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Additional features

Self-supervision

All the system functions are continuously monitored to ensure the maximum reliability and availability of the

protection. In the event of a failure, incorrect response or inconsistency, the corresponding action is taken to

establish a safe status, an alarm is given and an event is registered for subsequent diagnostic analysis.

Important items of hardware (e.g. auxiliary supplies, A/D converters and main and program memories) are

subjected to various tests when the system is switched on and also during operation. 

A watchdog continuously monitors the integrity of the software functions and the

exchange of data via the REB500 process bus is also continuously supervised.

Extension of the system

The system functions are determined by software,configured using the software configuration tool.

The system can be completely engineered in advance to correspond to the final state of the station. 

The software modules for new bays or features can be activated using

the HMI500 when the primary plant is installed or the features are needed.

Additional system functions, e.g. breaker failure or end fault protection can be easily activated at any time without extra hardware.

Resetting the trip commands/signals

The following resetting modes can be selected for each binary output (tripping or signal outputs):

· Latches until manually reset

· Resets automatically after a delay

Inspection/maintenance

A binary input can be assigned that excludes a bay unit from evaluation by the protection system. 

It is used while performing maintenance or inspection activities on the primary equipment respectively.

Redundant power supplies (Optional)

The central unit may be ordered with a redundant power supply.

There are three versions of installing the numerical busbar protection REB500:

Distributed installation

In this case, the bay units are installed in casings or cubicles in the individual switchgear bays distributed

around the station and are connected to the central processing unit by optical fiber cables (see Figure 5). The

central processing unit is normally located in a central cubicle or in a central relay room.

Centralized installation

The central processing unit and the bay units are mountedin 19 “racks (up to two bay units each rack), according to

the size of the busbar system in one or more cubicles (seeFigure 6). A  centralized installation is the ideal solution for

upgrading existing stations, since very little additional wiring is required and compared with older kinds of busbar

protection, much more functionality can be packed into thesame space.

Combined centralized and distributed installation Basically, the only difference between a distributed and a 

centralized scheme is the mounting location of the bay units and therefore it is possible to mix the two philosophies.

System design

Bay unit (500BU04)

The bay unit is the interface between the protection and the primary system process comprised of the main CTs,

isolators and circuit-breaker and performs the associated data acquisition, pre-processing, control functions and bay

level protection functions. It also provides the electrical insulation between the primary system and the internal

electronics of the protection.

The bay unit contains four input CTs for measuring phase and neutral currents with terminals for 1 A and 5 A.

Additional interposing CTs are not required, because any differences between the CT ratios are compensated by

appropriately configuring the software parameter of the respective bay units.

The bay unit optionally contains five input voltage transformers for the measurement of the three-phase voltages and two busbar voltages to allow the recording of

voltage disturbances. (see Chapter 10).

Additional plug-and-play functionality

Bay units can be added to an existing REB500 system in a simple way.

Due to the modular and flexible architecture of the software, integration of new units is easily achieved.

In the event of a failure, a bay unit can be easily replaced.

During system startup the new bay unit requests its address, this can be entered directly via its LHMI.

The necessary setting values and configuration data are then downloaded automatically Central unit (500CU04)

The hardware structure is based on a closed, monolithic casing.

The central unit is the system manager, i.e. it configures the system, contains the busbar replica, assigns bays

within the system, manages the sets of operating parameters, acts as REB500 process bus controller,

assures synchronization of the system and communicates with the station control and monitoring system.

The variables for the busbar protection function are derived dynamically from the process data provided by the bay units.

The process data is transferred to the central processor via the REB500 process bus interface.

The central unit is able to handle data from up to 60 bay units and evaluate up to 32 bus zones.

In addition to processing the protection zone data, the central unit provides a disturbance recorder for all 32 bus

zones, recording the main data of the busbar protection to facilitate quick fault analysis.

The central unit offers 9 binary inputs and 19 binary outputs for central commands and signals (e.g. external

bus zone trip, trip-reset etc.). Additional 9 binary inputs and 9 binary outputs are optional available.

The central unit comprises a local HMI with 15 programmable LEDs (Figure 8) including a front Ethernet

port for HMI connection within the local area network.

The numerical busbar protection REB500 is designed for the high-speed (sub-cycle), selective protection of MV, HV

and EHV busbar installations at a nominal frequency of 50, 60 Hz The modular system structure is enabling the protection to

be easily configured to suit the layout of the primary system.

The flexibility of the system enables all configurations of busbars from single to quadruple, with transfer buses or

ring busbars and 1½ breaker schemes to be protected.

In 1½ breaker schemes the busbars and entire diameters, including Stub/T-Zone can be protected. 

An integrated tripping scheme allows saving external logics as well as wiring.

The system is scalable for up to 60 feeders (bay units) and a total of 32 busbar zones.

The numerical busbar protection REB500 detects all phase and earth faults in solidly grounded and resistivegrounded power systems and phase faults in ungrounded

systems and systems with Petersen coils.

Main features

Low-impedance busbar protection

· High functional reliability due to two independent measurement criteria:

– stabilized differential current algorithm

– directional current comparison algorithm

· Short tripping times independent of the plant’s size or busbar configuration

· Phase Segregated measurement

· Stub and T-zone protection

· Reduced CT performance requirements

– High through-fault stability even in case of CT saturation

– No switching of CT circuits

Application

RET 670 provides fast and selective protection, monitoring and control for two- and three-winding

transformers, autotransformers, generator-transformer units, phase shifting transformers,

special railway transformers and shunt reactors.

The transformer IED is designed to operate correctly over a wide frequency range in order to accommodate power

system frequency variations during disturbances and generator start-up and shut-down.

A very fast differential protection function, with automatic CT ratio matching and vector group compensation,

makes this IED the ideal solution even for the most demanding applications.

RET 670 has very low requirements on the main CTs, no interposing CTs are required.

It is suitable for differential applications with multi-breaker arrangements with up to six restraint CT inputs.

The differential protection function is provided with 2nd harmonic and wave-block restraint features to avoid tripping for magnetizing inrush,

and 5th harmonic restraint to avoid tripping for overexcitation.

The differential function offers a high sensitivity for low-level internal faults.

RET 670’s unique and innovative sensitive differential protection feature, based on well-known theory of symmetrical components provide best possible coverage for

winding internal turn-to-turn faults.

A low impedance restricted earth-fault protection function is available as complimentary sensitive and fast main protection against winding earth

faults. This function includes a directional zero-sequence current criterion for additional security.

Alternatively a high impedance differential function is available.

It can be used as restricted earth

fault or, as three functions are included, also as differential protection on autotransformers,

as differential protection for a tertiary connected reactor, as T-differential protection for the transformer feeder in a mesh-corner or ring arrangement,

as tertiary bus protection etc.

Tripping from Buchholz and temperature devices can be done through the IED where pulsing, lock-out etc. is performed.

Functions

• Differential protection

– Transformer differential protection, two winding (PDIF, 87T)

– Transformer differential protection, three winding (PDIF, 87T)

– Restricted earth fault protection (PDIF, 87N)

– High impedance differential protection (PDIF, 87X)

• Distance protection

– Distance protection zones (PDIS, 21)

– Phase selection with load encroachment (PDIS, 21)

– Power swing detection (RPSB, 78)

– Automatic switch onto fault logic (PSOF)

• Current protection

– Instantaneous phase overcurrent protection (PIOC, 50)

– Four step phase overcurrent protection (POCM, 51/67)

– Instantaneous residual overcurrent protection (PIOC, 50N)

– Four step residual overcurrent protection (PEFM, 51N/67N)

– Thermal overload protection, two time constants (PTTR, 49)

– Breaker failure protection (RBRF, 50BF)

– Pole discordance protection (RPLD, 52PD)

• Voltage protection

– Two step undervoltage protection (PUVM, 27)

– Two step overvoltage protection (POVM, 59)

– Two step residual overvoltage protection(POVM , 59N)

– Overexcitation protection (PVPH, 24)

• Frequency protection

– Underfrequency protection (PTUF, 81)

– Overfrequency protection (PTOF, 81)

– Rate-of-change frequency protection (PFRC, 81)

• Multipurpose protection

– General current and voltage protection (GAPC)

• Secondary system supervision

– Current circuit supervision (RDIF)

– Fuse failure supervision (RFUF)

Functions

• Differential protection

– Transformer differential protection, two winding (PDIF, 87T)

– Transformer differential protection, three winding (PDIF, 87T)

– Restricted earth fault protection (PDIF, 87N)

– High impedance differential protection (PDIF, 87X)

• Distance protection

– Distance protection zones (PDIS, 21)

– Phase selection with load encroachment (PDIS, 21)

– Power swing detection (RPSB, 78)

– Automatic switch onto fault logic (PSOF)

• Current protection

– Instantaneous phase overcurrent protection (PIOC, 50)

– Four step phase overcurrent protection (POCM, 51/67)

– Instantaneous residual overcurrent protection (PIOC, 50N)

– Four step residual overcurrent protection (PEFM, 51N/67N)

– Thermal overload protection, two time constants (PTTR, 49)

– Breaker failure protection (RBRF, 50BF)

– Pole discordance protection (RPLD, 52PD)

• Voltage protection

– Two step undervoltage protection (PUVM, 27)

– Two step overvoltage protection (POVM, 59)

– Two step residual overvoltage protection(POVM , 59N)

– Overexcitation protection (PVPH, 24)

• Frequency protection

– Underfrequency protection (PTUF, 81)

– Overfrequency protection (PTOF, 81)

– Rate-of-change frequency protection (PFRC, 81)

• Multipurpose protection

– General current and voltage protection (GAPC)

• Secondary system supervision

– Current circuit supervision (RDIF)

– Fuse failure supervision (RFUF)

Features

• A protection, control, and monitoring IED with extensive functional library and configuration

possibilities and expandable hardware design to meet specific user requirements

• For power transformers, autotransformers, shunt reactors, T-protection, generator transformer

blocks, phase shifting transformers and small busbar systems

• For two- and three-winding transformers with up to six stabilized inputs

• For multi- or single-breaker arrangements

• Transformer differential protection with:

– Percentage bias restraint for through faults

– Waveform and Second harmonic restraint for transformer inrush

– Fifth harmonic restraint for overexcitation

– High sensitivity for interturn faults

• Restricted earth fault protection for all direct or low impedance earthed windings

– Extremely fast operation

– High sensitivity

– High and low impedance based

• Full scheme phase-to-phase and phase-to-earth distance protection with up to five zones:

– Load encroachment feature

• Instantaneous high speed short circuit function with low transient overreach

• Directional overcurrent protection with four steps for each winding

– Each step can be inverse or definite time delayed

– Each step can be directional or non-directional

• Instantaneous high speed earth fault function with low transient overreach

• Directional earth fault protection with four stages for each winding

– Each step can be inverse or definite time delayed

– Each step can be directional or non-directional

– Each step can be blocked on second harmonic component

• Synchrocheck function for single- or multi-breaker arrangements:

– Selectable energizing direction

– Two functions with built-in voltage selection

• Selectable additional software functions such as

breaker failure protection for each breaker, voltage protection, overexcitation protection, control and monitoring

• Tripping from Buchholtz, temperature devices etc. through binary inputs stabilized against capacitive discharges

• Built-in data communication modules for station bus IEC 61850-8-1

• Data communication modules for station bus IEC 60870-5-103. LON and SPA

• Integrated disturbance and event recorder for up to 40 analog and 96 binary signals

• Time synchronization over IEC 61850-8-1. LON, SPA, binary input or with optional GPS module

• Analog measurements accuracy up to below 0.5% for power and 0.25% for current and voltage and with site calibration to optimize total accuracy

• Versatile local human-machine interface

• Extensive self-supervision with internal event recorder

• Six independent groups of complete setting parameters with password protection

• Powerful software PC tool for setting, disturbance evaluation and configuration

• Remote end data communication modules for C37.94 and G.703

Main advantages

• Devices can be used for a wide range of applications
• Ranging from simple protection devices as back-up protection to specialised protection devices
• Well-established and modern technology
• Arc detection as an option
• The REF620 is a member of the 620 Protection, Measurement and Control product family within the ABB Relion® product family.
• Key benefits
• Protection, control, monitoring and management integrated in a single relay provides a compact and versatile solution for public and industrial power distribution systems
• Wide range of protection and control functions, either with sensors or conventional CTs and PTs
• Functional scalability and wide range of applications allow users to easily customise configuration applications to meet specific requirements
• Pluggable design for quick installation and testing
• Large LCD screen with single-line graphic display, accessible locally or via an easy-to-connect and navigate HMI
• Thoughtful product lifecycle service
• Key Features
• Wide range of protection and control functions for incoming or outgoing applications
• Multi-frequency conductive earth protection package with high sensitivity and selectivity
• Advanced and fast short-circuit and earth-fault location functions
• Several optional function packages – for distributed generation, capacitors, basic motor and arc-light protection
• Supports IEC61850 Version 1 and 2, including redundant HSR and PRP, GOOSE and IEC61850-9-2
• Supports Modbus, DNP3, IEC 60870-5-103 communication protocols and different time synchronisation methods, including IEEE 1588 v2 precision time protocols

The OCAH 940181103 is a high-performance processor unit designed for the System 800xA distributed control system.

The OCAH 940181103 processor unit has the following key features:

High performance: Equipped with a powerful multi-core processor and a large amount of memory, it can handle multiple tasks together and process large amounts of data quickly to meet the needs of various industrial control applications.

High reliability: The processor has built-in redundancy to ensure high system availability and reliability even in the case of hardware defects.

Communication talent: Supporting various communication protocols such as Ethernet, Profibus and Modbus, it is convenient to communicate with various I/O modules and other device interfaces.

Diagnostics and Defect Cleanup: The processor unit features advanced diagnostics and defect cleanup functions, including comprehensive work logging

and a built-in Web server for remote access and monitoring, helping to quickly identify and address potential problems.

940181103 OCAH processor units are used in a wide range of applications in oil and gas, power generation, chemical processing, electrical power systems, metal processing,

Food and Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Paper, Textile, Automotive, Railroad, and Marine jobs to meet the needs of chaotic control and automation applications.

Please note that product parameters and features may be updated due to changing skills and market conditions.

The counter of the ABB OCAH 940181103 has three inputs count, reset and set value; and two outputs-complete value and current value.

A count input is required to provide a counter for counting pulses, a resetinput is required to reset the counter, and a set value is required to provide a set count for the counter.

The done output is used to indicate that the counter has finished counting, and the Current Value shows the current value that the counter has counted so far.