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PCS-902S Line Distance Relay • The unique phase selector has the same protection zone as
oper ation 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 ov ercu rr ent pr ote ction is co mbin ed with har mo nic

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 se c u r r e n t wh i l e t h e
PCS-902S line distance relay integrates main and back-up transformer is initiated on no-load.
pr otection functions, which is designed for overhead line,
• Selectable IEC, ANSI inverse-time characteristic curves, also
cables and hybrid transmission lines of various voltage levels
th e curve can be defined by users an d the inverse-time
and provides comprehensive protection and control solutions.
drop-off curve selection is supported.
With its flexibility and the powerful PCS-Studio configuration
tool, PCS-902S offers future-oriented system solutions with • Support single-ended impedance-based fault location, mutual
high investment security and low operating costs. compensation for parallel lines arrangement is also available.

• Both dedicated fiber channel and multiplexing fiber channel

are supported, and single mode and multi-mode channel
combination operation mode is enabled. Communication rate
supports 64kbit/s and 2Mbit/s, and communication protocol
supports C37.94 and G.703.

Functions
Protection and Control
• High-speed DPFC distance protection (21D)
Innovative Deviation of Power Frequency Component (DPFC)
distance protection quickly clears faults in a sub- cycle. DPFC
is imm une to the lo ad fluctuation, weak-infeed and power
swing.

Features
• Six zone phase-to-phase distance protection (21L)
• Two-terminal transmission line application, including overhead M h o o r q u a d r i l a t e r a l c h a r a ct e r i st i c , d i r e c t i o n a l , l o a d
line and cable.
encroachment, power swing blocking releasing and unique
• Distance Protection low-voltage elements are provided for phase-to-phase distance
protection.
° Distance protection adopts the half-wave algorithm, and
its typical operation time is 12-15ms.
• Six zone phase-to-ground distance protection (21L)
° 6 zones distance protection, independent zero-sequence Mho or quadrilateral characteristic, reactance characteristic,
compensation factor for each zone, the phase-to-ground
directional, load encroachment, power swing blocking releasing
and phase-to-phase characteristic of distance protection an d u ni q ue lo w - vo lt a g e e l em e n t s a r e p r o vi d ed f or
can be set independently.
phase-to-ground distance protection.
° The unique power swing blocking releasing logic can
properly supervise distance protectio n d uring power • Pilot distance protection (85)
swing, which ensur es distance pro tection to ope rate An independent zone (forward direction and reverse direction,
co rrectly for internal faults during p ower swing , and mho or quadrilateral characteristics) for pilot scheme, such as
prevents distance protection from mal-operation during PUTT, PO TT, Blocking , Unblocking, Zone E xtensio n. Th e
power swing. scheme integrates current reversal logic, weak-infeed echo and
open breaker echo.

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• Pilot directional earth-fault protection (85) • Two stages residual overvoltage protection (59G)
Direc tion al ze ro -seq ue nce com pa riso n e lem ent for p ilo t Selectable tripping purpose or alarm purpose.
scheme, such as PTT, Blocking and Unblocking. The scheme
integrates current reversal logic, weak-infeed echo and open
• Six stages overfrequency protection (81O)
breaker echo.
Fr equ enc y is ca lculat ed by u sing the po sitive- seq uen ce
volta ge. P ositiv e-s equ en ce u nd ervo ltag e is pr ovid ed as
• Unique power swing blocking releasing logic (PSBR)
blocking element.
The power swing blocking releasing logic prevents mal-operations
during external faults in power swing situations. It quickly clears
• Six stages underfrequency protection (81U)
the internal faults in power swing scenarios.
Fr equ enc y is ca lculat ed by u sing the po sitive- seq uen ce
volta ge. P ositiv e-s equ en ce u nd ervo ltag e is pr ovid ed as
• Six stages phase overcurrent protection (67P, 50/51P)
blocking element.
Selectable time characteristics (definite-time or inverse-time),
voltage control elements and directional control elements (forward,
reverse or non-directional) are provided. A harmonic blocking • Six stages frequency rate-of-change protection (81R)
function is integrated to restrain each stage independently. Fr equ enc y is ca lculat ed by u sing the po sitive- seq uen ce
volta ge. P ositiv e-s equ en ce u nd ervo ltag e is pr ovid ed as

• Six stages earth-fault protection (67G, 50/51G) blocking element.

Selectable time characteristics (definite-time or inverse-time) and

directional control elements (forward, reverse or non-directional) • Two stages reverse power protection (32R)
are provided. A harmonic blocking function is integrated to restrain The maximum phase current, the positive-sequence voltage
each stage independently. and the nega tive-seq uence voltage are used a s a uxiliary
criterion. Selectable tripping purpose or alarm purpose.
• Two stages negative-sequence overcurrent protection
(67Q, 50/51Q) • One stage undercurrent protection (37)
Selectable time characteristics (definite-time or inverse-time) and “1-out-of-3” or “3-out-of-3” logic can be selected for protection
directional control elements (forward, reverse or non-directional) criterion. The current check and the circuit breaker position
are provided. Selectable tripping purpose or alarm purpose. check are also can be used as auxiliary criterion.

• Switch-onto-fault (SOTF) logic • Breaker failure protection (50BF)

Switch-onto-fault logic is used to acceleratedly clear the faults during Selectable current criterion including phase current element,
manual closing and auto-reclosing based on distance element or zero-sequence overcurrent element and negative-sequence
overcurrent element (phase current and residual current). overcurrent element, circuit breaker auxiliary contact is used as
an option criterion for breaker failure check. Phase-segregated
• Two stages phase undervoltage protection (27P) re-trip and three-phase re-trip are available, and it provides two
time delays of tripping. It can be applied to single-breaker and
Time characteristics is selectable between definite-time and
dual-breaker applications.
inverse-time. Phase voltage or phase-to-phase voltage can be
selected for protection calculation. “1-out-of-3” or “3-out-of-3”
logic can be selected for protection criterion. The current check • Dead zone protection (50DZ)
and the circuit breaker position check are also can be used as Clear the dead zone faults between CT and the circuit breaker.
auxiliary criterion.

• Broken conductor protection (46BC)

• Two stages phase overvoltage protection (59P)
Adopt the ratio of negative-sequence current to positive-sequence
Time characteristics is selectable between definite-time and current (Ι2/Ι1) to detect the broken conductor.
inverse-time. Phase voltage or phase-to-phase voltage can be
selected for protection calculation. “1-out-of-3” or “3-out-of-3”
• Pole discrepancy protection (62PD)
logic can be selected for protection criterion.
It can be initiated by three auxiliary contacts of phase-segregate
• Two stages negative-sequence overvoltage protection (59Q) circu it b re ake r, and o ptio na l au xilia ry c rite rio n inclu de s
zero-sequence current element or negative-sequence current
Selectable tripping purpose or alarm purpose.
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• Stub differential protection (87STB) • Realize h igh accurate measurem ent of the phasors and
analogs according to the IEE E C37.118.1-2011 and IE EE
It can protect the T-zone in one-and-a-half breaker and ring
C37.118.1a-2014 standard.
breaker arrangements.
• Communicate with PDC according to IEEE C37.118-2005 and
• Out-of-step protection (78) IEEE C37.118.2-2011.

It is easy to set and independent of system parameters.

Monitoring and Measurement

• Auto-reclosing (79)
Single-/Three-pole reclosing mode is provided. Up to four-shot • Energy measurement (active and reactive energies for import
breaker auto-reclosing with synchro-check and voltage check and export)
logic. Both protection operating and external binary input can • CT circuit failure supervision
be used as triggering condition.
• VT circuit failure supervision

• Switchgear control • Fault phase selection

The control of circuit breaker, disconnector and earth switch • Fault Locator with parallel-line compensation
can be implemented via communication, LCD menu and binary
• Self diagnostic
inputs. It can switch between remote mode and local mode.
Double point status synthesis, trip statistics, interlocking, direct • Event recorder including 1024 change-of-binary-input events,
control and manual control are available. 1024 supervision events, 256 control logs and 1024 device
logs
• Synchronism Check (25) • Disturbance recorder including 64 disturbance records with
Synchronism check can be used for auto-reclosing and manual waveforms (The format is compatible with COMTRADE.)
closing for single-breaker and dual-breaker. The synchronism
• Pilot communication channel supervision
check function compensates for breaker close time, frequency,
magnitude, and angle differences between the two voltage • System frequency supervision
sources used for synchronism. • Clock synchronization using IRIG-B, SNTP, PPS (Pulse-Per-
Second) and PPM (Pulse-Per-Minute) , IEEE 1588
• Voltage selection
B a s e d o n "N e a r p r io r i t y " p r i n c ip l e , t h e r e f e r e n c e a n d
synchronization voltages in double busbars and one-and-half
Communication
circuit breakers, or three-phases voltage among double busbars • Optional single- or dual- pilot channels (fiber optic)
used by pro tectio n calcula tio ns or mea sureme nts can be
switched among different input sources. • Support G.703 and C37.94

• Up to four 10Base-T/100Base-TX copper Ethernet ports using

• Voltage and current drift auto adjustment IEC 61850, DNP3.0 or IEC 60870-5-103 over TCP/IP

The relay continually and automatically traces the voltage and • Up to four 100B ase- FX optical Ethernet por ts using IEC
current drifts and adjusts the zero point to acquire accurate 61850, DNP3.0 or IEC 60870-5-103 over TCP/IP
measurements.
• Two RS-485 serial ports using IEC 60870-5-103 or Modbus

• Single-ended impedance-based fault location • One RS-485 serial port for clock synchronization

• Support GOOSE communication module using IEC 61850-8-1

GOOSE
Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU)
• Full compatibility between IEC 61850 Editions 1 and 2
• Synchronize with the GPS time by IRIG-B time source
• Redundancy protocols PRP and HSR
• Calculate synchronized phasors, including: Ua, Ub, Uc, U1,
U2, U0, Ia, Ib, Ic, I1, I2, I0 • One front RJ45 port for debugging

• Calculate analog values, including: active power (P), reactive

power (Q), frequency, ROCOF (df/dt) Digital Interface
• Transm it b in ary status of the IED to P DC (Ph asor Data
• Support IEC 61850 MMS Server via extendable electrical or
Concentrator) according to IEEE C37.118 standard
optical Ethernet port

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• Support IEC 61850-8-1 GOOSE via extendable electrical or • Support IEC 61850-9-2LE SV via extendable electrical or
optical Ethernet port optical Ethernet port

Front Panel Rear Panel

1. Front-panel status indication and control of switches 1.Current and voltage analog inputs

2. Easy-to-use keypad aids simple navigation and set-point 2.nary inputs

adjustment
3.Binary outputs
3. Push buttons for open/close, switch for selection between
4.Power supply and binary I/O
local and remote control, and user's login and logout authority
management 5.Copper Ethernet port

4. Programmable operator push-buttons with user-configurable 6.Fiber-optic Ethernet port

labels
7.RS-232 or RS-485 serial port
5. RJ45 Interface 8.Debugging port
6. Up to 18 programmable target LEDs with user-configurable
labels

7. Target reset

Installation
Dimensions

The device includes two kinds of case sizes

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Flush Mounting

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Semi-flush Mounting

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Surface Mounting

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Wall Mounting

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Rack Mounting

Cut-out

Single 6U, 1/1 × 19"

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Single 6U, 1/2 × 19"

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Dual 6U, 1/2 × 19"

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Specifications
Electrical Specifications

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Mechanical Specifications

Ambient Temperature and Humidity Range

Communication Port

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Type Tests

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Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)

Terminals

Measurement Scope and Accuracy

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Management Function

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