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t
,i\):
CH.APTER
Tl,\'EL\'E
in the
method
described above,
the
protection
is
presented b:' a current
cutoff
or
single-stage
distance
protection.
Now consider the
operation
of
the
protection
and
automatic
reclosirtg
when
faults oecur
within
the reach of
the
instantaneous
proteot.ions of
two
adjacent
seclions
(section
11.
section III
at
point.
SCr,
for instance).
If
a short
circuit
occurs
at
point
SC,
both
sections disconnect
in
one
operation.
Section
,i.I.i
rn'liich
is
closer
t'o
the
po\^rer
source
is reclosed b1'
the
ARC
device
u'ithin a shor-
ter
time.
As
this
happens. the
nonselective
protection from
the
side
of
the
suppl_,r
subst.ation
s'rill remains closed for
some
time.
If
the
insulation
of
sec-
tton III
is
reestablished
during
the deenergized
state
of
the line,
the line
remains
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sequ en-
colrnected.
Next. the
ARC
device in
section ,I/ operates.
The
time taken bf it
to ciose
the
breaker is
gre.at.er than
the
total time
taken
to
close
the
breaker
of
t,he
ARC device
iocated in
section ItrI
and
the
time
of
subsequent
tripping
of
the
breaker
if it
is
connected
to a
persisting short circuit-
At
t,he
moment
the
breaker
is closed
bl'
the
ARC
device of
the more
remot,e
section ,I/.
the ,qelective
protection of
the
nearer
section III
is
automaticalil'
OPERATION
OF ANC AND ATS DRI'ICES
WITII
NELAYIT.IG
of
time
rela-v Z.R
which holds
itself by
an instaotaneous contact.
A
little
later
after
the
breaker is closed
the
sliding
contact
completes
the
circuit
of
the
auxi-
Iiar5,'-relay
AR. The
rela;.'l..R
opens the nonselective
protection
circuit
before
[he last-to-operate
contact of relay
?.R closes. The
time
settinp
of the sequen-
tial
automatic reclosure devices is intimated
from
the
example
given
belos'.
Let the
circuii
(Fig.
12-3) be
furnished
q'ith
a
sequential"automatic
reclosure
device.
We
choosei
,
(a)
Tbe time needed
bv
the
ARC
device
to
close
the
breakers.
tbt
fhe time for
discoiinection
of
the
nonseiective
orotection.
(c)
The
time
required to
reset
the
device
element
disconnecting the
ronselective
protec-
tion,
say,
for
section
,I1l.
Being
given
tbe
operating time
of the ARC device
in section
III
as
equal
to I s.
Dis-
connection
of the nonselective
protection
of section III is
carried
out
after
the closure
of
the sliding contact
of
relal'
?-.R
(Fig.
12-4). This
time is
0.8+ 0.1+0.{s+0.3: {.3.5
s
\47here
0.6 is the
breaker
ciosing time, 0.1 s
is
the operating time
of
the
nonselective
protection,
0.15 s is the breaker
tripping'r,ime, and
0.3 s
is the
margin
time.
The
operating
time
of
tbe AR
C device in section 1.I
is selected so that the ciosure
of breaker
.I.I
takes
place
after tbe nonselective
protection
in section
III
is
disconnected
i.e.ncr:
1+ 1.35+0.3:
2.65 s
wbere
1
s is the
operating
time
of
the ARC
device of section III,
1.35
s
-
the
closing time
of
the
sliding
coDtact
of
,rela1,
TR
of the circuit shown in Fig.
12-4, and
0.3
s
-
a
margin
tirne
(additional
margin
time results
{rom
the
fact
tbat the contacts
of
the breaker
make
0.6
to
0.8 s after
the
operation of
the ARC
device
in
section.l.f),
The operating
time
of
the
final making contact of
relav
TR
in
section III is determined
from
the
fact
that the
nonselective
protection
of section
III
can
be reestablisbed oniy
after
tbe
ARC device has
closed section 1,I which is
tripped again
b1'the nonselective
protectjon
in tbe case of a
persisting
fault.
The
making time
of
the last-to-operate contact of rela."*
TR of
section
III is
(2.65-
1)+0.8+ 0.1+0.15+0.5: 3.2 s
wbere
2.65
s is
the
operating
time of
the
ARC device of section
II,7
s
--
tbe
operating time
of
theARCdeviceof section
III,0.8
s-theclosingtimeof thebreakerof section,I.I.0.1s-
the
operating
time
of the
nonselective
protection
of
section
11,0.15
s
-
the tripping
time
of the
breaker
of
section
.f.I,
and 0.5
s
-
a margin
tiuie.
same.
As
compared
to
the method used
to correct noDselec,tive action
of
the pro-
tection
with
the aid of
ARC
devices with increasing the
number of reclosures,
the sequential
automatic
reclosure
method
has
the
advantage
as
it needs
no
two-shot
ARC devices.
Moreover,
the
breakers
do
not
isolate
a
short
circuit
more
than
tn'ice
in
succession.
The
disadvantage of the sequential
automatic
reclosing
is that
when'the
next in
sequence
section
is
connected by the
ARC
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v'ith
feeding
a closing
puise, the
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device
cioses
tire
circuii
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