{"id":4414,"date":"2025-03-04T09:42:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T04:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/?p=4414"},"modified":"2025-07-16T13:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T08:01:53","slug":"fault-subsequent-clearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/ee\/power-generation-concepts\/fault-subsequent-clearance","title":{"rendered":"Fault Subsequent Clearance by Circuit Breaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let us consider a single machine tied to infinite bus through two parallel lines as shown below in figure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4415 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Circuit-Breaker.jpg\" alt=\"Circuit Breaker\" width=\"457\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Circuit-Breaker.jpg 457w, https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Circuit-Breaker-300x70.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let a fault occurs in the middle of one of the line (say X2 line).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4416 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/circuit-model-.jpg\" alt=\"Circuit Model \" width=\"744\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/circuit-model-.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/circuit-model--300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Using delta-star transformation circuit of above figure can be reduced as shown below in figure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4417 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/delta-star-transformation.jpg\" alt=\"Delta Star Transformation\" width=\"353\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/delta-star-transformation.jpg 353w, https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/delta-star-transformation-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Using star-delta transformation above figure can be reduced to below figure as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4418 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/power-angle-curve.jpg\" alt=\" Power Angle Curve \" width=\"836\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/power-angle-curve.jpg 836w, https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/power-angle-curve-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/power-angle-curve-768x353.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The power angle curve for the three different cases, i.e., before fault (prefault), during fault and post fault are respectively shown below in figure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4419 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/critical-clearing-angle.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Clearing Angle\" width=\"756\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/critical-clearing-angle.jpg 756w, https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/critical-clearing-angle-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-danger\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/ee\/power-generation-concepts\/critical-clearing-angle-critical-clearing-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a> | <a class=\"btn btn-success\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/ee\/power-generation-concepts\/transient-stability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Next &gt;&gt;<\/a><br \/>\n<strong> Must Read: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/subjects\/what-is-power-generation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>What is Power Generation?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let us consider a single machine tied to infinite bus through two parallel lines as shown below in figure. 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