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The integrated system solution protecting and monitoring:
Busbars and breaker-failure
Line and transformer feeders (as Main 2 or back-up)
Higher reliability and availability of the energy supply
Reduction in project execution times and cost
First station protection system has already been delivered
Protection and Substation Automation Market Communication: petra.reinhardt@ch.abb.com
REB500sys: The enhancement
of the station protection scheme
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Phone +41-58-585 77 44
Fax +41-58-585 55 77
e.Mail substation.automation@ch.abb.com
www.abb.com/substationautomation
ABB Switzerland Ltd
Utility Automation
Brown Boveri Strasse 6
CH-5400 Baden/Switzerland
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The REB500sys is a
new system solution
with a high degree of
functional integration.
It covers the protection
and monitoring of the
whole substation, i.e.
busbars, line and trans-
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REB500sys is based on
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software algorithms from
ABB which are success-
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Overview of the pre-defined
and type-tested variants.
User Benefits
Reduced project and lifecycle cost
Less hardware, cabling & space
required
Time-saving use of pre-defined variants
Easy to use configuration & setting
program
Modular and uniform system with less
spares
Improved reliability and availability
of energy supply
Fast fault analysis with central access
to station-wide event and fault records
Dynamic busbar replica and
measurement display allow status-
monitoring
Monitoring of switch positions,
transformers and the system itself
facilitates immediate recognition of
failures and optimised maintenance
Reliable protection of investments
One system for comprehensive sub-
station protection
Extensible and upgradeable for growing
requirements
Interfaces with substation automation
(SA) and/or monitoring (SM) systems
Application
REB500sys can be used as
Main 2 or back-up protection
with integrated busbar and
breaker-failure protection
at all voltage levels:
In substations with Main 1 and
Main 2 feeder protection and bus-
bar protection
it simplifies the protection concept by
functional integration of Main 2 feeder
and busbar protection. The same level
of substation protection is maintained
whilst cost and space of an extra de-
vice are saved.
In substations with main and back-
up feeder protection, but currently
without busbar protection
it increases the availability of the energy
supply significantly as a result of
employing busbar and breaker-failure
protection integrated with main or
back-up protection.
In retrofit projects
it enhances the protection scheme and
adds comprehensive monitoring
Features
decentralised architecture
of well-proven REB500
modular and flexible protection
for single and double busbars
easy extension for feeders
up to 59 bay units and 32 zones
incorporation of the functionality
of REB500 busbar and REL316*4
feeder protection
five pre-defined variants for ease
of application and standardisation

central unit provides station-wide
busbar protection, monitoring and
remote access
bay units autonomously handle
all feeder protection functions including
monitoring and recording
fibre-optic connection between
central and bay units allows installation
close to the switchgear while ensuring
high electromagnetic compatibility.
First station protection project for 220 kV substation in Spain
The first REB500sys has already been delivered to the 220kV substation Quart de Poblet of Hydro Cantabrico,
one of the biggest utilities in Spain. Commissioning is scheduled for mid 2002.