Data Mining of Substation Relay Data: Mythili Chaganti Badrul H. Chowdhury
Data Mining of Substation Relay Data: Mythili Chaganti Badrul H. Chowdhury
Data Mining of Substation Relay Data: Mythili Chaganti Badrul H. Chowdhury
• Shot Pre-fault data remains same as during fault data for the
This column lists the reclosing relay shot when the phases not involved in the fault. Fig.1 shows a phase to
event report was initiated. phase fault as observed from SEL 5601 oscillograph. On
• Targets Phase B we can see that pre-fault data remains same as that
Fault type front row targets are displayed at the of the fault data and hence this particular phase is not
initiation of the event report. involved and it records and CA fault.
• Currents
Maximum phase, negative-sequence and residual
currents measured near the middle of the fault in
primary amperes or when the event triggered if no
fault occurs are noted in this field.
• Settings
All the local and global settings which help the relay
to work as per the logic equations are set at the end
of the event report. All the settings are made within
their pre described ranges.
B. Sequence of Events Under group settings we find the reclosing relay open
The last twelve events are stored in memory with the interval times given in seconds and if the sum total of all
latest event at the top. These are helpful in understanding these times is greater than or equal to the duration of the
the sequence of events. All the information about date, time, above fault sequence then we define that fault as permanent
even type, location, reclosing relay shot, maximum phase fault.
current, enabled setting group and targets of the past twelve In other words, if the relay is in reclose cycle state and
events are stored in a single file. This can also be retrieved before going to reset state it observes a successful close,
by ‘History’ command of the Microprocessor based relay. then it falls under the permanent fault category.
Table 1 shows the record of last twelve events recorded at Thus we can conclude that the above sequence of events
Station 1 feeder position 53. result in a permanent fault at phases A and B for the
particular feeder position
TABLE 1 HISTORY OF EVENTS AT STATION 1 FEEDER 53 Let us assume an event begins and picks up any fault
Event # Date Time Event type Shot and while the relay is in reclose cycle state, if it fails to clear
12 10/25/01 12:27:14 ABT 0 the fault and go to reset state again within the given reset
11 10/25/01 12:27:19 AB 1 interval settings then relay goes to lockout state. Such faults
10 10/25/01 12:27:24 AB 1 are classified under temporary faults
9 10/25/01 12:27:25 ABT 1 If an event occurs at a particular time and has two
8 10/25/01 12:27:50 AB 2 successful holds and recloses, after ten minutes the same
7 10/25/01 12:27:51 AB 2 event occurs with similar fault current, similar phases
6 10/25/01 12:27:52 AB 2
involved then we say that it is a semi-permanent fault.
5 10/25/01 12:28:52 AB 3
With these definitions as criterion, all the data from the
4 10/25/01 12:28:53 ABT 3
relays of type 251-2, 3 are analyzed.
It is seen from our analysis that at Station 1 feeder
If the ‘79’ column of an event is in Reset state (R) then
position 53 the settings as described by the relay are
it represents the beginning of an event and for this event the
perfectly matched. There are 2 cases in Station 6, positions
shot would always be zero. After that, if next event is in
19 and 20 where we observed inconsistency in the relay
Reclose cycle state (C) it implies that this event is a
settings. Both the events record a lock out state and
continuation of the same fault as described by the previous
continue to pick up faults. The instantaneous relay settings
event. And the shot column tells us the number of
of the respective events show that the reclosing is disabled.
successful trips and recloses it had.
One of the reasons for this to happen is since this station is
From Table 1, it is evident that AB fault initiates at
a bulk sub, which often covers a greater area, and it might
event 12 and continues till event 4, in the whole sequence
experience multiple feeder operations. Also sometimes due
has 3 successful trips and recloses and the total time is less
to poor tree trimming and high winds the phase which is
than 90 seconds. (Difference between time stamps of events
involved in fault keeps being burnt away before it re strikes.
12 and 4 gives us the total time of the fault)
Event 12 picks up at 12:27:14 seconds and at the end of
4th cycle Trip output contact asserts. Now after a delay of 3 C. Fault Inducing Trip
cycles the circuit breaker deasserts and thus current falls to If the output column of ‘Trip and Close’ has the logical
zero. If we observe the settings for this event we can see values of 1 and 0 respectively we say that a trip has
that input 1 is assigned to circuit breaker (52A or 52AR) occurred in the event. Each trip is designated as one caused
and its operation is followed by the assertion and by relay (initiated by a fault) or as caused by any external
deassertion of the input. device.
Event 11 is in reclose cycle state indicating that it is a When an event is triggered and pick up of over current
continuation of the same fault. At the end of 4 cycles we see elements is recorded then it implies a fault has occurred at
that circuit breaker closes and over current element picks up the event and if in this case an assertion at the trip output
for normal current flow. This successful trip and close is contact means the fault has induced the trip condition. TR
recorded in the shot column of event 11. equation of the SELogic equations gives us information of
The same sequence of events are observed at event 10 the particular over current element responsible for trip.
which also records same fault If TR equation is blank we can say that no over current
Event 9 continues the fault sequence but this time a trip trip condition is present.
output contact is asserted at the end of 4 cycles and Often a trip event record is generated when there is no
following the circuit breaker operating time figure it opens fault. The trips are caused by external device (e.g., a control
itself after 3 cycles delay. switch or SCADA).
We can see the circuit breaker closing in event 8 fourth
quarter cycle thus increasing the shot column to 2 D. Fault Level vs. Pickup of relay
successful trips and recloses. The relay determines fault level by taking values from
We see the relay coming to reset state at the beginning two consecutive rows, squaring both of them and takes a
of event 3 implying that till event 4 we had a continuing root. This is repeated for all the 44 cycles of data.
fault with 3 successful trips and recloses for the whole Magnitude is (Value1) 2 + (Value 2) 2 and
period of 90 seconds.
4
Line - Ground
Line - Ground
Double Line -
Double Li ne -
Ground
Ground
3-Phase
3-Phase
No Fault
Exte rnal Trips
Fig. 3. Break down of fault at Substation 1 Fig. 7. Break down of fault at Substation 5
% Fault - Station 2
As mentioned in Section II, all the substations are classified
under urban or rural categories. Figs. 8 and 9 show the
break down of faults in these categories respectively.
Line - Line
Li ne - Line
Li ne - Ground
Double Li ne -
Fig. 4. Break down of fault at Substation 2 Ground
3-Phase
% Fault - Station 3
No Faul t
% Fault - Station 4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1
2
3 40 4
4
5
6 79
7 9
8
9 3 5 80
10
11
7