5/1/2017 EarthFaultProtectionOpenElectrical

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Contents
1 RecommendedSettings
1.1 SolidlyEarthedSystems
1.2 ImpedanceEarthedSystems
1.3 UnearthedSystems
2 References

RecommendedSettings
SolidlyEarthedSystems

FromAlstomNetworkProtectionandAutomationGuide(2011)Section9.16[3]:"Typical[earthfaultrelay]
settingsare3040%ofnominalfullloadcurrentorminimumearthfaultcurrentforthecircuitbeingprotected."
Therefore,apickupsettingof30%40%ofInissuggested,whereInis:

Fortransformerfeeders:In=fullloadcurrentoftransformer
Forcablefeeders:In=cableratedcurrent
Formotorfeeders:In=fullloadcurrentofmotor

Fielding[5]suggestshighersensitivitytoearthfaults,withpickupsettingsof20%ofIn.Ultimately,thedecision
dependsonthetradeoffbetweenhighsensitivitytoearthfaultsandtheprobabilityofspuriousandnuisance
tripping.

ImpedanceEarthedSystems

Inanimpedanceearthedsystem,earthfaultsarelimitedtoamaximumvaluebysomeimpedance.Anearthfault
pickupsettingof10%20%ofthemaximumearthfaultcurrentisrecommended,tobeselectedinconjunction
withthefollowingminimumpickupsettingssuggestedin[4]toavoidspurioustripping:

ForCTsinresidualconnection:>12%ofthenominalCTprimarycurrent
ForcorebalanceCTs:>1Afor0.1s

UnearthedSystems

Inanunearthedsystem,corebalanceCTsarenecessarytohavethesensitivitytodetectearthfaultcurrents
(becauseearthfaultcurrentsarepurelycapacitive).TheminmumthresholdforcorebalanceCTsshouldbe>1A
for>0.1sassuggestedby[4]toavoidspurioustripping.

References

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[1]IEEEStd242,IEEERecommendedPracticeforProtectionandCoordinationIndustrialand
CommercialPowerSystems(Buffbook),2001

[2]IEEEStd142,IEEERecommendedPracticeforGroundingofIndustrialandCommercialPower
systems(Greenbook),2007

[3]AlstomGrid,NetworkProtectionandAutomationGuide,May2011

[4]Preve,C.,ProtectionofElectricalNetworks,2006,ISTELtd,London

[5]Fielding,G.,ProtectionofMVIndustrialNetworks,1997,IEEColloquium,London

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