Product Description - GE F60 Instruction Manual

F60 Feeder Protection System
Chapter 2: Product description

Product description

This chapter outlines the product, order codes, and specifications.
2.1 Product description
The F60 Feeder Protection System is part of the Universal Relay (UR) series of products. It is a microprocessor-based relay
for feeder protection.
Overvoltage and undervoltage protection, overfrequency and underfrequency protection, breaker failure protection,
directional current supervision, fault diagnostics, remote terminal unit (RTU), and programmable logic functions are
provided. This relay also provides phase, neutral, ground and negative sequence, instantaneous and time overcurrent
protection. The time overcurrent function provides multiple curve shapes or FlexCurves™ for optimum co-ordination.
Automatic reclosing, synchrocheck, and line fault locator features are also provided. When equipped with a type 8Z current
transformer/voltage transformer (CT/VT) module, an element for detecting high impedance faults is provided.
Voltage, current, and power metering are built in as standard features. Current parameters are available as total
waveform root mean square (RMS) magnitude, or as fundamental frequency only RMS magnitude and angle (phasor).
Diagnostic features include an event recorder that stores 1024 time-tagged events. The internal clock used for time-
tagging can be synchronized with an IRIG-B signal, using the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) over the Ethernet port,
or using the Precision Time Protocol (PTP). This precise time stamping allows the sequence of events to be determined
throughout the system. Events can also be programmed (via FlexLogic™ equations) to trigger oscillography data capture
that can be set to record the measured parameters before and after the event for viewing on a computer. These tools
significantly reduce troubleshooting time and simplify report generation in the event of a system fault.
Several options are available for communication. An RS232 port (USB port with the graphical front panel) can be used to
connect to a computer to program settings and monitor actual values. The rear RS485 port allows independent access by
operating and engineering staff. It can be connected to system computers with baud rates up to 115.2 kbps. All serial ports
use the Modbus RTU protocol. The IEC 60870-5-103 protocol is supported on the RS485 interface. IEC 60870-5-103, DNP,
and Modbus cannot be enabled simultaneously on this interface. Also only one of the DNP, IEC 60870-5-103, and IEC
60870-5-104 protocols can be enabled at any time on the relay. When the IEC 60870-5-103 protocol is chosen, the RS485
port has a fixed even parity and the baud rate can be either 9.6 kbps or 19.2 kbps. The 100Base-FX or 100Base-TX Ethernet
interface provides fast, reliable communications in noisy environments. The Ethernet port supports IEC 61850, IEC 61850-
90-5, Modbus/TCP, TFTP, and PTP (according to IEEE Std. 1588-2008 or IEC 61588), and it allows access to the relay via any
standard web browser (F60 web pages). The IEC 60870-5-104 protocol is supported on the Ethernet port. The Ethernet port
also supports the Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP) of IEC 62439-3 (clause 4, 2012) when purchased as an option.
Secure Routable GOOSE (R-GOOSE) is supported with software options.
Settings and actual values can be accessed from the front panel or EnerVista software.
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