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4.4 Adaptive Relay Setting Results in the presence of TCSC Compensation

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Figure 4.59: Relay B adaptive Setting for three phase fault at 50km in the presence TCSC considering MOV protection

Figure 4.60: Relay A adaptive Setting for line to line fault at 50km in the presence TCSC considering MOV protection

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Figure 4.61: Relay B adaptive Setting for line to line fault at 50km in the presence TCSC considering MOV protection

Figure 4.62: Relay A adaptive Setting for line to ground fault at 50km in the presence TCSC considering MOV protection

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Figure 4.63: Relay B adaptive Setting for line to ground fault at 50km in the presence TCSC considering MOV protection

Figure 4.64: Relay A adaptive Setting for three phase fault at 100km in the presence TCSC considering MOV protection

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Figure 4.65: Relay B adaptive Setting for three phase fault at 100km in the presence TCSC considering MOV protection

Figure 4.66: Relay A adaptive Setting for line to line fault at 100km in the presence TCSC considering MOV protection

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Figure 4.67: Relay B adaptive Setting for line to line fault at 100km in the presence TCSC considering MOV protection

Figure 4.68: Relay A adaptive Setting for line to ground fault at 100km in the presence TCSC considering MOV protection

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Figure 4.69: Relay B adaptive Setting for line to ground fault at 100km in the presence TCSC considering MOV protection

Figure 4.70: Relay A adaptive Setting for three phase fault at 250km in the presence TCSC considering MOV protection

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Figure 4.71: Relay B adaptive Setting for three phase fault at 250km in the presence TCSC considering MOV protection

Figure 4.72: Relay A adaptive Setting for line to line fault at 250km in the presence TCSC considering MOV protection

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Figure 4.73: Relay B adaptive Setting for line to line fault at 250km in the presence TCSC considering MOV protection

Figure 4.74: Relay A adaptive Setting for line to ground fault at 250km in the presence TCSC considering MOV protection

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To ameliorate the effect of TCSC compensation and the protective MOV, this dissertation proposed an adaptive relay setting method for the Benin to Ikeja West transmission line. In this method, the relay operates in accordance to the developed relay algorithm in figure 3.20. This is done by comparing the apparent impedance measured by both relay A and relay B, and adjusting the zones settings of the Mho relay in response to that. The results in Figures 4.58 – 4.75 could be explained to relate that when the measured impedance seen by relay A is greater than or equal to the apparent impedance seen by relay B, then the equivalent impedance of the MOV/TCSC (𝑍_{𝑀𝑂𝑉/𝑇𝐶𝑆𝐶}) is added to the zone1 and zone 2 settings of the relay. Also when the relay A impedance is less than the apparent impedance of the relay B, the equivalent impedance of the MOV/TCSC (𝑍_{𝑀𝑂𝑉/𝑇𝐶𝑆𝐶}) is added to the zone 1 and zone 2 settings of relay B.

Figure 4.75: Relay B adaptive Setting for line to ground fault at 250km in the presence TCSC considering MOV protection

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With this proposed adaptive commands, the relay can make a better decision on whether the fault occurred before or after the TCSC. Then the relay settings will be adjusted and makes a better decision based on the protection zone coordination as described in figure 3.20. Figures 4.49 – 4.54 show that for a fault at 250km which had tripped incorrectly in zone 1 due to the presence of TCSC and MOV protection, has now correctly and accurately tripped in zone 2 as shown in figures 4.70 – 4.75 when the proposed algorithm was implemented in the system. This can also be evidently seen by comparing the results in figures 4.37 to 4.42 with the adaptive settings results in figures 4.58 to figure 4.63 for all fault conditions.

Therefore the proposed algorithm proves very effective in adjusting the relay settings for both relay A and relay B so as to adapt to the correct protection zones coordination of the Mho relays in response to any fault location on the transmission line.

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CHAPTER FIVE

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 5.1 Conclusion

The results from the case system showed different fault types at various locations and were generated from system modelling and simulations for conditions without TCSC, with TCSC and with MOV protection. For the case without TCSC, it was affirmed that the distance relay operated accurately in accordance to the zones coordination. When TCSC was incorporated in the case system under fault conditions, the relay either overreached or under-reached.

Also the MOV used for protecting the TCSC when considered in the system model with distributed parameters introduced additional complexity to the system performance and resulted to further relay mal-operation.

This dissertation developed an adaptive relay algorithm that would adjust the settings of the relay with respect to the location and direction of faults on the transmission line. The results from the implementation of this algorithm proved very effective for alleviating the effects of TCSC and MOV allocation on the relay protective zone coordination. Thus this work provides a pivotal platform for a new paradigm of research aimed at articulating solutions to these imminent effects of FACTS devices if these devices get incorporated in the Nigeria power system as widely advocated.

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