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Brief Introduction for Automated Relay Testing

Kamin Dave
Application Engineer (Protective Relaying)

DOBLE ENGINEERING COMPANY

Protection Relay Testing:

Testing of Differential Protection

Relay type P632

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Relay Details: P632

Two/Three Winding Differential Protection
relays
Inbuilt IDMTL & Inst. O/C function for backup
Protection
Low Impedance Restricted Earth Fault
Protection
Automatic calculation for TAP values based on
CTR
Settings for Transformer & CT vector group
compensations
2nd Harmonic content setting during inrush
period due to point on wave switching
DFT (Independent or Cross Blocking)

5th Harmonic content setting for Over excitation

phenomena
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Relay Details: P632

MAKE
MODEL

: AREVA
: P632
Relay Settings:
Differential Element:
MVA = 20
VWDG1 = 132KV
VWDG2 = 66KV
TRCON = YY0.
CTCON = YY
ID> = 0.2
Turn Point2 = 2.0PU
ID>> = 5.0PU
SLP1 = 30%
SLP2 = 70%
PCT2 = 20.0%
PCT5 = 20%
In = 1A

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Relay Details: P632

MAKE
MODEL

: AREVA
: P632

Relay Settings:
Differential Element:
CTR1 = 150
CTR2 = 300
Kam1 = 1.715
KCT2 = 1.715

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Relay Details: P632

FLC on TR Primary side:
IFLC = (20*1000) / (1.7325*132)
= 87.45 Ampere
FLC on TR Secondary side:
IFLC = (20*1000) / (1.7325*66)
= 174.90 Ampere
CF1 = (1*87.45) / (150*1) = 0.58303
Kam1 = (1 / CF1) = (1/0.58303) = 1.715
CF2 = (1*174.90) / (300*1) = 0.58303
Kam2 = (1/CF2) = (1/0.58303) = 1.715

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Relay Characteristic: Dual Slope

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Relay Characteristic on Settings:

HS
SLP2=70%
SLP1=30%

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Relay Characteristic: Dual Slope

Idiff@SLP1 = (ID)*(1-SLP1/2) + SLP1*(Ibias)

Idiff@SLP2 = (ID)*(1-SLP1/2) + SLP2*Ibias + (SLP1-SLP2)*Turn Point1

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Test Equipment

Make

: DOBLE

Model : F6150

Software

F6TesT Version 2.18-1026

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Test Circuit:
Source Configurations:
Six current sources
Winding 1 currents
Winding 2 currents

I1

IA
IB
IC

P632

I2
I3

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Tests conducted:

Pickup test for Winding1

Pickup test for winding2

Slope Characteristic test

2nd Harmonic test

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Winding Pickup Test

Use RAMP Module

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Winding Pickup Test:

Pickup Test for Winding1 (WDG1):Ipickup = (ID)*CF1
= (0.2)*0.58303

= 0.116A
Pickup Test for Winding2 (WDG2):Ipickup = (ID)*CF2
= (0.2)*0.58303

= 0.116A
Not need to enter correction factor for CTR matching. Relay will
Automatically adjust TAP value based on CTR
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Pickup Test: WDG1

WDG1 current sources

Expected value = 0.115A

Actual Test value = 0.114A
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Pickup Test: WDG2

WDG2 current sources

Expected value = 0.115A

Actual Test value
= 0.116AIs Power
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Slope Characteristic Test

Use DiffChar Module

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Slope Characteristic Test:

Star conn.

Star conn.

IP

Is

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Software
Configuration
Star conn.

YD1

YD1

Star conn.

YY0

Enter YD1 & YY0

Amplitude Compensation

GRT100
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How to Adjust
Slope?

SLP2=70%
SLP1=30%

Enter Slope 30% & 70% based on relay setting

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Bias current Formula:

Ibias = (IP+IS) / 2

Select Bias current (Ibias) formula from list

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Select test points for test & click on Add Point to List
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Test results
Blue line shows
Expected curve

White line shows

Actual results on
Selected points

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Second Harmonics Test

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%2nd Harmonics are

more during TR
Energization

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2nd Harmonic Test : Test Method

50Hz +100Hz
Combine signal

I1

IA
IB
IC

P632

I2
I3

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2nd Harmonic Test : Trip/Block

2nd Harmonic content
35% of fundamental
Component &
Fundamental current
(0.1A) is less than
Idiff> (0.115A)

Relay blocked Trip

Command

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Harmonic Analysis bar

Shows Fundamental
Current is 0.1A
Harmonic Analysis bar
Shows % of 2nd Harmonic
is 0.035A

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Harmonic Analysis bar

Shows Fundamental
Component is 100%
Harmonic Analysis bar
Shows % of 2nd Harmonic
is 35%

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2nd Harmonic Test : Trip/Block

2nd Harmonic content
35% of fundamental
Component &
Fundamental current
(0.125A) is more than
Idiff> (0.115A)

Relay issued Trip

Command

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Harmonic Analysis bar

Shows Fundamental
Current is 0.125A
Harmonic Analysis bar
Shows % of 2nd Harmonic
is 0.0437A

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2nd Harmonic Test : Trip/Block

2nd Harmonic content
18.5% of fundamental
Component &
Fundamental current
(0.1A) is less than
Idiff> (0.115A)

Relay issued Trip

Command

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Harmonic Analysis bar

Shows Fundamental
Current is 0.1A
Harmonic Analysis bar
Shows % of 2nd Harmonic
is 0.0185A

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Harmonic Analysis bar

Shows Fundamental
Component is 100%
Harmonic Analysis bar
Shows % of 2nd Harmonic
is 18.5%

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DOBLE ENGINEERING COMPANY

305-SAKAR, O.P. ROAD
NR. ABS TOWER
VADODARA-390 015
INDIA. Tel:- +91 265 655 77 15
EMAIL ID:- kdave@doble.com
Website:- www.doble.com

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