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Tutorial - Protective Device Coordination
Tutorial - Protective Device Coordination
ThistutorialwillguideyouthroughseveralofthemainfeaturesinEasyPowersPowerProtectorcoordinationprogram.
CoordinationFocus
Toperformprotectivedevicecoordination,youmustbeintheCoordinationfocus.
1.FromtheFilemenu,clickOpenFile.
Tip:IfyouareviewingtheStartPage,youcanclickOpenOnelineinstead.
2.OpentheProtection1.dezileinyourSamplesdirectory.
3.Click
4.Click
Maximizeontheonelinewindow,ifneeded,toillthesessionwindowwiththeoneline.
CoordinationtoopentheCoordinationfocus.
OpeningaTCC
1.Click
OpenTCC.
2.IntheOpenTCCdialogbox,selectTCC1andclickOpentoopentheTCC.
Figure1:TCCPlot
DynamicCoordinationofCurves
TheEasyPowerTCCwindowsupportsdynamicdraggingofallprotectivedevicecurves.Thisprovidesaneasyandsmooth
interfaceforchangingtheequipmentsettings.
HoverovertherelayR6intheTCCplotuntiladoubleheadedarrowappears,andthendragthecurveupanddown.The
relaytimedialchangesdynamically.Thetooltipindicatesthelatesttimedialsetting.
Note:Relaysettingscanalsobemodiiedthroughtherelaydialogboxbydoubleclickingontherelay.
Figure2:DynamicCoordinationofTCCCurves
TCCOnelines
TherearetwoonelinesintheTCCwindow:onelocatedinsidetheTCC,andonelocatedtotheleftoftheTCC.(Wereferto
themastheinsideonelineandleftonelineinthistutorial.)
Theinsideonelinealwaysdisplaysazoomedoutviewoftheleftoneline.ThisprovidesWYSIWYGscreenviewingofthe
printedTCC.Thisinsideonelineboxcanbemovedandresizedasshowninigurebelow.
Intheleftoneline,equipmentitemscanbemoved,draggedormodiiedusingthecommoninterfacetypicaltoall
EasyPoweronelines.Theinsideonelineissimplyapictureoftheleftoneline.
Note:MovesanddragsmadeintheleftTCConelinedonotaffectthemasteronelinecreatedintheDatabaseEdit
focus.
Figure3:DraggingandResizingtheTCCOneline
ShortCircuitIntegrationintheTCC
TheTCCwindowisintegrateddirectlywiththeshortcircuitanalysisofEasyPower.FaultcurrentsdisplayontheTCCone
linejustasinthemasteroneline.Inaddition,thesecalculatedshortcircuitcurrentsautomaticallycliptheTCCcurveswhen
speciiedtodosointheTCCOptions.
1.Intheleftoneline,doubleclickSWG4.
ShortcircuitfaultandremotecurrentsdisplayforthefaultonSWG4.Inaddition,theTCCtickmarksandclipping
currentsautomaticallyadjustbasedonthefaultandremotecurrents.
Figure4:RelayCurveClipsatRemoteCurrent
2.Doubleclickonthegreenrelaycurve.ATemporaryRelayDatadialogboxappears.SettheTCCClippingieldto
Use30CycleCurrent(seeigurebelow).ClickOK.
Figure5:TCCClippingModiicationintheTemporaryRelayDataDialog
Therelaycurvenowclipsatthe30cyclefaultcurrentratherthanthemaximumcyclefaultcurrent.Thisprovides
increasedlexibilityandaccuracywhendeterminingthepropercoordinationsettingsfortherelay.
Note:YoumightwanttoexperimentwithchangingsomeoftheothersettingsintheTemporaryRelayData
dialogbox.Forexample,typinginnewFunctionIDnamesaddsmultiplefunctioncurvestotherelay.Inthe
Settingstab,therelayInstantaneousandTimeDialsettingsaremodiied.IntheAppearancetab,youcan
changethecurvecolorsandstyles.
3.IntheTCC,click
FaultBus(es).Themaximumfaultcurrentsforeachbusareshown.
NoticethetickmarksandclippingpointsalsoadjustintheTCC.
4.Click
OK.
TCCOptions.IntheTCCOptionsdialogbox,ontheSCControltab,selectUserSpeciied,andthenclick
TheTCCtickmarksandclippingpointsupdatebasedontheuserspeciiedcurrentsineachprotectivedevicedialog
box.Forexample,doubleclickonthebluesolidstatetrip(SST)curve,selecttheShortCircuittab,andnoticethe
userentered22kA.
PrintingtheTCC
WhileintheTCC,click
Print.InthePrintTCCdialogboxselectoneoftheprintoptionsshownbelowandthenclickOK.
TheTCCplotprintsWYSIWYG,orexactlywhatthescreendisplays.Thisprovidestremendousspeedandeaseofusetothe
processofproducingclean,professionalprintouts.
Figure6:PrintTCCsDialogBox
TCCDialogBoxes
Tochangeprotectivedevicesettings,doubleclickonanyTCCcurveoronelineitem.Thisbringsupadialogboxwhich
enablesyoutochangeequipmentsettingsandcurvecharacteristics.
Note:Thefulllistofcable,transformer,andmotorparametersareavailableintheDatabaseEditfocus.Ifyouwant
toviewthesewhileintheTCC,rightclickonthecurveandselectDBInfo.
CreatingandStoringTCCs
TCCsarecreatedbyselectingonelineequipmentandclickingabutton.
1.FromtheWindowbutton,selectProtection1.dez.Thisreactivatesthemainonelinewindow.
2.SelectagroupofitemsbydraggingaboxaroundthemorbyholdingdowntheSHIFTkeywhileclickingthe
individualitems,andthenclick
PlotTCC.AnewTCCwindowappears.
Note:Youcandragthetextboxestodifferentlocationstoimprovereadability.
3.DoubleclickingonanyTCCitemorareadisplaystherelatedtemporarydialogbox.Inthismanner,youcanmodify
TCCcurves,colors,notes,thetitleblock,andotheroptionsasneeded.
4.WhenyouhavecompletedcustomizingtheTCC,clickStoreTCCAs.TypeanamefortheTCC,andthenclickOK.
Conclusions