A thermal overload will often not be detected by other protection functions and the
introduction of the thermal overload protection can allow the protected circuit to
operate closer to the thermal limits.
The three-phase current measuring protection has an I
2
t characteristic with settable
time constant and a thermal memory. The temperature is displayed in either Celsius
or Fahrenheit, depending on whether the function used is Thermal overload
protection (LCPTTR) (Celsius) or (LFPTTR) (Fahrenheit).
An alarm level gives early warning to allow operators to take action well before the
line is tripped.
Estimated time to trip before operation, and estimated time to reclose after
operation are presented.
8.5.3 Function block
M12627-3 v8
LCPTTR
I3P*
BLOCK
BLKTR
ENMULT
AMBTEMP
SENSFLT
RESET
TRIP
START
ALARM
LOCKOUT
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LFPTTR
I3P*
BLOCK
BLKTR
ENMULT
AMBTEMP
SENSFLT
RESET
TRIP
START
ALARM
LOCKOUT
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Figure 91: LCPTTR/LFPTTR function bloc
8.5.4 Signals
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Table 90: LCPTTR Input signals
Name
Type Default Description
I3P GROUP
SIGNAL
- Group signal for current input
BLOCK BOOLEAN 0 Block of function
BLKTR BOOLEAN 0 Block of trip
ENMULT BOOLEAN 0 Current multiplyer used when THOL is for two or
more lines
AMBTEMP REAL 0 Ambient temperature from external temperature
sensor
SENSFLT BOOLEAN 0 Validity status of ambient temperature sensor
RESET BOOLEAN 0 Reset of internal thermal load counter
1MRK 505 394-UEN A Section 8
Current protection
Line differential protection RED650 2.2 IEC 205
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