Assessing the impact of protection system malfunctions on the power transmission system

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dc.contributor.author Kayemba, Charles
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-16T07:33:59Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-16T07:33:59Z
dc.date.issued 2022-02-20
dc.description Final year report submitted to the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. en_US
dc.description.abstract Apowertransmissionsystemreferstomeansoftransmittingpowerfromageneratingsourceto variousloadcenters. InUganda,UgandaElectricityTransmissionCompanyLimited(UETCL)isresponsibleforpower transmissionwhichitthensellstoUmemewheretheendusersareserved. ThehighvoltagesatwhichpoweristransmittedcurrentlyinUgandaare;66KV,132KVand 220KV,the400KVisbeingestablishedbutnotyetcommissioned. Thenetworkisprotectedbyvariousprotectionschemeswhichinclude;overcurrent,distanceand differentialprotectionandothers.Intheduecourseofoperation,protectionsystemmalfunctions occur,thusthereisaneedtoanalyzethesemalfunctionsinordertoassesstheirimpactonthe powertransmissionsystemandinthisstudy,wearefocusingontheirimpactonthepower transmissionsystemreliability. OurcasestudyisKawandasubstation,andafterouranalysis,weshallgaugethereliabilitylevel ofourpowertransmissionsystemandthereforesuggestsomemeasuresthatcanbeundertaken thereafter. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Kayemba, Charles. (2022). Assessing the impact of protection system malfunctions on the power transmission system. (Unpublished undergraduate dissertation) Makerere University: Kampala, Uganda. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/11281
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Protection malfunctions en_US
dc.subject Power transmission system en_US
dc.title Assessing the impact of protection system malfunctions on the power transmission system en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
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