Pamphlet RK 85-201E Edition 1
Auto-reclosingASEA
Auto-reclosing
Roland Nylén, Relay Division
eprint rom ASEA our 18786 pp. 27-182
given of the factors influencing the
choice ‘of single-phase or threesphaze
‘auto-eclosing, dead time, mumber of
reclosing shots, tc.
‘The auto-teclosing of power lines has
become a generally accepted practice.
Reports from different pars of the
world show that in certain networks in
regions subject co a high lightning inten-
sity only about 5 per cent of the faults
fare permanent, Auto-reclosing therefore
provides significant advantages. Outage
‘times will be shore compared with systems
where station personnel have to turn out
and re-energize the lines after a fault
Such emergency visits often ental long
trips at inconvenient hours and in bad
‘weather, which will have as consequence
2 long ‘outage time, Personnel can be
saved if several substations can be un-
manned. It is also possible to reduce the
‘number of emergency ysts to unmanned
substations provided merely with alarm
‘ransmiters, if they ate equipped with
fan auto-recosing system,
In other words, auto-relosing reduces
‘operating, costs and improves. the re-
liability of service of the network. In the
‘ase of transmission lines beeween net-
‘work sections with their own generating
faciliies auto-eclosing is generally just
fied with respect to the network stability.
‘The choice of one or more reclosing
shots, high-speed or delayed (low-speed)
auto-ecosing, singlephase or three-
2
phase auto-reclosing depends on many
factors, Some of these will be discussed
in the following.
Fault types
‘Transient faults
‘A characteristic feature of transient
faults is thae they either disappear after
ashore dead time or that they disappear
quickly without any action being taken,
Lightning is the most usual cause of
this tppe of fault. The overvoltages
duced in the lines generally cause flash-
overs across the intulator strings. The
aie seldom extinguishes on its own,
‘This means chat the line must be tipped
for deionisation of the fault path and
can then be re-energised, without the fault
recurting
Tn thit context it can be mentioned
that double circuit lines on common
towers are sensitive 10 lightning faults,
since roughly every other lightning
stroke affects both lines,
‘Other transient faults may be caused
by swinging conductors contacting 2
‘other due to high winds or the shedding
‘of ice. Unfortunately, conductor swing-
ing due to ice shedding has the charac
teristic that the conductors of different
phases may contact each other several
times in succession and the fault can then
be interpreted as a permanent fault.
ds, tempotary contact with foreign
objects such as tees, etc, can also cause
transient faults
Differences in climate, lightning inten-
siry, ground conditions, voltage level,
Tine design, etc, hare the consequence
thac che number of transient faults varies
considerably, Onan average it is exc
rated that about 80 to 85 per cent of
all line faults are transient and that
succesful reclosure is obtained with the
first shot
Semi-permanent faults
A semi-permanent fault requites more
than one de-energised interval, in the
following called dead time, before it
disappears.
‘Aifaul of this type may be caused by,
for example, a tree branch falling on the
line. eis burnt up by the are when the
line ie re-energised,
‘A further 10 per cent or so of all
reclosures are consequently successful
with the second shot. If third shor is
made, only a further 1 to 2 per cent of
the reclosures are successfel. More than
wo shots are therefore generally rather
meaningless and only subject the breaker
to unnecessary wear,
Permanent faults
Permanent faults, such at a broken
conductor, the collapse of a line rower,
2 tree leaning against the line, a fauly in
any cable included in the transmission,
‘must first be traced, before the cause of
the faule can be removed and the damage
repaired. This often entails time-consum-
ing work and therefore impores great
demands on the ability of the network
to cope with the load on the healthy
section during this period.
aul statistics
Single-phase earth faults are the
predominating faule type for all lines,
‘This predominance is most pronounced
for high-voltage lines, because the large
conductor spacings prevent some ‘wor
phase and three-phase faults
The following statistics reported by
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)
for faults on theic 500 kV network dur-
ing the period 9th December, 1967 todork Jan, 1973 and_by the Swedish
Sere Pome Board for fas on he 400
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BPs cai th
Sndth Sate
wea Power Baad
S0OkV «a0 LV 200kV
Singlephae 53% 70% 56%
ed fade
Twophase 49%
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Tropes 2
‘ne
carting
Tiegh 1% 7% 17%
‘nae
‘The number of successful reclosuees
Board's 400 kV and
1g 1970 to 1974 can be
seen from the following statistics, whieh
do nor differ for the two volages:
Total number of 238
Tine faults
Successful reclosures 179
Definitive tippings 32.
Equipment out of 27
service or defective
De-ionising
The time required for the de-ionising
fof the faule path depends on several
factors including. the arcing time (fault
dluraton), fale cureent, wind conditions,
aie humidity, air pressure, circuit voltage,
apacitive coupling to adjacent condac
Tors, etc. The circuit voltage isthe factor
having the predominating. influence on
the de-ionising time.
Dead time
Auto-edoring. requires 4 dead time
(sce Fig 1), which exceeds the deonising
time, In Sweden dead tne of 04's has
heen succes we for voltages up t0
400 kV, when Both ends of te line are
tepped” vimulsnsouly Shorr dead
times may be employed for lower vole
Sees fa suitable Breaker ied.
theres communication fink avaible
berwcen the protective relay, ie may Be
neceary to wit for she second step of
the distance protection, which means hat
2 dead tine of 8 to'12 sis Requenly
uel
ong tranmission Lines wih singh
phase tipping and. singlephar ato
fecosing require slighty longer dead
time than for threphaxe topping, be
Cause the capacitive coupling rom the
Healy phases ress ina longer de-
“Three levels ofthe dead cme normaly
1. Highspeed auro-resosing, dead time
08 5 This ese for singlephase
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and three:phase auto-reclosing, Ie re- in certain cases, also the frequency
‘quires a communication ink between difference.
the procective telays for the simul-
fanetus tipping of the wo ende of
the line, Inetead of 4 communication
Tink between the relays, the instar
taneous steps of the dance prvee. Fault duration
tions may be sein cers ees for
tnereach, When ‘one resosute hat
taken place, the reach is automaticaly
Changed over to 80 to 90 per cent of
the line Tength and. then sclectve
tsnping is abrined for 2 permanent
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Fig. 1. Definitions of times. The reclaim time may also start when the closing
impulse is obtained, In the case of a line fed trom both ends the communication
time between the protective relays ie included in the relay operating time. It no
‘such communication is available, the second time step of the distance schemes
‘must be taken into account.Fig. 2. ASEA olt-minimum circult-breakers type HLR 300/2504 8 with a rating of 300 KV, 25 KA.
breaker is closed manually, the auto-
reclosing equipment is blocked and can-
‘or stare again until the reclaim time has
lapsed.
‘Another form of blocking also occurs
1f, for example, the breaker is not pre:
pared for reclosing or if, for example, a
high-frequency link for co-ordinating the
line protections is inoperative, the auto
reclosing is blocked,
hers
Braking capacity ad operating time
Circuit.
If a breaker is 9 be used for auto-
teclosing, ie is above all essenial that i
hhas the operating mechanism and
breaking capacity necessary for it to be
able to perform the auto-eclosing se
‘quences required.
The breaker should be able to close
alter a dead time of about 03 s, if itis
to be suitable for high-speed auto
reclosing. If multi-shot reclosing is used,
the time between the shots must be long.
enough to ensure thatthe breaker operat.
ing mechanism always has time to store
the necessary energy for a subsequent
tripping.
“The breaker must be able to withstand
seclosing on to permanent faults, with-
four its breaking capacity deteriorating
land without ie Being, damaged
The operating (break) time of
breaker should be short to ensure as
Title ionisation as possible in the fault
path and thus improve the probability of
2 successful relosure
Modern oil-minimium and SFs breakers
retain theie fll rated breaking capacity
fon closing after a dead time of about
0.3 5. This applies in general aso to air-
Biase breakers.
TE more than one reclosing shot is
made, due regard must be paid to the
influence of the operating cycle on the
breaking capacity. According to IEC
Publication 56-2, a breaker must be
‘capable of withStanding. the following
‘operating cycle with fll rated breaking
0403 +CO+3 min + CO
If the breaker is not intended for high
speed auo-eclosing, the firse delay” is
3 min. This means that a breaker must
not be operated at shorter intervals, un
less approved by the manufactures,
In the United States ANSI C37.04-1964
specifies the rated breaking capacity for
another operating cycle:
co +158+C0
If the circui-breaker has to operate
more frequently or at shorer intervals
than 15-3, the standards state that the
rated breaking current of the breaker may
be ceduced, if the breaker does not cope
Wich the new operating cycle,
When the reclaim time for the te
closing is being selected, ic iv therefore
necessary to take into account the oper
ating cycle which would occur if a new
fault incident is experienced immediately
after the reclaim ime has elapsed
Maintenance requirements
When selecting the type of breaker,
fone has to take into account its main:
tenance Fequirements. The maintenance
intervals depend on the ratio between
the breaking capacity of the breaker and.
the system fault level, Depending on
the type, 2 modem breaker (see Fig. 2)
can cope with $ to 20 interruptions atfall MVA breaking capacity of 30 10
100 interruptions. at 30 per cent of its
full breaking capaciey. "The wend is
therefore towards a fewer number of
reclosing. shots in order to limit the
‘Auto-teclosing and other equipment
Different types of auto-eclosing equip:
ment have been developed to meet the
varying requirements on the dead time
and number of reclosing shots:
1. One high-speed reclosing shor.
2 One high-speed reclosing shot fol-
lowed by one or more delayed re-
closing shots.
3. One delayed reclosing shor.
4 Several delayed reclosing shots,
The equipment is supplied as separate
units or incorporated in the line pro
rections. It can be easily supplemented
and adapted for different breaker
schemes, e46) the 1% breaker scheme.
Tn addition, other, mote sophisticated
types of equipment have been developed
for automatic system restoration after a
diseurbance, Such equipment may some
times work rogether with synchro-check
and synchronising equipment to restore
the network
‘Automatic equipment has also. been
developed for automatic load restoration
alter load shedding,
System restoration, load shedding and
load restoration will not be discussed in
this article
Distribution networks with radial feeders
Problems of sytem sabity oF
synchronising requirements do not oscit
Sr radial feeders with Toad ony and
there thy aly be pried
with threephaseautorecloing equip-
ment. This gives certain. Benefits sich
fs thor outage times and the posiilty
to sive personnel, If ineeanrancous tp
Ding and highspeed uto-recosing. ae
Utilged) damage fo the line in connection
‘with a transient faule can be imited
‘When feeders consist partly of under
ground cables, the suitability ‘of aut0-
feclosing should be considered, since the
ffuls oecring in cable ate generally
Permanent. If there is ony small ak
Sf the cable being damaged by exca
ators, auco-reddosing, may nevertheless
be jutified, since cable faults do noe
arise to frequently a fauks on overhead
lines.
reclosing equipment starting
cies
Distribution lines are normally peo-
tected by time-lag overcurrent relays with
instantaneous and delayed tripping fanc-
tions Ieseldom happens that instantaneous
tripping of more than the cireut-breaker
located furthest away can be utilised.
If instantaneous teipping of breakers in
series is introduced, non-selective
ping is generally obtained, since the fault
level differences in various parts of the
ework are too small for current selec
tivity to be obtained for a short circuit,
Instantaneous tipping of the breakers
when short circuits occur improves the
possibilities of a successful. reclosure
‘owing to the reduced ionisation of the
fault path. At the same time, damage t0,
and sess on, the network are reduced:
Tes therefore desirable always to be
able to trp the breakers instantaneously.
Modem time-lag overcurrent relays
(sce Fig. 3) are therefore provided with
an additional contact function, a starting
contac. This closes instantaneously, when
the current exceeds the set value. for
delayed operation. It is then possible to
utilise the starting contact, instead of the
Jnstantaneous contact, to trip the breaker
instantaneously, also’ for a current not
exceeding the instantancous setting, and
to start the auto-teclosing equipment.
Instancaneous tripping of several
breakers in series, irespective of whether
this is initiated by the instantancous con-
tact oF the starting contact, generally
means that all breakers trip for a die-
turbance on the line situated. furthest
away. More consumers than necessary
will then be affected. If high-speed auto:
reclosing is introduced, however, the
Joss of supply will be limited and the
disadvantage ‘of non-selective txipping
fan be tolerated in many cases. Tf the
high-speed reclosing fails, the breaker is
tripped by the delayed operation of the
protection. The reclosing is started again,
Ff several shots are to be made,
Nonvselective tripping of breakers in
series combined with highspeed auto-
feclosing cannot be tolerted in all net-
works, Ths is the case wit, for example,
networks feeding certain industries
hhaving electronic equipment, which is
too sensitive to brief interruptions and
‘would then be unnecessarily. disturbed.
Ta such cates instantaneous tripping and
starting of the auto-recosing can be ap-
plied to the breaker located furthest
way: Other breakers are wipped selec
tively by the delayed operation of the
protective relays, which at the same time
start the auto-reclosing equipment.
‘Another philosophy has been devel:
‘oped for certain networks such as those
containing a large proportion of cable
feeders. If instantancous tripping is ob-
tained for a high current, the auto-
reclosing is not stated. In such circum:
stances it is considered that the faule is
fof sucha serious nature that the re-
closing will not be successful but would
fonly aggravate the damage. Tf, on the
‘other hand, delayed tripping is obtained,
this is assumed to be caused by an over:
load or a faule that has noe fully devel-
‘oped. The ln is therefore redlosed after
svcertain delay
‘As far as earth faults in solidly (efec-
ASEA
tively) earthed networks are concemed,
the auto-reclosing is started by the earth-
fault protection according to the same
principles as those applying to the short-
iecuit protections. Tn the ease of is0-
lated networks of resonant-earthed net-
works, the reclosing is started by the
delayed operation of the earth-faule pro
Number of reclosing shots
One oF two shots are generally used
in distribution networks, sometimes theee
shors and very seldom more shots. This
depends on the frequency of the different
types of fault occurring (see under the
heading “Fault types") and on the like
lihood. of successful reclosure. with
more than two shots being s0 smal.
Three or more shots consequently do
rot imply any significant improvement
but only substantially increase the
steesses on the breaker and other net-
‘work apparatus. If one takes into ac-
Count the face that yet a further reclosing
tempt is often made, via remote con-
trol of manually, when personnel reach
the substation, iv can easily be seen that
the breaker may be overstressed in con-
junction with permanent faults. The
fnumber of reclosing shots should there-
fore be limited.
Auto-reclosing with respect to the
load ete.
When delayed auto-reclosing. is 3
plied, it is importane thar the dead time
Should be sufficiently long to ensure that
alll motor drives have time to be discon
nected from the supply by thei under-
voltage protections. The voltage fed out
by the motors to the network during
theie retardation must also have time t0
disappear. A delay of 10 s normally suf-
fices. There is otherwise a risk thae the
voltage from the motors will be com-
pletely out of phase with the network
voltage when the reclosing takes place.
If street lighting is influenced in con
fection wi tsa of «ng
= special attention in ateas with
‘dee and fas traffic. The shortest ose.
ible dead time is deszable from the traf.
fic safery viewpoint
‘A. brief out
‘does not cause 100
To avoid telephone calls from
consumers, it is im the interest of the
utility to keep the outages as short as
possible to ensure thar the consumers
will not have time to get to the telephone
in order eo complain,
Tn areas subject t0 icing risks, over-
hhead lines may contact each other several
times when the ice is suddenly shed. They
5ASEA
Stee woe yes 1
Fig. 8 Throe-phase overcurrent protection with time-lag overcurrent relays type
KIDF 2H.
‘must be given time to stabilise so that available, In a nos-solidly earthed net~
they do not contact exch other again work a substation, for ceample, with
after a reclosure. The reclosing is there- radial feeders may. be equipped with
fore delayed 1 minute or longer to en- only one neutrl-voltage relay as earth,
sue thae no contacting of the conductors faule protection
will occur after the reclosure and be The substation may then be equipped
interpreted as a permanent fault With automatic. equipment for cycle
When selecting the auto-teclosing tripping of the feeders, If an earth fault
method, one must take into account occurs, the neuteal-voltage protection
hove all the network configuration, the starts the automatic equipment, which
nature of the load and the suitability of tips one feeder after another until the
the breaker. Ie is noe therefore possible neutral voltage disappeats, The auto:
to give any general recommendations. matic. equipment. then returns to. the
Starting position. ‘The feeders are re
energised. by the auto-rclosing. equip
ment of their associated breaker, When
Cyclic auto-reclosing can be used to short circuits occur, the auto-recosing
trace a defective pare of a network, equipment of each breaker operates in
when there is no selective protection the normal manner.
Cyclic autoectosing
Fig. 4. Synchro-check relay type RASC with voltage check unit.
Cyclic auto-relosing leads to lose of
supply on several feeders and increased
breaker wear. In addition, there is an
increased isk of double’ earth faults
lowing 0 repeated voltage rises on the
healthy phases. This method is therefore
not used so ftequenty. Preference is
ven to selective auforeclosing and
selective earth-fault protections
Distribution networks with power
source at each end
Meshed distribution networks oF net
works with a small power station con
nected at one end and with a power
source at the other end require voltage
phase angle difference checking,
Which blocks the auto-eclosing equip
ment until the conditions are fullled.
If there is, for example, 2 counter volt
age during the checking before the frst
shot, the reclosing is Blocked by the
voltage checking. If the counter voltage
disappears before the next reclosing shot,
the reclosing can be carried out, In other
respects roughly the same conditions
apply here as those mentioned in the
Previous section,
Single-phase auto-reclosing in weak
high-voleage networks
‘A network: with inadequate transmis:
sion eapacty ean be defined a8 4 weak
network. In such a weak, meshed high-
voleage network it is necessary to. use
highspeed auto-eclosing. so. a= not to
jzopardise the network stability. The loss
fof a line in a weak network may lead to
the collapse of the network. To ensure
thac the high-speed reclosing of 2 te-line
will be successful, i i importane to have
25 short a dead time as possible, This pre
supposes the use of high-speed protective
relays and_ approximately” simultaneous
tripping of both ends of the line to en
sure that the de-ionising time will be as
shore as possible.
TE the line in question constitutes the
coy link between different sections of
the network having their own power
production, of if those sections Of the
network operating in parallel are very
weak, it may be necessary to use single
phase cripping for earth faults and
Single-phase high-speed —auto-relosing.
There is otherwise the risk that the net
work sections may drift apart, thus
jeopardising the stability and’ synchron-
fam. If @ two- or three phase fault oc-
curs, itis preferable in many cases to
trip the line definitively and block the
reclosing. Knowledge of the load angle
changeltime relationship, when a dis
turbance arises, makes it easier ro assess
the possibilities of using ehree-phase high-
speed auto-reclosing. The risk of stabilitydisturbances increases, when high-speed
‘auro-reclosing on toa permanent fault
takes. place, This must be weighed
againse the possibilities of a successful
reclosure for a transient fault, Delayed
three-phase auto-reclosing requires a
strong network, see the next section.
“The advantages of single-phase high:
speed auto-reclosing ean be summarised
as a negligible influence on the line
transfer capability, which means that
synchronism and stability can be main-
tained. The high-speed auto-recosing
equipment may be of relatively simple
design. No. checking of the voltage,
phase angle oF frequency difference is
recestary
"Among the disadvantages can be men-
tioned the longer deionising time owing
to the capacitive coupling between the
healthy phates, which may lead to. die-
turbances on telecommunication lines
and earth-fault- schemes for double
Circuit lines. Single-phase high-speed
auto-reclosing may fail on long. shunt
compensated EHV lines owing co the
‘capacitive coupling. A neutralpoint
reactor can then substantially improve
the conditions [1}. The protective relays
must be able to determine in. which
phase the fault occurs, Further, each
phase of the breakers must be regregated
and provided with its own operating
mechanism, which may encail extra costs
at voltages below 220 kV.
‘Auto-reclosing in strong high-voltage
networks
‘The same need for fast, simukancous
tripping of the breakers at both ends of
4 faulty line applies to strong networks
as co other networks, if there are to be
a good chances as possible of a suc-
‘cessful reclosure of the line and limiting
of the damage,
‘An ultrachigh-speed relaying (UHSR)
system is now available for lines requit-
ing fast tripping. The operating principle
is based on the detection ofthe direction
‘of the travelling wave generated at the
Tecation of the faule, The UHSR system
‘operates within times down to 1 to ms
Its operation is not influenced by the
presence of series capacitors in the net-
work [2].
"The advantages and disadvantages
applying to single-phase high-speed
‘auto-reclosing in weak networks (see the
previous section) are valid also for
strong networks.
TE the network is sufficiently strong,
three-phase highspeed auto-relosing
can be utilised without the synchronism
fot stability being disturbed. Simple
‘equipment without faciliies for check-
ing the voltage, phase angle and fre-
quency difference can then be used. Pro-
tective relays, breakers, ete, will be sim-
pler than for single-phase auto-reclosing
and no. zeto-sequence and negative
fequence currents are obtained during
the dead time.
Tn networks with series compensation
the series capacitors are protected by
spark gape Thee geeraly spark over
line, The reduction in the power tans-
fer capability of the network then ob-
tained’ in many cases can exceed that
occurring when a line is tipped. It is
therefore important to provide the ca-
pacitors with equipment, which as
Quickly as possible extinguishes the
spark exp in oder to bring back the
capacitors into operation again
ferore the power ander apabity
B). Auto-reclosing can generally be ap-
plied also. in’ series-compensated net
‘works. In exceptional cases there may be
a. risk of subsynchronous resonance
(GSR). Under unfavourable conditions
SSR may give rise to severe stresses in
the shafts of large steam turbine gener-
ators (4)
‘The possibilities of utilising chree-
phase delayed auto-reclosing depend on
the load angle change/time relationship,
when a disturbance occurs, No stability
problems should arise in a strong net
work, but it is impossible to guarantee
that synchronism can always be maine
tained between different sections of
network when a major disturbance
occurs, Under unfortunate circumstances
incorrect synchronising may therefore
take place with delayed reclosing. If
this happens in section of the network
where there is a large line impedance
between the systems, no. damage as a
rule occurs. If, on the other hand, ine
correct synchronising takes place in the
vicinity of large thermal power plant,
this may lead to a generator breakdown
with disastrous consequences,
Tt is possible to provide protection
against “incorrect synchronising by
adding equipment for phase angle dif
feence checking, voltage ceding, ee
(sce Fig. 4). However, this still does not
provide’ protection against the severe
feeesses ‘which under unfavourable
CGrcumstances may develop in the large
turbine-generators, when a reclosing
attempt is made’ on to 2. permanent
fault It is therefore doubtéal whether
highspeed auto-recloring. should even
be ured in certain networks where ther:
‘mal power predominates,
When only three-phase delayed auto-
reclosing is utilised, no problems are
experienced with the desonising time
and breaker “operating. time. If oscil:
lations occur in the network, they gener
ally have time to become stabilised be-
fore 2 reclosure. There are somewhat
sreatee chances of a successful reclosure
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with threesphase: delayed auto-reclosing
than with only high-speed auto-rclosing.
‘When a line has been tripped, the
voleage in the network increases or de-
‘creases owing to the change in the load.
‘Transformer tap changers may then
start to operate with the risk of being
damaged, if reclosing on to a short cir
‘cuit occurs during the switching process.
‘The delay of the voltage regulation
equipmene should therefore be checked.
‘This delay should be longer than the
system disturbance time, see Fig. 1.
Several reclosing. shots may Be justi-
fied in the case of, for example, radial
Tines. However, the advantages of the
increased probability of a successful re-
closure must be weighed against the
advantages in the form of greater dam-
lage at the site of the fault and higher
breaker maintenance costs,
Conclusion
‘The network configueation and type
of load vary from case to case, Many of
the fequitements and factors discussed
hhere must therefore be assessed on the
basis of their importance in each indi-
vidual case. Ie is therefore impossible to
sive any general rules for the application
fof auto-recosing. However, « trend to-
wards a wider acceptance of single-phase
reclosing due to its advantages in many
applications has been noticed.
The intention of this article has been
to throw light on the parameters influ-
encing the choice of a suitable auto-
reclosing system.
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