MALAVIYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

JAIPUR

THYRISTOR CONTROLLED
BRAKING RESISTOR
SUBMITTED BY:
Roopmati Meena
2012UEE1460
Deepesh Haldania
2012UEE1043

Basic Concept
Its shunt connected thyristor switched linear resistor.
The best location for a TCBR is near a generator that
would need braking during transient instability conditions.
Transformer tertiary at or near the generator bus would be
desirable.

TCBR can be connected either in star or delta

formation although delta connection would be more
convenient since the ground path would not be needed.

Functions of TCBR
Prevent transient instability during the first power system
swing cycle, by immediately taking away the power that
would otherwise be used in accelerating the generator.
Enhance damping to prevent dynamic instability involving
low frequency oscillations between interconnected ac
systems.
Facilitate synchronizing a turbine-generator.

Transient State Stability

Conti.

Speed Deviation
The resistor is switched on when the filtered speed
deviation of a particular oscillation to be damped is
positive, and the TCBR is switched off when the speed
deviation is negative.
Since the resistor only consumes power and does not
supply power, it helps to serve as a brake when the
speed is higher than normal but doesnt counter increase
in speed when the speed is lower than normal.

The speed deviation signal is essential to the

correct exploitation of the TCBR.

Power system Swing Oscillation

The speed deviation derived from the turbine-generator
plant can be filtered through a low-pass filter to derive the
low-frequency signal for controlling the low-frequency
oscillations.
It is seen that these pulses are wide, corresponding to the
low-frequency time period.

Conti
Figure shows the load pulses corresponding to the
unfiltered speed deviation input. It is evident that such a
signal will essentially result in damping the lowfrequency oscillation until the low-frequency swing is
small enough for the unfiltered signal to frequently cross
the zero line.

SWITCHING TECNIQUES
It is seen that because a thyristor will turn off only when its current
reaches zero, the TCBR conduction will last for about a half-cycle
longer with decreasing power during that extended period beyond
time tB1.

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