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Breaker Failure Protection

Breaker Failure Protection. PSRC – K2 WG. Last Publication on Breaker Failure Protection by PSRC. An IEEE PSRC Report , “Summary Update of Practices on Breaker Failure Protection”, IEEE Transaction Power Apparatus and Systems , Vol. PAS-101, No. 3, pp 555-563 , March 1982. Why a Guide ?.

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Breaker Failure Protection

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  1. Breaker Failure Protection PSRC – K2 WG

  2. Last Publication on Breaker Failure Protection by PSRC • An IEEE PSRC Report , “Summary Update of Practices on Breaker Failure Protection”, IEEE Transaction Power Apparatus and Systems, Vol. PAS-101, No. 3, pp 555-563 , March 1982

  3. Why a Guide ? • Things have changed in 20 years. • New Engineers need guidance. • Breaker Failure Function being incorporated in multifunction relays.

  4. PSRC – K2 • Established 2001 • 60 Working Group members

  5. Roger Hedding, Chair S.Anderson Alex Apostlov John Appleyard Roy Ball George Bartok Ron Beazer Ken Behrendt Robert Beresh Martin Best Gustav Brunello Art Buanno Zeeky Bukhala Arvind Chaudhary, Vice Chair Simon Chano Terry Crawley Randy Crellin Randy Cunico Albert N. Darlington Paul Drum Walt Elmore David Emigh Jon Ferraro Kelly Gardner Tony Giuliante George Gresko K2 Members

  6. Irwin Hassenwinkle Stan Horowitz Randy Horton Mohamed Ibrahim Bob Jackson Gerald Johnson Peter Kemp Tim Kern Shoukat Khan Mike Kloiber Gary Kobet Tom Lanigan Larry Lawhead Bill Lowe Vahid Madani Walter McCannon Mike McDonald Dean Miller Pratap Mysore Mukesh Nagpal George Nail Russell Patterson Frank Plumptre Elmo Price Dan Reckerd Don Sevcik Charles Sufana Joe Uchiyama Sahib Usman Don Ware James Whatley Roger Whittaker Skip Williams Ray Young Rich Young K2 Members

  7. Assignment • This working group will investigate issues pertaining to breaker failure protection which will include : breaker failure mechanisms, fault detectors, breaker failure circuits, effect of bus configurations, effect of multifunction microprocessor relays, and the effect of modern breaker control schemes. Prepare a guide covering the application of breaker failure protection to power circuit breakers.

  8. Why Breaker Failure Protection ?

  9. Basic Breaker Failure Scheme

  10. Timing Chart

  11. Two Components • Current Detector • Breaker Failure Timer

  12. Current Detector • Detects current flow • Pick up for minimum fault • If phase current set above load current • If ground current set above unbalance • Drop out not delayed by dc offset • Use 52a only if no current

  13. Timer • Longer than it takes the breaker to clear a fault • Shorter than the Critical Clearing Time plus some margin. • Could be longer for Line to Ground Faults than for Three Phase Faults

  14. Critical clearing Time • Dictated by Transient Stability limit • Somewhere between 7 and 30 cycles • Results from Stability Study

  15. Total Clearing Time The sum of : BFI pick up + Breaker Failure Timer + Auxiliary trip relay time + Local back up breaker time + (Transfer trip time if remote)

  16. Transient Stability time • Severity of Fault • Loading on System • Mass of Generators • Type of Fault

  17. Circuit Breaker Failure Modes • Failure to Trip • Failure to Clear

  18. Failure to Trip • Contacts do not open after trip circuit energized. • Short or open in Trip coil • Mechanical problem with breaker

  19. Contacts open but fault not extinguished. Current continues to flow Mechanical or Dielectric problem Why auxiliary switches not reliable Failure to Clear

  20. Breaker Failure ReTrip

  21. Elimination of 50BF Reset Time

  22. Addition of Control Timer

  23. Breaker Failure Seal-In

  24. Minimum Fault Current • Use where current magnitude may not be enough to pick up current detector • Transformers • Generators • Harmonic Filters

  25. Minimum Fault Current

  26. Ring Bus Application

  27. Ring Bus • Separate Ct inputs into relay • Careful of current distribution after one breaker opens in setting current detectors. • Another Working group (K5) to look into this issue.

  28. Distributed Breaker Failure

  29. Design Considerations • Total Breaker Failure clearing time should be less than system stability limit. • Independent of type of failure detected • Should operate during loss of dc to breaker

  30. Conclusions • BFP should operate only when desired • Timer setting should allow adequate margin between backup breaker clearing and system critical clearing time. • Multiple timers can be used for different types of faults • Use auxiliary contacts as last resort for BFI.

  31. Conclusions • Phase current detectors should be set above load to protect from scheme operating during testing. • Seal in circuits should be used to insure breaker failure scheme does not drop out prematurely • Care should be taken when applying breaker failure to ring bus and breaker and one half .

  32. Questions ?

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