Circuit breaker condition monitoring, Breaker curve and its approximation – Rockwell Automation 865 Differential Protection Relay User Manual

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4-6 Supporting

Functions

865-UM001A-EN-P – July 2009

Table 4.5 – Setting Parameters of CT, CT’ Supervisor – CTSV ( )

Parameter

Value

Unit

Default

Description

Imax>

0.0 … 10.0

xIn

2.0

Upper setting for CT supervisor

Imin<

0.0 … 10.0

xIn

0.2

Lower setting for CT supervisor

t>

0.02 … 600.0

s

0.10

Operation delay

CT on

On; Off

-

On

CT supervisor on event

CT off

On; Off

-

On

CT supervisor off event


Table 4.6 – Measured and Recorded Values of CT, CT’ Supervisor – CTSV ( )

Parameter

Value

Unit

Description

ILmax

A

Maximum of phase currents

Measured
value

ILmin

A

Minimum of phase currents

Display Imax>,

Imin<

A

Setting values as primary
values

Date

-

Date of CT supervision alarm

Time

-

Time of CT supervision alarm

Imax

A

Maximum phase current

Recorded
values

Imin

A

Minimum phase current

The relay has a condition monitoring function that supervises the
wearing of the circuit-breaker. The condition monitoring can give
alarm for the need of CB maintenance well before the CB condition
is critical.

The CB wear function measures the breaking current of each CB
pole separately and then estimates the wearing of the CB accordingly
the permissible cycle diagram. The breaking current is registered
when the trip relay supervised by the circuit breaker failure
protection (CBFP) is activated. (See Chapter 2 for CBFP and the
setting parameter "CBrelay".)

Breaker Curve and its Approximation

The permissible cycle diagram is usually available in the
documentation of the CB manufacturer (Figure 4.1). The diagram
specifies the permissible number of cycles for every level of the
breaking current. This diagram relates to the parameter settings for
the breaker condition monitoring function with maximum eight
[current, cycles] points. See Table 4.7. If less than eight points
needed, the unused points are set to [I

BIG

, 1], where I

BIG

is more than

the maximum breaking capacity.

If the CB wearing characteristics or part of it is a straight line on a
log/log graph, the two end points are enough to define that part of the
characteristics. This is because the relay is using logarithmic
interpolation for any current values falling in between the given
current points 2...8.

Circuit Breaker
Condition Monitoring

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