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  • The Principles of Power System Protection

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    The Function and Principles of Power System Protection The objective of power system protection is to detect faults or abnormal operating conditions and initiate corrective action. Principles of Power System Protection There are different principles used in accomplishing power system protection, we have discussed them in the following sections: Discrimination by Time In simple radial…

  • Overvoltage Protection Techniques & Equipment

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    John Mulindi
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    Overvoltage Protection – Objective, Methods & Equipment The purpose of the protective equipment in a power system is to isolate the faulty section from the healthy system by initiating tripping for appropriate circuit breakers. This whole process must be carried out with minimum of delay and disturbance. Overvoltage, switching and other phenomena like lightning produce…

  • Power System Protection

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    John Mulindi
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    Electrical equipment has to be designed and constructed in such a way as to withstand the foreseeable loading during its lifetime under normal and emergency conditions. It is therefore necessary to install devices for the protection of equipment which limit the effects of unforeseeable faults and loading on the equipment and protect it against cascading…