ABB REG670 - Circuit Breaker Contact Travel Time

16.4.7.1 Circuit breaker contact travel time
The circuit breaker contact travel time subfunction calculates the breaker contact
travel time for opening and closing operations. The operation of the breaker contact
travel time measurement is described in
Figure 427.
Contact travel
time
calculation
POSCLOSE
POSOPEN
RSTTRVT
Alarm limit
check
BLOCK
BLKALM
TTRVOP
TTRVCL
TRVTOPAL
TRVTCLAL
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Figure 427: Functional module diagram for circuit breaker contact travel time
Contact travel time calculation
The contact travel time of the breaker is calculated from the time between the state of
change of auxiliary contacts. The opening travel time is measured between the
opening of the POSCLOSE and closing of the POSOPEN auxiliary contacts. Similarly,
the closing travel time is measured between the opening of the POSOPEN and closing
of the POSCLOSE auxiliary contacts. A compensation factor has been added to
consider the time difference between auxiliary contact operation and the actual
physical opening of the breaker main contact.
tOpent1 t2 t3 tClose t4
Main Contact
POSCLOSE
POSOPEN
0
1
0
1
1
0
tTravelOpen = tOpen + t1 + t2 tTravelClose = tClose + t3 + t4
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Figure 428: Travel time calculation
There is a time difference t1 between the start of the main contact opening and the
opening of the POSCLOSE auxiliary contact. Similarly, there is a time difference t2
between the time when the POSOPEN auxiliary contact opens and the main contact is
completely open. Therefore, a correction factor needs to be added to get the actual
opening time. This factor is added with the OpenTimeCorr (t1+t2) setting. The closing
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