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Figure 225: Spreadsheet calculation for dual time constant thermal characteristic
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Time constant 1 = 5 mins
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Pre-overload current = 0.9 pu
Thermal setting = 1 Amp
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Figure 226: Dual time constant thermal characteristic
The current setting is calculated as:
Thermal Trip = Permissible continuous loading of the transformer item/CT ratio.
For an oil-filled transformer with rating 400 to 1600 kVA, the approximate time constants are:
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t
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= 5 minutes
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= 120 minutes
An alarm can be raised on reaching a thermal state corresponding to a percentage of the trip threshold. A typical
setting might be "Thermal Alarm" = 70% of thermal capacity.
Chapter 13 - Current Protection Functions P543i/P545i
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