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RGF Protection Setting Example

The document discusses how to set the Restricted Ground Fault (RGF) protection element in the T60 relay to protect power transformers from ground faults. The RGF element uses maximum phase current as a restraining signal and differential neutral current as an operating signal. An example is provided to calculate the pickup setting of 0.08 times CT ratio and slope setting of 9% for a 10MVA transformer based on its nameplate data and a 5% internal winding fault. It is recommended to add time delay to the RGF protection to avoid misoperation during external faults with CT saturation.

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RGF Protection Setting Example

The document discusses how to set the Restricted Ground Fault (RGF) protection element in the T60 relay to protect power transformers from ground faults. The RGF element uses maximum phase current as a restraining signal and differential neutral current as an operating signal. An example is provided to calculate the pickup setting of 0.08 times CT ratio and slope setting of 9% for a 10MVA transformer based on its nameplate data and a 5% internal winding fault. It is recommended to add time delay to the RGF protection to avoid misoperation during external faults with CT saturation.

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How to protect a power transformer during ground faults, that may be

left undetected by the main percent differential function of the T60


relay?
The T60 relay is equipped with a number of RGF (Restricted Ground Fault)
protection elements that provide restricted ground fault protection.
The RGF element uses maximum phase current as a restraining signal and differential
neutral current as an operating signal. Pickup and slope are settings of a single-slope
differential characteristic of the RGF protection function.
For setting calculations example, consider a transformer with the following nameplate
data:
10MVA, 33kV /11kV,
10% Impedance,
Delta/Wye 30,
winding neutral grounded through resistance of Rg = 6.3 ohms,
phase and neutral CT ratios = 600:1

Rated Load Current = I Rated = 10MVA / 3 x11kV = 525 Amps

Maximum Phase-to-Ground Fault Current = I gf (max) = 11kV / 3 x6.3 = 1000 Amps

For a winding fault point at 5% from the neutral: I fault = 0.05 xI gf (max) = 50 A

The phase currents I ph increases due to the fault are negligible, and therefore
3I 0 = 0 .

Therefore:
Pickup setting = I gd = 3I 0 I g = (0 I fault ) / CTratio = 0.08 xCT

Slope = I gd / I phase(max) = (50 / 525) x100% = 9.5% ; Select Slope setting = 9%

Time delay: dependent on downstream protection coordination (100ms typical)

NOTE: The RGF protection may pickup during external faults with saturation on either
phase CTs or the ground CT. It is recommended to add appropriate time delay to cope
with CT saturation on external faults.

--- end of public record ---Author: Lubo Sevov


Date: June 25, 2001
Products: T60
Keywords: T60, ground fault protection, transformer winding faults, setting calculations
Reviewed by: Bogdan Kasztenny

Reviewed on: June 27, 2001


Approved by: Bogdan Kasztenny
Approved on: June 27, 2001

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