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Specifications
Date Code 20000421
SEL-251, -2, -3 Instruction Manual
Settable demand ammeter thresholds are available for all three demand ammeters in units of
amps secondary. The thresholds are PDEM, QDEM, and NDEM for the phase, negative-
sequence, and ground/residual demand ammeters, respectively.
If demand currents exceed a threshold, the respective Relay Word bit
PDEM
,
QDEM
, or
NDEM
is asserted. These Relay Word bits can alarm for phase overload and negative-sequence
or residual current unbalance and can warn of impending overcurrent relay pickup and timing to
trip due to such overload and unbalance conditions.
F
AULT
L
OCATOR
The fault locator operates only if an event report is triggered and at least one of the overcurrent
element pickups in Relay Word row R1 is picked up. To disable the fault locator, set line length
(LL) to 0.001.
The following parameters in Figure 2.12 are used for fault locating.
Figure 2.12: Current-Limiting Reactor and Line Impedances
The resistive and reactive impedances (R0S, R1, R0 and X0S, X1, X0, respectively) are set in
units of ohms primary.
The RS and XS settings compensate for current-limiting reactors to the load-side of the PTs, so
the voltage V
F
can be derived and used for fault locating and metering. Current-limiting reactors
are assumed to have zero mutual coupling between phases, so the RS and XS settings represent
the positive-, negative-, and zero-sequence impedance values of the current-limiting reactors.
The positive- and zero-sequence primary line impedance values (R1, X1 and R0, X0, respec-
tively) correspond to a line length (LL). The LL setting does not have specified units, which
allows the use of any unit of measure (miles, km, feet, etc.). The algorithm assumes that
negative-sequence line impedance equals positive-sequence line impedance.
The actual fault location algorithm is composed of two steps. First the relay determines fault
type, then it calculates location.
The relay determines fault type independently of relay element operations. Fault type determina-
tion is based on a phase current magnitude comparison.
Compared currents are taken from two rows at the middle of the stored fault data. If uncompen-
sated current magnitudes are in large ratios between phases (4:1 or more), fault type becomes
immediately apparent as single- or two-phase. If not, the same current is load compensated by
the two corresponding prefault current rows in the first cycle of the event report.