Protective Reactors for Feeder Circuits of Large City Power Systems

This paper outlines the use and limitations of protective reactance coils in feeder circuits. When no feeder reactors are used, doubling up the station capacity increases the number and severity of short circuits. The insertion of feeder reactors cuts down the severity of a short circuit and practically renders the effect local, so that beyond a certain point additional generator capacity does not appreciably increase the severity. Curves are given showing what the effects of feeder reactors are, with and without bus reactors, for generators of various reactances. The advantages that might be gained by parallel operation of feeders are discussed and the difficulties to be encountered are pointed out.