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A novel routine test schedule for protective systems using an extended component-based reliability model

Abbarin, A ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1109/ELECO.2009.5355216
  3. Abstract:
  4. This paper presents a novel approach for evaluating the reliability of protective systems taking into account its components reliability. In this paper, a previously proposed extended model is used for Directional Overcurrent scheme. In the extended model, the impacts of individual protective components are taken into account. An optimum routine test schedule is determined for each protective component as a separate unit. A comparison is made to show that the proposed approach has excellence over conventional routine test inspections. Impacts of factors such as circuit breaker inadvertent opening, required time for performing routine test inspections, human mistakes and self-checking and monitoring effectiveness is analyzed using the model. Redundancy in some parts of the protective system is examined. Permanent and transient faults on the protected zone, operation of backup protection and Common-Cause failures are also recognized in the model
  5. Keywords:
  6. Reliability ; Routine test ; Backup protection ; Circuit breaker ; Common cause failure ; Component based ; Extended model ; Over current ; Protected zones ; Protective system ; Reliability model ; Required time ; Self checking ; Separate unit ; Transient faults ; Electronics engineering ; Model checking ; Redundancy ; Testing ; Quality assurance
  7. Source: ELECO 2009 - 6th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering14 December 2009 ; 2009 , Pages I97-I102 ; 9789944898188 (ISBN)
  8. URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5355216