PowerTest

Protection Relay Test Software

PONOVO POWER CO., LTD.

Introduction
For all the three phase or six phase relay testers of PONOVO, one universal software can be used, the name is
PowerTest software. PowerTest is a relay test software that includes different test packages, the Basic package,
Protection package, Advanced package, Special package, New Modules, which packages includes different testing
module, that can be used for all kinds of relay testing, and it also has the special package for more testing application,
such as transducer, energy meter, etc.

Basic Package
In the basic package, there are different Quick Test modules, Time module, State Sequence, Ramp, Harmonic, CB
Operation, Non‐electricity Check, and TransPlay for playing back the comtrade file.
 PowerTest Software ‐ Basic Package

QuickTest (4V, 3I)

 4 voltage and 3 current sources available for
test relay
 Amplitude, phase angle and frequency of
voltage and current sources can be
controlled independently
 Test can be in manual or auto mode

QuickTest (4V or 6V,6I)

 4 voltage or 6 voltage and 6 current sources

available for test relay
 Amplitude, phase angle and frequency of
voltage and current sources can be
controlled independently
 Test can be in manual or auto mode

QuickTest (VL-L, 3I)

 Easy to control the phase‐phase voltage,

3V0 (zero sequence voltage) and 3 currents
 Amplitude, phase angle and frequency of
current sources and phase‐phase voltage,
zero sequence voltage can be controlled
independently
 Test can be in manual or auto mode

QuickTest (Sequence)

 Easy to control the sequence components

(positive sequence, negative sequence and
zero sequence) for voltage and current
 Amplitude and phase angle of the sequence
components of voltage and current can be
controlled independently
 Test can be in manual or auto mode
 PowerTest Software ‐ Basic Package

QuickTest (Power)
 Easy to control the output of power,
including active power, reactive power and
apparent power
 Amplitude of active power, reactive power
and apparent power can be controlled
independently
 Test can be in manual or auto mode

QuickTest (Z, I Const)

 Easy to test impedance relay with constant
current
 Set the fault impedance and fault current,
obtain the amplitude and phase angle of
each phase voltage and current according
to the fault type
 Can manually or automatic search the relay
operation value

QuickTest (Z, V Const)

 Easy to test impedance relay with constant
voltage
 Set the fault impedance and fault voltage,
obtain the amplitude and phase angle of
each phase voltage and current according
to the fault type
 Can manually or automatic search the relay
operation value

QuickTest (Z, Zs Const)

 Easy to test impedance relay with constant
system impedance
 Set the fault impedance and system
impedance, obtain the amplitude and phase
angle of each phase voltage and current
according to the fault type
 Can manually or automatic search the relay
operation value
 PowerTest Software ‐ Basic Package

Time
 Time module is used to test trip delay time of
protection relay
 Various value can be set separately, such as
pick up value, delay time, pre‐fault time, post‐
fault time, binary input/output, the voltage
and current at pre‐fault and fault state,
characteristic definition, etc.

State Sequence (4V, 3I)

 Used to define multiple continues state
sequences for special test applications, such
as generate a series of states to test the
tripping time and close time
 4 voltage and 3 current sources available for
each state
 Trigger condition of each state can be set
separately

State Sequence (4V, 6I)

 Used to define multiple continues state
sequences for special test applications, such
as generate a series of states to test the
tripping time and close time
 4 voltage or 6 voltage and 6 current sources
available for each state
 Trigger condition of each state can be set
separately

Ramp (3I)
 Specially designed to realize RAMP for
different test applications, such as pick
up/drop off value checking, directional relay
testing, maximum torque angle checking etc.
 Both Pulse ramp and Linear ramp available
 Can search the relay operation value
automatically
Pulse ramp Linear ramp
 PowerTest Software ‐ Basic Package

Harmonic
 Can generate harmonics for all voltage and
current outputs
 Can check the 2nd /3rd / 4th /5th harmonic
restraint of current differential
 Can check the harmonic measurement of the
relay up to 31st harmonic
 Can set the harmonic for each channel
separately

CB Operate

 Can check different types of line protection

system, including over current, distance, etc.
 Can check the whole relay system, including
auto‐reclosing and circuit breaker simulate
 Can set different fault type
 Can do end‐to‐end test with GPS control
mode

Non-electricity

 Give tips before and after testings to have

test scheme prepared well and finished well
 Neither has any output value nor judge the
binary input. It only generates a complete
report for project check from appearance
and safety.

Transient Playback (4V,3I)

 Can play back the COMTRADE format file
which records 4 voltage channels and 3
current channels
 Display the waveform and data of the
imported COMTRADE file
Protection Package
In protection package, there more testing modules for relay’s characteristics testings, such as Distance, Differential,
Directional, Time Inversed Current, Time Inversed Voltage, Frequency, Auto‐Reclosing, etc.

Distance (R-X)
 Can test impedance relay with R‐X setting in
different ways
 Input impedance characteristic to Z plain
 Associate the characteristic with relay settings
 Select test point/ items directly on Z plain or in
setting box
 Zone verification
 Z‐T test
 Edit new characteristic

Distance (Z-Phi)
 Can test impedance relay with Z‐Phi setting in
different ways
 Input impedance characteristic to Z plain
 Associate the characteristic with relay settings
 Select test point/ items directly on Z plain or in
setting box
 Zone verification
 Z‐T test
 Edit new characteristic
 PowerTest Software ‐ Protection Package

Directional

 Can search maximum torque angle and two

boundary angles (Lead and lag angles)
 Can set angle define, V lead I or I lead V
 Can set fault type, singe phase, phase‐phase or
three phase fault

Auto-Reclosing
 Can test the reclose function
 Realize relay automatic reclosing with
checking the difference between two systems,
checking the synchronization setting, reclose
set time checking and automatic evaluating of
testing results.

Differential (3I)
 Can search out the percentage restraint
curve, harmonic restraint, trip time for
single phase fault
 Can search the percentage restraint curve
 Can check 2nd harmonic restraint
 Can check 3rd harmonic restraint
 Can check 5th harmonic restraint
 Can check tripping time of set points

Differential (6I)
 Suitable for 6 output current channels' relay
tester, such as transformer, generator and bus
bar etc. differential protection equipment test
 Realizes the two sides 3 phase/phase‐
phase/single phase test between relay tester
and relay equipment.
 Can search the percentage restraint curve,
harmonic restraint, trip time
 PowerTest Software ‐ Protection Package

Time Inversed Current

 Realize the directional over‐current test and
non‐directional over‐current test
 Include testing positive sequence, negative
sequence and zero sequence inverse‐time
over‐current, definite‐time over‐current,
over‐heat protection.
 Can import the IEC and IEEE standard curve
or user defined curve

Time Inversed Voltage

 Can test time inverse over voltage and time

inverse under voltage relay
 Include testing directional, time definite and
with time delay voltage relay
 Can simulate three phase, phase‐earth fault,
and phase‐phase fault

Frequency Relay

 Can test frequency protection relay, such as

such as over frequency, under frequency,
df/dt trip, df/dt blocking
 Including pick up frequency, trip time, df/dt
setting value, voltage blocking value and
current blocking value test

Voltage Relay

 Can test voltage protection relay including

under voltage and over voltage
 Can test pick up voltage, trip time and dv/dt
setting value
 PowerTest Software ‐ Protection Package

U. I. T Relay (AC)
 Can test AC type auxiliary/intermediate relay
and AC type time relay
 Can test AC voltage type electromagnetic relay
 Can test AC current type electromagnetic relay
 Can test electromagnetic time relay picked‐up
by AC voltage
 Can test electromagnetic time relay picked‐up
by AC current

U. I. T Relay (DC)
 Can test DC type voltage relay. Auxiliary DC
source Vdc is used for this test. Also DC
current can be generated for some relays
when it is required.
 Can test DC type current relay. Current source
is used for this test. DC voltage can be
generated for some relays when it is required.

Test Examples On Site

Advanced Package
In the advanced package, the centralization testing the RX Characteristic Sweep, testing for distance relay, Advanced
Differential, Advanced Transplay, Synchronization, etc.

Advanced Differential (3I)

 Can search the percentage restraint curve,
harmonic restraint, trip time for single
phase fault
 Can automatic to calculate the matching
factor via the transformer parameter and
CT/PT parameter
 Only check single phase fault
 PowerTest Software ‐ Advanced Package

Advanced Differential (6I)

 Can search the percentage restraint curve,

harmonic restraint, trip time
 Can automatic to calculate the matching
factor via the transformer parameter and
CT/PT parameter
 Can test single phase, phase‐phase，three‐
phase fault

Advanced TransPlay(4V,3I)
 Can play back the COMTRADE format file,
including CFG, which describe signal names,
sampling frequencies, etc. and DAT which
contains the sampling values for each
channel.
 Can edit the COMTRADE data

RX Characteristic Sweep
 Can search the characteristic boundary of
the impedance relay
 Can find out the boundary at different
angles

Synchronizer
 Can check synchronizing relay
 Can check voltage difference
 Can check frequency difference
 Can check leading time and leading angle
 Can check pulse width for frequency
adjustment
 Can check pulse width for voltage adjustment
 Can check auto‐adjusting function with both
voltage and frequency varying
Special Package
In the special package, there are energy meter module, high burden, power swing simulation, and transducer.

Energy Meter
 Can check the functionality and accuracy of
energy meter with or without optional
accessory PACB108
 1‐phase or 3‐phase energy meters can be
checked
 Active power meter, reactive power meter,
and apparent power meter can be checked
 PowerTest Software ‐ Special Package

High Burden Relay (Optional)

 Can test trip current, time and direction of
high burden relay, with PONOVO tester and
accessory PHPC01
 Both manual and auto methods can be
applied

Power Swing Simulation

 Can really simulate the oscillations in power
flow reference the power parameter
 Can simulate Out‐Of‐Step and Stable swing
 Can simulate increase and decrease swing
 Can be a tool for relay test engineer to
observe the relay behavior during dynamic
power swing process.

Transducer
 Can check
accuracy of
transducer

Time Inversed Current (Sp) (optional)

 Only valid for PONOVO relay tester PW636i
 Realize the directional over‐current test and
non‐directional over‐current test
 Include testing positive sequence, negative
sequence and zero sequence inverse‐time
over‐current, definite‐ time over‐current,
over‐heat protection or the customized
"Current/Time" operation characteristics
New Modules
In the New Modules package, there are loss of excitation, QuickTest(harmonic), Transplay(6V,6I), QuickTest(low
level) modules.

Loss of excitation
 Can search for two different excitation loss
characteristics
 During the test process a series of shots will
be generated to search out the boundary
along this shot line. Then next shot at a
different angle will be generated. In this
way we can then find out the boundary at
different angles.
 PowerTest Software ‐ New Modules

QuickTest (Harmonic)

 Can automatically and manually

superposition harmonics with user‐defined
frequency
 The fundamental and harmonic of voltage
and current sources can be controlled
independently

Transplay (6V, 6I)

 Can play back the COMTRADE format file

which records 4 or 6 voltage channels and 6
current channels
 Display the waveform and data of the
imported COMTRADE file

QuickTest (Low Level) (Optional)

 12 low level voltage sources available for
test purpose

Beside those standard test modules, the protection relay test procedure
also offers the relay templates for the automatic testing. Every relay
template is created based on each different relay types with same setting
values and characteristics included so that the customer can use the
templates to conduct automatic relay test procedures. Now on our website,
there are already more than 500 different relay types, you can download it
free to use for your testing.
PONOVO Template Service
PONOVO provides relay test templates based on relay model from different relay manufactures. With the
use of template, the relay test work can be simplified greatly. Each relay test template is one independent file
which can be opened in PowerTest relay test software. Registered users can download Basic Template for free
use. Customers can contact us to get Customized Test Templates.
 PONOVO Template Service

More Templates can be download from our website www.ponovo.net

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 CTT  Optimho  P127  P243  P436  P923  SKE  P643
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 F _PRO  PCT210
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 L _PRO
 GRD140
 T_ PRO
 GRD150
 GRF100
 GRL100
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