Effect of sequential reclosure of multi-phase system faults on turbine-generator shaft torsional torques

The authors present a method of reducing the high torsional torques induced in turbine-generator shafts during high-speed reclosure of multiphase system faults. The method is based on the sequential reclosing of the faulted circuit. In this context, investigations have been conducted on two turbine-generator units of different designs for various multiphase system faults. The results of both the three-phase-to-ground and double-line-to-ground faults are reported, and the effectiveness of the method is illustrated through parametric studies and simulation results. The effects of the reclosing time and the fault incidence instant on the effectiveness of the method have also been investigated