Em função das limitações apresentadas pelos relés eletromecânicos, a proteção térmica de motores foi historicamente tratada como um problema de coordenação de sobrecorrente, sem levar em consideração a dinâmica e o histórico térmico envolvido na operação contínua do motor. Os atuais relés microprocessados para proteção de motores implementam equações diferenciais de primeira ordem, cujos algoritmos, processados em tempo real, possibilitam uma nova abordagem para uma adequada proteção térmica, utilizando modelos matemáticos. Especialmente para os motores industriais de grande porte e de maior importância operacional, somente os recentes relés de proteção microprocessados e seus algoritmos digitais tem sido efetivamente capazes de fornecer proteção adequada, baseados em modelos térmicos que realisticamente estimam, continuamente e em tempo real, o nível térmico atual do motor. A proteção térmica de motores de indução trifásicos tem sido uma das maiores áreas onde a proteção numérica, baseado em microprocessadores, tem proporcionado um aprimoramento do nível básico das funções de proteção de motores. O método da proteção térmica tem sido aperfeiçoado, de forma a implementar modelos que levam em consideração o aquecimento do motor devido às correntes de seqüência positiva e negativa e as características térmicas de um motor de indução. A capacidade do processamento digital de sinais tem possibilitado a implementação de novas soluções para as deficiências de proteção de motores industriais trifásicos apresentadas pelas tecnologias convencionais de proteção, até então fundamentadas em proteção de sobrecorrente. As principais funções de proteção aplicáveis para motores trifásicos industriais, bem como os aspectos do estado da arte de hardware, software e filtros digitais implementados nos atuais relés de proteção microprocessados são discutidos neste trabalho. O equacionamento de um sistema térmico de primeira ordem e os requisitos de modelo para a implementação da proteção térmica de motores são também aqui analisados. São discutidas as dinâmicas de dois modelos térmicos, um baseado em proteção por sobrecorrente e outro baseado em um sistema térmico de primeira ordem. São simulados e comparados os desempenhos destes dois diferentes algoritmos de proteção térmica de motores, quando submetidos às correntes de carga e de sobrecarga, tanto constantes como cíclicas. / On account of the limitations presented for the electromechanical relays, the motor thermal protection was historically treated as an overcurrent coordination issue, without taking into account the dynamics and the thermal historical involved in the process. The modern microprocessor-based relays for motor protection implement discrete time first-order differential equations, whose algorithms, based on the power of the real time signal processing, make possible a new approach for a proper thermal protection, applying mathematical models. Especially for large and critical operational significance industrial motors, only the recent numerical relays for motor protection and its digital algorithms has been efficiently suitable to provide an adequate protection, based in thermal models that realistically take into account, continuously and in real time, the actual motor thermal level. The thermal protection of three-phase induction motors has been one of the biggest areas where the numerical protection, based in microprocessor-based relays, has provide an improvement of the basic level of the motor protection functions. The method of the thermal protection has been improved, in such wise as to implement models that take into account the motor heating due to both positive and negative sequence currents, and the thermal characteristics of an induction motor. The capacity of the digital signal processing has made possible the implementation of new solutions for the deficiencies of three-phase industrial motors protection, established on the conventional protection technologies, till then based on overcurrent protection. The main applicable protection functions for industrial three-phase motors, as well as the aspects of the state of the art of the hardware, software and digital filters implemented in the actual microprocessor-based protection relays are discussed in this work. The derivation of a first-order thermal system and the requirements of model for the implementation of the motor thermal protection also are studied in this work. The dynamics of two thermal models, one based in overcurrent protection and another based on a first-order thermal system are analyzed. The performances of these two different algorithms of motor thermal protection are simulated and compared, when subjected to both constants and cyclic, load and overload currents.

Master’s thesis is concerned with instrument transformers, which are used in conjunction with numerical protection relays. Therefore mainly with protective transformers of class P and transformers dimensioned for transient effects, which are important e.g. for fast differential or distance protections. The introduction includes fundamental notions, quantities and equations, which refers to instrumental current and voltage transformers. Below are mentioned connection diagrams of these transformers applied to specific electrical network types and faults, of which identification is required. These diagrams and faults are supplied with math equations and eventually with phasor diagrams. Noted informations corresponds to the present standards. Task of the next part is to compile requirements for dimensioning of current transformers, which imposes digital protections from ABB, AREVA and Siemens companies. These requirements, which mostly defines the minimal accuracy limit factor or the knee-point voltage of current transformer, are specified for individual protection terminals, eventually for specific protective functions. Part of the thesis is computer program developed as macro in the Microsoft Office Excel program via Visual Basic for Applications programming language. Program uses equations noted in this work and it can be used for quick dimensioning of current transformers for protective terminals from manufactures mentioned above.

The thesis is focused on the protection concept for medium voltage substation. The first theoretical part of thesis describes given medium voltage substation. Substation consists of two incoming feeders and six outgoing feeders. Due to the size of the substation was selected one outgoing feeder which is the subject of description and protection concept. Next part of the thesis is a description of the protective functions used to protect the elements in the selected feeder. This part contains a detailed description of the function and setting options for protection. The main part of the thesis describes calculation of specific protection functions and consequently with secondary testing of protective functions. Tests were performed on protective functions in the digital protections REF615 and REM620. The final part of the thesis deals with the evaluation of the secondary test results and verification saturation of the specified current transformers.