Interaction of Circuit Breaker

Interaction of Circuit Breaker: The circuit breaker performance can well be seen from the interaction between the breaker and the circuit. It is convenient to regard the short-circuit current i…

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Arc in Circuit Breaker

Arc in Circuit Breaker: Discharge in a.c. circuit breakers, generally in the form of an arc, occurs in two ways. When the contacts are being separated arcing is possible  even…

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Static Distance Protection Relay

Static Distance Protection Relay: Static Distance Protection Relay are characterized by having two input quantities respectively proportional to the voltage and current at a particular point in the power system,…

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Square Wave Generators

Square Wave Generators: Diode clippers can be used to remove the curved portion of the sinusoidal wave to give square waves. The operational amplifier together with an integrator, can be…

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Transistor Use in Static Relay

Transistor Use in Static Relay: Transistor Use in Static Relay - In its simplest form, it consists of two pn junction diodes coupled together by a very thin common base,…

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Heavy Current Test Plant

Heavy Current Test Plant: Heavy Current Test Plant - Simulating the exact fault conditions as would occur in practice is a difficult and a tedious job. The plant for providing…

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Types of Auto Reclosing

Types of Auto Reclosing: Types of Auto Reclosing can be broadly classified in two categories: Medium voltage auto-reclose where continuity of supply is the principal aim. High voltage auto-reclose where…

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Bus Zone Protection

Bus Zone Protection: Bus Zone Protection includes, besides the bus itself the apparatus such as circuit breakers, disconnecting switches, instrument transformers and bus sectionalizing reactors, etc. Although bus zone faults…

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