ABB RELION 670 Series Technical Manual page 161

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Figure 52: Internal fault
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IAt
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Figure 53: External fault
Generator differential protection GENPDIF (87G) function uses two mutually independent
characteristics to which magnitudes of the three fundamental frequency RMS differential currents
are compared at each execution of the differential protection function. These two characteristics
divide, each of them independently, the operate current – restrain current plane into two regions:
the operate (trip) region and the restrain (block) region, as shown in figure 55. Two kinds of
protection are obtained:
• the non-stabilized (instantaneous unrestrained) differential protection
• the stabilized differential protection
The non-stabilized (instantaneous) differential protection is used for very high differential
currents, where it must be beyond any doubt, that the fault is internal. This limit, (defined by the
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External fault: IAn = - IAt
Idiff = 0
IAt
IAt Idiff
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