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PC37.119 - Guide for Breaker Failure Protection of Power Circuit Breakers
This guide describes methods to protect a power system from faults that are not cleared because of failure of a power circuit breaker to operate or interrupt when called upon. The discussion is limited to those instances where the breaker does not clear the fault after a protective relay has issued a command to open (trip) the circuit. Failure to close and failure while closed are not discussed. The intent of this guide is not to give the reader methods of protecting a power circuit breaker from failing; rather, it is to give the reader a guide in how to detect that a breaker has failed to clear a fault, and how to electrically isolate the fault after the breaker has failed to clear the fault. Also covered are recent practices which take advantage of new technologies.
- Status:
Sponsor: PE/PSR - Power System Relaying 
Society: PE - IEEE Power and Energy Society
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