Loss Of Excitation (40) - GE 889 Instruction Manual

CHAPTER 4: SETPOINTS

Loss of Excitation (40)

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889 GENERATOR PROTECTION SYSTEM – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Typically, a synchronous machine has an excitation system, which supplies DC (Direct
Current) to energize the rotor/field winding. This excitation to the machine rotor may be
completely or partially lost due to various abnormal conditions, such as field circuit open
or short, loss of supply to the excitation system, or unintentional trip of a field breaker and
so on. Due to loss of excitation, the synchronous machine may act as an induction
machine, which may cause the machine to over-speed (above synchronous speed) and
also draw reactive power (Var) from the system. Therefore, Loss Of Excitation (LOE)
protection is applied to protect synchronous machines from over-speeding, as well as to
recover systems from voltage collapse.
Figure 4-48: Loss of excitation Characteristic
Loss of excitation protection is achieved using positive sequence impedance
measurements (from J-slot voltage and currents), and two inverted offset (Mho) circles, as
shown. User configurable Under-Voltage (UV) supervision and sufficient positive sequence
current (>0.05 x CT) are applied for additional protection of this element. Each individual
circle characteristic can be applied independently. In the case where a circle element is
enabled and the measured positive sequence impedance falls within this circle, the
element operates with the corresponding time delay setting. Further, a 20 ms reset delay is
applied to the element logic which enhances protection dependability, especially when
measured impedance jitters around a circle boundary.
All impedance (in ohms) settings refer to the relay side impedance quantity, i.e. the CT/VT
secondary side when looking into the machine. Although the setting values are in positive
ohms, this protection function is looking into the generator, and hence the circle
characteristics are shown inverted/reversed.
Base impedance should be calculated on secondary side.
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