Section 4
Protection functions
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Figure 295:
Equivalent circuit when there is no fault or CT saturation
When there is no fault, the CT secondary currents and their emf voltages, E
are opposite and the protection relay measuring branch has no voltage or current. If an
in-zone fault occurs, the secondary currents have the same direction. The relay
measures the sum of the currents as a differential and trips the circuit breaker. If the
fault current goes through only one CT, its secondary emf magnetizes the opposite CT,
that is, E
≈ E
.
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2
R
m1
R
in1
U
E
1
E
1
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Figure 296:
Equivalent circuit in case of in-zone fault
R
m2
R
R
s
E
I
2
d
U
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in2
E
2
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,
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