1.5.3.1. Benefits of Controlled Switching
Controlled switching benefits include circuit breaker operation, enhancements, switching transient reduction, equipment maintenance cost, equipment life extension, and power quality improvement. There are two types of benefits of using controlled switching which divided into technical and economical. The technical benefits of controlled switching are as follows:
- Improvement of Power quality.
- Reduction of circuit breaker contact burn.
- Avoiding occurrence of nuisance relay operations.
- Increased life span of power system equipment.
- Reducing risk of equipment failures.
- Increasing of interrupter maintenance intervals. - Controlled point-on-wave switching is a very
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- A second ground fault on another phase will result in a phase-phase short circuit causing extensive damage.
1.8. Effect of Internal Wining Fault
On the other hand, the phenomenon of internal winding fault which produces internally has deep effect on the lifetime of a transformer [58]. This kind of faults will lead to generated heat in the faulted region of the winding. Therefore, this generated heat will cause the fault to step rapidly to more critical forms, such as phase-to-phase and phase-to-ground faults [59] [60]. The internal short circuit currents of transformer may be larger than its terminal short circuit currents [61]. These faults will result in downtime and financial losses.
There are many reasons that lead to internal winding faults such as [62]:
a) Failure of winding due to short circuits (turn-turn faults and open winding) [63] [64].
b) Aging of the insulation material due to temperature, especially points of local overheating is quickened by the presence of moisture and oxygen [65].
c) Failure of on-load tap changer [63]. d) Abnormal operating conditions (overloading, overvoltage and
...ional standards. Our Security index remained steady as our control measures met the goal of being proactive enough to prevent, sustain, and repudiate a good amount of cyberattacks. The downtime, unfortunately, was more than we planned. But unlike other sectors, the electrical grid is a more complex system when one area is affected. It often requires isolation of systems to get the components back on line and at full operations range before restoration commences. Isolation can also translate to the significant amount of time to properly re-cycle the systems before it is ready to be integrated into the grid. Lastly, the profit margin is hit when the downtime increases. The profits evaporate in fines paid to the state, and federal entities regulating the energy sector. Also, profits are not being generated when power producing systems are isolated from the grid.
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