AKTU Power System Protection Laboratory (BEE751) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech 4th Year

Pre-requisites of course: Power System-I Lab, Power System-II Lab and basic understanding of Scilab/MATLAB /Simulink/ PSCAD/MiPower

Course Outcomes

Upon the completion of the course, the student will be able to:

Note: A Minimum of 10 experiments are to be performed from the following list by using hardware or on a software platform, preferably on Scilab/MATLAB /Simulink/ PSCAD/ MiPower or any any other equivalent open-source software platform.

1. To observe and plot characteristics of:

• Overcurrent relay (IDMT)
• Directional relay

1. To observe and plot characteristics of:

• Differential relay
• Distance relay

1. To study the operation and characteristics of the electro-mechanical type over-voltage relay.
2. To study the gas-actuated Buchholz relay for an oil-filled transformer.
3. To simulate the various shunt faults in the transmission line using a three-phase fault simulator.
4. To study the effect of different shapes of electrodes on dielectric (air) breakdown.
5. Exponential impulse current test for determination of residual voltage like, as surge arresters.
6. To determine the critical flash-over voltage of a sphere gap assembly under varying atmospheric conditions.
7. To analyze capacitive current and short-line fault interruptions.
8. To implement protection schemes for alternators: stator, rotor, and reverse power protection.
9. To test and compare the performance of SF , vacuum, and air circuit breakers. 6
10. Testing of MCB, MCCB and ELCB by load test.
11. To study the differential protection of a three-phase delta-delta connected transformer.
12. To study the protection of a three-phase induction motor using a numerical relay.
13. To simulate an overcurrent protection scheme with CT/PT.
14. To study of transmission line fault detection, classification and location estimation using distance relays by simulating different faults on the IEEE 9-bus test power system through PSCAD software or MATLAB/Simulink.
15. Study of Power Swing and its impact on distance relaying-based transmission line protection scheme through PSCAD software or MATLAB/Simulink.
16. Microprocessor/microcontroller-based overcurrent protection scheme using MATLAB or Arduino IDE.
17. To develop simple relay coordination logic using embedded systems or protection software.
18. To simulate digital relay operation for overcurrent, differential, or distance protection. * Some of the Experiments from the above list can be performed on the virtual lab via the following virtual lab link: http://vlab.co.in/

Text Books

1. L.P. Singh, “Digital Protection: Protective Relaying from Electromechanical to Microprocessor”, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2. Badri Ram & D.N. Vishwakarma, “Power System Protection and Switchgear”, Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited
3. T.S. Madhav Rao, “Microprocessor-Based Protection Systems” .
4. M.S. Naidu and V. Kamaraju , “High Voltage Engineering”, McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Limited
5. Sunil S. Rao , “Switchgear and Protection”, Khanna Publishers.
6. Y.G. Paithankar & S.R. Bhide , “Fundamentals of Power System Protection”, PHI; Second Edition.
7. K. Umarao, “Computer Techniques and Models in Power System”, Wiley