User Programmable Curve For Thermal Overload Protection; Application Notes; Thermal Overload Setting Guidelines - GE P24DM Technical Manual

Chapter 6 - Current Protection Functions
Emergency restart
Circumstances may dictate the necessity to restart a hot motor. An emergency restart can be enabled via an opto
input (Emergency Rest.), via the user interface, or via the remote communications. This feature effectively removes
all start inhibits (Thermal Lockout, Hot start Nb, Cold start Nb, and Time betwe start).
This feature will reset the thermal memory to 90% if it is greater than 90% or stays as it is if less than 90%.
When an emergency restart is required, the inhibition of thermal curve during start-up will be active, even if this
function is not used during a start-up in normal operation.
2.4

USER PROGRAMMABLE CURVE FOR THERMAL OVERLOAD PROTECTION

For information on how to program a customised thermal overload curve and send and extract curves to and
from the relay, refer to the MiCOM S1 Agile Settings Application Software user guide.
Note:
If a user programmable curve is enabled in the Thermal Overload protection, the thermal state remains at 0% for as long as
I is less than I . Therefore the number of hot starts and cold starts should not be used.
eq th
Note:
If Data Points rather than a Formula are used to configure a customised curve, data entered in the Time column can be in
scientific format and the maximum time allowed by the tool is 1E+308.
2.5

APPLICATION NOTES

2.5.1

THERMAL OVERLOAD SETTING GUIDELINES

2.5.1.1 THERMAL SETTING ITH
The Ith Current Set setting chosen depends on the type of motor being protected. Most machines are termed CMR
(continuous maximum rating) motors. These motors are designed to carry the nameplate value or full load current
continuously. A CMR motor can be run at a value less than its CMR and set to trip at its CMR.
Alternatively, if the machine is not a CMR motor, then the I
overload, which can be tolerated without resulting in thermal damage. A typical allowable overload can be in the
region of 10% of rated temperature. It is important to realize that the temperature build up in the machine is
approximately equal to the current squared. Therefore a 10% temperature overload is equivalent to a 5% current
overload.
Setting example:
The following motor parameters are used to show how to determine the P24xM settings.
Voltage
Full load current
Starting current
Starting time
Heating time constant
Cooling time constant
Hot locked rotor withstand time
Cold locked rotor withstand time
CT Ratio
VT Ratio
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setting needs to take into account the amount of
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293 A
470 %
10 s
20 min
100 min
20 s
30 s
300 / 1
11.5 kV / 110 V
11 kV
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