CHAPTER 10: DIGITAL FAULT RECORDER
FAULT REPORT
D90
PLUS
LINE DISTANCE PROTECTION SYSTEM – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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Line Length Units
Range: km, miles
Default: km
This setting selects the units used for fault location calculations.
Line Length
Range: 0.0 to 2000.0 in steps of 0.1
Default: 100.0
This setting specifies the length of the transmission line or feeder in the defined line
length units.
Fault Report VT Substitution
Range: None, I0, V0
Default: None
Program this setting to “None” if the D90
Plus
is fed from wye-connected VTs. If delta-
connected VTs are used, and the D90
Plus
is supplied with the neutral (3V0) voltage, set to
“V0”. The method is still exact, as the fault locator would combine the line-to-line voltage
measurements with the neutral voltage measurement to re-create the line-to-ground
voltages. It required to configure the delta and neutral voltages under the source
indicated as input for the fault report. Also, the D90
Plus
will check if the auxiliary signal
configured is marked as “Vn” by the user (under VT setup), and inhibit the fault location if
the auxiliary signal is labeled differently.
If the broken-delta neutral voltage is not available to the relay, an approximation is
possible by assuming the missing zero-sequence voltage to be an inverted voltage drop
produced by the zero-sequence current and the user-specified equivalent zero-
sequence system impedance behind the relay: V_0 = –Z_0 × I_0. In order to enable this
mode of operation, set the value to “I0”.
Fault Report System Z0 Magnitude
Range: 0.01 to 650.00 ohms in steps of 0.01
Default: 2.00 ohms
This setting is used only when the
Fault Report VT Substitution
value is “I0”. The
magnitude is to be entered in secondary ohms. This impedance is an average system
equivalent behind the relay. It can be calculated as zero-sequence Thevenin impedance
at the local bus with the protected line/feeder disconnected. The method is accurate
only if this setting matches perfectly the actual system impedance during the fault. If the
system exhibits too much variability, this approach is questionable and the fault location
results for single-line-to-ground faults shall be trusted with accordingly. It should be kept
in mind that grounding points in vicinity of the installation impact the system zero-
sequence impedance (grounded loads, reactors, zig-zag transformers, shunt capacitor
banks, and so on).
Fault Report System Z0 Angle
Range: 25 to 90° in steps of 1
Default: 75°
This setting is used only when the
Fault Report VT Substitution
value is “I0” and
represents the corresponding angle for the
Fault Report System Z0 Magnitude
setting
above.
The fault locator logic is shown below.