RCS-931

Line Differential Relay

The RCS-931 relay is an advanced current differential
protection with stepped distance elements and overcurrent
elements intended for main and backup protection for
transmission lines with single-pole trip, three-pole trip
and auto-reclosing schemes. Phase segregated current
differential, zero sequence current differential and DPFC
differential are combined into the unique current differential
element. It also integrates voltage protection, frequency
protection, breaker failure protection and stub protection.
The relay can be used to protect the overhead lines and
underground cables of all voltage levels, including series
compensated lines, double-circuit lines, weak infeed (WI),
short lines and extremely long lines. It is fully compatible with
IEC 61850 communication. RCS-931 line differential relay is
also suitable for two-terminal and three-terminal applications.

Time overcurrent protection during VT failure. (51P VT)

Time zero sequence overcurrent protection during VT failure.
(51N VT)
Switch-onto-fault (SOTF) logic.
Power swing blocking (68)

Functions

Thermal overload protection. (49)

Protection and Control

Synchronism check. (25)

Overload alarm function. (Optional)

Phase current differential protection (87P)

Auto-reclosing (single-pole and/or three-pole). (79)

Zero sequence current differential protection (87N)

Voltage and current drift auto adjustment.

DPFC (Deviation of Power Frequency Component) differential protection (87D)

Monitoring and Metering

Pilot protection including PUTT, POTT, Blocking DTT and

directional earth fault element (DEF) (85) (Optional)
DPFC distance protection. (21D)

CT failure detection supervision.

VT failure detection supervision.
Tripping circuit supervision.

Four zones of phase-to-phase distance protection. (21P),

Four zones of phase-to-ground distance protection. (21G)
Four stages of directional phase overcurrent protection. (67P,
50/51P)
Stages of directional zero sequence overcurrent protection.
(67N, 50/51N)
Breaker failure protection. (50BF)
Two stages of under voltage protection and two stages of
over voltage protection. (27/59)

Self diagnostic.
Fault Recorder.
Fault Locator.
Total 1280 SOE, including tripping , alarm, binary input
change and human operation reports.
High resolution oscillography of last 24 oscillograms. (Compatible with COMTRADE format)

Four stages of frequency protection (81)

Communications

Stub protection for T-Zone in 3/2 breaker and ring breaker

application (50S)

1 or 2 communication channels with dedicated fiber or multiplexer fiber for protection

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 2 optional Ethernet ports with IEC 61850 protocol

2 RS-485 communication rear ports with IEC 60870-5-103
protocol
1 RS-485 communication rear ports for clock synchronization
1 RS-232 communication rear ports or RS-485 for printer
1 RS-232 communication faceplate port for testing and setting

Optical fiber data exchange between terminal equipment at

64 kBit/s or 2048kBit/s.

GPS clock synchronization.

The CT ratio of two or three terminals could be different.

Different ratio of various CT on each terminal could be regulated by configurable coefficients in software.

Features

The teleprotection channel could be monitored automatically.

Bit error rate could be displayed online. Differential protection will be blocked during channel failure.

Quickly clearing any internal fault for the whole line, the time
is less than 10 ms for faults which is near the busbar, less
than 15ms for faults which is in the center of line and less
than 25ms for faults which is in the remote end.
The unique DPFC distance element is integrated in the relay. It can quickly clear the internal fault. The sensitivity of
the DPFC distance element is very high and the operation
speed is very fast. It is not affected by power swing.
The patented adaptive floating threshold method is adopted,
which is insensitive to system unbalance and disturbance.
The measuring element can get both high security and high
speed simultaneously.
The relay provides stub overcurrent protection or overcurrent
protection for one-and-a-half breaker arrangement.
Instantaneous, definite time and inverse time (IDMT) characteristics are all provided for phase overcurrent protection
and zero sequence overcurrent protection which can be controlled by directional element and/or under voltage element
by logic setting.
The RCS-931 adopts high restraint factor and self-adaptive
floating restraint threshold; it maintains high reliability and
sensitivity even in serious CT saturation cases.

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The built-in reliable power swing blocking logic can properly

supervise the distance elements during a power swing. The
power swing blocking logic can make the relay untrip for an
external fault and pickup for an internal fault during a power
swing.

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The relay could receive tripping command from the opposite

terminal protection and transmit tripping command to the opposite terminal protection via a fiber optic channel.
Innovative technology to prevent any undesired trip caused
by any component failure is adopted. The relay has two
independent data acquisition paths, one for a fault detector
and the other for protection and its logic. Tripping outputs
are supervised by the fault detector to prevent any maloperation.
The connector type can be selected as plug in/out terminal
connector or crimp terminal connector. The unique plug in/
out terminal connectors from the relay rear panel to the terminal blocks on the rack or cabinet makes the on-site commissioning and replacement much easier than the traditional
screw terminals when you do the commissioning.
The relay provides GPS clock synchronization, such as second pulse, minute pulse, and IRIG-B synchronization.
The relay is compatible with multiple protocols- IEC61850
and IEC 60870-5-103. The RCS-931 provides networking
interface such as RS485, RS232 and Ethernet port.

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