Protection and control system studies

Why Protection and control system studies?

As power systems evolve, protection must continuously adapt with changing networks, conditions and regulations to avoid mis-operation and costly outage times. PTI Consulting draws on long-standing experience in system protection to help you with:

Protection schemes and settings: Determine reliable, compliant schemes for power systems of any size and optimize relay settings.
Disturbance analysis: Find root cause of failures and get clear mitigation recommendations.
Instrument transformer dimensioning: Right-size current transformer (CT) and voltage transformer (VT) dimensioning for modern digital relays and cost efficiency.
WAMPAC study and roadmap: Plan secure, automated wide-area protection and control for complex grids.

Key benefits

Improve system reliability

Limit over- and under-functions of protection relays.

Save costs

Minimize the risk of damage to electrical equipment and subsequent outage times. 

Ensure compliance

BFC Gateway features a user-friendly interface, ensuring easy installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting.

Featured capabilities

Protection schemes and settings

PTI designs and coordinates protection systems that adapt to changing grid conditions. We define protection for key assets, benchmark utility practices, and deliver gap analyses to guide upgrades and ensure reliable operation.

Disturbance analysis and root cause investigation

PTI analyzes disturbance events by combining expertise across protection, insulation, dynamics and operations. We verify data, model events, identify root causes and recommend effective mitigation measures.

Instrument transformer dimensioning and WAMPAC study

PTI optimizes CT and VT sizing for modern digital relays and GIS constraints, and develops wide area monitoring, protection and control study roadmaps to support automated protection and control for stable grid operation.