Substation Automation Products

Transformer protection RET670

Thermal overload protection

1MRG019264

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Contents

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Application

Operating characteristics

Logical Diagram

Settings

Monitored data

Application thermal overload protection

Temporary overloading necessary in stressed

situations

Not possible to design the system to manage

all situations

Temporary overload not harmful

Hard decision for operator to disconnect the

transformer

Consequences of overload

Degrading in the quality of the transformer oil

Forced aging of insulation

Increase risk of internal faults

Hot spots within the transformer

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Degrade paper insulation

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Thermal overload protection

Application

Based on measuring the true RMS

current

Uses the largest phase current to

calculate the heat content

Two time constants (i.e. ONAN or OFAF)

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Possibility to adjust the time constants at

high and/or low currents

Binary inputs to

select time constant

change reference settings

empty heat content

block the function

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Application

49

Number of instances:

Customized: 0 6

Pre-configured:

Ith

TR PTTR
SMAI

SMAI
SMAI

49

Ith

TR PTTR

SMAI

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49

Ith

TR PTTR

Included: 1

Optional: < 1

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Operating characteristics
Thermal overload protection

The relative final temperature (heat

content) is expressed as:

Monitored data
Analog
I_MEASURE

Binary

I > ITrip Start

The actual temperature (heat content) is

calculated as:

HEATCON
if

> ALARM1 Alarm

> ALARM2 Alarm
> ITrip
Trip

(heating)
or:

HEATCON
if
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(cooling)

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Operating characteristics
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Present time to operation is calculated as:

Monitored data
Analog
Binary
TTRIP

If Start

If TTRIP < Warning WARNING

The time to lockout release is calculated

as:

TRESLO

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If Trip

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Operating characteristics
Thermal overload protection
Estimated time to trip
TTRIP
[%]
Tau 1

~ IBase 1
TripTemp

~ ITrip
~ IRef

Rated power

100 %
Alarm 2
Alarm 1
ResLo
ResetLockoutTemp

Estimated time to reset

TRESLO
ThetaInit

t[min ]

Current step
START/RESET
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WARNING

TRIP and
LOCKOUT

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Simplified Logical Diagram

Thermal overload protection
I-MEASURE

I3P

Cooling
Enmult
Reset

Final temp >

Trip Temp

START

Calc of heat
content

HEATCONT

Calc of final
temp

Management
of parameters
Actual Temp >
Alarm X Temp

ALARM1
ALARM2

Actual Temp >

Trip Temp

TRIP

Actual Temp <

Trip Temp

LOCKOUT
S
R
TTRIP

Calc time to trip

Calc time to
reset lockout

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WARNING
TRESLO

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Overview

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First instance of
TR PTTR

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Thermal overload protection settings

General
General

Operation On/Off
Base current
Reference current
Factor for Ref current

Initial heat content

(at start and reset of
the function )
Trip pulse length

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Time constant 1

Cooling input low

Base current 1
Time constant 1
Rescaling of Tc if I >
Rescaling percentage
Rescaling of Tc if I <
Rescaling percentage

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Time constant 2

Cooling input high

Base current 2
Time constant 2
Rescaling of tc if I >
Rescaling percentage
Rescaling of tc if I <
Rescaling percentage

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Trip and supervision
Trip and supervision

Steady state trip level

Alarm 1 level warning
Alarm 2 level warning
Lockout reset level
Warning time to trip

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Monitored data
Thermal overload protection

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Test/Functions status/Current
protection/ThermalOverload2Time
Const (PTTR,49)

TRIP

START

ALARM1

ALARM2

LOCKOUT

WARNING

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Monitored data
Thermal overload protection

Test/Functions status/Current
protection/ThermalOverload2TimeConst
(PTTR,49)

I-MEASURE Measured current (% of

rated current)

HEATCONT Heat content of the

transformer (%)

TTRIP Estimated time to trip (min)

TRESLO Estimated time to reset (min)

TTRIPCAL Time status to trip

0: Not active

1: Long time

2: Active

TRESCAL Time status to reset

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0, 1 or 2

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