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Date Scheme<br />
Outage duration of<br />
Protection scheme<br />
(estimated average)<br />
Description of Failure<br />
0BInvestment Evaluation Summary<br />
9/10/2007 220 kV 4.5 days 220 kV bus bar protection scheme failed autotest.<br />
Failed HST491-C card replaced.<br />
TNM-GS-809-0720<br />
13/08/2007 110 kV 4.5 days Bus bar protection scheme failed auto-test. One<br />
system module was defective due to a faulty reed<br />
switch. Lack of spares prevented a direct module<br />
replacement consequently the reed switch was<br />
repaired.<br />
14/1/2002 110 kV 4.5 days (assuming that<br />
auto test detected the<br />
problem<br />
Faulty power supply replaced.<br />
18/6/1999 220 kV 4.5 days Auto-test failed. Broken wiring loop found on<br />
back of MCT418 module.<br />
26/12/1990 220 kV 4.5 days Auto-test failed. Faulty HDT434 white phase<br />
card replaced.<br />
15/2/1990 220 kV 4.5 days Auto-test failed. Faulty HDT434 red phase card<br />
replaced.<br />
14/1/1986 110 kV 4.5 days Auto-test failed. Faulty BDR460 and HST491<br />
replaced.<br />
3.2 IMPACT OF BUS BAR PROTECTION SCHEME OUTAGES<br />
The transmission line distance protection schemes installed at substations that connect to Farrell Substation are relied<br />
upon to clear bus bar faults when either of the existing single bus bar protection schemes are out of service. These<br />
distance protection schemes are set to clear a bus bar fault in under 0.5 seconds in the event of the bus bar protection<br />
scheme being inoperable or out-of-service. However there is no guarantee that the remote distance protection relays will<br />
detect a fault within the required timeframe. Distance protection schemes may not see remote bus bar faults due to the<br />
effects of zero sequence mutual impedances between parallel transmission lines and in-feeding from connected circuits.<br />
Distance protection schemes also have limited capability to see high impedance faults due to the need to cater for normal<br />
system load impedance.<br />
The potential impact and risk mitigating measures that need to be put in place in the event of a 220 kV or 110 kV bus bar<br />
protection scheme outage at Farrell Substation is discussed below.<br />
3.2.1 220 KV BUS BAR PROTECTION SCHEME<br />
The ‘Assessment of Farrell 220 kV Bus A and B zone Protection Outages’ document recommends that the following<br />
limits be put in place in the event of a 220 kV bus bar protection scheme outage at Farrell Substation:<br />
‘It is recommended that during a primary protection outage at Farrell, Mackintosh be constrained to operate below 50%<br />
of its maximum output, and that all other West Coast machines be constrained to operate at below 70% of their<br />
maximum output. This should allow for a suitable margin of safety, without over-constraining the output of West Coast<br />
machines.’<br />
Given the above, approximately 150 MW of generation could be constrained at Farrell Substation in the event of a<br />
220 kV bus bar protection outage in order to maintain system stability after a short circuit fault.<br />
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