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Differential pickup current setting

04/09/2010 2:25 PM

hi folk,

why do we need the pickup current setting like 0,2 pu at power transformer ?

that is 20% of nominal current.

and we can't understand polarity is true or invert to 20% power of transformer.

example CT ratio 1000/5 A

I pickup = 0,2 pu ---> 200 Amper

if load current less 200 Amper so then we can't see CT's polarity true or false at new installing differential relay.

why need to pickup ? or can't it set smaller than 0,2 pu ?

best regards.

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Re: Differential pickup current setting

04/09/2010 11:06 PM

1) The differential pick up can be as sensitive as feasible. This again depend on how well the system has been implemented. We are able to set as low as 5% most of the times.High sensitivity greatly improves the fault coverage.

The advice from remote source is usually 20% a fair balance between sensitivity requirement and stability.

2) On most numerical relays polarity can be sensed at even at 0.2% of rated current so much so the need for sc test from polarity check point of view is now a days is practically non existent.

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Re: Differential pickup current setting

04/11/2010 1:13 PM

thanks for your reply

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Re: Differential pickup current setting

04/11/2010 1:55 PM

This setting should be larger then the transformer magnetizing current and steady state CT errors during no load conditions.

I think that minimum pickup setting shouldn't be less than 0.1 pu.

best regards...

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Re: Differential pickup current setting

04/11/2010 2:17 PM

the II harmonic restraint setting can be selected so that it is stable on inrush.best possible setting is a great help in contingencies in very many ways.

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