FAULT_DIR gives the detected direction of the fault during fault situations, that is,
when the START output is active.
Self-polarizing as polarizing method
Table 196: Equations for calculating angle difference for self-polarizing method
Faulted
phases
Used fault
current
Used
polarizing
voltage
Angle difference
A I
A
U
A
ANGLE A U I
A
A
RCA
_ ( ) - ( ) -           =
ϕ ϕ ϕ
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B I
B
U
B
ANGLE B U I
B
B
RCA
_ ( ) - ( ) -           =
ϕ ϕ ϕ
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C I
C
U
C
ANGLE C U I
C
C
RCA
_ ( ) - ( ) -           =
ϕ ϕ ϕ
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A - B I
A
 - I
B
U
AB
ANGLE A U I I
AB
A B
RCA
_ ( ) - ( - ) -             =
ϕ ϕ ϕ
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B - C I
B
 - I
C
U
BC
ANGLE B U I I
BC
B C
RCA
_ ( ) - ( - ) -             =
ϕ ϕ ϕ
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C - A I
C
 - I
A
U
CA
ANGLE C U I I
CA
C A
RCA
_ ( ) - ( - ) -             =
ϕ ϕ ϕ
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In an example case of the phasors in a single-phase earth fault where the faulted
phase is phase A, the angle difference between the polarizing quantity U
A
 and
operating quantity I
A
 is marked as φ. In the self-polarization method, there is no
need to rotate the polarizing quantity.
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Figure 89: Single-phase earth fault, phase A
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