REC 316*4 1MRB520044-Uen / Rev.

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3.5.8. Peak value overvoltage (Voltage-Inst)

A. Application
• General voltage monitoring with instantaneous response
(over and undervoltage)
• Voltage monitoring where insensitive to frequency is required
(over and undervoltage).

B. Features
• processes instantaneous values and is therefore fast and
largely independent of frequency
• stores the peak value following pick-up
• no suppression of DC component
• no suppression of harmonics
• single and three-phase measurement
• maximum value detection in the three-phase mode
• adjustable lower frequency limit fmin.

C. Inputs and outputs

I. Analogue inputs:
• voltage

II. Binary inputs:

• blocking

III. Binary outputs:

• pick-up
• tripping

IV. Measurements:
• voltage amplitude (only available if function trips).

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D. Peak value voltage function settings - Voltage-Inst

Summary of parameters:

Text Unit Default Min. Max. Step

ParSet 4..1 P1 (Select)

Trip 0000000
Delay s 00.01 0.00 60.00 0.01
V-Setting UN 1.40 0.01 2.00 0.01
f-min Hz 40 25 50 1
MaxMin MAX (Select)
NrOfPhases 001 1 3 2
VoltageInp AnalogAddr 0
BlockInp BinaryAddr F
Trip SignalAddr ER
Start SignalAddr ER

Explanation of parameters:
ParSet 4..1
Parameter for determining in which set of parameters a par-
ticular function is active (see Section 5.11.).
Trip
defines the tripping channel activated by the tripping O/P of
the function (matrix).
Delay
Time between the function picking up and tripping.
V-Setting
Pick-up voltage setting.
f-min
defines the minimum frequency for which measurement is
required.
MaxMin
defines operation as overvoltage or undervoltage. Settings:
• MAX: overvoltage
• MIN: undervoltage.
NrOfPhases
defines whether single or three-phase measurement.

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VoltageInp
defines the analogue voltage input channel.
All voltage inputs may be selected.
In the case of three-phase measurement, the first channel (R
phase) of the group of three selected must be specified.
BlockInp
Binary address used as blocking input.
F: - not blocked
T: - blocked
xx: - all binary inputs (or outputs of protection functions).
Trip
Output for signalling tripping.
Start
Output for signalling pick-up.

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E. Setting instructions

Settings:
Overvoltage V-Setting
Delay Delay
Minimum frequency f-min
Over or undervoltage MaxMin
The instantaneous overvoltage function is a high-speed protec-
tion, which operates in a wide frequency range. It is intended
primarily for the following applications:
• where an overvoltage protection is required, which is largely
insensitive to frequency especially for f > fN.
The limited capacity of the v.t’s to transform low frequencies
must be taken into account for f < fN:
Input transformer units K01...K17 (REL 316*4) and K41...K47
(REC 316*4):
f
1.3UN ⋅
fN

Input transformer units K21...K24 (RET 316*4) and K61...K68

(REG 316*4):
f
2.25UN ⋅
fN

• where high-speed protection is required. The high speed is

achieved by measuring the instantaneous value of the voltage
and since DC components and harmonics are not sup-
pressed, by eliminating the inertia of the digital input filter.
Compared with the normal voltage function, the instantaneous
function has a larger tolerance on the pick-up setting. It should
therefore only be used in the above two cases.
The measuring principle is the same as that of the peak value
current function and therefore reference should be made to that
Section for a description of the principle and the significance of
the minimum frequency setting f-min.

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Pick-up voltage (U-Setting)

Single-phase v.t.:
A setting of 1.3 UN corresponds to a pick-up voltage of 130 V at
the input of the v.t.
Note that although a setting of 2.0 UN is possible, the range of
the analogue inputs of the input transformer units K01...K17
(REL 316*4) and K41...K47 (REC 316*4) is only 1.3 UN (i.e. max.
130 V or 260 V).
Y connected three-phase v.t’s:
A setting of 1.3 UN corresponds to a pick-up voltage of 130 V/ 3
at the input of the v.t.(phase-to-neutral voltage).

Typical settings:
V-Setting according to application
Delay according to application
f-min 40 Hz

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