Title :
Pull a few strings [complete protection of multistring fuseless capacitor banks]
Author :
Chaudhary, Arvind ; Day, Tim ; Fender, Karl ; Fendrick, Leo ; McCall, Jack
Author_Institution :
Cooper Power Syst., Milwaukee, WI, USA
Abstract :
This article describes a novel application of the impedance method to provide complete bank protection by measuring the impedance of each series string of the capacitor bank.
Keywords :
capacitor storage; electric impedance measurement; overcurrent protection; potential transformers; complete protection; impedance method; multistring fuseless capacitor banks; series string; voltage dip; voltage transformer; Bandwidth; Capacitors; Circuit breakers; Circuit faults; Frequency; Fuses; Low voltage; Monitoring; Substation protection; Voltage transformers;
Journal_Title :
Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIA.2003.1245794