Capacitor protection relay SPAJ 160 C

1MRS 750420-MBG
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Issued: April 1999
Status: New
Data subject to change without notice

Features • One-, two- and three-phase overload stage • Numerical display of setting values, mea-
with definite time characteristic sured current values, memorized values,
etc.
• One-, two- and three-phase overload stage
with inverse (ANSI) time characteristic • Continuous self-supervision of hardware
and software
• Phase unbalance protection stage with def-
inite time characteristic • Serial interface for connecting the relay to
the fibre-optic SPA bus and further to
• Phase unbalance protection stage with
higher-level data acquisition, reporting
inverse time characteristic
and/or control systems
• Undercurrent protection for detection of
• Powerful software support for parameter-
capacitor disconnection. Reconnection
ization of the relay, for reading measured
time with wide setting range
and recorded values, events, etc., and for
• Compensation for natural unbalance cur- storing readings
rent
• Member of the SPACOM product family,
• Fully user-selectable output relay configu- ABB’s Distribution Automation system and
ration ABB’s Panorama concept
• Easy selection of appropriate operational • CE marking according to the EC directive
scheme for various applications for EMC

Application The numerical capacitor relay SPAJ 160 C is reconnection of a charged capacitor to an
an integrated current measuring multi-func- energized network is also to be included. All
tion relay designed to be used for the protec- these functions are incorporated in the capac-
tion of capacitor banks. Capacitor banks are itor protection relay.
used in the power system for compensating
the reactive power and for filtering harmon- A complete protection system for capacitor
ics. banks should also include overcurrent, short
circuit and earth-fault protection. The capaci-
The capacitor banks are usually protected tor protection relay SPAJ 160 C is easily sup-
against overload caused by harmonic currents plemented with adequate overcurrent and
and overvoltage caused by internal faults in earth-fault relays from the SPACOM product
the bank. Protection against unintentional range.
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Design The capacitor protection relay includes a nection attempt and/or for resetting a latched
three-phase, two-stage overload unit, a two- output relay in the manual reset mode of
stage unbalance unit, an undercurrent unit operation.
and a reconnection inhibit timer.

The relay measures the phase currents of the

Data communication
The feeder protection relay is provided with a
capacitor bank. The relay also measures the
serial interface on the rear panel. By means of
unbalance current of a split capacitor bank.
The current transformer output can be a bus connection module type SPA-ZC 21 or
SPA-ZC 17 the feeder protection relay can be
adapted to the rated current of the relay by
connected to the fibre-optic SPA bus. The bus
means of a matching setting. Equally, the
unbalance unit is provided with a compensa- connection module SPA-ZC 21 is powered
from the host relay, whereas the bus connec-
tion feature which allows the “natural” unbal-
tion module type SPA-ZC 17 is provided with
ance current of a capacitor bank to be
eliminated from the calculations. a built-in power unit, which can be fed from
an external secured power source. The relay
communicates with higher-level data acquisi-
The phase currents measured by the relay are
transformed to voltage images describing the tion and control systems over the SPA bus.
voltages of the capacitor bank. Because har-
monic components cause overloading of Self-supervision
capacitor banks the relay measures harmonic The relay incorporates a sophisticated self-
components up to and including the 13th har- supervision system with auto-diagnosis,
monic. The overload unit protects the capaci- which increases the availability of the relay
tors against overvoltage. The first stage of the and the reliability of the system. The self-
overload unit operates with inverse time oper- supervision system continuously monitors the
ation characteristic, whereas the second over- hardware and the software of the relay. The
load protection stage has a definite time system also supervises the operation of the
characteristic. The inverse time curve is auxiliary supply module and the voltages
based on ANSI/IEEE C37.99 and IEC 871-1 generated by the module.
recommendations for voltage withstand
related to time for capacitor banks. The slope When a permanent internal relay fault is
of the curve is adjustable. detected, the IRF indicator on the relay front
panel is lit. At the same time the output relay
The unbalance unit is also provided with two of the self-supervision system operates and a
operation stages. i.e. an inverse time stage fault message is transmitted to the higher-
according to BS 142 and a definite time stage. level system over the serial bus. Further, in
The former is normally used for tripping and most fault situations, a fault code is shown in
the latter for signalling. the display of the protection relay module.
The fault code indicates the type of the fault
The purpose of the undercurrent protection that has been detected.
unit is to detect disconnection of the capacitor
bank and to prevent a charged capacitor bank
from being switched to the network. The start Auxiliary supply voltage
value, the operate time and the reconnection The auxiliary supply of the relay is obtained
inhibit time are adjustable. from an internal plug-in type power supply
module. Two auxiliary power module ver-
The capacitor protection relay is provided sions are available: type SPTU 240R2 for the
with one external control input. The control supply voltage range 80…265 V ac/dc and
input can be used for blocking one or more of type SPTU 48R2 for the supply voltage range
the protection stages, for carrying out an 18…80 V dc. The power supply module
external trip command, for inhibiting a recon- forms the internal voltages required by the
protection relay and the I/O module.
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Technical data Table 1: Energizing inputs

Phase current inputs 1-3, 4-6, 7-9 1-2, 4-5, 7-8
Unbalance current inputs 25-27 25-26
Rated current In 1A 5A
Thermal current continuously 4A 20 A
withstand for 1 s 100 A 500 A
Dynamic current Half-wave value 250 A 1250 A
withstand
Input impedance <100 mΩ <20 mΩ
Phase current monitoring range 0…8.5 x In
Phase unbalance current monitoring range 0…212% ∆In
Rated frequency fn 50 Hz or 60 Hz

Table 2: Output contact ratings

Type of contact Tripping Signalling
Terminals 65-66, 74-75 70-71-72, 68-69,
77-78, 80-81
Rated voltage 250 V ac/dc
Thermal withstand Carry continuously 5A 5A
capability Make and carry for 0.5 s 30 A 10 A
Make and carry for 3 s 15 A 8A
Breaking capacity for dc, 220 V dc 1A 0.15 A
when the control circuit 110 V dc 3A 0.25 A
time constant
48 V dc 5A 1A
L/R ≤ 40 ms, at the
control voltage levels
Contact material AgCdO2

Table 3: External control input

Blocking and control input 10-11
External control voltage level 18…265 V dc or 80…265 V ac
Typical control current of activated input circuit 2…20 mA

Table 4: Data communication

Transmission mode Fibre-optic serial bus
Data code ASCII
Transfer rates, selectable 4800 or 9600 Bd
Optional bus connection for plastic core cables SPA-ZC17BB
module, powered from for glass fibre cables SPA-ZC17MM
an external power
source
Optional bus connection for plastic core cables SPA-ZC21BB
module, powered from for glass fibre cables SPA-ZC21MM
the host relay
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Technical data (cont’d) Table 5: Capacitor protection relay module SPCJ 4D40
Overload stage Ib> Start current Ib> 0.30…1.50 × In
Start time <80 s
Operation characteristic ANSI inverse
Time multiplier k 0.2…2.0
Reset time <100 ms
Drop-off/pick-up ratio, typically 0.95
Operate time accuracy ±3% of set value
Operation accuracy ±3% of set value
Overload stage Ia> Start current Ia> 80…120% of Ib>
Operate time 0.5…100 s
Reset time <250 ms
Drop-off/pick-up ratio, typically 0.95
Operate time accuracy ±2% of set value
Operation accuracy ±3% of set value
Undercurrent stage Start current I< 0.10…0.70 × In
I< Operate time 1.0…100 s
Reconnection inhibit time trec 0.5…100 min
Reset time <80 ms
Drop-off/pick-up ratio, typically 1.1
Operate time accuracy ±2% of set value
or ±75 ms
Operation accuracy within the range of 0.25…0.70 × In ±3% of set value
Phase unbalance Start current ∆I1> 1.0…100% of ∆In
∆I1> Operate time t∆1 1.0…300 s
Reset time <100 ms
Drop-off/pick-up ratio, typically 0.90
Operate time accuracy ±2% of set value
or ±75 ms
Operation accuracy within the range of 1.5…100% In ±3% of set value
Phase unbalance Start current ∆I2> 2.0…80.0% of ∆In
∆I2> Start time <70 s
Operation characteristic Inverse time
characteristic
Time multiplier k∆2 0.1…1.0
Reset time <100 ms
Drop-off/pick-up ratio, typically 0.90
Operate time accuracy of theoretical characteristic 7.5% or ±35 ms
Operation accuracy ±3% of set value
Shortest possible operate time ~100 ms
Unbalance Compensation current ∆Ics 0.0…20.0% of In
compensation Operation accuracy <3% of In

Table 6: Auxiliary supply modules

Supply and output relay operative voltage range 80…265 V ac/dc
module SPTU 240R2
Supply and output relay operative voltage range 18…80 V dc
module SPTU 48R2
Power consumption, quiescent/operation conditions ~4 W/~6 W
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Table 7: Tests and standards

Test voltages Dielectric test voltage (IEC 255-5) 2.0 kV, 50 Hz, 1 min
Impulse test voltage (IEC 255-5) 5 kV, 1.2/50 µs, 0.5 J
Insulation resistance (IEC 255-5) >100 MΩ, 500 V dc
Interference tests High-frequency (1 MHz) 2.5 kV
disturbance test (IEC 255-22-1),
common mode
High-frequency (1 MHz) 1.0 kV
disturbance test (IEC 255-22-1),
differential mode
Fast transients (IEC 255-22-4, 4 kV, 5/50 ns
class III and IEC 801-4, level 4),
power supply inputs
Fast transients (IEC 255-22-4, 2 kV, 5/50 ns
class III and IEC 801-4, level 4),
other inputs
Electrostatic discharge 8 kV
(IEC 255-22-2 and IEC 801-2,
class III), air discharge
Electrostatic discharge 6 kV
(IEC 255-22-2 and IEC 801-2,
class III), contact discharge
Environmental conditions Service temperature range -10…+55°C
Transport and storage -40…+70°C
temperature range (IEC 68-2-8)
Damp heat test (IEC 68-2-3) <95%, +40°C, 56 d/a
Degree of protection by enclosure IP 54
when panel mounted
Weight ~3.5 kg
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Block diagram L1
L2
L3
-
0

-
I

I 0

+
Rx Tx

SPA-ZC_
+ (~)
Uaux +
- (~)
RECONNECTION
CONTROL IRF ENABLE START SIGNAL 2 SIGNAL 1 TRIP
INPUT BS +
SERIAL
PORT
63 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 25 26 27 11 10 61 62 70 71 72 74 75 77 78 80 81 68 69 65 66

@
5A
1A
5A
1A
5A
1A

5A
1A

+ + + + + +
_
F E D C B A
+ -
U2 SPTU_R2
TS1 SS1 SS2 SS3 TS2
1
TRIP
R
U3 1 1 1 1 1
SGB/7
SGB/8

SGR1/1
SGR1/2
SGR1/3
SGR1/4

SGR2/2
SGR2/3
SGR2/4
SGR2/5
SGR2/6
SGR2/7

SGR1/5
SGR1/6
SGR1/7
SGR1/8
SGR2/8
SGR2/1
LATCHING
T8

SGF/1
IRF
3Ia>
T1
SGB/1 3Ib> T2
T3

DI1
T4

SGF/2
DI2 T5
SGB/2
T6

3I<
SGB/3
T7
SGB/4
RECONN.INHIBIT

SGB/5
EXTERNAL TRIP T9
SGB/6 RELAY RESET

I/O
SPAJ 160 C
U1 SPCJ 4D40

Fig. 1 Block diagram and sample connection diagram

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Mounting and Flush mounting

dimensions 142
250
216 34 129 ±1
30 186

139 ±1
Panel cut-

136
162

out

dim100

Fig. 2 Flush-mounting relay case (dimensions in mm)

Semi-flush mounting
a b

Raising frame a b

SPA-ZX 111 176 74

SPA-ZX 112 136 114
SPA-ZX 113 96 154

SFM100_1

Fig. 3 Semi-flush mounting relay case (dimensions in mm)

Mounting in 19 inch cabinets Projecting mounting

and frames When projecting mounting is preferred, a
An ancillary mounting plate, height 4U relay case type SPA-ZX 110 is used. The
(~177 mm), is recommended to be used when relay case for projecting mounting is pro-
the protection relays are to be mounted in 19 vided with front connectors.
inch frames or cabinets. The ancillary mount-
ing plate type SPA-ZX 104 accommodates
three relays, type SPA-ZX 105 two relays and
type SPA-ZX 106 one relay.

SPA-ZX104 SPA-ZX110
SPA-ZX105 SPA-ZX115
SPA-ZX106
+0,4 158 263
482,6 –0 (19")
115
ø6
10
177 –0 (4U)
101,6

7
+0,4

312
292
21,5

6
115 98

104_6_10

Fig. 4 Mounting cabinets and frames as well as projecting mounting (dimensions in mm)
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Ordering When ordering, please specify:

Ordering information Ordering example
1. Type designation and quantity SPAJ 160 C, 5 pieces
2. Order number RS 611 051-AA
3. Rated values In=5 A, fn=50 Hz
4. Auxiliary voltage Uaux=110 V dc
5. Accessories -
6. Special requirements -

Order numbers
Capacitor protection relay SPAJ 160 C without test RS 611 051-AA, CA, DA, FA
adapter
Capacitor protection relay SPAJ 160 C including test RS 611 251-AA, CA, DA, FA
adapter RTXP 18
The last two letters of the order number indicate the AA equals fn = 50 Hz and Uaux = 80…265 V ac/dc
rated frequency fn and the auxiliary voltage Uaux of CA equals fn = 50 Hz and Uaux = 18…80 V dc
the relay as follows:
DA equals fn = 60 Hz and Uaux = 80…265 V ac/dc
FA equals fn = 60 Hz and Uaux = 18…80 V dc

References Additional information

Brochure “Capacitor protection relay SPAJ 160 C” 1MRS 750246-MDS EN
Manual “Capacitor bank overload and unbalance 1MRS 750064-MUM EN
protection relay SPAJ 160 C”

ABB Substation Automation Oy

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FIN-65101 Vaasa
Finland
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