Relay protection is a mixture of art and science. Engineers, utilities and companies all have different philosophies about generator protection. This book works through setting a multifunction digital relay for a specific generator from beginning to end. The book also demonstrates PRC compliance. Many books have been written on the theory, principles and application of generator protective relaying. Therefore, the theory in this book is very concise and to the point.

Power outages have considerable social and economic impacts, and effective protection schemes are crucial to avoiding them. While most textbooks focus on the transmission and distribution aspects of protective relays, Protective Relaying for Power Generation Systems is the first to focus on protection of motors and generators from a power generation perspective. It also includes workbook constructions that allow students to perform protection-related calculations in Mathcad® and Excel®. This text provides both a general overview and in-depth discussion of each topic, making it easy to tailor the material to students' needs. It also covers topics not found in other texts on the subject, including detailed time decrement generator fault calculations and minimum excitation limit. The author clearly explains the potential for damage and damaging mechanisms related to each protection function and includes thorough derivations of complex system interactions. Such derivations underlie the various rule-of-thumb setting criteria, provide insight into why the rules-of-thumb work and when they are not appropriate, and are useful for post-incident analysis. The book's flexible approach combines theoretical discussions with example settings that offer quick how-to information. Protective Relaying for Power Generation Systems integrates fundamental knowledge with practical tools to ensure students have a thorough understanding of protection schemes and issues that arise during or after abnormal operation.

Operation of customer-owned generation in parallel with a utility system introduces the potential for hazards and problems in both the utility and the customer system and protection schemes for intertie protection can represent a major portion of the overall installation cost. Advances in digital technology, signal-processing algorithms, advanced displays and user interface designs make it possible to integrate protective functions into a single digital relay, providing an economically viable alternative for the protection of the intertie and generator. In addition, digital technology provides other advantages.

Protection of Wind Turbine Generators Using Microcontroller-Based Applications focuses on the application of microcontrollers in the protection of wind turbine generators. The book looks at the design and implementation of a versatile digital overcurrent (OC), OV/UV, OF/UF, and negative sequence relays, and addresses the dynamic behaviour of a wind-driven induction generator (IG) connected to a power system grid through a transmission line. The transient responses of protective devices associated with the IG are also studied. Modelling of the digital relay for wind turbine generator protection using MATLAB Simulink consider most of the aerodynamic and mechanical effects that can influence instantaneous output voltage, current, and power. Coverage also includes different AC fault types, a detailed theoretical analysis of fault and protection strategy in AC fault, and the different types of fault detection algorithms to maintain power system reliability.

Operation of customer-owned generation in parallel with a utility system introduces the potential for hazards and problems in both the utility and the customer system and protection schemes for intertie protection can represent a major portion of the overall installation cost. Advances in digital technology, signal-processing algorithms, advanced displays and user interface designs make it possible to integrate protective functions into a single digital relay, providing an economically viable alternative for the protection of the intertie and generator. In addition, digital technology provides other advantages.