Pre-requisites: Power System-I Lab, Power System-II Lab and basic understanding of Scilab/MATLAB/Simulink/ PSCAD/MiPower
List of Experiments / Activities
- Note: A Minimum of 10 experiments are to be performed from the following list by using hardware or on a software platform, preferably on Scilab/MATLAB /Simulink/ PSCAD/ MiPower or any any other equivalent open-source software platform.
- 1To observe and plot characteristics of:
- •Overcurrent relay (IDMT)
- •Directional relay
- 2To observe and plot characteristics of:
- •Differential relay
- •Distance relay
- 3To study the operation and characteristics of the electro-mechanical type over-voltage relay.
- 4To study the gas-actuated Buchholz relay for an oil-filled transformer.
- 5To simulate the various shunt faults in the transmission line using a three-phase fault simulator.
- 6To study the effect of different shapes of electrodes on dielectric (air) breakdown.
- 7Exponential impulse current test for determination of residual voltage like, as surge arresters.
- 8To determine the critical flash-over voltage of a sphere gap assembly under varying atmospheric conditions.
- 9To analyze capacitive current and short-line fault interruptions.
- 10To implement protection schemes for alternators: stator, rotor, and reverse power protection.
- 11To test and compare the performance of SF6, vacuum, and air circuit breakers.
- 12Testing of MCB, MCCB and ELCB by load test.
- 13To study the differential protection of a three-phase delta-delta connected transformer.
- 14To study the protection of a three-phase induction motor using a numerical relay.
- 15To simulate an overcurrent protection scheme with CT/PT.
- 16To study of transmission line fault detection, classification and location estimation using distance relays by simulating different faults on the IEEE 9-bus test power system through PSCAD software or MATLAB/Simulink.
- 17Study of Power Swing and its impact on distance relaying-based transmission line protection scheme through PSCAD software or MATLAB/Simulink.
- 18Microprocessor/microcontroller-based overcurrent protection scheme using MATLAB or Arduino IDE.
- 19To develop simple relay coordination logic using embedded systems or protection software.
- 20To simulate digital relay operation for overcurrent, differential, or distance protection. * Some of the Experiments from the above list can be performed on the virtual lab via the following virtual lab link: http://vlab.co.in/
Course Outcomes (COs)
After completion of the course student will be able to:
- CO1Analyze the performance of various relays by testing their distinct characteristics.K4
- CO2Test and evaluate the performance of various circuit breakers used for power system protection, comparing their operational characteristics and effectiveness.K4
- CO3Formulate a program/simulation model for the analysis of various power system protection schemes using programming tools /software such as Scilab/MATLAB /Simulink/ PSCAD/ MiPower or any other open source software platform.K6
Textbooks
- L.P. Singh, “Digital Protection: Protective Relaying from Electromechanical to Microprocessor”, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Badri Ram & D.N. Vishwakarma, “Power System Protection and Switchgear”, Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited
- T.S. Madhav Rao, “Microprocessor-Based Protection Systems” .
- M.S. Naidu and V. Kamaraju , “High Voltage Engineering”, McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Limited
- Sunil S. Rao , “Switchgear and Protection”, Khanna Publishers.
- Y.G. Paithankar & S.R. Bhide , “Fundamentals of Power System Protection”, PHI; Second Edition.
- K. Umarao, “Computer Techniques and Models in Power System”, Wiley
Official AKTU syllabus
This subject is on page 5, 6 of the original AKTU PDF.