ABB RET650 Technical Manual page 106

Section 6
Differential protection
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• If the negative sequence current contributions from the W1 and the W2 sides are
in phase, the fault is internal
• If the negative sequence currents contributions from W1 and W2 sides are 180
degrees out of phase, the fault is external
For example, for any unsymmetrical external fault, ideally the respective negative
sequence current contributions from the W1 and W2 power transformer sides will be
exactly 180 degrees apart and equal in magnitude. An example is shown in figure 35,
which shows trajectories of the two separate phasors representing the negative
sequence current contributions from the HV and LV sides of an Yd5 power
transformer (after compensation of the transformer turns ratio and phase
displacement) for an unsymmetrical external fault. Observe that the relative phase
angle between these two phasors is 180 electrical degrees at any point in time. No
current transformer saturation was assumed for this case.
"steady state"
for HV side
neg. seq. phasor
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180
210
240
Contribution to neg. seq. differential current from HV side
Contribution to neg. seq. differential current from LV side
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Figure 35: Trajectories of Negative Sequence Current Contributions from HV
and LV sides of Yd5 power transformer during external fault
Under external fault conditions, the relative angle between the phasors is theoretically
equal to 180 degrees. During internal faults, the angle shall ideally be 0 degrees, but
due to possible different negative sequence source impedance angles on the W1 and
W2 sides of the protected power transformer, it may differ somewhat from the ideal
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60
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ms
0.1 kA
0.2 kA
0.3 kA
10
ms
"steady state"
for LV side
neg. seq. phasor
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0
0.4 kA
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