SEL-387A Relay Guideform Specification
The microprocessor-based relay shall provide a combination of functions including protection, monitoring, control, and
automation. Relay self-checking functions shall be included. Specific requirements are listed below:
Percentage Differential Protection. The relay shall incorporate restrained differential protection for two windings with
fixed or variable percentage, using one or two settable slopes with adjustable intersection point and minimum pickup values.
Harmonic and DC Elements. The relay shall incorporate second-, fourth-, and fifth-harmonic and dc elements, with the
choice of either harmonic blocking or harmonic restraint to prevent restrained differential element operation during inrush or
overexcitation conditions; an independent fifth-harmonic alarm element shall be included to warn of an overexcitation
condition.
Unrestrained Differential Protection. The relay shall include unrestrained differential protection to produce rapid tripping
for severe internal faults.
Overcurrent Fault Protection. The relay shall incorporate two groups of three-phase current inputs and three sets of
neutral overcurrent elements that can be independently enabled for overcurrent protection. Eleven overcurrent elements per
winding shall be included to provide phase, negative-sequence, and residual protection.
CT Phase Angle Compensation. The relay shall incorporate full “round-the-clock” current compensation, in 30-degree
increments, to accommodate virtually any type of transformer and CT winding connection.
Status and Trip Target LEDs. The relay shall include 16 status and trip target LEDs.
Restricted Earth Fault Protection. The relay shall incorporate two sets of restricted earth fault (REF) protection for the
detection of ground faults in wye-connected windings.
Communication. The relay shall include three EIA-232 and one EIA-485 serial ports to provide flexible communication to
external computers and control systems. The relay shall operate at a speed of 300–19200 baud. Three-level password
protection shall be included to provide remote security communication.
Distributed Network Protocol (DNP). The relay shall incorporate certified DNP3 Level 2 Slave protocol communications
capability. The DNP capability shall include automatic dial-out for settings-based DNP events and virtual terminal support
with full ASCII capability.
Relay Logic. The relay shall include programmable logic functions for a wide range of user-configurable protection,
monitoring, and control schemes.
Auxiliary Inputs/Outputs. The relay shall include fully programmable optoisolated inputs and output contacts.
Trip and Close Variables. The relay shall include three trip variables and two close variables to permit separate control of
up to two breakers and a separate lockout device.
Setting Groups. The relay shall include six selectable setting groups to permit easier adaptation to changes in application.
Metering. The relay shall include metering capabilities for real-time phase and differential quantities, as well as phase
demand and peak demand current values. Harmonic content from the fundamental to the 15th harmonic for all phase
currents shall also be included.
Circuit Breaker Monitor. The relay shall include two breaker wear monitors with user-definable wear curves, operation
counters, and accumulated interrupted currents per phase.
Substation Battery Monitor. The relay shall measure and report the substation battery voltage presented to the relay power
supply terminals. Four selectable threshold parameters shall be provided for alarm and control purposes.
Through-Fault Event Monitor. The relay shall provide for the capability of reporting fault current level, duration, and
date/time for overcurrent events through the differential protection zone. A settable I2t alarm indicates an excess of
accumulated through-fault energy.
Temperature Metering. The relay shall include temperature metering for up to 24 external RTDs. RTD inputs to the relay
shall be via serial communications ports.
Event Reporting and Sequential Events Recorder (SER). The relay shall be capable of automatically recording
disturbance events of 15, 30, or 60 cycles with settable prefault duration and user-defined triggering. Events shall be stored
in nonvolatile memory. The relay shall include an SER that stores the latest 512 entries.
Automation. The relay shall include 16 local control elements, 16 remote control logic points, 16 latching logic points, and
16 display messages in conjunction with a local display panel included in the relay. The relay shall have the capability to
display custom messages.
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Internal Real-Time Clock. The relay shall include a real-time clock, with battery backup, synchronizable to demodulated
IRIG-B input, to provide accurate time stamps for event records.
Low-Level Testing. The relay shall include a low-level test interface to permit relay testing with low-energy test equipment.
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