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1 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Table 1–2: ALPS MEASUREMENT FUNCTIONS
ZONE OR TYPE
Zone 1
Zone 2 (Pilot Zone)
Zone 3
Zone 4
Out of Step Blocking (OSB)
Overcurrent Backup
Overcurrent Supervision
Fault Detector
Line-Pickup Overcurrent
Remote-Open Detectors
Line-Overload Detectors
Phase Undervoltage
Phase Over / Undervoltage
Positive-Sequence Voltage
Detectors
Out of Step Tripping (OST)
The ALPS relay has been modified to include the option to use either quadrilateral characteristics or variable Mho charac-
teristics for all zones of ground distance protection. The model numbers affected by this modification are: ALPSD-
B XXXXXXXXX (where X may be any valid character) with firmware version V0005.00AA00 or higher. A new version of
ALPS-Link may be required to access the new settings via remote communications (ALPS-Link must be version 3.5 or
higher). If required, the updated version of ALPS-Link may be downloaded from the GE power Management website at
www.GEindustrial.com/pm.
Many protective relay engineers prefer to use a quadrilateral (polygonal) characteristic for ground distance functions to pro-
vide more fault resistance coverage than the circular mho characteristic. A typical quadrilateral characteristic is shown in
Figure 1–1: GROUND DISTANCE QUADRILATERAL CHARACTERISTIC. The characteristic is comprised of four straight
lines; the trip zone is the inside area bounded by all four characteristics. The upper boundary, the reactance characteristic,
may also be used with a variable mho function. The variable mho provides both directional supervision for reverse faults.
and resistive limits to prevent operation on load.
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FUNCTIONS
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3 Variable-Mho phase-distance functions
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3 Variable-Mho ground-distance functions
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3 Reactance ground-distance functions with "adaptive reach" Mho supervision or
3 Quadrilateral ground-distance functions (Revision B relays only).
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3 Variable-Mho phase distance functions
3 Variable Mho ground-distance functions and/or
Ground directional-overcurrent functions consisting of:
IPT: Ground Trip overcurrent
NT: Negative Sequence Directional Trip
IPB: Ground Block overcurrent
NB: Negative Sequence directional block
or
3 Quadrilateral ground-distance functions (Revision B relays only)
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3 Variable-Mho phase-distance functions
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3 Variable-Mho ground-distance functions, or
3 Quadrilateral ground-distance functions (Revision B relays only)
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3 Reversible variable-Mho phase-distance functions
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3 Reversible variable-Mho ground-distance functions, or
3 Quadrilateral ground-distance functions (Revision B relays only)
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3 Variable-Mho phase-distance functions
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50: Phase-overcurrent direct trip (directional or nondirectional
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50G: Ground-overcurrent direct trip (directional or nondirectional)
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51G: Ground time-overcurrent direct trip (directional or nondirectional)
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IT: Trip-supervision overcurrent
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IB: Block-supervision overcurrent
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FD
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I1
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ROD
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Level 1 Overcurrent
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Level 2 Overcurrent
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Three fixed pickup phase undervoltage detectors
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Three adjustable over or under voltage detectors with time delay
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V1,
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V1 compensated
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3 Variable-Mho positive sequence-distance functions
1.2.4 GROUND DISTANCE QUADRILATERAL CHARACTERISTICS
ALPS Advanced Line Protection System
1.2 INTRODUCTION
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