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Direction Determination for V0/I0 ϕ Measurement
With the minimum voltage 50Ns-2 Vmin, address 3150 and the level of the pickup current 50Ns-2 PICKUP,
address 3113, the lower limit of the circuit segment of element 50Ns-2 is set. The thresholds of the tripping
range in respect of the displacement voltage is set by means of the matching phase angle 50Ns-2 Phi,
address 3151 and angle 50Ns-2 DeltaPhi, address 3152. The trip delay time is set under address 3114
50Ns-2 DELAY. The actual settings are based on the respective application.
The minimum voltage 50Ns-1 Vmin of the high-current element 50Ns-1 is set under address 3153, the pickup
current 50Ns-1 PICKUP under 3117. The respective phase angle 50Ns-1 Phi is set under address 3154,
the angle 50Ns-1 DeltaPhi is entered under address 3155. The angle should be set to 180° so that the
element functions non-directionally. The trip delay time is set under address 3118 50Ns-1 DELAY.
Positive angle settings (address 3151 and 3154) turn the tripping area in the „capacitive" direction, i.e. ground
current capacitive compared to ground voltage.
Negative angle settings turn the tripping area in the „inductive" direction, i.e. ground current inductive compared
to ground voltage.
Angular Error Compensation (I Transformer)
The high reactive component in a resonant grounded system and the inevitable air gap of the toroidal current
transformer often require the angle error of the toroidal current transformer to be compensated. In addresses
3102 to 3105 the maximum angle error CT Err. F1 and the associated secondary current CT Err. I1 as
well as another operating point CT Err. F2/CT Err. I2 are set for the actually connected burden. The
device thus approximates the transformation characteristic of the transformer with considerable accuracy. In
ungrounded or grounded systems angle compensation is not required.
Ungrounded System
In an ungrounded system with a ground fault on a cable, capacitive ground currents of the galvanically con-
nected system flow via the measuring point, except for the ground current generated in the grounded cable,
since the current last-mentioned will flow directly to the fault location (i.e. not via the measuring point). A setting
equal to about half the ground current is to be selected. The measurement method should be SIN ϕ, since
capacitive ground current is most relevant here.
Resonant-Grounded System
In resonant-grounded systems, directional determination on the occurrence of a ground fault is more difficult
since the low residual wattmetric current for measurement is usually dwarfed by a reactive current (be it capac-
itive or inductive) which is much higher. Therefore, depending on the system configuration and the position of
the arc-compensating coil, the total ground current supplied to the device may vary considerably in its values
with regard to magnitude and phase angle. The relay, however, must evaluate only the active component of the
ground fault current, that is, I
angle measurement of all instrument transformers. Furthermore, the device must not be set to operate too sen-
sitive. When applying this function in resonant-grounded systems, a reliable direction determination can only
be achieved when toroidal current transformers are connected. Here the following rule of thumb applies: Set
pickup values to about half of the expected measured current, thereby considering only the residual wattmetric
current. Residual wattmetric current predominantly derives from losses of the Petersen coil. Here, the COS ϕ
measurement method is used since the resistive residual wattmetric current is most relevant.
Grounded System
In grounded systems, a value is set below the minimum anticipated ground fault current. It is important to note
that 3I0 DIR (current value RELEASE DIRECT.) only detects the current components that are perpendicular
to the directional limit lines defined at addresses 3124 and 3125. COS ϕ is the method of measurement used,
and the correction angle is set to –45°, since the ground fault current is typically resistive-inductive (right section
SIPROTEC, 7SK80, Manual
E50417-G1140-C344-A5, Release date 11.2012
cos ϕ. This demands extremely high accuracy, particularly with regard to phase
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2.11 Ground Fault Protection 64, 67N(s), 50N(s), 51N(s)
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