ABB Relion 650 Series Applications Manual page 84

Section 7
Current protection
IEC05000204 V1 EN-US
Figure 31:
To assure selectivity between different protections, in the radial network, there have to be a
minimum time difference Dt between the time delays of two protections. The minimum time
difference can be determined for different cases. To determine the shortest possible time
difference, the operation time of protections, breaker opening time and protection resetting time
must be known. These time delays can vary significantly between different protective equipment.
The following time delays can be estimated:
Protection operation
time:
Protection resetting
time:
Breaker opening time:
Example for time coordination
Assume two substations A and B directly connected to each other via one line, as shown in the
figure 32. Consider a fault located at another line from the station B. The fault current to the
overcurrent protection of IED B1 has a magnitude so that the protection will have instantaneous
function. The overcurrent protection of IED A1 must have a delayed function. The sequence of
events during the fault can be described using a time axis, see figure 32.
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Fault time with maintained selectivity
15-60 ms
15-60 ms
20-120 ms
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