1MAC507559-DB

Feeder protection and control

REF620

The REF620 is a dedicated feeder IED perfectly aligned for

the protection, control, measurement and supervision of
utility substations and industrial power systems. REF620 is
a member of ABB’s Relion® family and a part of its 620 pro-
tection and control product series. The 620 series IEDs are
characterized by flexibility and performance for demanding
utility distribution and industrial applications. Engineered
from the ground up, the 620 series has been designed to
unleash the full potential of the IEC 61850 standard for
communication and interoperability of substation automa-
tion devices.

Unique REF620 ANSI features

− − Six setting groups
− − Drawout design
− − Underground, overhead cable fault detection (CFD)
− − High-speed (< 1 ms) outputs
− − High impedance (HIZ) fault detection
− − Arc flash detection (AFD)
− − Phase step distance protection
− − Power quality
− − Ring-lug terminals for all inputs and outputs
− − Large, easy to read LCD screen
− − Programmable push-buttons
− − Environmentally friendly design with RoHS Compliance
Application
The REF620 provides main protection for overhead lines,
cable feeders, and busbar systems of distribution substations.
It can be applied for protection and control of grounded and
ungrounded distribution systems. It offers support for single
breaker, 1,5 breaker and double breaker feeder configurations.
Flexible order coding allows for choosing configurations to best
fit your distribution feeder application needs.
Protection and control
The REF620 is the most powerful, advanced and simplest
feeder protection relay in its class, perfectly offering time and in-
stantaneous overcurrent, negative sequence overcurrent, phase
step distance, phase discontinuity, breaker failure, thermal over-
load, and voltage metering and protection. The relay also fea-
tures high impedance fault (HIZ) and sensitive earth fault (SEF)
protection for grounded and ungrounded distribution systems.
Also, the relay incorporates a flexible three-phase multi-shot
auto-reclose function for automatic feeder restoration in tem-
porary faults on overhead lines.
Enhanced with safety options, the relay offers a three-channel
arc-fault detection system for supervision of the primary equip-
ment. The REF620 also integrates control functionality, which
facilitates the control of up to 2 circuit breakers via the relay’s
front panel human machine interface (HMI) or remote control
system. To protect the relay from unauthorized access and to
maintain the integrity of information, the relay has been provided
with a four-level, role-based user authentication system, with
individual passwords for the viewer, operator, engineer, and
administrator levels. The access control system applies to the
front panel HMI, embedded web browser based HMI, and the
PCM600, Protection and Control IED Manager.
Standardized communication
REF620 genuinely supports the new IEC 61850 standard for
inter-device communication in substations. The relay also sup-
ports the industry standard DNP3 and Modbus ® protocols. For
accurate time stamping, REF620 supports synchronization over
Ethernet using SNTP or over a separate bus using IRIG-B.
Pre-emptive condition monitoring Bus protection via GOOSE
For continuous knowledge of the operational availability of the The IEC 61850 implementation in REF620 also includes
REF620 features, a comprehensive set of monitoring functions fast peer-to-peer communication, over the substation bus.
to supervise the relay health, the trip circuit, and the circuit Use GOOSE communication between REF620 IEDs of the
breaker health is included. The breaker monitoring can include incoming and outgoing feeders of a substation cooperate
checking the wear and tear of the circuit breaker, the spring to form a stable, reliable, and high-speed busbar protection
charging time of the breaker operating mechanism and the gas system. The cost-effective GOOSE-based busbar protection is
pressure of the breaker chambers. The relay also monitors the obtained by configuring the IEDs and the operational availability
breaker travel time and the number of circuit breaker operations of the protection is assured by continuous supervision of the
to provide basic information for scheduling breaker mainte- protection IEDs and their GOOSE messaging over the station
nance. bus. No separate hard-wiring is needed for the horizontal com-
munication between the switchgear cubicles.

REF620 V2.0 ANSI Functional Application A REF620 V2.0 ANSI Functional Applications B & C

Bus
Bus 1
Bus 2
Υ or V F2
52-1 52-2 52-3
(1) F1 (2)
3 3 3
IA(2), IB(2), IC(2)
VA, VB, VC VG

REF620 V2.0 ANSI

Vsync(2)

Vsync(1)
REF620 V2.0 ANSI Func
Appl B
Func Appl A
Υ or V
VA(2), VB(2), VC(2)
50BF (2)
-2
2 or 3
59N- 27-1 27-2 47-1 47-2 59-1 59-2 60-1
IA, IB, IC 1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
51P 50P-1 50P-2 50P-3 46-1 Load
59G
3 Prof. PQ- 81LSH 81LSH
37-1 24-1 81-1 81-2
25-1 12 -1 -2

51LT

Load 67/ 67/ 67/

46PD- 49F-1 21P-1 32P-1
51LT 49F-1 37-1 46-2 21P PQ-14 25-2 Prof. 51P 50P-1 50P-2
1 IA, IB, IC
Switch
Σ 51P 50P-1 50P-2 50P-3 46-1 46-2 46PD 25-3
IA(1), IB(1), IC(1)

51N- 50N- 50N- 50N-

50 67/ 67/ 1 1 2 3
67/
51 N3
67/
3
67/
3 32N-13
32P-1 67/51P 27-1 81-1
50N-1 50N-2

BF-1 50P-1 50P-2

AFD- AFD- AFD- 79-1 79-2
11 21 31 (1) (2)

50BF
-1
60-1 27-1 27-2 47-1 47-2 59-1 59-2
51N-1 50N-1 50N-2 50N-3 27-2 81-2 Υ or V (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

(1)
VA, VB, VC
2 or 3

59N-
1 (1)
6 67/ 67/ 67/ 87LOZ 81LSH
32N-1 59-1
51N6 50N-16 50N-26 REF1 -1 1
Available with Arc Flash Detection (AFD) option. When current
supervision is set, current considered is from main CT (1)
2
Available with Power Quality option
3
Functions 32N-1, 67/51N, 67/50N-1, 67/50N-N have the option to
select directionality by either Negative seq or Zero seq. volt polarization.
The latter needs WYE VT input to the IED.

IG 50G 81LSH
51G 1 50G-11 50G-21 50G-31 59-2
52 BF-15 -2

50
2 HIZ2 47-1 60-1
SEF
Vsync Bus 1 Bus 2
52-1 52-2
3 (1) F1 (2)
3
47-2
25-1 79-1 IA(2), IB(2), IC(2)

3
Vsync
IG

AFD-13 AFD-23 AFD-33 59N-1 REF620 V2.0 ANSI Func

Appl C
Υ or V
1 VA(2), VB(2), VC(2)
Available with 5A/1A Ground CT option, Appl A(AA) 25-2 (2)
2
Available with 1A/0.2A SEF/HIZ CT option Appl A(AB) (need CBCT input) 27-1 27-2 47-1 47-2 59-1 59-2 60-1
2 or 3
3
Available with Arc Flash Detection(AFD) option 50BF (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
4 -2
Available with Power Quality option
5 PQ-
50G BF-1 is part of 50BF-1 function 37-1
14
24-1
81 LSH
-1
81LSH
-2
81-1 81-2
6 25-1 59N-
Functions 32N-1, 67/51N, 67/50N-1, 67/50N-2 have following options 1 (2)
51LT
a) Directionality by either Negative seq or Zero seq. volt polarization.
The latter needs WYE VT input to the IED. 49F-1
Load
21P-1 32P-1
67/ 67/ 67/
b) Operating current can be either calculated IN based on phase side Prof. 51P 50P-1 50P-2

currents or measured current at IG input IA, IB, IC

Switch
Σ
IA(1), IB(1), IC(1)

51P 50P-1 50P-2 50P-3 46-1 46-2 46PD 25-3

50BF 51N- 50N- 50N- 50N-

1 1 2 3
-1
5 67/ 67/ 67/
32N-1
51 N5
5
50N-2 50N-1 5

50G- 50G- 50G-

51G 1
11 21 31

50
HIZ2
SEF2

AFD- AFD- AFD- 79-1 79-2

13 23 33 (1) (2)
59N-
1 (1)
60-1 27-1 27-2 47-1 47-2 59-1 59-2
Υ or V (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)
(1)
VA, VB, VC 1
2 or 3 Available with 5A/1A Ground CT option, Appl C(CA)
2
Available with 1A/0.2A SEF/HIZ CT option, Appl C(CB) (need CBCT input)
3
Available with Arc Flash Detection (AFD) option.
When current supervision is set, current considered is from main CT (1)
4
Available with Power Quality option
5
Functions 32N-1, 67/51N, 67/50N-1, 67/50N-2 have following options
a) Directionality by either Negative seq or Zero seq. volt polarization.
The latter needs WYE VT input to the IED.
b) Operating current can be either calculated IN based on phase side
currents or measured current at IG input

2 REF620 | Descriptive Bulletin

Functions and Features Functional Application
Included = ●, Optional = ○ Firmware version 2.0
A B C
Protection ANSI Function Name
Phase overcurrents 51P, 50P ● ● ●
Phase long time overcurrent 51LT ● ● ●
Directional phase overcurrents 67P ● ● ●
Phase power directional 32P ● ● ●
Neutral overcurrents 51N, 50N ● ● ●
Ground overcurrents 51G, 50G ○ ○
Bus protection via GOOSE messaging 87B ● ● ●
Directional neutral overcurrents 67N ● ● ●
Neutral power directional 32N ● ● ●
Sensitive earth fault (SEF) 50SEF ○ ○
Phase Distance Protection 21P ● ● ●
Negative sequence overcurrents 46 ● ● ●
Load sheds and restorations 81LSH ● ● ●
Underfrequencies, overfrequencies, rate-of-changes 81 ● ● ●
Cable fault detection (CFD) for underground and overhead feeder cables CFD ● ● ●
High impedance fault (HIZ) HIZ ○ ○
Thermal overload 49F ● ● ●
Phase discontinuity 46PD ● ● ●
Cold load inrush detection (seconds, minutes) 62CLD ● ● ●
Undercurrent 37 ● ● ●
Restricted earth fault(REF), low impedance 87LOZREF ○
Phase undervoltages 27 ● ● ●
Phase overvoltages 59 ● ● ●
Phase sequence overvoltages 47 ● ● ●
Ground overvoltage 59G ●
Neutral overvoltage 59N ● ● ●
Circuit breaker failure 50BF, 50NBF ● ● ●
Three-phase Inrush Detector INR ● ● ●
Electrically latched/self-resetting trip digital outputs 86/94-1, 86/94-2 ● ● ●
Phase current sets summing function CSUM ● ●
Three phase measurement switching VSWI ● ●
Arc flash detection via three lens sensors AFD-1, AFD-2, AFD-3 ○ ○ ○
Control
Circuit breaker control 52 ● ● ●
Autoreclose 79 ● ● ●
Synchronism check 25 ● ● ●
Monitoring and Supervision
Trip circuit monitoring TCM ● ● ●
Breaker condition monitoring 52CM ● ● ●
Fuse failure 60 ● ● ●
Current circuit supervision CCM ● ●
Measurement
Three-phase currents IA, IB, IC ● ● ●
Sequence currents I1, I2, I0 ● ● ●
Ground current IG ● ●
Demand phase currents ● ● ●
Maximum and minimum demand values ● ● ●
Three-phase voltages VA, VB, VC ● ● ●
Sequence voltages V1, V2, V0 ● ● ●
Ground voltage VG ●
Power and energy (1-phase, 3-phases) and power factor P, E and PF ● ● ●
Fault location FLO ● ● ●
Frequency f ● ● ●
Power quality PQ ○ ○ ○

Descriptive bulletin | REF620 3

 Functions and Features (continued) Functional Application
Included = ● , Optional = ○ Firmware version 2.0
Automation & Communications A B C
Max number of Digital Inputs 32 24 24
Max number of Digital Outputs 18 18 18
Max number of High-Speed Outputs (HSO's are optional and take the place of some digital outputs) 3 6 6
100Base-TX Ethernet (RJ45) port2 ● ● ●
Rear 100Base-FX Ethernet (LC) ○ ○ ○
Rear 100Base-TX Ethernet(RJ45) + RS-485(1x4-wire or 2x2-wire) + IRIG-B ○ ○ ○
Rear 100Base-FX Ethernet(LC) + RS-485(1x4-wire or 2x2-wire) + IRIG-B ○ ○ ○

1MAC507559-DB Rev B January 2016

Rear 100Base-TX and -FX Ethernet (1 * LC, 2 * RJ45) + serial glass fiber (ST) ○ ○ ○
Rear 100Base-TX Ethernet (3 * RJ45) + serial glass fiber (ST) ○ ○ ○
Ethernet 100Base-TX (RJ45) + confi gurable RS232/RS485 + [RS485 or serial glass fiber (ST) +
IRIG-B]1 ○ ○ ○
All three DNP 3.0, Modbus, and IEC61850 communication protocols ● ● ●
Records
Sequence of events recorder SER ● ● ●
Fault recorder FLR ● ● ●
Digital fault (waveform) recorder DFR ● ● ●
Load profile LoadProf ● ● ●
Digital Fault Recorder signal channels (Analog/Digital) 12/64 12/64 12/64
Events recorder (FIFO), 1ms resolution 1024 1024 1024
Fault records 128 128 128
1
May not be combined with Arc Flash Detection (AFD) option
2
Front port included, rear port optional

Analog inputs Tools

−− Three phase currents: 5/1 A programmable − − PCM600 V2.4.1 or later for setting, configuration and data
− − Ground current: 5/1 A programmable or 1/0.2 A retrieval
− − Rated frequency: 60/50 Hz programmable − − COM600 Station Automation series products V3.5 or later
−− Three-phase and ground voltages: programmable nominal −− Web browser based user interface (IE 7.0 or later)
secondary voltage
−− Phase voltage available for synch check Control voltage
−− Option 1: 48 ... 250 V dc, 100 … 240 V ac
Binary inputs and outputs − − Option 2: 24 ... 60 V dc
−− Sixteen binary inputs standard
− − Ten binary outputs available as standard Certificates
− − One Form C self-check alarm output as standard − − UL Listed product, File E103204
− − Optional High Speed Outputs (HSO) available
− − Additional binary inputs and outputs available as options ABB Inc.
Distribution Automation
Communication 4300 Coral Ridge Drive
− − IEC 61850-8-1 with GOOSE messaging Coral Springs, Florida 33065
− − DNP3 Level 2+ over TCP/IP Phone: +1 954 752 6700
− − Modbus over TCP/IP Fax: +1 954 345 5329
−− Time synchronization via SNTP (primary and backup
servers) www.abb.com/substationautomation
− − Optional serial RS-485 port programmable for DNP3 www.abb.com/relion
Level 2+ or Modbus RTU www.abb.com/mediumvoltage
− − Optional IRIG-B time synchronization
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(201 mm) D
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− − Weight: Complete IED – 10.5 lbs. (4.8 kg); Plug-in unit
only - 6.0 lbs.(2.8 kg)