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Restricted Earth-fault Relay SPAJ 115 C
1MRS750353-MBG
Product Guide Issued: April 1999
Status: Updated
Version: C/12.04.2006
Data subject to change without notice
Features • Sensitive restricted earth-fault protection • Accurate settings and stable functions due
stage for fast, selective earth-fault protec- to fully digital relay design
tion
• High immunity to electrical interference and
• Sensitive definite time or inverse time robust aluminum case to class IP54
earth-fault stage for back-up residual earth-
• Continuous self-supervision of hardware
fault protection
and software, including auto-diagnostics
• Output relay functions freely configurable
• Powerful optional software support for set-
for desired relay operations
ting, reading, copying and recording relay
• Flexible adaptation of the relay to different parameters
types of application
• Member of the SPACOM product family
• Local numerical display of setting values, and ABB’s Distribution Automation system
measured values and recorded fault values
• CE marking according to the EC directive
• Serial interface for two-way data communi- for EMC
cation over fibre-optic bus between relay
level and superior system levels
Application The combined restricted earth-fault and resid- The relay contains two energizing input cir-
ual earth-fault relay SPAJ 115 C is intended cuits, that is, a differential earth-fault current
to be used for the earth-fault protection of circuit and a residual earth-fault current cir-
power generators, motors and transformers. cuit.
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Restricted Earth-fault Relay SPAJ 115 C
1MRS750353-MBG
Product Guide
Design The combined restricted earth-fault and resid- summing point for the currents should be
ual earth-fault relay SPAJ 115 C is a second- located as close to the current transformers as
ary relay which measures two energizing possible.
currents: the differential current ∆I0 and the
residual current I0. When an earth fault is
detected the relay operates, alarms and trips
Data communication
the circuit breaker, according to the configu- The relay is provided with a serial interface
on the rear panel. By means of a bus connec-
ration of the relay.
tion module type SPA-ZC 17 or SPA-ZC 21
the relay can be connected to the fibre-optic
The differential current is formed with an
SPA bus. The bus connection module type
external circuit, for instance, the one shown
SPA-ZC 21 is powered from the host relay,
in “Block diagram”.
whereas the bus connection module SPA-
ZC 17 is provided with a built-in power unit,
The main earth-fault protection is provided
which can be fed from an external secured
by the restricted earth-fault current stage ∆I0,
power source. The relay communicates with
which operates instantaneously, when the dif-
higher-level data acquisition and control sys-
ferential current exceeds the set start value of
the restricted earth-fault stage. The restricted tems over the SPA bus.
earth-fault stage operates exclusively on earth
faults inside the area of protection. The area Self-supervision
of protection is limited by the phase current The relay incorporates a sophisticated self-
transformers and the current transformer of supervision system with auto-diagnosis,
the neutral earthing circuit. The operation of which increases the availability of the relay
the restricted earth-fault stage on faults out- and the reliability of the system. The self-
side the area of protection is prevented by a supervision system continuously monitors the
stabilizing resistor, which is connected in hardware and the software of the relay. The
series with the matching transformer of the system also supervises the operation of the
relay, see paragraph “Block diagram”. auxiliary supply module and the voltages
generated by the module.
The restricted earth-fault stage operating
exclusively on faults inside the area of protec- When the self-supervision system detects a
tion is based on the fact, that the impedance permanent internal relay fault, the IRF indica-
of a transformer decreases as the transformer tor on the relay front panel is lit. At the same
is saturated. The reactance of the excitation time the output relay of the self-supervision
circuit of a fully saturated transformer is zero system operates and a fault message is trans-
and then the impedance is composed purely mitted to the higher-level system over the
of the resistance of the coil. Under the influ- serial bus. Further, in most fault situations, a
ence of the stabilizing resistor in the differen- fault code is shown in the display of the pro-
tial current circuit the secondary current of tection relay module. The fault code indicates
the non-saturated transformer is forced to the type of the fault that has been detected.
flow through the secondary circuit of the sat-
urated transformer. The start current of the
restricted earth-fault stage is set so high, that Auxiliary supply voltage
the stage cannot operate on currents caused The auxiliary supply of the relay is obtained
by external faults into the differential current from an internal plug-in type power supply
circuit. module. Two auxiliary power module ver-
sions are available: type SPTU 240S1 for the
When an earth fault appears inside the area of supply voltage range 80…265 V ac/dc and
protection, both transformers tend to feed type SPTU 48S1 for the supply voltage range
current into the differential current circuit and 18…80 V dc. The power supply module
the stage operates. To keep the resistance of forms the internal voltages required by the
the secondary circuit as low as possible, the protection relay and the I/O module.
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Restricted Earth-fault Relay SPAJ 115 C
1MRS750353-MBG
Product Guide
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Restricted Earth-fault Relay SPAJ 115 C
1MRS750353-MBG
Product Guide
Technical data (cont´d) Table 4: Restricted earth-fault and neutral current relay module SPCJ 2C30
Residual earth-fault Start current I0>, setting range 5…40% of In
current stage I0> Selectable Definite time Operate time t0> 0.1…100 s
operation characteristic
characteristic Inverse definite Curve sets acc. to Normal inverse
minimum time IEC 255-4 and BS Very inverse
(IDMT) 142 Extremely inverse
characteristic Long-time inverse
Time multiplier k 0.05…1.00
Reset time, typically 60 ms
Drop-off/pick-up ratio, typically 0.96
Operation time accuracy ±2% of set value
or ±25 ms
Operation time accuracy class E at IDMT mode of operation 5
Operation accuracy ±3% of set value
Restricted earth- Restricted earth-fault current ∆I0>, setting range 0.5…5% of In
fault current stage Operate time, typically 35 ms
∆I0> Reset time, typically 60 ms
Drop-off/pick-up ratio, typically 0.97
Operate time accuracy ±25 ms
Operation accuracy in setting range ±5% of set value
0.5…1.5% of In
in setting range ±3% of set value
1.5…5% of In
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Restricted Earth-fault Relay SPAJ 115 C
1MRS750353-MBG
Product Guide
Block diagram
bspaj115
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Restricted Earth-fault Relay SPAJ 115 C
1MRS750353-MBG
Product Guide
139 ±1
Panel cut-
136
162
out
dim100
Semi-flush mounting
a b
Raising frame a b
SFM100_1
SPA-ZX104 SPA-ZX110
SPA-ZX105 SPA-ZX115
SPA-ZX106
+0,4 158 263
482,6 –0 (19")
115
ø6
10
177 –0 (4U)
101,6
7
+0,4
312
292
21,5
6
115 98
104_6_10
Fig. 4 Mounting cabinets and frames as well as projecting mounting (dimensions in mm)
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Restricted Earth-fault Relay SPAJ 115 C
1MRS750353-MBG
Product Guide
Order numbers
Combined restricted earth-fault and residual earth- RS 421 012-AA, CA, DA, FA
fault relay SPAJ 115 C without test adapter
Combined restricted earth-fault and residual earth- RS 421 212-AA, CA, DA, FA
fault relay SPAJ 115 C including test adapter RTXP
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The last two letters of the order number indicate the AA equals fn = 50 Hz and Uaux = 80…265 V ac/dc
rated frequency fn and the auxiliary voltage Uaux of CA equals fn = 50 Hz and Uaux = 18…80 V dc
the relay as follows:
DA equals fn = 60 Hz and Uaux = 80…265 V ac/dc
FA equals fn = 60 Hz and Uaux = 18…80 V dc
References
Additional information
Manual “Combined restricted earth-fault and 1MRS 750658-MUM EN
residual earth-fault relay SPAJ 115 C”
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