1MAC504801-IB E
4.1.1.7
620 series ANSI
Technical Manual
Application
51P/50P is used in several applications in the power system. The applications include but
are not limited to:
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Selective overcurrent and short-circuit protection of feeders in distribution and
subtransmission systems
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Backup overcurrent and short-circuit protection of power transformers and
generators
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Overcurrent and short-circuit protection of various devices connected to the power
system, for example shunt capacitor banks, shunt reactors and motors
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General backup protection
51P/50P is used for single-phase, two-phase and three-phase non-directional overcurrent
and short-circuit protection. Typically, overcurrent protection is used for clearing two and
three-phase short circuits. Therefore, the user can choose how many phases, at minimum,
must have currents above the pickup level for the function to trip. When the number of
pickup-phase settings is set to "1 out of 3", the operation of 51P/50P is enabled with the
presence of high current in one-phase.
When the setting is "2 out of 3" or "3 out of 3", single-phase faults are not
detected. The setting "3 out of 3" requires the fault to be present in all three
phases.
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Low PHLPTOC
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High PHHPTOC
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Instantaneous PHIPTOC
PHLPTOC is used for overcurrent protection. The function contains several types of time-
delay characteristics. PHHPTOC and PHIPTOC are used for fast clearance of very high
overcurrent situations.
Many applications require several steps using different current pickup levels and time
delays. 51P/50P consists of three protection stages:
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Low 51P
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High 50P-1/2
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Instantaneous 50P-3
51P is used for overcurrent protection. The function contains several types of time-delay
characteristics. 50P-1/2 and 50P-3 are used for fast clearance of very high overcurrent
situations.
Section 4
Protection functions
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