Design of Modern Numerical Relay Equipment

Richard Price

Hardware Design Team Leader

Design of Modern Numerical Protective Relay Equipment

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Lecture Outline

• What are protective relays and why do we need them?

• What technologies have been employed

• What are the additional benefits of modern protective relays

• What might the future hold

• Discussions

Design of Modern Protective Relaying Equipment

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What is a protection relay ?

A big expensive reusable fuse !

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Protective Relays Why bother ?

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Protective RelayPrinciples of Operation

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ELECTROMECHANICAL (1950)

• Attracted armature or induction disc type elements to implement the protection functions.

• An electromagnetic force causes the mechanical operation of the relay.

Protective RelaysTechnologies Employed (1)

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STATIC (1970)

• Maturing of transistor technology

• Static implies that the relay does not have moving parts

• Discrete electronic components (generally analogue devices) used for creation of the operating characteristics.

• Trip output contacts would generally be of attracted armature type.

Protective RelaysTechnologies Employed (2)

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DIGITAL (1980)

• Used the then new microprocessor technologies

• Generally an analogue front end

• Protection function logic is implemented in the microprocessor.

• The only numerical states within the relay are high/low logic (logic one or zero) rather than mathematical algorithms

Protective RelaysTechnologies Employed (3)

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NUMERICAL (Today)

• Used exclusively in today’s protection relays

• Inputs sampled and converted into digital numerical data

• Complex mathematical algorithms generate the relay operating characteristics.

• The distinction from digital relays is that numerical relays use digital signal processing (DSP).

• Also characterised by the sophisticated communications facilities they offer.

Protective RelaysTechnologies Employed (4)

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Protective Relay TechnologiesExamples

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Protective RelayPrincipal Input/Output Interfaces

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Analogue Inputs

Analogue to

Digital Conversio

n

Power Supply

DigitalOutputs

(Relays)

DigitalInputs

(Optos)

Signal Processing CommunicationsUser

Interface (HMI)

Additional I/O

Interconnection Bus

Protective Relay DesignKey Elements - implementation

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Protective Relay Design- Analogue Inputs

Analogue Inputs

Analogue to

Digital Conversio

n

Power Supply

DigitalOutputs

(Relays)

DigitalInputs

(Optos)

Signal Processing CommunicationsUser

Interface (HMI)

Additional I/O

Interconnection Bus

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Analogue Inputs – Traditional ApproachSequential Sampling

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Sequential Sampling Advantages / Disadvantages

• Advantages− Low cost solution

• Disadvantages− Single data stream, sampling frequency− Relatively slow− Signal Skew

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Analogue Inputs – New TechnologiesSimultaneous Sampling

Buffering

Re-sampling

Re-sampling

Data

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Buffering

Re-sampling

Re-sampling

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Simultaneous Sampling Advantages / Disadvantages

• Advantages− Multiple sampling rates− Higher sampling frequencies− Signal Pre-conditioning

• Disadvantages− Higher hardware costs

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Actual signal

Apparent signal

Sample points

Sampling element

Sampling Issues problems - Aliasing effects

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Dynamic Range, Quantisation Effects

Input signal distortion problems - Conversion errors

12 bit ADC equivalent to 4096 numbers

• For dynamic range of 64 In

• In = count 32

• Resolution - 30mA (In = 1A)

For 16 bit, resolution - 2mA

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Analogue todigital

conversion

n samplesper cycle

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Antialiasing

Digital filter

Antialiasing

I1 Mag, Ø

I2 Mag, Ø

Ix Mag, Ø

V1 Mag, Ø

Vy Mag, Ø

Processed Data

Signal filtering

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Gain

1

0f0 2f0 3f0 4f0 5f0 6f0 7f0 8f0 9f0

Frequency

Alias of Fundamental

H/W Low Pass Filter

Fourier Filter

Frequency Response of 1 Cycle Fourier Filter (8 Sample/Cycle)

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Protective Relay DesignDigital Inputs

Analogue Inputs

Analogue to

Digital Conversio

n

Power Supply

DigitalOutputs

(Relays)

DigitalInputs

(Optos)

Signal Processing CommunicationsUser

Interface (HMI)

Additional I/O

Interconnection Bus

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• Wetting currents

• Burden

• Isolation

• How many ?

• How fast ?

• Thermal dissipation

• Safety

Digital InputsConsiderations

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− Multiple variants− Single voltage I/P− Simple / low cost− OK for Trip circuit

supervision applications

Digital InputsCircuit Designs

− Single variant− Wide Range I/P− Single threshold − Power ∝ Voltage

− Single variant− Wide Range I/P− Low Power− Multiple

thresholds− Measurements− Settable− Complex / higher

cost

LPF0,1

LPF0,1

Signal ProcessingVoltage

MeasurementOrStatus + Settings

AUXPSU

PWM Measurement

Circuit

Active Measurement Opto Circuit

Constant Current Opto Circuit

Passive Opto Circuit

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Protective Relay DesignDigital Outputs

Analogue Inputs

Analogue to

Digital Conversio

n

Power Supply

DigitalOutputs

(Relays)

DigitalInputs

(Optos)

Signal Processing CommunicationsUser

Interface (HMI)

Additional I/O

Interconnection Bus

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• Contact rating

• Isolation

• How many ?

• How fast ?

• Thermal dissipation

• Safety

Digital OutputsConsiderations

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− Op time ~10ms

Digital OutputsCircuit Designs

− Op time ~4ms

− Op time <0.5ms− High break

capability

Static Assisted Output Circuit

Accelerated Relay Circuit

Standard Relay Circuit

Data

Data

20V8V

12V

Data

20V 8V

12V

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Protective Relay DesignAdditional I/O

Analogue Inputs

Analogue to

Digital Conversio

n

Power Supply

DigitalOutputs

(Relays)

DigitalInputs

(Optos)

Signal Processing CommunicationsUser

Interface (HMI)

Additional I/O

Interconnection Bus

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• Current Loop I/O

• Temperature Measurement (RTDs)

• Time Synchronisation (IRIG-B)

• Protection Communications− Current Differential− Inter-tripping

Additional I/O

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Protective Relay DesignUser Interface

Analogue Inputs

Analogue to

Digital Conversio

n

Power Supply

DigitalOutputs

(Relays)

DigitalInputs

(Optos)

Signal Processing CommunicationsUser

Interface (HMI)

Additional I/O

Interconnection Bus

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User Interface

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Protective Relay Design - Computing Unit

Analogue Inputs

Analogue to

Digital Conversio

n

Power Supply

DigitalOutputs

(Relays)

DigitalInputs

(Optos)

Signal Processing CommunicationsUser

Interface (HMI)

Additional I/O

Interconnection Bus

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Computing Unit - Hardware

• Microprocessor(s)

• Memory−(Flash) EPROM−RAM−NV RAM

• Time synchronisation

• Communications drivers

• Battery back-up

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Protective Relay Design - Computing Unit

Analogue Inputs

Analogue to

Digital Conversio

n

Power Supply

DigitalOutputs

(Relays)

DigitalInputs

(Optos)

Signal Processing CommunicationsUser

Interface (HMI)

Additional I/O

Interconnection Bus

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• Control of analogue acquisition

• Process raw data in magnitude & phase

• Sample of plant status I/Ps

• Execute protection algorithms

• Combine protection outputs and plant status to control outputs (scheme logic)

• Control user interface

• Implement remote communications protocols

• Log events and disturbances

Computing Unit - S/W Processes

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CommunicationsOperatingPlatform

ApplicationSoftware

B I O S

Hardware

Protective Relay Software Design

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• Microprocessor requires sufficient power to− Process samples in real time before next sample

is taken− Run the protection algorithms often enough to

meet the requirements for speed of operation− Service communications tasks− Ensure background tasks have sufficient priority

(ie user interface)

• Typical maximum processor loading <70% quiescent, <90% during faults

Computing Unit - Requirements

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Computing Unit Performance

200

520

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199

5

199

0

198

0

MCGG

0.1

1 10 100

L Series

Px40

Px40+

Px20

K Series

Yea

r

Millions of Instructions per second (MIPS)

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Computing UnitExample

• Microprocessor : 32 bit floating point

75 MIPS

• Memory− (Flash) EPROM : 4 M bytes− RAM : 2 M bytes− NV RAM : 4 M bytes

• Software : >700 000 lines code

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• Performance requirements− International IEC 60255, ANSI− National BS, DIN etc

• Mandatory requirements− CE marking (Europe)

• LVD

• EMC− UL (US, Canada)

Protective Relaying EquipmentProduct Certification

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Numerical RelaysPhysical Structure

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Additional Additional FeaturesFeatures

Numerical Relays

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• Additional features found in numerical relays− Multiple functions in same relay− Fault location− Self diagnostics & commissioning tools− Programmable scheme logic / customisation− Intelligent Communications− Fault recording− Re-configurable inputs and outputs− Monitoring and control of circuit breakers− Instrumentation

• Reliability, repeatability, ….

Numerical Relays - what are the benefits ?

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FaultFault LocationLocation

Numerical Relays

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16% 3.8 16km10miles

Fault location

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Self Diagnostics &Self Diagnostics &Commissioning ToolsCommissioning Tools

Numerical Relays

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Self Diagnostics & Commissioning

•Self diagnostics−Power-on

diagnostics−Continuous self-

monitoring−Condition based

maintenance

•Commissioning features available to user

−Input states−Output states−Internal logic status−Measurements

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Programmability Programmability & Customisation& Customisation

Numerical Relays

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User programmable scheme logic

Timers

Relay contacts

LEDs

Protectionelements

Fixed schem

elogic

Optos

Control

&

&1

Gate Logic

Customisation :Programmable Scheme Logic

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Trip

Trip

Opto

Tripcoil

52a

52b

Circuit breaker

Opto

Trip Circuit Monitoring

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Trip Circuit Fail mapped to

Contact, LED and Alarm Indication

Trip Circuit Monitoring Using Programmable Scheme Logic

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Off-line AnalysisOff-line Analysis

Numerical Relays

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Prefault Postfault

Disturbance Records

•8 Analogue channels

•32 Digital channels

•Sample 12 times per cycle

•Configurable trigger source

•Variable trigger point

•Up to 20 Records can be stored

•The duration of each record can be up to 10.5s

•Battery backed memory

•Extended recording time

•MiCOM S1 saves file in the COMTRADE format

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A-GND Fault,Fault Inception

Trip Command

Disturbance analysis software

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CommunicationsCommunications

Numerical Relays

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Digital Control Systems

Courier Modbus DNP3.0 IEC60870-5-103. . .

Remote CommunicationsTraditional Solutions

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Remote CommunicationsOverall substation Communications

Switch

Switch LAN or WAN

LAN or WAN

• Ethernet Communications− IEC61850− Tunnelling of

traditional communications (DNP3…)

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Overall Substation CommunicationsIEC61850

• Peer to Peer Fast I/O Communications− GOOSE (Generic Object Orientated Substation

Events)

• Sampled Analogue Values− IEC61850-9-2

• IEC61850 Data Model− Status Monitoring− Event Reporting (Un-buffered / Buffered)− Control Services (CB Tripping/Closing)

• Time Synchronisation− SNTP (Simple network Time Protocol)− IEEE1588 (Precision Time Protocol)

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Overall Substation CommunicationsRedundancy

• Ring Topology− Current - Areva Self

Healing Protocol− New - HSR (High

availability seamless ring)

Relay

Relay

Relay

Switch

PCRelay

Relay Relay

Switch Switch

PC

• Star Topology− Current - RSTP− New - PRP (Parallel

Redundancy Protocol)

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Overall Substation CommunicationsCyber Security

• Standards− NERC (North American Electric Reliability

Corporation)− IEEE1686 – Security of relays and substations− IEC62351 – Security of communications

• Security− Defined password schemes− Password blocking− Password encryption− Unused port disabling

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Protection & Control EquipmentLooking Forward

• Requirements− Protection enhancements− Greater Integration (Protection, Control &

Monitoring)− Programmability and customisation− Off-line analysis− Communications− Security− Expert systems / Smart Grids

• Implementation− More processing power− Higher sampling / multiple sampling− More I/O− Increased communications capabilities

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Self Diagnostics& Commissioning

Tools

Instrumentation

Communications

Bay Monitoring& Control

ComprehensiveProtection

FaultAnalysis Tools

Programmability& Customisation

Modern Numeric ProtectionBenefits Summary

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