Functions
2.32 Sensitive Earth Fault Protection B (ANSI 51GN)
SIPROTEC, 7UM62, Manual
C53000-G1176-C149-7, Release date 03.2010
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2.32.2 Setting Notes
General
The sensitive earth fault protection IEE-B is only effective and available if configured to with IEE1 or with 
IEE2 at address 154.
If the sensitive earth fault detection IEE-B is not required, Disabled is set.
Address 5401serves to switch the function ON or OFF or to block only the trip command (Block relay).
In addition, you can set Alarm Only, i.e. these stages operate and send alarms but do not generate any trip 
command
Use as Shaft Current Protection
The correct setting of the shaft current protection is only possible during the primary check. A fault record is 
started with the generator running and the harmonic content is determined using the SIGRA graphic software. 
Depending on which harmonic content is present, the appropriate measuring method is set in address 5406 
MEAS. METHOD. You can select either Fundamental, 3. Harmonic or 1. and 3. Harm.. Once the setting 
is complete, the respective fault current is read out of the operational measured values with the generator 
running under load and a setting value is determined on their basis with a safety factor of 1.5 to 2 (see also 
primary check).
A preliminary setting should be so that it causes the protective function to pick up on fault currents between 
0.5 A and 1 A. In case of 600 turns, this yields a pickup value of 1 mA (equivalent to 0.6 A primary).
To ensure that the function also trips in case of intermittent faults, the pickup behaviour has to be set in address 
5407 T-HOLD IEE-B> (only possible via the DIGSI software). A value of 0.5 s is quite practicable. The trip 
time delay is usually set to 3 s in address 5403 T IEE-B>.