Protection Application Example

380 kV OHL

Figure 18: Earth fault detection logic

1207A 3I0 pickup stabilisation (3I0>/Iphmax): In the event of large phase currents,
system unbalance (e.g. non-transposed lines) and CT errors (e.g. saturation)
zero sequence current flow via the measuring circuit of the relay is possible
although no earth fault is present. To avoid earth fault detection under these
conditions, the zero sequence current pickup is stabilised by this set factor.

Figure 19: Stabilised zero sequence pickup threshold

Unless extreme system unbalance or exceptionally large CT errors are
expected, the default setting of 10% i.e. 0.10 can be maintained, as is done
for this example.
1209A criterion for earth fault recognition: For the settings 1203 and 1204 above,
and in Figure 18, the method and logic of the earth fault detection were
explained. With this setting the user has the means to influence the earth
fault detection logic. In earthed systems it is recommended to use the very
reliable OR combination of zero sequence current and voltage for the earth

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