Motor Protection
Motor Protection
Istart @ 85%
i) Startup Current :
CT ratio
(Min Voltage available at start is 85%)
1006.5 0.85 5
: 300
This setting should lie above the starting time at normal startup current. The starting
time at 100% voltage is 1 sec.
Recommended setting (4103) : 2.5 sec
Locked rotor time should be less than or equal to Thermal withstand (hot) at 100% V.
This setting should lie above max starting time and below thermal withstand time at
100% V.
It is derived from the number of cold (n cold) and warm (n warm) motor startups.
(n cold) - (n warm)
limit : 100%
n cold
2 -1
: 100%
2
: 50%
The setting should be set below the limit value, considering safety margin.
The overload protection prevents thermal overloading of the motors stator winding.
Ifl
i) Overload parameter, K-Factor :
Ict
183
: 300
: 0.61
From motor thermal withstand characteristic curves (please refer TCC curve), a setting of
6.5 min time constant achieves the relay characteristics lie below the
motor hot characteristic.
Thermal warning stage offers an additional warning stage before the tripping temperature
is reached. This is why it should be set to below the 100% tripping threshold, for example
90%.
With max permissible current of 1.1, over loading temperature rise limit value is, 1/k2
: 1/ (1.1 X 1.1)
: 83%
of the tripping temperature. A setting value of 90% therefore lies above the operationally
expected over temperature of 83%, but below the tripping temperature of 100%.
A current alarm stage can be set in addition to thermal alarm stage. This can be set
equal to the continuously permissible secondary rated current.
183 5
: 300
: 3.05
v) K - Factor
The machines cool down behavior at standstill can be taken into account with the K
Factor.
The default setting is 1.
vi) T Emergency
The motor restart inhibit prevents restarting of the motor when this restart may cause the
permissible thermal limits of the rotor to be exceeded.
1006.5
: 183
: 5.5
It defines the minimum dead time between individual starts. The default setting is 1
min.
This can be set equal to the continuously permissible secondary rated current.
183 5
: 300
: 3.05
vi) #Cold-#Warm
This can be set equal to difference between allowed no. of cold and hot starts.
K at Stop
Cooling Time Constant
: Heating Time
Constant
viii) K at Running
This setting is shorter than K at stop because rotor operation involves intrinsic cooling.
Pickup Current
ii) Delay
i) Pickup Current
: 10 % x ICT. Sec
: 0.1 5
ii) Delay
This function is set in two stages. The first stage 46-1 is set for alarm, while 46-2 is set
for trip. Alarm is initialized when the negative sequence current exceeds 20% of full
load current for specified time delay.
i) 46-1 Pickup
: 20 % x IFLC
0.2 183 5
:
300
: 0.6 A
Recommended setting (4002) : 0.6 A
ii) Delay
Tripping element 46-2 is set to pickup at 40% of the rated current with comparatively
shorter time delay of 0.5 sec.
iv) Delay