Unrestrained, And Sensitive Negative Sequence Protections - ABB Relion Technical Manual

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Dire ctiona l Compa ris on Crite rion: Inte rna l fa ult a s s e e n from the HV s ide
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150
180
e xte rna l
fa ult
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210
240
HV s ide contribution to the tota l ne ga tive s e que nce diffe re ntia l curre nt in kA
Dire ctiona l limit (within the re gion de limite d by ± 60 de gre e s is inte rna l fa ult)
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Figure 35: Operation of the internal/external fault discriminator for internal fault with
CT saturation
It shall be noted that additional security measures are implemented in the internal/external
fault discriminator algorithm in order to guarantee proper operation with heavily saturated
current transformers. The trustworthy information on whether a fault is internal or
external is typically obtained in about 10ms after the fault inception, depending on the
setting IminNegSeq, and the magnitudes of the fault currents. During heavy faults,
approximately 5ms time to full saturation of the main CT is sufficient in order to produce
a correct discrimination between internal and external faults.

Unrestrained, and sensitive negative sequence protections

Two sub functions are based on the internal/external fault discriminator and have the
ability to trip a faulty power transformer, are parts to the traditional power transformer
differential protection.
The unrestrained negative sequence differential protection
The unrestrained negative sequence protection is activated if one or more pickup signals
have been set by the traditional differential protection algorithm. This happens because
one or more of the fundamental frequency differential currents entered the operate region
Differential protection
90
60
35 ms
30
0.5 kA
330
1.0 kA
300
1.5 kA
270
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