Introduction7SV512V1
9C53000---G1176---C91
1 Introduction
1.1Application
Thenumericalcircuitbreakerfailureprotectionrelay
7SV512 providesrapid back-upfaultclearancein-
structiontotheassociatedcircuitbreakersincase
thecircuitbreakernearest tothefaultfailstore-
spond.
Itis suitableforpowersystemsofall voltageranges.
Theinitiationsignalcanbederivedfromanyprotec-
tionorsupervisionequipmentor,incaseofmanual
opening,fromthediscrepancycontrolswitchofthe
breaker.Informationfromthecircuitbreakerauxilia-
rycontact(s)isrequiredforthebreakerfailurepro-
tectiontofunctionduringfaultswhichproducelittle
ornocurrentflow(e.g.Buchholzprotection).
Thebreakerfailureprotectioncanoperatesingle-
stageortwo-stage.When usedas single-stagepro-
tection,thebustripcommandisgiventotheadja-
centcircuitbreakersiftheprotectedfeederbreaker
fails.When usedastwo-stageprotection,thefirst
stagecanbeusedtorepeat thetripcommandtothe
relevantbreaker,normallyondifferent tripcoils,ifthe
initialtripcommandfromthefeederprotectionisnot
executed.Thesecondstagewillresultinabustripto
theadjacentbreakers,ifthecommandofthefirst
stageisnotsuccessful.
Thebustripcommandfromthebreakerfailurepro-
tectioncanberoutedtoall circuitbreakerslinkedto
thesamebus-bar(section)asthebreakerthat
failed.Itcanalsobetransmittedtotheremote end
bymeansofasuitablecommunicationlink(e.g.
PLC,radiowave,oropticalfibre).Thedistribution
logicwhichisnecessaryincaseofmultiplebus-bar
sectionsisnotpartof7SV512 relay.
Thecurrentlevelismonitoredineachofthethree
phasesagainstaset threshold.Inaddition,there-
sidualearthcurrentismonitoredor--- ifthisisnot
available--- thenegativesequencecomponentof
thephasecurrentsderived bysymmetricalcompo-
nentanalysis.Thisensureshighsecurityagainst
malfunctionbyuseofa2-out-of-4checkofthecur-
rentdetectors.
Phasesegregatedcurrentmonitoringenablesreli-
ablebreakerfailuredetectionevenduringsingle-
poleauto-reclosecyclesprovidedthephasesegre-
gatedtripsignalsofthefeederprotectionarecon-
nectedto7SV512.Iftwo-stagebreakerfailurepro-
tectionisusedinconjunctionwithsingle-poletrip-
pingbythefeederprotection,thefirststagetripmay
beperformedsingle-poleorthree-pole,as selected
bytheuser.Differentdelaytimescanbesetfor
single-phasefaultsandmulti-phasefaults.
Iftheprotectedcircuitbreakerisnotoperative(e.g.
airpressurefailure),instantaneousbustripofthe
adjacentcircuitbreakerscanbeachievedfollowing
afeederprotectiontrip providedtherelayisin-
formed byanexternalbreakermonitor.
Anendfaultprotectionfunctionisintegratedinthe
7SV512 relay.Anendfaultisashort-circuitlocated
betweenthecircuitbreakerandthecurrent trans-
formersetofthefeeder.Forthisfaultcurrentflowis
detectedalthoughtheauxiliarycontactsofthe
breakerindicateopenbreakerpole(s).Acommand
signalisgeneratedwhichcanbetransmittedtothe
remote end breaker.
Acircuitbreakerpolediscrepancysupervisionisin-
tegratedinthe7SV512.Itpreventsthatonlyoneor
twopolesofthebreakerareopencontinuously.A
three-poletripisinitiatedwhenpolediscrepancyis
detectedforaset time.
Specialmeasuresaretakentopreventmalfunction
oftherelay.Besidesthementioned2-out-of-4check
ofthecurrentdetectionelementsthetripsignalsof
thefeederprotectionmustbeconnectedinredun-
dantmannersothat theycanbecheckedforplausi-
bility.Anadditionalhard-waremonitorensuresmul-
ti-channelcontrolofthetriprelays.Continuousmon-
itoringofthemeasuredvaluespermitsrapidannun-
ciationofanyfaultinthemeasuringtransformercir-
cuits.Continuousplausibilitymonitoringoftheinter-
nalmeasuredvalueprocessingcircuitsandmoni-
toringoftheauxiliaryvoltagestoensurethat theyre-
mainwithintoleranceareobviouslyinherentfea-
tures.
Throughoutafaultinthenetworkthemagnitudesof
theinstantaneousvaluesarestoredforaperiodof
max.3seconds(0.66 secondsat50 Hzfortrans-
missiontoacentralcomputerstation)andareavail-
ableforsubsequentfaultanalysis.
Serialinterfacesallowcomprehensivecommunica-
tionwithotherdigitalcontrolandstoragedevices.
Fordatatransmissionastandardized protocolinac-
cordancewithDIN19244 isused.Thedevicecan
thereforebeincorporatedinLocalizedSubstation
Automation networks(LSA).