The voltage which changes polarity at regular interval of time is known as the alternating voltage. The one complete cycle of an alternating quantity consists two half cycles. And the direction of a half cycle changes after every particular interval of time. The machine which generates the alternating voltage is known as the alternator. The …
Definition: Voltage surge is defined as the sudden rise in excessive voltage which damages the electrical equipment of an installation. The overvoltage in the lines occurs because of a rise in voltage between both phases and between phase and ground. The voltage surges are mainly classified under two heading; internal and external voltages. Types of Voltage Surge …
The rotor of the generator is normally unearthed i.e. remain isolated from the earth and therefore the single fault due to insulation breakdown will not rise the fault current. A single fault will not affect the rotor, but if the fault occurs, continues then it will damage the field winding of the generator. For a …
The balanced earth fault protection scheme is mainly used for protection of small generator where differential and self-balanced protection systems are not applicable. In a small generator, the neutral end of the three phase windings is connected internally to a single terminal. So the neutral end is not available, and protection against earth fault is …
Differential protection for a generator is mainly employed for the protection of stator windings of generator against earth faults and phase-to-phase faults. The stator winding faults are very dangerous, and it causes considerable damage to the generator. For the protection of stator winding of the generator, the differential protection system is used for clearing the …
The transformer is one of the major equipment in power system. It is a static device, totally enclosed and usually oil immersed, and therefore the fault occurs on them are usually rare. But the effect of even a rare fault may be very serious for a power transformer. Hence the protection of power transformer against …
Definition: Series compensation is the method of improving the system voltage by connecting a capacitor in series with the transmission line. In other words, in series compensation, reactive power is inserted in series with the transmission line for improving the impedance of the system. It improves the power transfer capability of the line. It is …
A bus in a power system is defined as the vertical line at which the several components of the power system like generators, loads, and feeders, etc., are connected. The buses in a power system are associated with four quantities. These quantities are the magnitude of the voltage, the phase angle of the voltage, active …
The current limiting reactor is an inductive coil having a large inductive reactances in comparison to their resistance and is used for limiting short circuit currents during fault conditions. Current-voltage reactors also reduced the voltage disturbances on the rest of the system. It is installed in feeders and ties, in generators leads, and between bus …
In a power system, power is injected into a bus from generators, while the loads are tapped from it. There may be some buses with only generators and there may be other only with loads. Some buses have generators and loads while some other may have static capacitors for reactive power compensation. The surplus power …
