Table of Contents

General principles of distance protection
Numerical distance measurement
Influencing signals
Device configuration
Application in distribution and industrial networks
Application in transmission networks
Protection settings
Calculation examples
Commissioning, testing and maintenance of protection systems

About the Author

GERHARD ZIEGLER has published numerous national and international contributions in the area of power system protection. He served in international organisations for many years. From 1993 to 2001 he was the German delegate to the IEC TC95 (measuring relays and protection equipment). He is past chairman of the Study Committee 34 (protection and local control) and Honorary Member of CIGRE. (Short) GERHARD ZIEGLER (former Siemens AG) is past chairman of the Study Committee 34 (protection and local control) and Honorary Member of CIGRE. He is now working as a consultant.