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CH.APTER 
Tl,\'EL\'E
in  the 
method 
described above, 
the 
protection 
is 
presented b:' a current 
cutoff
or 
single-stage 
distance 
protection.
Now consider the 
operation 
of 
the 
protection 
and 
automatic 
reclosirtg 
when
faults oecur 
within 
the reach of 
the 
instantaneous 
proteot.ions of 
two 
adjacent
seclions 
(section 
11. 
section III 
at 
point. 
SCr, 
for instance). 
If 
a short 
circuit
occurs 
at 
point 
SC, 
both 
sections disconnect 
in 
one 
operation. 
Section 
,i.I.i
rn'liich 
is 
closer 
t'o 
the 
po\^rer 
source 
is reclosed b1' 
the 
ARC 
device 
u'ithin  a shor-
ter 
time. 
As 
this 
happens. the 
nonselective 
protection  from 
the 
side 
of 
the
suppl_,r 
subst.ation 
s'rill remains closed for 
some 
time. 
If 
the 
insulation 
of 
sec-
tton III 
is 
reestablished 
during 
the deenergized 
state 
of 
the line, 
the line 
remains
Fig 
{ 2-4 
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u 
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ff 
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d 
u rr n 
g 
sequ en-
colrnected. 
Next. the 
ARC 
device in 
section ,I/ operates. 
The 
time taken bf  it
to ciose 
the 
breaker is 
gre.at.er than 
the 
total time 
taken 
to 
close 
the 
breaker 
of
t,he 
ARC  device 
iocated in 
section ItrI 
and 
the 
time 
of 
subsequent 
tripping
of 
the 
breaker 
if  it 
is 
connected 
to  a 
persisting short circuit-
At 
t,he 
moment 
the 
breaker 
is closed 
bl' 
the 
ARC 
device of 
the more 
remot,e
section ,I/. 
the ,qelective 
protection of 
the 
nearer 
section III 
is 
automaticalil'
OPERATION 
OF ANC AND  ATS DRI'ICES 
WITII 
NELAYIT.IG
of 
time 
rela-v  Z.R 
which  holds 
itself  by 
an  instaotaneous  contact. 
A 
little 
later
after 
the 
breaker  is closed 
the 
sliding 
contact 
completes 
the 
circuit 
of 
the 
auxi-
Iiar5,'-relay 
AR.  The 
rela;.'l..R 
opens  the  nonselective 
protection 
circuit 
before
[he  last-to-operate 
contact  of  relay 
?.R  closes.  The 
time 
settinp 
of  the  sequen-
tial 
automatic  reclosure  devices  is  intimated 
from 
the 
example 
given 
belos'.
Let  the 
circuii 
(Fig. 
12-3) be 
furnished 
q'ith 
a 
sequential"automatic 
reclosure 
device.
We 
choosei 
,
(a) 
Tbe  time  needed 
bv 
the 
ARC 
device 
to 
close 
the 
breakers.
tbt 
fhe  time  for 
discoiinection 
of 
the 
nonseiective 
orotection.
(c) 
The 
time 
required to 
reset 
the 
device 
element 
disconnecting the 
ronselective 
protec-
tion, 
say, 
for 
section 
,I1l.
Being 
given 
tbe 
operating time 
of the ARC device 
in section 
III 
as 
equal 
to  I  s. 
Dis-
connection 
of  the nonselective 
protection 
of section III  is 
carried 
out 
after 
the closure 
of
the sliding  contact 
of 
relal' 
?-.R 
(Fig. 
12-4). This 
time  is
0.8+ 0.1+0.{s+0.3: {.3.5 
s
\47here 
0.6 is the 
breaker 
ciosing time,  0.1 s 
is 
the operating  time 
of 
the 
nonselective
protection, 
0.15 s is the breaker 
tripping'r,ime, and 
0.3 s 
is the 
margin 
time.
The 
operating 
time 
of 
tbe AR 
C device in section 1.I 
is selected so that  the ciosure 
of breaker
.I.I 
takes 
place 
after tbe nonselective 
protection 
in section 
III 
is 
disconnected
i.e.ncr: 
1+ 1.35+0.3: 
2.65 s
wbere 
1 
s is the 
operating 
time 
of 
the ARC 
device of section III, 
1.35 
s 
- 
the 
closing time
of 
the 
sliding 
coDtact 
of 
,rela1, 
TR 
of the circuit shown in Fig. 
12-4, and 
0.3 
s 
- 
a 
margin
tirne 
(additional 
margin 
time results 
{rom 
the 
fact 
tbat the contacts 
of 
the breaker 
make 
0.6
to 
0.8 s after 
the 
operation of 
the ARC 
device 
in 
section.l.f),
The operating 
time 
of 
the 
final  making contact of 
relav 
TR 
in 
section III  is determined
from 
the 
fact 
that  the 
nonselective 
protection 
of section 
III 
can 
be reestablisbed oniy 
after
tbe 
ARC device has 
closed section 1,I which is 
tripped again 
b1'the nonselective 
protectjon
in  tbe  case of  a 
persisting 
fault.
The 
making  time 
of 
the last-to-operate contact of rela."* 
TR  of 
section 
III  is
(2.65- 
1)+0.8+ 0.1+0.15+0.5: 3.2 s
wbere 
2.65 
s is 
the 
operating 
time of 
the 
ARC device of section 
II,7 
s 
-- 
tbe 
operating time
of 
theARCdeviceof section 
III,0.8 
s-theclosingtimeof  thebreakerof section,I.I.0.1s-
the 
operating 
time 
of the 
nonselective 
protection 
of 
section 
11,0.15 
s 
- 
the tripping 
time
of  the 
breaker 
of 
section 
.f.I, 
and  0.5 
s 
- 
a margin 
tiuie.
same.
As 
compared 
to 
the  method  used 
to  correct noDselec,tive action 
of 
the  pro-
tection 
with 
the  aid  of 
ARC 
devices with  increasing the 
number  of reclosures,
the  sequential 
automatic 
reclosure 
method 
has 
the 
advantage 
as 
it  needs 
no
two-shot 
ARC  devices. 
Moreover, 
the 
breakers 
do 
not 
isolate 
a 
short 
circuit
more 
than 
tn'ice 
in 
succession. 
The 
disadvantage of the  sequential 
automatic
reclosing 
is that 
when'the 
next  in 
sequence 
section 
is 
connected  by  the 
ARC
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