The tuning are purposely a little bit incorrect, in order not to get a too low impedance for the harmonic, to which it is tuned. The capacitor banks usually are connected in double Y-connection with the neutral of the halves connected. The current between the two neutrals are supervised by an overcurrent (unbalance) relay. 1. Unbalance relay
An unbalance in the capacitor bank will cause an unbalance in the voltages at the tap point of the three phases. The protection scheme consists of voltage sensing device connected between the capacitor intermediate point and ground on each phase. A time delay voltage relay with third harmonic filter is connected to the broken delta secondaries.
The protection of shunt capacitor bank includes: a) protection against internal bank faults and faults that occur inside the capacitor unit; and, b) protection of the bank against system disturbances. Section 2 of the paper describes the capacitor unit and how they are connected for different bank configurations.
If the phases of the bank are constructed in distinct separate structures, a flashover within the capacitor bank will begin as a short circuit fault over of a single-series group. Such a fault produces very little phase overcurrent. For this type of fault, fast protection is provided by the unbalance protection.
The amplitude of overcurrent of short duration due to the energizing of capacitor bank steps is limited by series-mounting impulse reactors with each step. Short-circuits are detected by a time-delayed overcurrent protection device.
The unbalance protection should coordinate with the individual capacitor unit fuses so that the fuses operate to isolate the faulty capacitor unit before the protection trips the whole bank. The alarm level is selected according to the first blown fuse giving an early warning of a potential bank failure.
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Overcurrent relay for capacitor-bank protection. A time-overcurrent relay, device 51, with an inverse or very inverse characteristic, is used for capacitor-bank fault protection. …
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Adaptive phase (50/51) overcurrent protection for the capacitor bus and capacitor bank, including negative sequence overcurrent (51Q) protection. Earth-fault (50/51N) overcurrent protection …
Many utilities use shunt capacitor banks to regulate HV substation bus voltages over a range of light to heavy load and load switching conditions. For flexible VAR control, the substation …
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Capacitor bank protection 1. Unbalance relay. This overcurrent relay detects an asymmetry in the capacitor bank caused by blown internal fuses, short-circuits across …
Protection of these capacitor banks against excessive overcurrents is a critical part of the safe and reliable operation of the bank. We review different considerations in the selection of …