Lab Manual 6
Lab Manual 6
Objectives:
At the end of this lab session students will be able to
Understand the working of Differential Relay.
Model Differential relay in Matlab Simulink.
Current based differential protection is applied in power system to protect the power
transformers and bus bars. The differential scheme which is used to protect the transformer is
called the current balance or circulating current scheme. It is based on ampere-turn balancing
of all the windings mounted on the same magnetic core limb.
6.2 Procedure
Step 1:
Draw a power system having a three phase source, three phase circuit breakers, three-
phase VI measurement units, three phase transformer (two winding) and three phase RLC
series load. Connect the blocks as shown in figure and set the parameters as specified.
Radial Power System
Set the properties of each block as mentioned below. Keep all other parameters as it is.
System Frequency: 50 Hz
Total Simulation Time: 0.5 s
Solver: Ode23tb (stiff/TR-BDF2)
Solver reset Method: Robust
Three-Phase Breakers:
Initial status of breakers: closed
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Step 2:
In subsystem “Differential Relay”, connect the blocks as shown in the diagram and set
the parameters of blocks as specified.
S-R Flip-Flop:
Initial condition: 1
Step 3:
Now connect three three-phase fault blocks as shown in figure and set their parameters as
specified.
Three-Phase Fault (Fault 1, Fault 2, Fault 3):
Ground fault: Select this option
External control of fault timing: Select this option
Initial status of fault: [0 0 0]
Timer 1:
Time (s): [0 0.08 0.14]
Amplitude: [0 1 0]
Timer 2:
Time (s): [0 0.35 0.42]
Amplitude: [0 1 0]
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Timer 3:
Time (s): [0 0.2 0.26]
Amplitude: [0 1 0]
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Run the simulation and observe the waveforms of current on both scopes.
In above figure Fault 1 and Fault 3 are outside the protected zone of Differential relay
so relay does not trip. But Fault 2 occurs inside the protected zone so relay picks the fault and
opens the circuit breakers to clear it.
Note: If the simulation is taking a long time to complete, change the “powergui” setting from
“continuous” to “Discrete” and set sample time 50e-6. The “powergui” block is present on
the top left corner of your main Simulink file. If powergui block is not present in the file,
place it from Simpower Systems toolbox.
Assignment:
Implement a “Universal relay” that protects the power system in following conditions.
1. Short circuit fault.
2. Over-voltage.
3. Under-Voltage.
Relay must be “definite time” and “resettable”.
Relay must have following inputs.
1. Three-Phase voltage (output of CT)
2. Three-Phase current (output of VT)
3. Current setting (pick-up value)
4. Overvoltage setting
5. Under-voltage setting
6. Time delay
7. Reset
Simulate the system for 1 sec and show all operations of relay in single simulation time in
following sequence.
1. Energize the system through “reset”
2. Short circuit fault, relay must clear this fault after specified time delay
3. Reset the relay after the removal of fault
4. Over voltage fault, relay must clear this fault after specified time delay
5. Reset the relay after the removal of fault
6. Under voltage fault, relay must clear this fault after specified time delay
7. Reset the relay after the removal of fault
Use multiple levels subsystem for the modeling of the relay.
Set the name of relay model in following format
SS_XXX.mdl, here SS is section e.g. B1, C1, D2 etc. and XXX is roll number in
three digits e.g. 001, 037, 261 etc.
If a student from section B2 has roll number 11 then his simulation model name
should be “B2_011.mdl”.
Submit your assignment in next lab session in soft form.
Late assignments will not be accepted.
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