ABB RELION 670 SERIES REG670 - Load Impedance Limitation, Without Load Encroachment Function

8.3.4.8 Load impedance limitation, without load encroachment function
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The following instructions are valid when setting the resistive reach of the distance
zone itself with a sufficient mar
gin towards the maximum load, that is, without the
common load encroachment characteristic (set by RLdFwd, RldRev and ArgLd).
Observe that even though the zones themselves are set with a margin, RLdFwd and
RldRev still have to be set according to maximum load for the phase selection to
achieve the expected performance.
Check the maximum permissible resistive reach for any zone to ensure that there is a
sufficient setting margin between the boundary and the minimum load impedance. The
minimum load impedance (Ω/phase) is calculated as:
2
load min
Z
V
S
=
EQUATION1718 V1 EN-US (Equation 135)
Where:
V is the minimum phase-to-phase voltage in kV
S is the maximum apparent power in MVA.
The load impedance [Ω/phase] is a function of the minimum operation voltage and the
maximum load current:
min
load
ma x
Z
V
3 I
=
×
EQUATION1719 V1 EN-US (Equation 136)
Minimum voltage V
min
and maximum current I
max
are related to the same operating
conditions. Minimum load impedance occurs normally under emergency conditions.
T
o avoid load encroachment for the phase-to-ground measuring elements, the set
resistive reach of any distance protection zone must be less than 80% of the minimum
load impedance.
0.8£ × loadRFPG Z
GUID-AD2F1BE2-8442-4ED1-A558-21D092CEE170 V1 EN-US (Equation 137)
This equation is applicable only when the loop characteristic angle for the single
phase-to-ground faults is more than three times as large as the maximum expected
load-impedance angle. For the case when the loop characteristic angle is less than three
1MRK 502 071-UUS A Section 8
Impedance protection
Generator protection REG670 2.2 ANSI and Injection equipment REX060, REX061, REX062 275
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