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PCS-902S Line Distance Relay operation element. The phase selection is automatically
resulted according to the reliability of phase selector, so
that to avoid probable mistaken multi-phase selection
by adopting overreaching phase selector.

• Special overcurrent element of breaker failure protection, its

dropoff time is no more than 15ms.

• The overcurrent protection is combined with harmonic blocking

and cold load starting logic, which can prevent from
m a l - o p e r a t i o n a ff e c t e d b y i m p u l s e c u r r e n t w h i l e t h e
transformer is initiated on no-load.

PCS-902S line distance relay integrates main and back-up • Selectable IEC, ANSI inverse-time characteristic curves, also
protection functions, which is designed for overhead line, the curve can be defined by users and the inverse-time dropoff
cables and hybrid transmission lines of various voltage curve selection is supported.
levels and provides comprehensive protection and control
• Support single-ended impedance-based fault location, mutual
solutions. With its flexibility and the powerful PCS-Studio
compensation for parallel lines arrangement is also available.
configuration tool, PCS-902S offers future-oriented system
solutions with high investment security and low operating • Both dedicated fiber channel and multiplexing fiber channel
costs. are supported, and single mode and multi-mode channel
combination operation mode is enable. Communication rate
supports 64kbit/s and 2Mbit/s, and communication protocol
supports C37.94 and G.703.

Functions
Protection and Control

• Six zone phase-to-phase distance protection (21Q/21M)

Mho or quadrilateral characteristic, directional, load

encroachment, power swing blocking releasing and unique
low-voltage elements are provided for phase-to-phase
distance protection.

• Six zone phase-to-ground distance protection (21Q/21M)

Mho or quadrilateral characteristic, reactance characteristic,

Features directional, load encroachment, power swing blocking
releasing and unique low-voltage elements are provided for
• Two-terminal transmission line application, including overhead
phase-to-ground distance protection.
line and cable
• Pilot distance protection (85)
• Distance Protection
one of selectable six zone for pilot scheme, such as PUTT,
° Distance protection adopted the half-wave algorithm is
POTT, Blocking, Unblocking, DTT & Zone Extension. The
also supported, and its typical operation time is 12-15ms.
scheme integrates current reversal logic, weak-infeed echo
° zones distance protection, independent zero-sequence and open breaker echo.
compensation factor for each zone, the phase-to-ground and
• Pilot directional earth-fault protection (85)
phase-to-phase characteristic of distance protection can be
set independently. Directional zero-sequence comparison element for pilot
scheme, such as PTT, Blocking and Unblocking. The scheme
° The unique power swing blocking releasing logic and integrates current reversal logic, weak-infeed echo and open
can properly supervise distance protection during power
breaker echo.
swing, which ensures distance protection to operate
correctly for internal faults during power swing, and • Six stages phase overcurrent protection (67P, 50/51P)
prevents distance protection from mal-operation during
Selectable time characteristics (definite-time or inverse-time)
power swing.
and directional elements (forward, reverse or non-directional)
• Unique phase selector has the same protection zone as are provided. A harmonic blocking function is integrated to

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restrain each stage independently. • Synchrocheck (25)

• Six stages earth-fault protection (67G, 50/51G) Synchrocheck can be used for auto-reclosing and manual
c l o s i n g f o r s i n g l e - b r e a k e r a n d d u a l - b r e a k e r. T h e
Selectable time characteristics (definite-time or synchronism check function compensates for breaker
inverse-time) and directional elements (forward, reverse or close time, frequency, magnitude, and angle differences
non-directional) are provided. A harmonic blocking function between the two voltage sources used for synchronism.
is integrated to restrain each stage independently.
• Voltage and current drift auto adjustment
• Four stages negative-sequence overcurrent protection (67Q,
50/51Q) The relay continually and automatically traces the voltage and
current drifts and adjusts the zero point to acquire accurate
Selectable time characteristics (definite-time or measurements.
inverse-time) and directional elements (forward, reverse or
non-directional) are provided. Stage 3 can be selected as • Single-ended impedance-based fault location
alarm purpose.

• One stage undercurrent protection (37) Monitoring and Measurement

• Four stages undervoltage protection (27P) • Energy measurement (active and reactive energies for import
and export)
Time characteristics is selectable between definite-time
and inverse-time. Phase voltage or phase-to-phase • CT circuit failure supervision
voltage can be selected for protection calculation.
• VT circuit failure supervision
“1-out-of-3” or “3-out-of-3” logic can be selected for
protection criterion. • Fault phase selection

• Four stages overvoltage protection (59P) • Fault Locator with parallel-line compensation

Time characteristics is selectable between definite-time and • Self diagnostic

inverse-time. Phase voltage or phase-to-phase voltage can be
• Event recorder including 1024 change-of-binary-input events,
selected for protection calculation. “1-out-of-3” or “3-out-of-3”
1024 supervision events, 256 control logs and 1024 device logs
logic can be selected for protection criterion.
• Disturbance recorder including 32 disturbance records with
• Four stages negative-sequence overvoltage protection (59Q)
waveforms (The format is compatible with COMTRADE.)
• Four stages zero-sequence overvoltage protection (59G)
• Pilot communication channel supervision
• Switch-onto-fault (SOTF) logic
• System frequency supervision
Switch-onto-fault logic is used to acceleratedly clear the faults
• Clock synchronization using IRIG-B, SNTP, PPS (Pulse-Per-
during manual closing and auto-reclosing based on distance
Second) and PPM (Pulse-Per-Minute) , IEEE1588
element or overcurrent element (phase current and residual
current).

• Unique power swing blocking releasing logic (PSBR) Communication

The power swing blocking releasing logic prevents • Optional single- or dual- pilot channels (fiber optic)
mal-operations during external faults in power swing
• Support G.703 and C37.94
situations. It quickly clears the internal faults in power swing
scenarios. • Up to four 10Base-T/100Base-TX copper Ethernet ports
using IEC 61850, DNP3.0 or IEC 60870-5-103 over TCP/IP
• Auto-reclosing (79)
• Up to four 100Base-FX optical Ethernet ports using IEC
Single-/Three-pole reclosing mode is provided. Up to four-shot
61850, DNP3.0 or IEC 60870-5-103 over TCP/IP
breaker auto-reclosing with synchronism and voltage check
logic. • Two RS-485 serial ports using IEC 60870-5-103

• Remote/local control • One RS-485 serial port for clock synchronization

The control of circuit breaker, disconnector and earth switch • Support GOOSE communication module using IEC 61850-8-1
can be implemented via communication, LCD menu and binary GOOSE
inputs. User programmable interlocking logics are available by • Full compatibility between IEC 61850 Editions 1 and 2
PCS-Studio.
• Redundancy protocols PRP and HSR

• One front RJ-45 port for debugging

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