PETERSON COIL

CALCULATIONS:
For Resistive Inductance,

VL = IL. (r+JwL)

2
| | = 2 + ()

1 2
i.e. L = || 2

Specimen Calculation:
VL = 21 v IL = 0.32A r = 2.8

1 2
L= | 21 | 2.82
250 0.32

L = 0.20870 H

L = 208.70 mH

Theoretical Calculations:

1
L=
3 2

C = 48F =2f =2 * *50

L = 0.07036 H

L = 70.036 mH
TABULATIONS:

Fault Current (If) A Inductance of Coil (L) mH

0.50 208.701
0.46 172.327
0.40 139.356
0.36 119.954
0.30 91.928
0.28 76.807
0.32 65.053
0.34 61.321
0.36 58.003
0.38 56.095
0.42 47.526
0.44 43.176
RESULTS :

Value of Inductance for minimum fault current

From the graph = 79 mH

Theoretical Value = 70.036 mH

DISCUSSION:
Importance of Neutral Grounding :

There are many neutral grounding options available for both Low and Medium voltage power systems.
The neutral points of transformers, generators and rotating machinery to the earth ground network
provides a reference point of zero volts. This protective measure offers many advantages over an
ungrounded system,
1. Reduced magnitude of transient over voltages
2. Simplified ground fault location
3. Improved system and equipment fault protection
4. Reduced maintenance time and expense

Methods of Neutral Earthing :

1. Solid Neutral Earthed System

2. Resistance Neutral Earthing System Low Resistance Earthing High Resistance Earthing
3. Resonant Neutral Earthing System
4. Earthing Transformer Earthing

Advantages of Perterson Coil :

1. Small reactive earth fault current independent of the phase to earth capacitance of the system.
2. Enables high impedance fault detection.

Theoretical and experimental values of inductance have few difference, this can be happens

1. Due to Measurements errors

2. Due to Capacitors charging and discharging.
3. Due to change of the values of variable resisters.
4. Due to neglecting of the resistance of Peterson coil.