Power Factor - GE Feeder Management Relay 750 Instruction Manual

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PWR FACTOR 1
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It is generally desirable for a system operator to maintain the power factor as close to unity as possible to minimize both
costs and voltage excursions. Since the power factor is variable on common non-dedicated circuits, it is advantageous to
compensate for low (lagging) power factor values by connecting a capacitor bank to the circuit when required. The relay
allows two stages of capacitance switching for power factor compensation.
The relay calculates the average power factor in the three phases, according to the following equation.
Two independent elements are available for monitoring power factor, Power Factor 1 and Power Factor 2, each having a
pickup and a dropout level. For each element, when the measured power factor becomes more lagging than the pickup
level (i.e. numerically less than), the relay will operate a user-selected output contact. This output can be used to control a
switching device which connects capacitance to the circuit, or to signal an alarm to the system operator. After entering this
state, when the power factor becomes less lagging than the power factor dropout level for a time larger than the set delay,
the relay will reset the output contact to the non-operated state.
Both Power Factor 1 and 2 features are inhibited from operating unless all three voltages are above 30% of nominal and
one or more currents is above 0. Power Factor 1 and 2 delay timers will only be allowed to time when the 30% threshold is
exceeded on all phases and the power factor remains outside of the programmed pickup and dropout levels. In the same
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PWR FACTOR PWR FACTOR 1(2)
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ENTER PWR FACTOR 1
ESCAPE
FUNCTION: Disabled
PWR FACTOR 1
ESCAPE
MESSAGE RELAYS (3-7): -----
PWR FACTOR 1
ESCAPE
MESSAGE PICKUP: 0.80
PWR FACTOR 1
ESCAPE
MESSAGE DROPOUT: 1.00
PWR FACTOR 1
ESCAPE
MESSAGE DELAY: 50 s
1.00
0.95
0.90
0.85
POWER POWER
FACTOR 1 FACTOR 2
DELAY DELAY
Figure 5–38: CAPACITOR BANK SWITCHING
Total 3 Phase Real Power
Average Power Factor ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=
Total 3 Phase Apparent Power
750/760 Feeder Management Relay
5.7 S6 MONITORING

5.7.2 POWER FACTOR

Range: Disabled, Alarm, Latched Alarm, Control
Range: Any combination of 3 to 7 Auxiliary relays
See 5.6.1: Overview on page 5–32 for details.
Range: –0.99 to 1.00 in steps of 0.01
Positive values indicate lagging power factor.
Range: –0.99 to 1.00 in steps of 0.01
Positive values indicate lagging power factor.
Range: 0 to 60000 s in steps of 1
See 5.6.1: Overview on page 5–32 for details.
POWER FACTOR 1
DROPOUT
POWER FACTOR 2
DROPOUT
POWER FACTOR 1
PICKUP
POWER FACTOR 2
PICKUP
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