Criteria For Selection of resistors in Trip Circuit

Supervision Relays:

In Trip Circuit Supervision Relays, the Selection of Resistors should met the Following Criteria,

Requirement:

1) During PreClose , two coils should be picked up . while Post Close , only one coil should be
Picked.

2) According to TCS Relay (Areva) ,Maximum Trip circuit Supervision current should not Exceed
20mA.

3) Minimum Pickup Voltage For TCS Relay coils(RL2 , RL3) = 16.80 V (From SAT Values)

Suppose,.
i) if we Select very less Resistance it will exceed the maximum Trip Circuit
supervision Current
ii) if we select very High resistance, During preclose Condition, Relay coil will
not pick up and thus Supervision is not possible.

Results:

Resistors 500 ohms 4000 ohms 8000 ohms

Maximum Trip circuit 24 13.62 9.1

supervision Current (mA)
Minimum Voltage Across 45.15 24.85 16.5
TCS coil (V)

Conclusion:

Selection of the Resistor Values should be in such a way that it should balance the above two
criterias. Thus 4000 ohms resistor is a better value.
Example:

Default condition:

We are selecting 4000 ohms resistor across each coil of TCS relay,

The resistance of the coil (RL2) = 3570 ohms.

The resistance of the coil (RL3) = 3550 ohms.

The Ext. resistance of the coil (RL2) = 4000 ohms.

The Ext. resistance of the coil (RL3) = 4000 ohms.

Breaker Trip coil Resistance = 525 ohms

1) During Preclose condition ,

Coil RL2 , RL3 gets Picked up .

thus the total current flowing through the Circuit = 110/(3570+4000+3550+4000+525)

=110/15645

= 7mA

In this Condition,

i) voltage developed across RL2 coil = 7mA * 3570 ohms

= 25 Volts

ii) voltage developed across EXt . Resist for RL2 coil = 7mA * 4000 ohms

= 28 Volts

iii) voltage developed across RL3 coil = 7mA * 3550 ohms

= 24.85 Volts

iv) voltage developed across EXt . Resist for RL3 coil = 7mA * 4000 ohms

= 28 Volts

V) voltage developed across the Breaker Trip Coil is = 7mA * 525 ohms

= 3.675 Volts
2) During Post close condition ,

Only Coil RL3 gets Picked

thus the total current flowing through the Circuit = 110/(3550+4000+525)

=110/8075

= 13.62mA

In this situation,

i) voltage developed across RL2 coil = 13.62mA * 3570 ohms

= 48.62 Volts

ii) voltage developed across EXt . Resist for RL2 coil = 13.62 mA * 4000 ohms

= 54.48 Volts

iii) voltage developed across the Breaker Trip Coil is = 13.62mA * 525 ohms

= 7.15 Volts

Condition 1:

Suppose, instead of 4000 ohms , if We select 8000 ohms resistor across each coil of TCS relay:

The resistance of the coil (RL2) = 3570 ohms.

The resistance of the coil (RL3) = 3550 ohms.

The Ext. resistance of the coil (RL2) = 8000 ohms.

The Ext. resistance of the coil (RL3) = 8000 ohms.

Breaker Trip coil Resistance = 525 ohms

1) During Preclose condition ,

Coil RL2 , RL3 gets Picked up

Thus the total current flowing through the Circuit = 110/(3570+8000+3550+8000+525)

=110/23645

= 4.65 mA

In this Condition,

i) voltage developed across RL2 coil = 4.65mA * 3570 ohms

= 16.60 Volts
ii) voltage developed across EXt . Resist for RL2 coil = 4.65mA * 8000 ohms

= 37.2 Volts

iii) voltage developed across RL3 coil = 4.65mA * 3550 ohms

= 16.5 Volts

iv) voltage developed across EXt . Resist for RL3 coil = 4.65mA * 8000 ohms

= 37.2 Volts

V) voltage developed across the Breaker Trip Coil is = 4.65 mA * 525 ohms

= 2.4 Volts

2) During Postclose condition ,

Only Coil RL3 gets Picked up

Thus the total current flowing through the Circuit = 110/(3550+8000+525)

=110/12075

= 9.1mA

In this Condition,

i) voltage developed across RL2 coil = 9.1mA * 3570 ohms

= 32.52 Volts

ii) voltage developed across EXt . Resist for RL2 coil = 9.1 mA * 8000 ohms

= 72.8 Volts

V) voltage developed across the Breaker Trip Coil is = 9.1mA * 525 ohms

= 4.7 Volts

In this situation

During Preclose Condition the developed voltage across the Relay coil is not sufficient to pick up the
relay.

since the Minimum required volage to pick up the relay is 16.8 Volts

Whereas, Developed voltage across the coil during preclose condition is only 16.5V
Condition 2:

Suppose , if We select 500 ohms resistor across each coil of TCS relay:

The resistance of the coil (RL2) = 3570 ohms.

The resistance of the coil (RL3) = 3550 ohms.

The Ext. resistance of the coil (RL2) = 500 ohms.

The Ext. resistance of the coil (RL3) = 500 ohms.

Breaker Trip coil Resistance = 525 ohms

1) During Preclose condition ,

Coil RL2 , RL3 gets Picked up .

Thus the total current flowing through the Circuit = 110/(3570+500+3550+500+525)

=110/8645

= 12.72 mA

In this Condition,

i) voltage developed across RL2 coil = 12.72 mA * 3570 ohms

= 45.41 Volts

ii) voltage developed across EXt . Resist for RL2 coil = 12.72mA * 500 ohms

= 6.36Volts

iii) voltage developed across RL3 coil = 12.72 mA * 3550 ohms

= 45.15 Volts

iv) voltage developed across EXt . Resist for RL3 coil = 12.72mA * 500 ohms

= 6.36 Volts

V) voltage developed across the Breaker Trip Coil is = 12.72 mA * 525 ohms

= 6.678 Volts
2) During Postclose condition ,

Only Coil RL3 gets Picked up.

Thus the total current flowing through the Circuit = 110/(3550+500+525)

=110/4575

= 24 mA

In this situation,

i) voltage developed across RL2 coil = 24mA * 3570 ohms

= 85.68 Volts

ii) voltage developed across EXt . Resist for RL2 coil = 24 mA * 500 ohms

= 12 Volts

iii) voltage developed across the Breaker Trip Coil is = 24mA * 525 ohms

= 12.6 Volts

According to TCS Relay (Areva), Maximum Trip circuit Supervision current should be less than 20mA.

Whereas, During Post Close Condition we are exceeding the Maximum Limit.