380/132kV BISHA BSP

RELAY SETTING CALCULATION

SECTION -A24
PART-2: UNIT PROTECTION SETTINGS
380kV Bus Bar Protection Settings Set-2
Applicable for 380kV Bus Bars

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RELAY SETTING CALCULATION

1 . 380KV BUS BAR DIFFERENTIAL (87BB) PROTECTION SET-2 (7SJ80)

RELAY DATA
Type of Relay
Make
Rated Current
Rated Frequency

7SJ80
Siemens
1 Amp.
60 Hz.

Relay Application
High Impedance Bus Bar Protection (87BB)

System Data
System Service Voltage
System Frequency, f
Busbar Rated Current Capacity
Busbar Short Time withstand current

=
=
=
=

380 kV
60 Hz
3150 A
63000 A

=
=
=

for 1 sec

CT Data
Class
CT Rated Primary Current
CT Rated Secondary Current
Adopted Tap
CT Secondary Resistance, Rct

<

TPS
3000-2500-2000-1500-1250-1000-750
1A
3000 A
4.7 Ohm

Rated Knee Point Voltage, EK, RATED

Magnetizing current

>
=

5550 V
50 mA

Rl

=
=
=
=
=
=
=

250 m
300 m
6 sqmm
0.00356 ohm/m
Distance x Res/m
(300) * (0.00356)
1.07 ohm

RWIRE

2.14 ohm

Cable Data
Distance between Relay and CT:
( with 20 % margin)
CT Cable size
CT Cable resistance (ohm/m):
One way CT Cable Resistance:

2 way CT Cable Resistance:

The minimum setting voltage to ensure stability is:

USTAB

IMAX,EXT/kr(RCT + RWIRE)

And the minimum knee point voltage (EK) of the CT must be:
EK

2USET

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RELAY SETTING CALCULATION

Ek Calculation formula
As per 7SJ80 relay for High Impedance Diff. protection, the CT knee point emf (Ek) shall meet the following
requirement
EK
2USET
USTAB

IMAX,EXT/kr(RCT + RWIRE)

IMAX,EXT

Maximum Through Fault Current

USTAB

=
=
=

63000/3000 * (4.7 + 2.14)

143.56 V

IMAX,EXT/kr(RCT + RWIRE)

The setting voltage USET of the scheme over the differential branch shall be made equal or greater than the
required stability voltage
Therefore

USET
EK

>

150 V
2*150

EK

>

300 V

Calculation of the required fault setting

Considering that the minimum fault current at the busbar is quite high, the desired primary fault sensitivity
Ip,des is chosen at 100 % of the rating of the busbar
Ip,des

3000 A

Setting voltage (Uset)

= 150 V
= 450
C = constant of Metrosil
= 0.25
= Index of Metrosil
Ivar = Current drawn by Metrosil at setting voltage,

Therefore,

Ivar

0.52 x [2 x Uset / C] ^ (1/)

Ivar
Ivar

=
=

0.52 x [2 x 150/450]^(1/0.25)
0.0257 A

Having chosen the primary fault sensitivity Ip,des of the scheme, the secondary setting of the relay Iset can be
calculated as below, where the varistor spill current will be at this stage neglected:

Where

NCT

NCT

Iset

number of CT that belong to the considered /designed

differential protection zone
6

(3000/3000) - 6 (150/5550) *0.05 - 0

0.992 A

The setting current Iset of the scheme will be then taken:

Iset

1.0 A

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RELAY SETTING CALCULATION

Calculation of the required stabilizing resistor

Stabilising resistor Rstab is calculated as

Rstab

(USet/Iset) - (RRelay)

Relay input burden neglected

Rstab

=
=

(150/1)
150.0

The thermal rating of the resistor is calculated:

The continuous power rating of the stabilizing resistor can be chosen as per
Pstab,cont
Pstab,cont

=
=
=

Uset2 / Rstab
(150)^2 / 150
150.00 W

Furthermore, Rstab must have a short time rating large enough to withstand the fault current before the fault
is cleared. Thereby, the rms voltage developed across the stabilizing resistor during maximal prospective
internal fault Urms,f is decisive for the thermal stress of the stabilizing resistor. It is calculated according to
below formula.

Urms,f

=
=

1.3 * { (5550)^3 *150 * ( 63000 / 3000)}^0.25

6262.40 V

The time duration of 0.5 seconds can be typically considered for the stabilizing resistor ( Pstab,0.5s ).
The resulting short-time rating Pstab,0.5s shall be then chosen as per below
=
=
=

Urms,f2 / Rstab
(6262.4)^2 / 150
261451.03 W

Rstab

150.0

Pstab,cont

150.00 W

Pstab,0.5s

261451.03 W

Pstab,0.5s
Pstab,0.5s
Therefore:
Resistor chosen (per relay input):

Metrosils Requirement :
With reference to the Metrosil Catalogue the selected Metrosil is 600-A/S1/256 or higher model.