Functions of Substation Equipments:
Sl. No.
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Equipment
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Function
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Bus-Bar
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Incoming & outgoing circuits Connected to bus-bar
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Circuit
Breaker
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Automatic switching during normal
or abnormal conditions
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Isolators
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Disconnection under no-load
condition for safety, isolation and maintenance.
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Earthing
switch
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To discharge the voltage on deadlines
to earth
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Current
Transformer
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To step-down currents for
measurement, control & protection
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Voltage
Transformer
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To step-down voltages for
measurement, control & protection
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Lightning
Arrester
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To discharge lightning over
voltages and switching over voltages to earth
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Shunt
reactor
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To control over voltages by providing
reactive power compensation
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Neutral-Grounding
resistor
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To limit earth fault current
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Coupling
capacitor
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To provide connection between high
voltage line & PLCC equipment
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Line
–Trap
|
To prevent high frequency signals
from entering other zones.
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Shunt
capacitors
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To provide compensations to reactive
loads of lagging power factors
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Power
Transformer
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To step-up or step-down the voltage
and transfer power from one a.c. voltage another a.c. voltage at the same frequency.
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Series
Capacitor
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Compensation of long lines.
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