Tricky but Easy Electrical Engineering!
SOTF Protection stands for Switch On to Fault. This protection is provided for high speed clearance of detected fault immediately after Manual Closure of Circuit Breaker. Let us suppose that a fault is existing and we gave a closing command to Breaker, then in that case SOTF protection will immediately trip the Breaker. SOTF Protection … Read more
The majority of faults on a power system occur between one phase and ground or two phases and ground. These are known as shunt faults and arise from lightning discharges and other over voltages which initiate flashovers. Alternatively, they may arise from other causes such as birds on overhead lines or mechanical damage to cables … Read more
Single Circuit Transmission Line refers to an arrangement of conductor over the Transmission Tower. In Single Circuit Transmission Line, three conductors corresponding to three distinct phases i.e. R, Y & B phase are run on the Transmission Tower. Double Circuit Transmission Line refers to the arrangement in which a total of six conductors are provided … Read more
Arcing Horn is basically projected conductors used to protect the Insulators in High Voltage Transmission Line from damage during flashover. Over voltage on Transmission Line may occur due to various reasons like lightning strike, sudden load variation, fault etc. Due to this high voltage a flash over may take place which will shatter the Insulator. … Read more
In principle, of course transmission lines can be rated in kW. There is some upper limit as to the power they can transmit. If the Power exceeds that power level then the lines would overheat, leading to breakdown of insulation and perhaps to the lines melting. But such a method of rating is pretty impractical. … Read more