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Carrier Current Protection

Carrier current protection is the most widely used scheme for protecting extra high voltage (EHV) and ultra high voltage (UHV) power lines. It works by directly coupling a carrier signal to the power line itself. This makes it faster and more reliable than distance protection schemes, especially for long transmission lines. There are two main operating techniques used - phase comparison and directional comparison. Phase comparison compares the phase angle of currents at both ends, while directional comparison examines the direction of power flow.

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Carrier Current Protection

Carrier current protection is the most widely used scheme for protecting extra high voltage (EHV) and ultra high voltage (UHV) power lines. It works by directly coupling a carrier signal to the power line itself. This makes it faster and more reliable than distance protection schemes, especially for long transmission lines. There are two main operating techniques used - phase comparison and directional comparison. Phase comparison compares the phase angle of currents at both ends, while directional comparison examines the direction of power flow.

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Carrier current

protection
For long overhead lines the power line
itself may be used as the interconnecting
channel between the terminal
equipments. Carrier-current protection is
the most widely used scheme for the
protection of Extra High Voltage (EHV)
and Ultra High Voltage (UHV) power
lines.
The carrier signal is directly coupled to
the power line itself which is to be
protected. Carrier-current protection is
faster and superior to distance protection
schemes and is more reliable when used
for long transmission lines, although the
terminal equipments are more expensive
and complicated.
In addition to protection the carrier signals
can also be used for communication,
supervisory control and telemetering.
In carrier-current protection or any
other unit protection, the circuit breakers
at both the ends of the line trip
simultaneously when a fault occurs at one
of the ends of the protected line sections.
This helps in improving the stability. The
carrier signals can be used either to initiate or
to prevent the tripping of a protective relay
according to which they are classified. When
a carrier signal is used to initiate tripping of
relay, the scheme is known as carrier inter-
tripping, or transfer tripping or permissive
tripping scheme.
The scheme is known as carrier-blocking
scheme when the carrier signals are used to
prevent the operation of a relay.
Different operating techniques used in
carrier-current protection:
The two operating techniques mainly used in
carrier-current protection are:
1. Phase comparison technique, and
2. Directional comparison technique
In phase comparison technique, the phase
angle of the current entering at one end is
compared with the phase angle of the current
leaving the other end of the protected section.
During normal operating conditions or in case
of an external fault, the currents at both the
ends of the protected line are in phase. In case
of an internal fault i.e. fault in the protected
section, the currents at the two ends will be
180o out of phase.
The direction of power flow at the two ends
of the protected sections is compared in
the directional comparison technique.
During normal conditions or external
faults, the power flows into the protected
section at one end and leaves at the other
end. During internal faults, the direction
of power flow is inwards at both the ends.

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