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Part 1 · The idea

  1. 1Split any three
  2. 2Three circuits

Part 2 · Faults in real systems

  1. 3The four faults
  2. 4Grounding
  3. 5Transformers & the line

Part 3 · Protecting the system

  1. 6The fault recorder
  2. 7What relays see
  3. 8Clear it in time

Teacher guide

The plant and the line

Arrows: the current flowing into the fault from each end. 3I0: the current returning through a grounded neutral.

Fault current along the line

Zero sequence in the transformer

Line side and generator side

Thick arrows are phase currents. Thin arrows are sequence pieces: solid = positive, dashed = negative.

Line side

Generator side

The turns

Currents at each end

Phase currents flowing into the line at each end, toward the fault.

Plant end bus S

Far end bus R

Show the networks: both sides of the fault

Each sequence network seen from the fault point F: the plant side on the left, the far end on the right. Pills are the currents each side sends to F (pu).

How each connection treats zero sequence
TransformerSeen from the lineSeen from the generator

A far-end Yg–Δ transformer (grounded wye toward the line) is a shunt to ground for zero sequence: it feeds pure zero sequence into a ground fault.

Assumes the transformer's zero-sequence reactance equals its leakage reactance (shell-form or five-limb core). A three-limb core-type Yg–Yg has a low zero-sequence magnetizing impedance and behaves partly like a delta.

Numbers
WherepuAmps

Fault
Far end
Step-up transformer

Generator side first. Δ = delta, Yg = grounded wye, Y = wye.

Show
Vector group

Generator neutral
Fault at