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Which type of protection for electrical power stations provide isolation against a rise in potential of station ground and also provide drainage protection against longitudinally- induced voltages?

The correct answer is A. Isolating transformers. Isolating transformers provide both galvanic isolation against ground potential rise at power stations and protection against longitudinally induced voltages on telephone circuits.

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Question

Which type of protection for electrical power stations provide isolation against a rise in potential of station ground and also provide drainage protection against longitudinally- induced voltages?

Options

  • AIsolating transformers
  • BNeutralizing transformers
  • CMutual drainage reactors
  • DUnit-type neutralizing transformers
  • E2-winding neutralizing transformers

How the community answered

(38 responses)
  • A
    84% (32)
  • C
    8% (3)
  • D
    3% (1)
  • E
    5% (2)

Why each option

Isolating transformers provide both galvanic isolation against ground potential rise at power stations and protection against longitudinally induced voltages on telephone circuits.

AIsolating transformersCorrect

Isolating transformers break the metallic continuity between a power station's ground grid and the telephone circuit, preventing a ground potential rise (GPR) event from propagating voltage onto communications equipment. Because the primary and secondary windings are galvanically isolated, the transformer also blocks the conductive path through which longitudinally induced voltages - caused by electromagnetic coupling from high-voltage lines - would otherwise travel. This combination of GPR isolation and longitudinal voltage protection is documented in IEEE Std 487, which covers the protection of wire-line telephone facilities at power stations.

BNeutralizing transformers

Neutralizing transformers are designed to cancel longitudinally induced voltages by injecting an opposing voltage but do not provide galvanic isolation against ground potential rise.

CMutual drainage reactors

Mutual drainage reactors provide a balanced path to drain longitudinally induced currents to ground but offer no isolation against a rise in station ground potential.

DUnit-type neutralizing transformers

Unit-type neutralizing transformers are a configuration variant used to address induced longitudinal voltages in specific circuit arrangements but do not provide the galvanic isolation needed to block GPR.

E2-winding neutralizing transformers

2-winding neutralizing transformers cancel longitudinally induced voltages through opposing winding action but lack the galvanic separation required to isolate telephone circuits from station ground potential rise.

Concept tested: Isolating transformers for GPR isolation and longitudinal voltage protection

Source: https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/487/3917/

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#isolating transformer#electrical protection#ground potential rise#longitudinal voltage

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