6.

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When the trip contacts are still closed and the CB is already open,
the resistor has to withstand much higher power (Equation 6.7) for
this short time.

Equation 6.7:

2
U MAX
P=
R
P = 1212 / 22000 = 0.67 W
A 0.5 W resistor is enough for this short time peak power, too.
However, if the trip relay is closed for longer than a few seconds, a
1 W resistor should be used.

6.16.2 Trip circuit supervision with two digital inputs

The benefit of this scheme is that no external resistor is needed.
The drawbacks are that two digital inputs from two separate groups
and two extra wires from the relay to the CB compartment are
needed. Additionally, the minimum allowed auxiliary voltage is 48 V
dc which is more than twice the threshold voltage of the dry digital
input because when the CB is in open position, the two digital inputs
are in series.
• The first digital input is connected parallel to the auxiliary contact
of the circuit breaker's open coil.
• Another auxiliary contact is connected in series with the circuitry
of the first digital input. This makes it possible to supervise also
the auxiliary contact in the trip circuit.
• The second digital input is connected in parallel with the trip
contacts.
• Both inputs are configured as normal closed (NC).
• The user’s programmable logic is used to combine the digital
input signals with an AND port. The delay is configured to be
longer than the maximum fault time to inhibit any superfluous
trip circuit fault alarm when the trip contact is closed.
• The output from the logic is connected to a relay in the output
matrix giving out any trip circuit alarm.
• Both digital inputs must have their own common potential.
Using the other digital inputs in the same group as the upper DI
in the Figure 6.16 is not possible in most applications. Using the
other digital inputs in the same group as the lower DI in the
Figure 6.16 is limited because the whole group is tied to the
auxiliary voltage VAUX.

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Figure 6.16: Trip circuit supervision with two digital inputs. The CB is closed. The
supervised circuitry in this CB position is double-lined. The digital input is in active
state when the trip circuit is complete.

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Figure 6.17: Trip circuit supervision with two digital inputs. The CB is in the open
position. The two digital inputs are now in series.

Figure 6.18: An example of digital input configuration for trip circuit supervision
with two dry digital inputs DI1 and DI2. If DI3 – DI16 are used, the minimum voltage
has to be 96 Vdc.

Figure 6.19: An example of logic configuration for trip circuit supervision with two
digital inputs DI1 and DI2.

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