ABB RED615 Technical Manual page 441

1YHT530004D05 D
615 series
Technical Manual
CT
1
R
in1
R /2
m1
R
R /2
m1
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Figure 234: High-impedance principle
The stability of the protection is based on the use of the stabilizing resistor (Rs) and
the fact that the impedance of the CT secondary quickly decreases as the CT
saturates. The magnetization reactance of a fully saturated CT goes to zero and the
impedance is formed only by the resistance of the winding (R
(R ).
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The CT saturation causes a differential current which now has two paths to flow:
through the saturated CT because of the near-zero magnetizing reactance and
through the measuring branch. The stabilizing resistor is selected as such that the
current in the measuring branch is below the relay operating current during out-of-
zone faults. As a result, the operation is stable during the saturation and can still be
sensitive at the non-saturated parts of the current waveform as shown in
In case of an internal fault, the fault current cannot circulate through the CTs but it
flows through the measuring branch and the protection operates. Partial CT
saturation can occur in case of an internal fault, but the non-saturated part of the
current waveform causes the protection to operate.
I
Saturated part
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Figure 235: Secondary waveform of a saturated CT
R /2
m2
s R
u
I
d
R /2
m2
Non-saturated part
Section 4
Protection functions
CT
2
R
in2
) and lead resistance
in
Figure 235.
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