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AUTOMATIC 
RECLOSURE
Sometimes 
to simplify 
the 
protective 
relaying 
s-vstem,_a 
ring circuit 
(with
one 
power-suppll' 
poirit) i! disconnected 
to form two 
parts. In such 
instances 
the
po*er suppiy io- 
tirese 
parts with a line 
short circuit 
is accomplished 
as if the
iubstationi 
are fed 
fronr-one 
end. The 
loads 
of one 
part 
of 
the circuit 
are 
switched
over 
to 
the 
other 
part 
manually 
or automatically 
only 
in the case 
of ineffective
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de 
v ices 
wthour s 
ynchronism 
check 
a re insra 
rre 
d
if, when one liak  is 
trippetl 
the otber 
link  is 
permitted  to asyncbronously 
close
afier'its 
opening. If  asyochronous 
reclosures 
cannot 
be 
tolerated 
the 
lines of 
a
ff*fficomplished 
by 
a 
current 
relay 
connected 
to 
the 
current 
of 
the 
other
The 
oper"ti19,^Tl:t-rp 
om 
Fig. 
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Automatic 
reclosures 
-o 
he 
current 
relay 
connected
rnd 
vice 
versa. 
I_f 
the 
ARC
B-4 
the 
presence 
of 
curreni
;ime 
relay 
?,R 
inciuded 
in
contacts 
of 
a 
current 
relay
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ar 
the 
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vaiue 
of 
the 
line 
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8-5. 
TPARC 
Devices 
on 
Air 
eirerrit 
Br.*akers
:ircuit 
breaker 
from 
an 
ARC 
de*ice 
is- permitted 
only
pressure 
in 
the 
breaker 
reservoirs, 
rliore 
the 
first
su_fficienr 
ro.accompiish 
the-con;i.;;; 
of 
the 
first
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from 
rhe 
ARC 
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rated 
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piessures. 
at,
arariees 
rcriabie 
shoit 
circuit 
cieari'g- 
are 
taburat,ed
@
I
z
. 
ring 
circuit 
are 
equipped 
with  ARC 
syn-
chronism 
seizing 
devices.
When 
three and more 
paraiiel 
links
are 
availabie 
between 
the 
power 
stations
of. a 
rtng 
networkwithseueral 
power-supply
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is  considered 
unlikel--v. That 
is
whf  it  is not 
necessar-v 
to  use 
more 
ela-
borate  ARC 
devices. The 
lines are fur-
nished 
with  ARC 
devices 
with.out s5'p-
chronism 
check 
as it, 
is in a ring  circuit
supplied  from 
one 
point. 
Taking 
into
account 
that fauits m-a:,r 
occur repeatedh'
during"repairs, 
ARC 
devices 
providing
synchronism 
checks 
are 
sometimes used.
Such 
ARC 
devices 
ensure 
tripped 
lines
reclosures onlv 
when  the  bvpass 
links
Fig. 
8-21. 
ARC 
device 
circuit 
rvith 
check-
ing  for  synchronism
remain 
in operation, 
i.e., when 
the. 
power-supply  sources operate 
svnchrono-
usl-v. 
The 
ARC 
devices 
incorporate 
elements 
which check 
the 
voltage 
s-vn-
chronism 
on 
bot.h 
sides 
of 
the 
breaker being 
reclosed. ARC 
operations are
prohibited 
if  t,hese 
voltages 
lose synchronism;  this  ma]' 
irappen 
when  all
b5pass 
links are tripped.
The 
ARC 
s-vnchronism seizing  devices 
and 
s]'nchronism 
checking 
ARC
devices differ 
from 
each other in that 
the former 
automatically 
perlorm 
reclo-
sures 
n'hen tire s_vnchronism is sustained 
or, 
in 
the 
case 
of 
disturbances 
to the
synchronous 
operation, 
"siezes" 
the 
most favourable 
instant 
t,o 
give 
a 
control
pulse 
to 
reclose 
the breaker at a 
fairiy 
iarge slip, 
whiie the latter accomplishes
automatic 
reclosures 
after  a 
preassigned 
time 
lapse if 
the 
synchronism is 
not
dist,urbed 
during  this 
time, 
or conditions  arise 
under 
which 
the 
disturbance
slip  decreases 
to 
a 
permitted 
vaiue.
Tlre 
ARC 
devices 
for 
parallel, 
Lhrcs 
have 
the same 
underiving 
principles 
as
the lines 
of a 
ring 
system. 
Use is made 
of 
the above-described 
ARC devices, 
in
particular 
the 
ARC 
devices'with 
svnchronism seizing and AARC 
devices 
where
asvnchronous 
reclosures 
are 
permissible. 
The specific 
configuration 
of the 
circuit
allows 
parts 
of 
the 
power 
system to be cireckcd for 
synchronism 
after one of 
t
- 
As 
tripping 
a- 
breaker 
decreases, 
th9 
"g*ptes_sed 
air 
pressure 
by 
3 
kgf/cm2,
t'he 
pressure 
availabie 
after 
the 
iirst 
tlq;g 
ilf*e 
the 
reclosure 
from 
an 
ARC
de'ice 
shouid 
be' 
to 
"rlo":iot'pottili. 
reilosire 
due,to 
a persisting 
short 
circuit,
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lines 
wit,hout  relay  checking 
the 
voltages 
for 
synchronism 
is 
tripped.