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Motor Start Detection: 19.4.3 Number of Starts Limitation

This document discusses motor start detection and protection. It describes how a motor protection relay can recognize a voltage dip during motor starting and inhibit stall protection for a set time to allow for re-acceleration. It also notes that motors have a limit on the number of starts allowed within a period to prevent overheating, and the relay must separately count "cold" and "hot" starts. It provides an overview of how the relay distinguishes start types and delays further starting for a time to allow motor cooling between consecutive starts.

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Motor Start Detection: 19.4.3 Number of Starts Limitation

This document discusses motor start detection and protection. It describes how a motor protection relay can recognize a voltage dip during motor starting and inhibit stall protection for a set time to allow for re-acceleration. It also notes that motors have a limit on the number of starts allowed within a period to prevent overheating, and the relay must separately count "cold" and "hot" starts. It provides an overview of how the relay distinguishes start types and delays further starting for a time to allow motor cooling between consecutive starts.

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Motor start detection

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Time

No. of starts

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Time
Supervising time

Supervising time

Start lockout

A.C. Motor Protection


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Time

Inhib. start time

Figure 19.4: Start lockout information.

draw a current similar to the starting current for a period 19.4.3 Number of Starts Limitation
that may be several seconds. It is thus above the motor
Any motor has a restriction on the number of starts that
stall relay element current threshold. The stall
are allowed in a defined period without the permitted
protection would be expected to operate and defeat the
winding, etc. temperatures being exceeded. Starting 19
object of the re-acceleration scheme.
should be blocked if the permitted number of starts is
A motor protection relay will therefore recognise the exceeded. The situation is complicated by the fact the
presence of a voltage dip and recovery, and inhibit stall number of permitted hot starts in a given period is less
protection for a defined period. The undervoltage than the number of cold starts, due to the differing
protection element (Section 19.11) can be used to detect initial temperatures of the motor. The relay must
the presence of the voltage dip and inhibit stall maintain a separate count of cold and hot starts. By
protection for a set period after voltage recovery. making use of the data held in the motor thermal replica,
Protection against stalled motors in case of an hot and cold starts can be distinguished.
unsuccessful re-acceleration is therefore maintained.
To allow the motor to cool down between starts, a time
The time delay setting is dependent on the re- delay may be specified between consecutive starts (again
acceleration scheme adopted and the characteristics of distinguishing between hot and cold starts). The start
individual motors. It should be established after inhibit is released after a time determined by the motor
performing a transient stability study for the re- specification. The overall protection function is illustrated
acceleration scheme proposed. in Figure 19.4.

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