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Etap Coordination

Etap Coordination

Etap Coordination

(OP)
Is there some tutorial availble on inetrnet that explains how to perform relay coordination/settings in ETAP?

RE: Etap Coordination

The ETAP website has dozens of tutorials, both video and PDF, that will walk you though the procedure. Your side of the deal is that you need to know a lot about your system, because basically you're going to model it in ETAP, providing power system parameters, equipment characteristics, etc.

That's a good bit of work, and if you're not basically familiar with ETAP in specific and system studies in general, it's almost insurmountable.

old field guy

RE: Etap Coordination

(OP)
Actually I am not currently working on an actual project of relay coordination, but I want to see how relay coordination is done in ETAP. The online ETAP tutorials are very complicated, so I was hoping that maybe I can find some document that describes relay coordination in relatively simple way.

RE: Etap Coordination

timm33333,
The best way to solve the problem is to attend an ETAP seminar/ workshop.

RE: Etap Coordination

Are you familiar with relay coordination already, and are just looking to learn how to use ETAP to assist, or are you starting completely from scratch?

RE: Etap Coordination

(OP)
Hi mgtrp, I am not familiar with relay coordination already, and want to start completely from scratch.

RE: Etap Coordination

Try the list references given in the site FAQ for protection (here) and learn about how protection systems work, and how relay settings are calculated. ETAP is (or at least should be) just a tool for speeding up something that you already understand how to do.

RE: Etap Coordination

I have used both ETAP and PTW for tcc's and find that I can produce tcc's using SKM's PTW CAPTOR program much quicker than in ETAP's Star program.

RE: Etap Coordination

(OP)
Thanks mgtrp for the information. Unfortunately lots of books are written or co-written by Indian (people from India) authors, and they don’t have much sense of writing, and buying those books is wastage of money.

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