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ABB REL 531

PowerFactory
Relay model description
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ABB REL 531

PowerFactory
Relay model description

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 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1 MODEL GENERAL DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................... 4

2 RELAY NOT SUPPORTED FEATURES ...................................................................................................................... 6

3 REFERENCE MATERIAL ......................................................................................................................................... 7

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1 Model general description
The ABB REL 531 PowerFactory relay model consists of a main relay model and 8 subrelays:

- TOC
- TOC2
- TOC3
- IOC
- TEF
- WEF1
- EF4
- Voltage

The main relay contains the measurement units, the distance trip zones with the relevant timers, the power swing element, the
output logic and all other subrelays.

More in detail the following functionalities are modelled in the main relay.

 Two measurement units (“Measure” and “Delta Measure” block). Please don’t forget to insert the nominal current and
the nominal voltage in both blocks.
 One starting unit implementing the phase selection logic (“Starting” block)
 One directional element (“Dir-Z” block)
 Five phase-phase loop polygonal distance zones with the relevant timers (“Z1P” and “Z1TP”, “Z2P” and “Z2TP”,
“Z3P” and Z3TP”, “Z4P” and “Z4TP”, “Z5P” and “Z5TP”block ).
 Five phase-ground “loop polygonal distance zones with the relevant timers (“Z1G” and “Z1TG”, “Z2G” and “Z2TG”,
“Z3G” and “Z3TG”, “Z4G” and “Z4TG”, “Z5G” and “Z5TG”block ).
 One phase-phase loop high speed polygonal distance zone (“Z1P High speed” block)
 One phase-ground loop high speed polygonal distance zone (“Z1G High speed” block)
 One element detecting the power swing conditions which can be configured to block the distance zones (“Power
Swing” block)
 Two polarizing blocks (“Polarizing” and ”Polarizing20” block). Please note that no user input is usually needed in these
blocks. The ability to maintain the right directionality after a fault along a series compensated line is provided by the
“Polarizing20” block.

The following functionalities are modelled in the subrelays:

“TOC” subrelay:
 One inverse characteristic phase overcurrent element (“TOC Phase” block)
 One inverse characteristic residual overcurrent element (“TOC Residual” block)

“TOC2” sub relay:

 One not directional inverse characteristic phase overcurrent element with minimum activation threshold and
additional trip delay (“Toc2”, “Toc2 tLow” and “Toc2 I>Low” block)
 One time defined phase overcurrent element (“Toc2 I>High” block)

“TOC3” sub relay:

 One not directional inverse characteristic phase overcurrent element with minimum activation threshold and
additional trip delay (“Toc3”, “Toc3 tLow” and “Toc3 I>Low” block)
 One time defined phase overcurrent element (“Toc3 I>High” block)

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“IOC” sub relay:
 One time defined phase overcurrent element (“IOC Phase” block)
 One time defined residual overcurrent element (“IOC Residual” block)

“TEF” sub relay:

 One directional inverse characteristic zero sequence overcurrent element with minimum activation threshold and
additional trip delay (“TEF”, “TEF tLow” and “TEF Imin” block)

“WEF1” sub relay:

 One directional time defined zero sequence overcurrent element (“WEF1 Dir” and “WEF1 delay” block”)

“EF4” sub relay:

 Three directional time defined zero sequence overcurrent elements (“EF4 Step 1”, “EF4 Step 2”, “EF4 Step 3”,” EF4
Dir” block”)
 One not directional inverse characteristic zero sequence overcurrent element with minimum activation threshold and
additional trip delay (“EF4 Step 4”, “EF4 tLow” and “EF4 Step 4 Imin” block)

“Voltage” sub relay:

 One phase undervoltage time defined element (“TUV” block)

 One phase overvoltage time defined element (“TOV Phase” block)
 One zero sequence overvoltage time defined element (“TOV Ground” block)

The ABB REL 531 model can be configured to support the following additional features:

o POTT (“Permissive overreach transfer trip”) scheme. It can be enabled setting equal to “TRIP” the “POTTTRIP”
variable in the “logic” tab page of the “Logic” block dialog.

o Single phase trip. It can be enabled setting equal to “TRIP” the “single_pole_trip” variable in the “logic” tab page of
the “Logic” block dialog.

o Two phases trip. It can be enabled setting equal to “TRIP” the “two_poles_trip” variable in the “logic” tab page of the
“Logic” block dialog.

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2 Relay not supported features

The following features are not supported:

 directional sensitive power protection (WEF2)

 scheme communication logic for residual overcurrent protection (EFC)
 current reversal and weak end infeed logic for residual overcurrent protection (EFCA)
 thermal overloadprotection (THOL)
 breaker failure protection
 unbalance protection for capacitor banks (TOCC)
 pole slip protection
 power system and secondary system supervision
 scheme communication logic for distance protection (ZCOM)
 current reversal and WEI logic for distance protection (ZCAL)
 radial feeder protection (PAP)
 automatic reclosing feature
 pole discordance protection (PD)
 stub protection

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3 Reference material

The model implementation has been based on the information available in the “Technical reference manual
ProtectIT Line high speed distance protection terminal REL 531*2.3 Document No: 1MRK 506 073-UEN
Issued: June 2004 Revision: A” document.

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