G404 - Generator Protection

3.5 days - 2.2 Continuing Education Units Awarded

At the completion of this Seminar, the participant will be able to discuss the fundamentals of Generator Protection, to include one-line diagramming, relaying fundamentals, a basic relaying channels, relay coordination and zoning, as well as various voltage, current, and differential protection schemes used in power systems.

OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this Seminar the participant will be able to:

 OUTLINE

Generator Operations: Generator Normal Operations, Abnormal Operations, Generator Risk Assessment, One-Line Diagrams.
Introduction to Protective Relaying: The Purpose and Application of Protective Relays; Protective Relay Applications, The Generic Protective Relay Channel, Protective Relay Fundamentals, Relay Ratings and Definitions, Relay Performance Measures, Power System Protection, Power System Functional Layout, Zones of Protection, Coordinating Principles
Protective Relay Construction: Types of Relays, Electromagnetic, Solid State
Instrument Transformers: Potential Transformers, Potential Transformer Problems, Potential Transformer Testing, Current Transformers, Current Transformer Design and Operation, Current Transformer Accuracy
Overcurrent Protection: Application, Instantaneous Relays, Time Overcurrent Relays, Overcurrent Relaying, Coordination, Relay Adjustments, Solid State Overcurrent Relays
Voltage Relaying: Construction, Relay Types
Frequency Relaying: Purpose and Application, Types of Protection, Types of relays
Differential Relaying: The Differential Principle, Differential Circuit Advantages, CT Saturation in Differential Relay Schemes, Percent Differential Relaying, Alternative Differential Relaying Schemes, Generator Differential Protection, Transformer Differential Protection