GE C70, Instruction Manual

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GE Multilin C70 Capacitor Bank Protection and Control System 5-243
5 SETTINGS 5.7 CONTROL ELEMENTS
5
To ensure element accuracy for high overcurrent conditions, the maximum value of I/(k x I
B
) is limited to 8, even when real-
istically it is exceeding this value.
The reset time of the thermal overload protection element is also time delayed using following formula:
(EQ 5.23)
In the above equation,
• τ
rst
= thermal protection trip time constant
• T
min
is a minimum reset time setting
Figure 5–112: IEC 255-8 SAMPLE OPERATE AND RESET CURVES
The thermal overload protection element estimates accumulated thermal energy E using the following equations calculated
each power cycle. When current is greater than the pickup level, I
n
> k × I
B
, element starts increasing the thermal energy:
(EQ 5.24)
t
rst
τ
rst
kI
B
( )
2
I
2
kI
B
( )
2
–
-----------------------------
 
 
 
ln
×
T
min
+ =
0.1 1 10 100
I / Ipkp
t (min)
0.01
0.1
1
10
100
τ = 30
rst
τ = 30
op
T = 10
min
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E
n
E
n 1
–
t
Δ
t
op In ( )
---------------
+ =