GE L30 User manual

831776A2.CDR
L30 Line Current Differential
System
UR Series Instruction Manual
L30 revision: 5.7x
Manual P/N: 1601-9050-U3 (GEK-113525B)
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ADDENDUM
This addendum contains information that relates to the L30 Line Current Differential System, version 5.7x. This adden-
dum lists a number of information items that appear in the instruction manual GEK-113525B (revision U3) but are not
included in the current L30 operations.
The following functions and items are not yet available with the current version of the L30 relay:
• Signal sources SRC 3 to SRC 6.
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1. GETTING STARTED 1.1 IMPORTANT PROCEDURES
1.1.1 CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS........................................................................... 1-1
1.1.2 INSPECTION CHECKLIST................................................................................1-1
1.2 UR OVERVIEW
1.2.1 INTRODUCTION TO THE UR...........................................................................1-2
1.2.2 HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE......................................................................... 1-3
1.2.3 SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE..........................................................................1-4
1.2.4 IMPORTANT CONCEPTS.................................................................................1-4
1.3 ENERVISTA UR SETUP SOFTWARE
1.3.1 PC REQUIREMENTS........................................................................................1-5
1.3.2 INSTALLATION..................................................................................................1-5
1.3.3 CONFIGURING THE L30 FOR SOFTWARE ACCESS..................................... 1-6
1.3.4 USING THE QUICK CONNECT FEATURE.......................................................1-9
1.3.5 CONNECTING TO THE L30 RELAY...............................................................1-15
1.4 UR HARDWARE
1.4.1 MOUNTING AND WIRING...............................................................................1-16
1.4.2 COMMUNICATIONS........................................................................................1-16
1.4.3 FACEPLATE DISPLAY....................................................................................1-16
1.5 USING THE RELAY
1.5.1 FACEPLATE KEYPAD.....................................................................................1-17
1.5.2 MENU NAVIGATION .......................................................................................1-17
1.5.3 MENU HIERARCHY ........................................................................................1-17
1.5.4 RELAY ACTIVATION.......................................................................................1-17
1.5.5 RELAY PASSWORDS.....................................................................................1-18
1.5.6 FLEXLOGIC™ CUSTOMIZATION...................................................................1-18
1.5.7 COMMISSIONING ........................................................................................... 1-19
2. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 2.1 INTRODUCTION
2.1.1 OVERVIEW........................................................................................................ 2-1
2.1.2 FEATURES........................................................................................................2-3
2.1.3 ORDERING........................................................................................................2-4
2.1.4 REPLACEMENT MODULES .............................................................................2-8
2.2 PILOT CHANNEL RELAYING
2.2.1 INTER-RELAY COMMUNICATIONS...............................................................2-11
2.2.2 CHANNEL MONITOR......................................................................................2-12
2.2.3 LOOPBACK TEST...........................................................................................2-13
2.2.4 DIRECT TRANSFER TRIPPING ..................................................................... 2-13
2.3 FUNCTIONALITY
2.3.1 PROTECTION AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS ................................................2-14
2.3.2 METERING AND MONITORING FUNCTIONS ...............................................2-14
2.3.3 OTHER FUNCTIONS.......................................................................................2-15
2.4 SPECIFICATIONS
2.4.1 PROTECTION ELEMENTS ............................................................................. 2-17
2.4.2 USER-PROGRAMMABLE ELEMENTS...........................................................2-19
2.4.3 MONITORING..................................................................................................2-20
2.4.4 METERING......................................................................................................2-20
2.4.5 INPUTS............................................................................................................2-21
2.4.6 POWER SUPPLY ............................................................................................2-21
2.4.7 OUTPUTS........................................................................................................2-22
2.4.8 COMMUNICATIONS........................................................................................2-23
2.4.9 INTER-RELAY COMMUNICATIONS...............................................................2-24
2.4.10 ENVIRONMENTAL ..........................................................................................2-25
2.4.11 TYPE TESTS ...................................................................................................2-26
2.4.12 PRODUCTION TESTS ....................................................................................2-26
2.4.13 APPROVALS ................................................................................................... 2-27
2.4.14 MAINTENANCE...............................................................................................2-27
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3. HARDWARE 3.1 DESCRIPTION
3.1.1 PANEL CUTOUT................................................................................................3-1
3.1.2 MODULE WITHDRAWAL AND INSERTION......................................................3-6
3.1.3 REAR TERMINAL LAYOUT ...............................................................................3-8
3.2 WIRING
3.2.1 TYPICAL WIRING ..............................................................................................3-9
3.2.2 DIELECTRIC STRENGTH................................................................................3-10
3.2.3 CONTROL POWER..........................................................................................3-10
3.2.4 CT AND VT MODULES....................................................................................3-11
3.2.5 PROCESS BUS MODULES.............................................................................3-13
3.2.6 CONTACT INPUTS AND OUTPUTS................................................................3-13
3.2.7 TRANSDUCER INPUTS AND OUTPUTS........................................................3-21
3.2.8 RS232 FACEPLATE PORT..............................................................................3-22
3.2.9 CPU COMMUNICATION PORTS.....................................................................3-22
3.2.10 IRIG-B...............................................................................................................3-25
3.3 PILOT CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS
3.3.1 DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................3-27
3.3.2 FIBER: LED AND ELED TRANSMITTERS ......................................................3-28
3.3.3 FIBER-LASER TRANSMITTERS .....................................................................3-28
3.3.4 G.703 INTERFACE...........................................................................................3-29
3.3.5 RS422 INTERFACE .........................................................................................3-32
3.3.6 RS422 AND FIBER INTERFACE .....................................................................3-34
3.3.7 G.703 AND FIBER INTERFACE ......................................................................3-34
3.3.8 IEEE C37.94 INTERFACE................................................................................3-35
3.3.9 C37.94SM INTERFACE ...................................................................................3-37
3.4 MANAGED ETHERNET SWITCH MODULES
3.4.1 OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................3-39
3.4.2 MANAGED ETHERNET SWITCH MODULE HARDWARE..............................3-39
3.4.3 MANAGED SWITCH LED INDICATORS .........................................................3-40
3.4.4 CONFIGURING THE MANAGED ETHERNET SWITCH MODULE.................3-40
3.4.5 UPLOADING L30 SWITCH MODULE FIRMWARE..........................................3-43
3.4.6 ETHERNET SWITCH SELF-TEST ERRORS...................................................3-45
4. HUMAN INTERFACES 4.1 ENERVISTA UR SETUP SOFTWARE INTERFACE
4.1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................4-1
4.1.2 CREATING A SITE LIST....................................................................................4-1
4.1.3 ENERVISTA UR SETUP OVERVIEW................................................................4-1
4.1.4 ENERVISTA UR SETUP MAIN WINDOW..........................................................4-3
4.2 EXTENDED ENERVISTA UR SETUP FEATURES
4.2.1 SETTINGS TEMPLATES ...................................................................................4-4
4.2.2 SECURING AND LOCKING FLEXLOGIC™ EQUATIONS................................4-8
4.2.3 SETTINGS FILE TRACEABILITY.....................................................................4-10
4.3 FACEPLATE INTERFACE
4.3.1 FACEPLATE.....................................................................................................4-13
4.3.2 LED INDICATORS............................................................................................4-14
4.3.3 CUSTOM LABELING OF LEDS .......................................................................4-17
4.3.4 DISPLAY...........................................................................................................4-23
4.3.5 KEYPAD ...........................................................................................................4-23
4.3.6 BREAKER CONTROL......................................................................................4-23
4.3.7 MENUS.............................................................................................................4-24
4.3.8 CHANGING SETTINGS ...................................................................................4-26
5. SETTINGS 5.1 OVERVIEW
5.1.1 SETTINGS MAIN MENU ....................................................................................5-1
5.1.2 INTRODUCTION TO ELEMENTS......................................................................5-4
5.1.3 INTRODUCTION TO AC SOURCES..................................................................5-5
5.2 PRODUCT SETUP
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5.2.2 DISPLAY PROPERTIES.................................................................................. 5-12
5.2.3 CLEAR RELAY RECORDS .............................................................................5-14
5.2.4 COMMUNICATIONS........................................................................................5-15
5.2.5 MODBUS USER MAP......................................................................................5-34
5.2.6 REAL TIME CLOCK.........................................................................................5-35
5.2.7 FAULT REPORTS ...........................................................................................5-36
5.2.8 OSCILLOGRAPHY .......................................................................................... 5-38
5.2.9 DATA LOGGER...............................................................................................5-40
5.2.10 USER-PROGRAMMABLE LEDS.....................................................................5-41
5.2.11 USER-PROGRAMMABLE SELF-TESTS ........................................................5-44
5.2.12 CONTROL PUSHBUTTONS ...........................................................................5-45
5.2.13 USER-PROGRAMMABLE PUSHBUTTONS...................................................5-46
5.2.14 FLEX STATE PARAMETERS.......................................................................... 5-51
5.2.15 USER-DEFINABLE DISPLAYS .......................................................................5-52
5.2.16 INSTALLATION................................................................................................5-54
5.3 REMOTE RESOURCES
5.3.1 REMOTE RESOURCES CONFIGURATION...................................................5-55
5.4 SYSTEM SETUP
5.4.1 AC INPUTS...................................................................................................... 5-56
5.4.2 POWER SYSTEM............................................................................................5-57
5.4.3 SIGNAL SOURCES.........................................................................................5-58
5.4.4 87L POWER SYSTEM.....................................................................................5-61
5.4.5 BREAKERS......................................................................................................5-66
5.4.6 DISCONNECT SWITCHES .............................................................................5-70
5.4.7 FLEXCURVES™..............................................................................................5-73
5.4.8 PHASOR MEASUREMENT UNIT....................................................................5-80
5.5 FLEXLOGIC™
5.5.1 INTRODUCTION TO FLEXLOGIC™...............................................................5-96
5.5.2 FLEXLOGIC™ RULES ..................................................................................5-105
5.5.3 FLEXLOGIC™ EVALUATION........................................................................5-105
5.5.4 FLEXLOGIC™ EXAMPLE .............................................................................5-106
5.5.5 FLEXLOGIC™ EQUATION EDITOR.............................................................5-110
5.5.6 FLEXLOGIC™ TIMERS................................................................................. 5-110
5.5.7 FLEXELEMENTS™ .......................................................................................5-111
5.5.8 NON-VOLATILE LATCHES ........................................................................... 5-115
5.6 GROUPED ELEMENTS
5.6.1 OVERVIEW....................................................................................................5-116
5.6.2 SETTING GROUP .........................................................................................5-116
5.6.3 LINE DIFFERENTIAL ELEMENTS ................................................................5-116
5.6.4 PHASE CURRENT ........................................................................................5-121
5.6.5 NEUTRAL CURRENT....................................................................................5-131
5.6.6 GROUND CURRENT..................................................................................... 5-133
5.6.7 NEGATIVE SEQUENCE CURRENT ............................................................. 5-136
5.6.8 BREAKER FAILURE...................................................................................... 5-138
5.6.9 VOLTAGE ELEMENTS.................................................................................. 5-146
5.6.10 SUPERVISING ELEMENTS.......................................................................... 5-153
5.7 CONTROL ELEMENTS
5.7.1 OVERVIEW....................................................................................................5-155
5.7.2 SETTING GROUPS.......................................................................................5-155
5.7.3 SELECTOR SWITCH.....................................................................................5-156
5.7.4 UNDERFREQUENCY....................................................................................5-162
5.7.5 SYNCHROCHECK.........................................................................................5-163
5.7.6 AUTORECLOSE............................................................................................5-166
5.7.7 DIGITAL ELEMENTS..................................................................................... 5-173
5.7.8 DIGITAL COUNTERS....................................................................................5-176
5.7.9 MONITORING ELEMENTS ...........................................................................5-178
5.7.10 TRIP BUS....................................................................................................... 5-184
5.8 INPUTS AND OUTPUTS
5.8.1 CONTACT INPUTS........................................................................................5-186
5.8.2 VIRTUAL INPUTS..........................................................................................5-188
5.8.3 CONTACT OUTPUTS.................................................................................... 5-189
5.8.4 VIRTUAL OUTPUTS...................................................................................... 5-191
5.8.5 REMOTE DEVICES.......................................................................................5-192
5.8.6 REMOTE INPUTS..........................................................................................5-193

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5.8.7 REMOTE DOUBLE-POINT STATUS INPUTS...............................................5-194
5.8.8 REMOTE OUTPUTS ......................................................................................5-195
5.8.9 DIRECT INPUTS AND OUTPUTS..................................................................5-195
5.8.10 RESETTING ...................................................................................................5-198
5.8.11 IEC 61850 GOOSE ANALOGS......................................................................5-198
5.8.12 IEC 61850 GOOSE INTEGERS .....................................................................5-199
5.9 TRANSDUCER INPUTS AND OUTPUTS
5.9.1 DCMA INPUTS...............................................................................................5-200
5.9.2 RTD INPUTS..................................................................................................5-201
5.9.3 DCMA OUTPUTS...........................................................................................5-203
5.10 TESTING
5.10.1 TEST MODE...................................................................................................5-206
5.10.2 FORCE CONTACT INPUTS...........................................................................5-207
5.10.3 FORCE CONTACT OUTPUTS.......................................................................5-208
5.10.4 CHANNEL TESTS..........................................................................................5-209
5.10.5 PHASOR MEASUREMENT UNIT TEST VALUES.........................................5-209
6. ACTUAL VALUES 6.1 OVERVIEW
6.1.1 ACTUAL VALUES MAIN MENU.........................................................................6-1
6.2 STATUS
6.2.1 CONTACT INPUTS ............................................................................................6-3
6.2.2 VIRTUAL INPUTS ..............................................................................................6-3
6.2.3 REMOTE INPUTS ..............................................................................................6-3
6.2.4 REMOTE DOUBLE-POINT STATUS INPUTS...................................................6-4
6.2.5 DIRECT INPUTS ................................................................................................6-4
6.2.6 CONTACT OUTPUTS........................................................................................6-4
6.2.7 VIRTUAL OUTPUTS ..........................................................................................6-5
6.2.8 AUTORECLOSE.................................................................................................6-5
6.2.9 REMOTE DEVICES............................................................................................6-5
6.2.10 CHANNEL TESTS..............................................................................................6-6
6.2.11 DIGITAL COUNTERS.........................................................................................6-7
6.2.12 SELECTOR SWITCHES ....................................................................................6-7
6.2.13 FLEX STATES....................................................................................................6-8
6.2.14 IEC 61850 GOOSE INTEGERS .........................................................................6-8
6.2.15 ETHERNET ........................................................................................................6-8
6.2.16 ETHERNET SWITCH .........................................................................................6-9
6.3 METERING
6.3.1 METERING CONVENTIONS ...........................................................................6-10
6.3.2 DIFFERENTIAL CURRENT..............................................................................6-13
6.3.3 SOURCES........................................................................................................6-14
6.3.4 SYNCHROCHECK ...........................................................................................6-17
6.3.5 TRACKING FREQUENCY................................................................................6-17
6.3.6 FLEXELEMENTS™..........................................................................................6-18
6.3.7 IEC 61580 GOOSE ANALOG VALUES ...........................................................6-18
6.3.8 PHASOR MEASUREMENT UNIT ....................................................................6-19
6.3.9 TRANSDUCER INPUTS AND OUTPUTS........................................................6-20
6.4 RECORDS
6.4.1 FAULT REPORTS............................................................................................6-21
6.4.2 EVENT RECORDS...........................................................................................6-21
6.4.3 OSCILLOGRAPHY...........................................................................................6-22
6.4.4 DATA LOGGER................................................................................................6-22
6.4.5 PHASOR MEASUREMENT UNIT RECORDS .................................................6-22
6.4.6 BREAKER MAINTENANCE .............................................................................6-23
6.5 PRODUCT INFORMATION
6.5.1 MODEL INFORMATION...................................................................................6-24
6.5.2 FIRMWARE REVISIONS..................................................................................6-24
7. COMMANDS AND
TARGETS 7.1 COMMANDS
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7.1.2 VIRTUAL INPUTS..............................................................................................7-1
7.1.3 CLEAR RECORDS............................................................................................7-2
7.1.4 SET DATE AND TIME .......................................................................................7-2
7.1.5 RELAY MAINTENANCE....................................................................................7-3
7.1.6 PHASOR MEASUREMENT UNIT ONE-SHOT..................................................7-3
7.2 TARGETS
7.2.1 TARGETS MENU...............................................................................................7-6
7.2.2 TARGET MESSAGES .......................................................................................7-6
7.2.3 RELAY SELF-TESTS.........................................................................................7-6
8. SECURITY 8.1 PASSWORD SECURITY
8.1.1 OVERVIEW........................................................................................................ 8-1
8.1.2 PASSWORD SECURITY MENU ....................................................................... 8-2
8.1.3 LOCAL PASSWORDS.......................................................................................8-2
8.1.4 REMOTE PASSWORDS ...................................................................................8-3
8.1.5 ACCESS SUPERVISION...................................................................................8-3
8.1.6 DUAL PERMISSION SECURITY ACCESS.......................................................8-4
8.2 SETTINGS SECURITY
8.2.1 SETTINGS TEMPLATES................................................................................... 8-6
8.2.2 SECURING AND LOCKING FLEXLOGIC™ EQUATIONS .............................8-10
8.2.3 SETTINGS FILE TRACEABILITY....................................................................8-12
8.3 ENERVISTA SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
8.3.1 OVERVIEW......................................................................................................8-15
8.3.2 ENABLING THE SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM................................. 8-15
8.3.3 ADDING A NEW USER ...................................................................................8-15
8.3.4 MODIFYING USER PRIVILEGES ...................................................................8-16
9. THEORY OF OPERATION 9.1 OVERVIEW
9.1.1 L30 DESIGN ...................................................................................................... 9-1
9.1.2 L30 ARCHITECTURE........................................................................................ 9-1
9.1.3 REMOVAL OF DECAYING OFFSET.................................................................9-2
9.1.4 PHASELET COMPUTATION............................................................................. 9-2
9.1.5 DISTURBANCE DETECTION............................................................................ 9-3
9.1.6 FAULT DETECTION..........................................................................................9-3
9.1.7 GROUND DIFFERENTIAL ELEMENT...............................................................9-4
9.1.8 CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION........................................................................... 9-5
9.1.9 FREQUENCY TRACKING AND PHASE LOCKING.......................................... 9-6
9.1.10 FREQUENCY DETECTION...............................................................................9-7
9.1.11 PHASE DETECTION.........................................................................................9-7
9.1.12 PHASE LOCKING FILTER ..............................................................................9-10
9.1.13 MATCHING PHASELETS................................................................................9-11
9.1.14 START-UP.......................................................................................................9-11
9.1.15 HARDWARE AND COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS ............................. 9-11
9.1.16 ONLINE ESTIMATE OF MEASUREMENT ERRORS ..................................... 9-12
9.1.17 CT SATURATION DETECTION ......................................................................9-13
9.1.18 CHARGING CURRENT COMPENSATION.....................................................9-13
9.1.19 DIFFERENTIAL ELEMENT CHARACTERISTICS...........................................9-14
9.1.20 RELAY SYNCHRONIZATION.......................................................................... 9-15
9.2 OPERATING CONDITION CHARACTERISTICS
9.2.1 DESCRIPTION.................................................................................................9-16
9.2.2 TRIP DECISION EXAMPLE............................................................................. 9-18
9.2.3 TRIP DECISION TEST ....................................................................................9-18
9.3 FAULT LOCATOR
9.3.1 DESCRIPTION.................................................................................................9-20

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10. APPLICATION OF
SETTINGS 10.1 CT REQUIREMENTS
10.1.1 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................10-1
10.1.2 CALCULATION EXAMPLE 1............................................................................10-1
10.1.3 CALCULATION EXAMPLE 2............................................................................10-2
10.2 CURRENT DIFFERENTIAL (87L) SETTINGS
10.2.1 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................10-3
10.2.2 CURRENT DIFFERENTIAL PICKUP ...............................................................10-3
10.2.3 CURRENT DIFF RESTRAINT 1.......................................................................10-3
10.2.4 CURRENT DIFF RESTRAINT 2.......................................................................10-3
10.2.5 CURRENT DIFF BREAK POINT......................................................................10-3
10.2.6 CT TAP.............................................................................................................10-4
10.3 CHANNEL ASYMMETRY COMPENSATION USING GPS
10.3.1 DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................10-6
10.3.2 COMPENSATION METHOD 1.........................................................................10-6
10.3.3 COMPENSATION METHOD 2.........................................................................10-7
10.3.4 COMPENSATION METHOD 3.........................................................................10-7
10.4 INSTANTANEOUS ELEMENTS
10.4.1 INSTANTANEOUS ELEMENT ERROR DURING L30 SYNCHRONIZATION .10-9
11. COMMISSIONING 11.1 TESTING
11.1.1 CHANNEL TESTING........................................................................................11-1
11.1.2 CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION TESTS.............................................................11-2
11.1.3 CURRENT DIFFERENTIAL..............................................................................11-3
11.1.4 LOCAL-REMOTE RELAY TESTS....................................................................11-4
A. FLEXANALOG AND
FLEXINTEGER
PARAMETERS
A.1 PARAMETER LISTS
A.1.1 FLEXANALOG ITEMS.......................................................................................A-1
A.1.2 FLEXINTEGER ITEMS......................................................................................A-8
B. MODBUS
COMMUNICATIONS B.1 MODBUS RTU PROTOCOL
B.1.1 INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................B-1
B.1.2 PHYSICAL LAYER ............................................................................................ B-1
B.1.3 DATA LINK LAYER ...........................................................................................B-1
B.1.4 CRC-16 ALGORITHM .......................................................................................B-2
B.2 MODBUS FUNCTION CODES
B.2.1 SUPPORTED FUNCTION CODES...................................................................B-3
B.2.2 READ ACTUAL VALUES OR SETTINGS (FUNCTION CODE 03/04H)...........B-3
B.2.3 EXECUTE OPERATION (FUNCTION CODE 05H)...........................................B-4
B.2.4 STORE SINGLE SETTING (FUNCTION CODE 06H).......................................B-4
B.2.5 STORE MULTIPLE SETTINGS (FUNCTION CODE 10H)................................B-5
B.2.6 EXCEPTION RESPONSES...............................................................................B-5
B.3 FILE TRANSFERS
B.3.1 OBTAINING RELAY FILES VIA MODBUS........................................................B-6
B.3.2 MODBUS PASSWORD OPERATION...............................................................B-7
B.4 MEMORY MAPPING
B.4.1 MODBUS MEMORY MAP.................................................................................B-9
B.4.2 DATA FORMATS............................................................................................. B-60
C. IEC 61850
COMMUNICATIONS C.1 OVERVIEW
C.1.1 INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................C-1
C.1.2 COMMUNICATION PROFILES.........................................................................C-1