers (VT) Linear…

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Important Questions of AC Distribution

Important Questions of AC Distribution: 1. How does a.c. distribution differ from d.c. distribution ? 2. What is the importance of load power factors in a.c. distribution ? 3. Describe…

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