A protective relay operates by continuously monitoring electrical parameters, detecting abnormalities, making decisions, and triggering circuit breakers to isolate faulty sections. This process helps protect equipment, maintain power system stability, and ensure safety for. A protective relay is an intelligent electrical device designed to detect faults in power systems and initiate corrective actions such as tripping a circuit breaker. Its main purpose is to safeguard electrical equipment like transformers, generators, and transmission lines from damage due to. An electrically operated switch like a relay plays a key role in controlling an electrical circuit through an independent low-power signal, otherwise used where a number of circuits should be controlled through the single signal. They are intended to quickly identify a fault and isolate it so the balance of the system continue to run under normal conditions.
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