ffere
cebetwee
apote
tialtra
sformera
dapowertra
sformeristhatthepote
tialtra
sformerisdesig
edtoha
dleo
lyaverysmallcurre
tTheseco
dtypeofspecialtra
sformerisadevicedesig
edtoprovideaseco
darycurre
tmuchsmallertha
butdirectlyproportio
altoitsprimarycurre
t.Thisdeviceiscalledacurre
ttra
sformer
TheDirectio
alProtectio
Basis
Earlyattemptstoimprovepowerservicereliabilitytoloadsremotefromge
eratio
ledtothedual1i
eco
cept.Ofcourse,itispossibletobuildtwo1i
estoaload,a
dswitchtheloadtowhicheverli
eremai
se
ergizedafteradi51urba
ce.Butbetterserviceco
ti
uitywillbeavailableifbothli
es
ormallyfeedtheloada
do
lythefaultedli
eistrippedwhe
disturba
cesoccur.Fig1lshowsasi
g1ege
erator,two1i
esi
gleloadsystemwithbreakersproperlyarra
gedtosupplytheloadwhe
o
eli
eisfaulted.Forthearra
geme
ttobeeffectiveitis
ecessarytohavetheproperrelayapplicatio
.Otherwise,theexpe
sivepowerequipme
twill
otbeabletoperformasp1a
ed.Co
sidertheapplicatio
ofi
sta
ta
eousa
dortimedelayrelayso
thefourbreakersObvious1ythetypeoftherelayca
otcoordi
atefora111i
efaults.Forexampleafaulto
theli
etermi
alsofbreakerDDtrippi
gshouldbefastertha
Bhowevertheco
ditio
reversesa
dBshouldbefastertha
DItisevide
tthattherelayprotectio
e
gi
eermustfi
dsomecharacteristicothertha
timedelayifrelaycoordi
atio
istobeachieved.
2
fThemag
itudeofthefaultcurre
tthroughbreakersBa
dDisthesame,regardlessofthelocatio
ofthefaulto
theli
etermi
alofbreakerBorD.Thereforerelaycoordi
atio
mustbebasedo
characteristicsothertha
atimedelaythatstartsObservethatthedirectio
ofcurre
tflowi
gthrough
fromthetimeofthefault
eitherbreakerBorDisafu
ctio
ofwhichli
ethefaultiso
Thusforafaulto
theli
ebetwee
Aa
dBthecurre
tflowsoutoftheloadbusthroughbreakerBtowardthefault.AtbreakerDthecurre
tflowstowardtheloadbusthroughbreakerD.I
thiscasebreakerBshouldtripbutbreakerDshould
ottrip.Thisaccomplishedbyi
stalli
gdirectio
alca
be
relayso
breakersBa
dDthatare
co
ectedi
suchawaythattheywilltripo
lywhe
curre
tflowsthroughthemi
adirectio
awayfromtheloadbusRelaycoordi
atio
forthesystemshow
i
Fig.1lca
owbeachievedbythei
stallatio
ofdirectio
alovercurre
ttimedelayrelayso
breakersBa
dD.BreakersAa
dCca
have
o
directio
alovercurre
ttimedelayrelays.Theymayalso
owhavei
sta
ta
eousrelaysapplied.Therelayswouldbesetasfollows:Thedirectio
alrelayscouldbesetwith
oi
te
tio
altimedelayTheywillhavei
here
ttimedelay.Thetimedelayovercurre
trelayso
breakersAa
dCwouldhavecurre
tsetti
gsthatwouldpermitthemtosupplybackupr