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GENERATOR PROTECTION
OVERVIEW
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Presenter Contact Info
Wayne Hartmann
VP, Protection and Smart Grid Solutions
Beckwith Electric Company
whartmann@beckwithelectric.com
904-238-3844
Wayne Hartmann is VP, Protection and Smart Grid Solutions for

Beckwith Electric. He provides Customer and Industry linkage to
n as contributing expertise for
Beckwith Electric’s solutions, as well
application engineering, training and product development.
Before joining Beckwith Electric, Wayne performed in application, sales and marketing management
capacities with PowerSecure, General Electric, Siemens Power T&D and Alstom T&D. During the
course of Wayne's participation in the industry, his focus has been on the application of protection and
control systems for electrical generation, transmission, distribution, and distributed energy resources.
Wayne is very active in IEEE as a Senior Member serving as a Main Committee Member of the IEEE
Power System Relaying Committee for 25 years. His IEEE tenure includes having chaired the Rotating
Machinery Protection Subcommittee (’07-’10), contributing to numerous standards, guides,
transactions, reports and tutorials, and teaching at the T&D Conference and various local PES and
IAS chapters. He has authored and presented numerous technical papers and contributed to McGraw- 2
Hill's “Standard Handbook of Power Plant Engineering, 2nd Ed.”
Generator Protection
Generator Construction:
Simple Bock Diagram
Prime Mover
(Mechanical Input)
ia
Three-Phase
ib
G Electrical
ic
Output
DC Field Source 3
Applying Mechanical Input

3
4
2
1
1. Reciprocating Engines
2. Hydroelectric
3. Gas Turbines (GTs, CGTs)
4
4. Steam Turbines (STs)
Applying Field
Static Exciter
• DC is induced in the rotor 5
• AC is induced in the stator

Rotor Styles
Cylindrical (Round) Salient
 Cylindrical rotor seen in Recips, GTs and STs

 Salient pole rotor seen in Hydros
 More poles to obtain nominal frequency at low RPM
 Eq: f= [RPM/60] * [P/2] = [RPM * P] / 120 6
Cylindrical Rotor & Stator
7
Salient Pole Rotor & Stator
8
Generator Behavior During Short Circuits
9
Generator Short-Circuit Current Decay
10
Effect of DC Offsets
Three-Phase Fault
Current
Current
Current
11
Grounding Techniques
 Why Ground?
• Improved safety by allowing detection of faulted
equipment
• Stop transient overvoltages
• Notorious in ungrounded systems
• Ability to detect a ground fault before a multiphase
to ground fault evolves
• If impedance is introduced, limit ground fault
current and associated damage faults
• Provide ground source for other system protection
(other zones supplied from generator)
12
System
Types of Generator Grounding
 Low Impedance
• Good ground source
• The lower the R, the better the
ground source
• The lower the R, the more
damage to the generator on
internal ground fault
R
Grounding • Can get expensive as resistor
Resistor
voltage rating goes up
• Generator will be damaged on
internal ground fault
• Ground fault current typically 200-
13
400 A

System
 High Impedance
GSU  With delta/wye GSU, creates “unit
Transformer
connection”
 System ground source obtained from
GSU
 Uses principle of reflected impedance
RNGR  Eq: RNGR = RR / [Vpri/Vsec]2
 RNGR = Neutral Grounding Resistor
Resistance
RR R  RR = Reflected Resistance
Neutral  Ground fault current typically <=10A

Grounding
Transformer
14

 Hybrid Impedance Grounding
• Has advantages of Low-Z and High-Z
ground
• Normal Operation
• Low-Z grounded machine provides ground
source for other zones under normal
conditions
• 51G acts as back up protection for uncleared
system ground faults
• 51G is too slow to protect generator for
internal fault
Hybrid Ground
 Ground Fault in Machine
Converts from low-Z
• Detected by the 87GD element to high-Z for
• The Low-Z ground path is opened
internal by a fault
generator
vacuum switch
• Only High-Z ground path is then available
• The High-Z ground path limits fault current to 15
approximately 10A (stops generator damage)
Hybrid Ground
Converts from low-Z
to high-Z for
internal generator fault
16
Types of Generator Ground Fault Damage
 Following pictures show stator damage

after an internal ground fault
 This generator was high impedance
grounded, with the fault current less than
10A
 Some iron burning occurred, but the
damage was repairable
 With low impedance grounded machines
the damage is severe
17
Stator Ground Fault Damage
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19
20
21
Types of Generator Connections

 Bus or Direct Connected (typically Low Z)
- Directly connected to bus

- Likely in industrial, commercial, and isolated
systems
- Simple, inexpensive
22

BUS
 Multiple Direct or Bus Connected
(No/Low Z/High Z)
- Directly connected to bus
- Likely in industrial, commercial,
and isolated systems
- Simple
- May have problems with Same type of grounding used on 1 or mutiple generators
circulating current
 Use of single grounded
machine can help
- Adds complexity to discriminate
ground fault source
23
Bus (Direct) Connected
24

 Unit Connected (High Z)
- Generator has dedicated unit transformer
- Generator has dedicated ground transformer
- Likely in large industrial and utility systems
- 100% stator ground fault protection available

BUS
25

 Multiple Bus (High Z), 1 or Multiple Generators
- Connected through one unit xfmr
- Likely in large industrial and utility systems
- No circulating current issue
- Adds complexity to discriminate ground fault source
 Special CTs needed for sensitivity, and directional ground
overcurrent elements
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Unit Connected
27
Generator Protection Overview
Stator System
Ground Ground
Exciter
"Wild"
Power System
Stator System
Phase Phase
Internal and External Short Circuits 28

Generator Protection Overview

Open
Overexcitation
Circuits Loss of Field
Loss of Field
Overexcitation Abnormal
Frequency
Exciter
"Wild"
Power System
Inadvertent
Abnormal Energizing,
Overexcitation
Frequency Pole Flashover
Loss of
Synchronism
Reverse Power Breaker Failure
Abnormal Operating Conditions 29

Unit Connected,
High Z Grounded
30
Stator Ground Fault-High Z Grounded Machines

 95% stator ground fault provided by 59G
Tuned to the fundamental frequency
• Must work properly from 10 to 80 Hz to provide
protection during startup
 Additional coverage near neutral (last 5%)

provided by:
• 27TN: 3rd harmonic undervoltage
• 59D: Ratio of 3rd harmonic at terminal and neutral
ends of winding
 Full 100% stator coverage by 64S

• Use of sub-harmonic injection
• May be used when generator is off-line
• Immune to changes in loading (MW, MVAR) 31
Stator Ground Fault (59G)
 High impedance ground limits ground

fault current to about 10A
• Limits damage on internal ground fault
 Conventional neutral overvoltage relay

provides 90-95% stator coverage
 Last 5-10% near neutral not covered
 Undetected grounds in this region

bypass grounding transformer, solidly
grounding the machine!
59G
32
59G Element
1.0
Voltage at Neutral
pu
(60 Hz)
0.5
pu
0
0% 50% 100%
N Fault Position T
 Neutral grounding transformer (NGT)

ratio selected that provides 120 to 240V
59 for ground fault at machine terminals
G
 Max L-G volts =13.8kV / 1.73 = 7995V
 Max NGT volts sec. = 7995V / 120V = 66.39 VTR
33
59G System Ground Fault Issue
 GSU provides capacitive coupling for system ground faults into

generator zone
 Use two levels of 59G with short and long time delays for
selectivity
 Cannot detect ground faults at/near the neutral (very important)
34
Multiple 59G Element Application

 59G-1, set in this
Time (cycles)
example to 5%,
may sense
capacitance
coupled out-of-
zone ground fault
 Long time delay
• 59G-2, set in this example to 15%, is set above

capacitance coupled out-of-zone ground fault
– Short time delay
35
Use of Symmetrical Component Quantities

to Supervise 59G Tripping Speed
 Both V2 and I2 implementation have been applied

 A ground fault in the generator zone produces primarily zero sequence
voltage
 A fault in the VT secondary or system (GSU coupled ) generates
negative sequence quantities in addition to zero sequence voltage
36
59G Element
59G – Generator Neutral Overvoltage: Three setpoints
 1st level set sensitive to cover down to 5% of stator

• Long delay to coordinate with close-in system ground faults
capacitively coupled across GSU
 2nd level set higher than the capacitively coupled voltage so

coordination from system ground faults is not necessary
• Allows higher speed tripping
• Only need to coordinate with PT fuses
 3rd level may be set to initiate waveform capture

and not trip, set as intermittent arcing fault protection
37
59G/27TN Timing Logic
Interval and Delay Timers used together to detect

intermittent pickups of arcing ground fault
38
Intermittent Arcing Ground Fault Turned Multiphase
39
Why Do We Care About Faults Near Neutral?
 A fault at or near the neutral shunts the high resistance that saves
the stator from large currents with an internal ground fault
 A generator operating with an undetected ground fault near the
neutral is a accident waiting to happen
 We can use 3rd Harmonic or Injection Techniques for complete

(100%) coverage
40
Third-Harmonic Rotor Flux

• Develops in stator due to imperfections in winding and system connections
• Unpredictable amount requiring field observation at various operating
conditions
• Also dependent on pitch of the windings, which a method to define the way
stator windings placed in the stator slots
Rotor MMF 41
Using Third Harmonic in Generators

I3h A, B, C
Generator winding and terminal

capacitances (C) provide path for
the third-harmonic stator current
via grounding resistor
This can be applied in protection
R schemes for enhanced ground
3I3h fault protection coverage
42
Generator Capacitance and 3rd Harmonics
 3rd harmonics are produced by some

generators
 Amount typically small
• Lumped capacitance on each stator end is CS/2.
 CT is added at terminal end due to surge caps and
isophase bus
 Effect is 3rd harmonic null point is shifted toward 43
terminal end and not balanced

3rd Harmonic in Generators
 3rd harmonic may be

present in terminal and
neutral ends
 Useful for ground fault

detection near neutral
• If 3rd harmonic goes
away, conclude a ground
fault near neutral
 3rd harmonic varies with

loading 44
27TN – 3rd Harmonic Neutral Undervoltage

 Provides 0-15% stator winding coverage (typ.)
 Tuned to 3rd harmonic frequency
 Provides two levels of setpoints
 Supervisions for increased security under various loading
conditions: Any or All May be Applied Simultaneously
 Phase Overvoltage Supervision  Undervoltage/No Voltage Block

 Underpower Block  Varies with load
 Forward & Reverse  May vary with power flow direction
 Under VAr Block; Lead & Lag  May vary with level
 Power Factor Block; Lead & Lag  May vary with lead and lag
 Definable Power Band Block  May be gaps in output
Loading/operating variables may be Sync Condenser, VAr Sink, 45
Pumped Storage, CT Starting, Power Output Reduction

3rd Harmonic in Generators:

Typical 3rd Harmonic Values
 3rd harmonic values tend to increase with power and VAr loading 46
 Fault near neutral causes 3rd harmonic voltage at neutral to go to zero volts
Example 3rd Harmonic Plot: Effects of MW and MVAR Loading
47
100% Stator Ground Fault (59G/27TN)

0-15% Coverage
59G
59 27 59
G TN 27TN OR TRIP
59
AND
Power Supervisions Satisfied
Power Supervisions Satisfied
48
Third-Harmonic Undervoltage Ground-Fault Protection Scheme
100% Stator Ground Fault (59G/27TN)

+10 1.0
3rd Harmonic Vfund profile in
Voltage profile in winding
winding
0 0.5
59N pickup
27TN pickup
-10 0
59G
27TN
49
Overlap of Third Harmonic (27TN) with 59G Relay

59D – 3rd Harmonic Ratio Voltage

 Examines 3rd harmonic at line
and neutral ends of generator
 Provides 0-15% and 85-100%
stator winding coverage (typ.)
 Does not have a security issue
with loading, as can a 27TN
- May be less reliable than 27TN
(not enough difference to trip)
 “Blind spot” at mid-winding

protected by 59G
 Needs wye PTs; cannot use delta
PTs
50
59D – 3rd Harmonic Ratio Voltage

0-15% Coverage 85-100% Coverage
59 VN 3V0
59D
G
 Employs comparison of 3rd harmonic voltages at terminal and

neutral ends
 These voltages are fairly close to each other
 One goes very low if a ground fault occurs at either end of the
winding 51
Stator Ground Faults: 59N, 27TN, 59D
52
Subharmonic Injection: 64S

Natural Capacitance
 20Hz injected into

grounding transformer
secondary circuit
 Rise in real component
of injected current
suggests resistive
ground fault
 Ignores capacitive Coupling Filter
Voltage
Injector
current due to isophase

bus and surge caps 20Hz
V
 Uses it for self-diagnostic

and system integrity
I
Notes:
Subharmonic injection frequency = 20 Hz
Measurements
Coupling filter tuned for subharmonic frequency
Measurement inputs tuned to respond to subharmonic
frequency 53
64S: Stator Ground Faults – Subharmonic Injection
 Injects subharmonic frequency into generator

neutral
• Does not rely on third harmonic signature of
generator
 Provides full coverage protection
 Provides on and offline protection, prevents

serious damage upon application of excitation
 Frequency independent 54
Stator Ground Faults: High Z Element Coverage
55
Brushed and “Brushless” Excitation

Grounding Power
Brush Commutation STATOR
Brushes
A
DC B
C
ROTOR
STATOR
EXCITER AVR
“Brushless”
SET
Brushed
56
Field/Rotor Ground Fault
 Traditional field/rotor circuit ground fault

protection schemes employ DC voltage
detection
 Schemes based on DC principles are subject to
security issues during field forcing, other
sudden shifts in field current and system
transients
57
DC-Based 64F
58
Field/Rotor Ground Fault (64F)

 To mitigate the security issues of traditional
DC-based rotor ground fault protection
schemes, AC injection based protection
may be used
 AC injection-based protection ignores the
effects of sudden DC current changes in the
field/rotor circuits and attendant DC scheme
security issues
59
Advanced AC Injection Method

Exciter Field
Breaker
+ Square Wave
Generator
Exciter
Signal
– Measurement
& Processing
Protective Coupling
Relay Network
60
Advanced AC Injection Method: Advantages
 Scheme is secure against the effects of DC transients in

the field/rotor circuit
 DC systems are prone to false alarms and false trips, so they
sometimes are ignored or rendered inoperative, placing the
generator at risk
 The AC system offers greater security so this important
protection is not ignored or rendered inoperative
 Scheme can detect a rise in impedance which is

characteristic of grounding brush lift-off
 In brushless systems, the measurement brush may be
periodically connected for short time intervals
 The brush lift-off function must be blocked during the time
interval the measurement brush is disconnected 61
GeneratorProtection
Rotor Ground Fault Measurement

 Plan a shutdown to determine why impedance is lowering, versus an
eventual unplanned trip!
 When resistive fault develops, Vf goes down
PROTECTION
RELAY
(M-3425A) VR
VOUT
PROCESSOR Vf
Measurement Point Time
FIELD GROUND M-3921

DETECTION VOUT COUPLING NETWORK +
C R GEN.
SQUAREWAVE
GENERATOR
37 ROTOR
R
-
C R
35 Shaft
Rf Cf
SIGNAL , Ground Brush
MEASUREMENT Vf
CIRCUIT
36 62
Machine
Frame
Ground
64B: Brush Lift Off

 Commutation brush lift-off will lead to:
- Arcing
- Tripping on loss-of-field
 Grounding brush lift-off can lead to:
- Stray currents that cause bearing pitting
Commutation
Brush
Grounding
Brush
63
64B: Brush Lift Off

 As brushes lift-off, the sawtooth wave’s return
signal slope gets less rounded, which is detected
as a rise in voltage
Commutation
Brush
Grounding
Brush
64
Brush Lift-Off Measurement

 When brush lifts off, Brush Lift-Off
Voltage
Vf goes up Vf Signal
VALARM
VNORMAL
PROTECTION Measurement Point Time

RELAY
VNORMAL = Normal Voltage for
(M-3425A) Healthy Brush Contact
VALARM = Alarm Voltage when Brush
PROCESSOR Resistance Increases due
to poor contact
FIELD GROUND M-3921

DETECTION VOUT COUPLING NETWORK +
C R GEN.
SQUAREWAVE
GENERATOR
37 ROTOR
R -
C R
35 Shaft
Rf Cf
SIGNAL , Ground Brush
MEASUREMENT Vf
CIRCUIT
36
Machine
65
Frame
Ground
64B: Brush Lift Off
ALARM
66
Field/Rotor Ground Faults
 64F/B Relay 1 Relay 2

(M-3425) (M-3425)
- It is possible to apply two
systems and have 3 3
redundancy Switch
Field Assembly
System
Relay Panel
- The switch system is initiated 3
by manual means or by Exciter System

Coupling M-3921
monitoring relay self Unit
diagnostic contacts Rotor
Brush (Typ.)
+ R -
Exciter System
67
Stator Phase Faults

 87G – Phase Differential (primary for in-zone faults)
• What goes into zone must come out
• Challenges to Differential
• CT replication issues: Remenant flux causing saturation
• DC offset desensitization for energizing transformers and large load
pick up
• Must work properly from 10 Hz to 80Hz so it operates correctly at off-
nominal frequencies from internal faults during startup
• May require multiple elements for CGT static start
• Tactics:
• Use variable percentage slope
• Operate over wide frequency range
• Uses IRMS/IFUND to adaptively desensitize element when challenged
by DC offset for security
 DC offset can occur from black starting and close-in faults 68
87 Characteristic
40%
10%
0.6A
0.3A
CTC = CT Correction Ratio = Line CTR/Neutral CTR 69
Used when Line and Neutral CTs have different ratios

70
CT Remanence and Performance
 Magnetization left behind in CT iron after an external

magnetic field is removed
 Caused by current interruption with DC offset
 CT saturation is increased by other factors working alone
or in combination:
 High system X/R ratio which increases time constant
of the CT saturation period
 CT secondary circuit burden which causes high CT
secondary voltage
 High primary fault or through-fault current which
causes high secondary CT voltage
70
CT Saturation [1]
Fig. 2: 400:5, C400, R=0.5, Offset = 0.5, 2000A 71

CT Saturation [5]
CT Saturation [2]
Fig. 6: 400:5, C400, R=0.75, Offset = 0.75, 8000A 72

40%
10%
0.6A
0.3A
CTC = CT Correction Ratio = Line CTR/Neutral CTR 73
Used when Line and Neutral CTs have different ratios

46: Negative Sequence Current
 Typically caused by open circuits in system
-Downed conductors
-Stuck poles switches and breakers
 Unbalanced phase currents create negative sequence

current in generator stator and induces a double
frequency current in the rotor
 Induced current (120 Hz) into rotor causes surface heating

of the rotor
74
Rotor End Winding Construction
75
Currents Flow in the Rotor Surface

Negative Sequence Current:

Constant Withstand Generator Limits
 Salient Pole
- With connected amortisseur 10%
- With non-connected amortisseur 5%
 Cylindrical
- Indirectly 10%
- Directly cooled - to 960 MVA 8%
 961 to 1200 MVA 6%
 1200 to 1500 MVA 5%
76
Negative Sequence Current: Constant

Withstand Generator Limits
 Nameplate
- Negative Sequence Current
(I2) Constant Withstand
Rating
- “K” Factor
77
Generator
Ratings
Typical
K Values
Salient Pole
Generators
40
Cylindrical
Generators
30
78
46: Negative Sequence

Electromechanical Relays
 Sensitivity restricted and cannot detect I2 levels

less than 60% of generator rating
 Fault backup provided
 Generally insensitive to load unbalances or

open conductors
79
46: Negative Sequence Digital Relay
 Protects generator down to its continuous negative

sequence current (I2) rating vs. electromechanical relays
that don’t detect levels less than 60%
 Fault backup provided
 Can detect load unbalances
 Can detect open conductor conditions
80
Overexcitation (24)
 Measured
 High Volts/Hertz ratio
 Normal = 120V/60Hz = 1pu
 Voltage up, and/or frequency low, make event
 Issues
 Overfluxing of metal causes localized heating
 Heat destroys insulation
 Affects generators and transformers
81
Overexcitation (24)
Causes of V/HZ Problems
 Generator voltage regulator problems
• Operating error during off-line manual regulator operation
• Control failure
• VT fuse loss in voltage regulator (AVR) sensing voltage
 System problems
• Unit load rejection: full load, partial rejection
• Power system islanding during major disturbances
• Ferranti effect
• Reactor out
• Capacitors in
82
• Runaway LTCs
Overexcitation (24)
Modern Protection
 Definite time elements
• Curve modify
• Alarm
 Inverse curves
• Select curve type for best coordination to
manufacturers recommendations
• Employ settable reset timer
• Provides “thermal memory” for repeat events
83
Overexcitation (24)
84
Example plot using definite time and inverse curve
Overexcitation (24)
Modern Protection
 V/Hz measurement operational range: 2-80 Hz
- Necessary to avoid damage to steam turbine generators
during rotor pre-warming at startup
- Necessary to avoid damage to converter-start gas turbine
generators at startup
- In both instances, the generator frequency during startup and
shut down can be as low as 2 Hz
NOTE: An Overvoltage (59) function, designed to work properly
up to 120 Hz, is important for Hydro Generators where the
generators can experience high speed (high frequency) during
full load rejection.
Since the V/Hz during this condition is low, the 24 function will
not operate, and the 59 function will provide proper protection
from overvoltage. 85
40: Loss of Field

Can adversely effect the generator and the system!!
 Generator effects
 Synchronous generator becomes induction
 Slip induced eddy currents heat rotor
surface
 High reactive current drawn by generator
overloads stator
 Power system effects

 Loss of reactive support
 Creates a reactive drain
 Can trigger system/area voltage collapse 86
TYPICAL
GENERATOR
VAR
OUT CAPABILITY
Normal
WATT
CURVE
VAR Loss
IN of
Field
Generator capability curve viewed on the P-Q plane. 87
This info must be converted to the R-X plane.

Increased Power Out
P-Q Plane
TRANSFORMATION FROM
MW-MVAR TO R-X PLOT
Increased Power Out
TYPICAL GENERATOR
CAPABILITY CURVE
Excitation Limiters and
Steady State Stability 88
R-X Plane
Generator Capability Curve

 Limiting factors are rotor Reactive Power Rotor
Into System
and stator thermal limits Winding
Limited MW
+ G System
 Underexcited limiting factor MVAR MVAR
is stator end iron heat Overexcited Stator

Winding
Limited
 Excitation control setting + MW
Real Power
control is coordinated with 0
Into System
steady-state stability limit
MEL
(SSSL)
Underexcited
 Minimum excitation limiter – MW

MVAR SSSL G System
(MEL) prevents exciter Reactive Power
Stator End MVAR
Iron Limited
from reducing the field Into Generator
below SSSL
89
Loss of Field
+X
GE and Westinghouse Methods
–R +R
Diameter = 1.0 pu
Xd
Offset =
2
Machine Xd
Capability 2
SSSL
MEL
Diameter = Xd
–X
Two Zone Offset Mho Impedance w/Directional Unit

GE Westinghouse
90
CEH KLF
Loss of Field
Two Zone Offset Mho
Xd
2
91
Loss of Field
Impedance w/Direction Unit
Xd
2
92
Loss of Field Event
 Generator Lost Field, then went Out-of-Step!!!

Phase Distance (21)

 Phase distance backup protection may be prone to tripping on
stable swings and load encroachment
- Employ three zones
 Z1 can be set to reach 80% of impedance of GSU for 87G
back-up.
 Z2 can be set to reach 120% of GSU for station bus backup,
or to overreach remote bus for system fault back up
protection. Load encroachment blinder provides security
against high loads with long reach settings.
 Z3 may be used in conjunction with Z2 to form out-of-step
blocking logic for security on power swings or to overreach
remote bus for system fault back up protection. Load
encroachment blinder provides security against high loads
with long reach settings.
- Use minimum current supervision provides security against loss
of potential (machine off line)
94
Fault Load
(for Z1, Z2, Z3)
Impendance Blinder
21: Distance
Element +X
With Load L
Z3
Encroachment Blinder
fro Z1, Z2, Z3 T Z2
Z1
-R +R
-X or
Z1, Z2 and Z3 used to trip
Z1 set to 80% of GSU, Z2 set to 120% of GSU
Z3 set to overreach remote bus
95
Stable Power Swing and Load Encroachment Blinding

21: Distance
Element
With:
• Power Swing
Blocking
• Load
Encroachment
Blocking for Z1
and Z2
Power Swing or
Load Encroachment
96
Generator Out-of-Step Protection (78)

 Types of Instability
• Steady State: Steady Voltage and Impedance (Load Flow)
• Transient: Fault, where voltage and impedance change rapidly
• Dynamic: Oscillations from AVR damping (usually low f)
 Occurs with unbalance of load and generation
• Short circuits that are severe and close
• Loss of lines leaving power plant (raises impedance of loadflow path)
• Large losses or gains of load after system break up
 Generator accelerates or decelerates, changing the voltage angle
between itself and the system
• Designed to cover the situation where electrical center of power
system disturbance passes through the GSU or the generator itself
• More common with modern EHV systems where system impedance
has decreased compared to generator and GSU impedance 97
Generator Out-of-Step Protection (78)

• When a generator goes out-of-step (synchronism) with
the power system, high levels of transient shaft torque
are developed.
• If the pole slip frequency approaches natural shaft

resonant frequency, torque produced can break the shaft
• High stator core end iron flux can overheat and short the
generator stator core
• GSU subjected to high transient currents and
mechanical stresses
98
Stability
Eg Es
Pmax 
Eg Es Pe 
X

sin g  s 
X
Es - System Voltage
Eg - Generator Voltage
s - System Voltage Phase Angle
g - Generator Voltage Phase Angle
Pe - Electrical Power
Egg
Ess
For maximum power transfer:
• Voltage of GEN and SYSTEM should be nominal – Faults lower voltage
99
• Impedance of lines should be low – lines out raise impedance
Out of Step:
Generator and System Issue
Eg Es
Pe 
X

sin g  s  100
Graphical Method: 78
X
A B
System
XS
 One pair of blinders
(vertical lines)
GSU
XT
P
R
 Supervisory offset
M mho
Swing Locus
Gen Mho
Element
 Blinders limit reach
Xd
to swings near the
A B generator
Element Element
2X D + XT + XS Pickup Pickup
Blinder
Elements
Graphical Method: 78
X
A B
System
XS Stable Swing
Unstable
Swing
GSU
XT
Gen Mho
Xd Element
A B
Element Element
2X D + XT + XS Pickup Pickup
Blinder
Elements
Out-of-Step (Loss of Synchronism) Event
Off-Nominal Frequency Impacts

 Underfrequency may occur from system overloading
 Loss of generation
 Loss of tie lines importing power
 Underfrequency is an issue for the generator 81-U
 Ventilation is decreased
 Flux density (V/Hz) increases
 Underfrequency limit is typically dictated by the generator and turbine
 Generator: V/Hz and loading
 Turbine: Vibration Issues
 Overfrequency may occur from load rejection

 Overfrequency is typically not an issue with the generator
 Ventilation is improved
81-O
 Flux density (V/Hz) decreases
 Overfrequency limit is typically dictated by the turbine (vibration) 104
System Frequency Overview

Frequency (Hz)
 For overfrequency events, the generator prime mover power is reduced to bring
generation equal to load
 For underfrequency events, load shedding is implemented to bring load equal to
generation
 It is imperative that underfrequency tripping for a generator be coordinated 105
with system underfrequency load shedding
Abnormal Operating Conditions

 81 – Four Step Frequency
- Any step may be applied over- or underfrequency
- High accuracy – 1/100th Hz (0.01 Hz)
- Coordination with System Load Shedding
 81A – Underfrequency Accumulator

- Time Accumulation in Six Underfrequency Bands
- Limits Total Damage over Life of Machine
 Typically used to Alarm
 81R – Rate of Change of Frequency

- Allows tripping on rapid frequency swing
106
Steam Turbine Underfrequency Operating Limitations
60 Continuous
Frequency (Hz)
59
Restricted
58
57
Prohibited
0.001 0.01 0.10 1.0 10.0 100.0

Time (Minutes) 107
Typical, from C37.106

Turbine Over/Underfrequency
62
Prohibited
Restricted Time Operation
61 Operating Frequency Limits
60 Continuous Operation
Frequency (Hz)
59
Restricted Time
Operating Frequency Limits
58
57
Prohibited
Operation
56
0.005 0.05 0.50 5.0 50.0
0.001 0.01 0.10 1.0 10.0 100.0
Time (Minutes)
Typical, from C37.106 108

81A – Underfrequency Accumulator

 Turbine blades are designed and tuned to operate at rated
frequencies
 Operating at frequencies different than rated can result in
blade resonance and fatigue damage
 In 60 Hz machines, the typical operating frequency range:

 18 to 25 inch blades = 58.5 to 61.5 Hz
 25 to 44 inch blades = 59.5 and 60.5 Hz
 Accumulated operation, for the life of the machine, not
more than:
 10 minutes for frequencies between 56 and 58.5 Hz
 60 minutes for frequencies between 58.5 and 59.5 Hz
Causes of Inadvertent Energizing
 Operating errors
 Breaker head
flashovers
 Control circuit
malfunctions
 Combination
of above
110
Inadvertent Energizing:
Protection Response
 Typically, normal generator relaying is not
adequate to detect inadvertent energizing
• Too slow or not sensitive enough
• Distance
• Negative sequence
• Reverse power
• Some types are complicated and may have
reliability issues
• Ex., Distance relays in switchyard disabled for testing
and inadvertent energizing event takes place
111
Inadvertent Energizing
 When inadvertently energized from 3-phase source, the machine acts
like an induction motor
 Rotor heats rapidly (very high I2 in the rotor)
 Current drawn
 Strong system: 3-4x rated
 Weak system: 1-2x rated
 From Auxiliary System: 0.1-0.2x rated
 When inadvertently energized from 1-phase source (pole flashover),

the machine does not accelerate
 No rotating flux is developed
 Rotor heats rapidly (very high I2 in the rotor)
 Protection system must be able to detect and clear both 3-phase and 112
1-phase inadvertent energizing events

Inadvertent Energizing
Inadvertent Oscillograph
Energizing
113
Inadvertent Energizing Scheme

 Undervoltage (27) supervises low-set, instant overcurrent (50) –
recommended 27 setting is 50% or lower of normal voltage
 Pickup timer ensures generator is dead for fixed
time to ride through three-phase system faults
 Dropout timer ensures that overcurrent element
gets a chance to trip just after synchronizing
114
Breaker Failure Timeline
Margin Time
Protective
Relay Time Breaker Interrupt Fault Cleared
Time
BFI Backup Breaker Time

Interrupt Time
BF
62 -1 BF Timer Time Trip
Command
Fault Occurs
Breaker Pole Flashover & Stuck Pole
116
Generator Breaker Failure and Pole Flashover Scheme:

Simplified Conceptual View
52/a Breaker is closed by
current detection or position
OR
50
BF
Breaker
OR T
AND Failure
Protective 0 Trip
Elements TDOE
1= Protection BFI
Breaker Failure
52/b
AND
50
1= Flashover
N detected
Pole Flashover
117
Anti-Motoring: 32
 Used to protect generator from motoring during loss of prime
mover power
 Motoring:
 Wastes power from the system
 May cause heating in steam turbines as ventilation is greatly reduced
 Steam and dewatered hydro can motor with very little power; <=1%
rated
 CGT and Recip typically use 10-25% of rated power to motor
 Generators are often taken off the system by backing off the
power until importing slightly so not to trip with power export and
go into overspeed (turbine issue)
 This is known as sequential tripping
 Two 32 elements may be applied:
 Sequential trip (self reset, no lockout)
 Abnormal trip (lockout)
 Need great sensitivity, down to .002pu
 Usually applied as 32R, may be applied as 32F-U
118
Generator Tripping and Shutdown

• Generators may be shutdown for
unplanned and planned reasons
• Shutdowns may be whole or partial
• Shutdowns may lock out (86- LOR) or be
self resetting (94)
• Unplanned
• Faults
• Abnormal operating conditions
• Scheduled
• Planned shutdown
119
Generator Tripping
F
T
G
T = Turbine Trip
F = Field Trip
G = Generator Breaker Trip
120
Tripping Philosophy & Sequential Tripping
– Unit separation
• Used when machine is to be isolated from
system, but machine is left operating so it can be
synced back to the system after separating event
is cleared (system issue)
• Only generator breaker(s) are tripped
F
T
G
121
– Generator Trip
• Used when machine is isolated and overexcitation
trip occurs
• Exciter breaker is tripped (LOR) with generator
breakers already opened
F
T
G
122
– Simultaneous Trip (Complete Shutdown)

• Used when internal (in-zone) protection asserts
• Generator and exciter breakers are tripped (LOR)
• Prime mover shutdown initiated (LOR)
• Auxiliary transfer (if used) is initiated
F
T
G
123
– Sequential Trip
• Used for taking machine off-line (unfaulted)
– Generator and exciter breakers are tripped (94)
– Prime mover shutdown initiated (94)
– Auxiliary transfer (if used) is initiated
F
T
G
124
Sequential Tripping
Sequential Tripping
• Back down turbine and excitation

– Backing down excitation to allows easier
better measurement of power
• Initiate Sequential Trip

– Use 32 element that trips G, F and T, but
does not do this through a LOR
– When a small amount of reverse power is
detected, trip G, F and T
126
Trip Logic
LOR
In-Zone Issues
System Issues
LOR
In-Zone Issues
Normal Shutdown
Alarms
127
Typical Protection Functions for a Large or Important Generator
128
Mitigating Reliability Concerns
 Integrating many protection functions into one package

raises reliability concerns
 Address these concerns by…

1. Providing two MGPRs, each with a portion or all of
the protection functions (redundancy for some or all)
2. Providing backup for critical components,
particularly the power supply
3. Using MGPR self-checking ability
129
Aug 2003, NE Blackout: Generator Trips
531 Generators at 261 Power Plants tripped!!!

 IEEE PSRC Survey
 Conducted in early ’90s, exposed
many areas of protection lacking
 Reluctance to upgrade:
• Lack of expertise
• To recognize problems
• To engineer the work
• The thought that “Generators don’t
fault”
• Operating procedures can prevent
protection issues
130
Why Upgrade?
 Existing generator and transformer protection may:
 Require frequent and expensive maintenance
 Cause coordination issues with plant control (excitation, turbine
control)
 Trip on through-faults (external faults), stable power swings, load
encroachment and energizing
 Not follow NERC PRC Standards (PRC = protection and control)
 Exhibit insensitivity to certain abnormal operating conditions and
fault types
 Not be self-diagnostic
 Lack comprehensive monitoring and communications capabilities
 Not provide valuable event information that can lead to rapid
restoration
 Part of NERC Report comments on the August 03 Blackout
 Not be in compliance with latest ANSI/IEEE Standards!
 Asset Reliability, Insurance, Liability Issues
 C37-102: Guide for the Protection of Synchronous Generators 131
Protection Upgrade Opportunities

 Improved sensitivity
• Loss of Field
• 100% stator ground fault
• Reverse power
• Negative sequence
• Overexcitation
 Improved Security
• Directionally supervised ground differential
protection
• Distance Element Enhancements
• Load encroachment blinding
• Power swing blocking (for stable swings)
132
Protection Upgrade Opportunities
 New protections
• Inadvertent energizing
• VT fuse loss (integrated)
 Special applications
• Generator breaker failure
• Pole flashover (prior to syncing)
133
Oscillography
 Determine if relay and circuit breaker operated properly
- Identify relay, control or breaker problem
- Generators do experience faults / abnormal conditions
 In the machine or the system?
 Speed generator’s return to service
- Identify type of testing needed
- Provide data to generator manufacturer
 Gives plant engineer data to force unit off-line for inspection
 Uncovers unexpected problems

- Synchronizing, shutdown
134
Long Records Let You See the Issue

Voltage collapse on Ph-Ph Fault
Ph-Gnd Fault
Ph-Ph Fault
3-Ph Fault
Gen feeding fault into low side of GSU, no low side breaker
Example of Ph-Gnd fault evolving into 3-Ph Fault
Insulation breakdown due to high voltage
135
21P backup element tripped
Summary
 Generators require special protection for faults
and abnormal operations
 These protections are for in-zone and out-of zone
events
 Modern element design matter for security and
dependability
 Complexity can be made simple with the correct
user tools
136
References
1. IEEE Guide for Generator Ground Protection, ANSI/IEEE C37.101-2006.
2. IEEE Guide for AC Generator Protection, ANSI/IEEE C37.102-2006.
3. IEEE Tutorial on the Protection of Synchronous Generators, Second Edition,
2010; Special Publication of the IEEE Power System Relaying Committee.
4. IEEE Recommended Practice for Grounding of Industrial and Commercial
Power Systems, IEEE Std. 142-1991.
5. Protection Considerations for Combustion Gas Turbine Static Starting; Working
Group J-2 of the Rotating Machinery Subcommittee, Power System Relay
Committee.
6. Protective Relaying for Power Generation Systems; Donald Reimert, CRC Press
2006; ISBN#0-8247-0700-1.
7. Practical Improvement to Stator Ground Fault Protection Using Negative
Sequence Current; Russell Patterson, Ahmed Eltom; IEEE Transactions Paper
presented at the Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PES), 2013 IEEE.
8. Behavior Analysis of the Stator Ground Fault (64G) Protection Scheme; Ramón
Sandoval, Fernando Morales, Eduardo Reyes, Sergio Meléndez and Jorge Félix,
presented to the Rotating Machinery Subcommittee of the IEEE Power System
Relaying Committee, January 2013.
9. Advanced Generator Ground Fault Protections; Wayne Hartmann, presented at
the Western Protective Relay Conference, October 2015.

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GENERATOR PROTECTION

Wayne Hartmann is VP, Protection and Smart Grid Solutions for

Applying Mechanical Input

• DC is induced in the rotor 5

• AC is induced in the stator

Cylindrical (Round) Salient

 Cylindrical rotor seen in Recips, GTs and STs

Cylindrical Rotor & Stator

Salient Pole Rotor & Stator

Generator Behavior During Short Circuits

Generator Short-Circuit Current Decay

Types of Generator Grounding

Neutral  Ground fault current typically <=10A

Types of Generator Grounding

Types of Generator Grounding

Types of Generator Ground Fault Damage

 Following pictures show stator damage

Stator Ground Fault Damage

Stator Ground Fault Damage

Stator Ground Fault Damage

Stator Ground Fault Damage

Types of Generator Connections

- Directly connected to bus

Types of Generator Connections

Bus (Direct) Connected

Types of Generator Connections

- Generator has dedicated unit transformer

- Generator has dedicated ground transformer

- Likely in large industrial and utility systems

- 100% stator ground fault protection available

Types of Generator Connections

Generator Protection Overview

Internal and External Short Circuits 28

Generator Protection Overview

Abnormal Operating Conditions 29

Stator Ground Fault-High Z Grounded Machines

 Additional coverage near neutral (last 5%)

 Full 100% stator coverage by 64S

Stator Ground Fault (59G)

 High impedance ground limits ground

 Conventional neutral overvoltage relay

 Last 5-10% near neutral not covered

 Undetected grounds in this region

 Neutral grounding transformer (NGT)

59G System Ground Fault Issue

 GSU provides capacitive coupling for system ground faults into

Multiple 59G Element Application

• 59G-2, set in this example to 15%, is set above

Use of Symmetrical Component Quantities

 Both V2 and I2 implementation have been applied

 1st level set sensitive to cover down to 5% of stator

 2nd level set higher than the capacitively coupled voltage so

 3rd level may be set to initiate waveform capture

59G/27TN Timing Logic

Interval and Delay Timers used together to detect

Intermittent Arcing Ground Fault Turned Multiphase

Why Do We Care About Faults Near Neutral?

 We can use 3rd Harmonic or Injection Techniques for complete

Third-Harmonic Rotor Flux