SEL-311L 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:
Current Differential Protection. The relay shall compare local and remote phase and sequence currents to provide
operation in less than one cycle. The relay shall operate for unbalanced faults with currents below line charging current.
Mismatched CTs shall be accommodated by relay setting. Distortion caused by CT saturation of one or both ends shall not
cause misoperation.
Distance Protection. The relay shall incorporate four zones of phase and ground mho distance and quadrilateral ground
distance protection for use if potentials are available. Two zones shall be settable for either forward or reverse direction.
Both positive-sequence memory polarized and compensator-distance phase distance elements shall be available. The relay
shall detect CCVT transients and block the operation of underreaching Zone 1 distance elements during the transient period.
The relay shall detect stable and unstable power swings.
Overcurrent Fault Protection. The relay shall incorporate phase, residual ground, and negative-sequence overcurrent
elements. These shall have directional control available for use if potentials are available. A system to automatically select
the most stable polarizing source for ground directional elements shall be included.
Channel Requirements. The relay shall have options for a direct or IEEE C37.94 single- or multimode fiber-optic
interface, or EIA-422 or G.703 operating at 56 kb or 64 kb. The relay shall accommodate up to 5 ms of channel asymmetry.
Dual Channel Capability. The relay shall operate with one or two communications channels. When two channels are used
as hot standby, the relay shall switch to the unfaulted channel with no protection interruption.
Two- or Three-Terminal Application. The relay shall be suitable for two- or three-terminal lines. For three-terminal
protection the relay system shall be capable of protecting the line with dual channels at each relay or with dual channels on
only one of three relays.
Tapped Load Coordination. The relay shall selectively coordinate with inverse-time overcurrent protection on a tapped
load using total current from all line terminals.
Bus Stub Protection. The relay shall accommodate protection of bus stubs by programmable logic condition without
requiring settings change or settings group change.
Current Differential Protection Disable. Differential protection shall be disabled via programmable logic condition to
accommodate switching operations without requiring settings change or settings group change.
Auto-Reclosing Control. The relay shall incorporate a four-shot recloser with four independently set open time intervals.
Independently set reset times from reclose cycle and from lockout shall be available.
Frequency. The relay shall include six steps of frequency protection. All elements shall be settable for under- or
overfrequency.
Voltage Elements. The relay shall incorporate phase and phase-to-phase under- and overvoltage elements as well as
sequence overvoltage elements for protection and control.
Synchronism Check. The relay shall include two synchronism-check elements with separate maximum angle settings. The
synchronism-check function shall compensate for breaker close time and allow different sources of synchronizing voltage
(VA, VB, VC, VAB, VBC, VCA).
Event Reporting and Sequential Events Recorder. The relay shall be capable of automatically recording oscillographic
records of 15, 30, or 60 cycles containing local and remote currents, local voltages, system frequency, and dc system
voltage. Events shall be stored in nonvolatile memory. The relay shall also include a Sequential Events Recorder (SER) that
stores the latest 512 entries.
Status and Trip Target LEDs. The relay shall include 16 status and trip target LEDs.
Circuit Breaker Monitor. The relay shall include a breaker wear monitor with user-definable wear curves, operation
counter, 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. Two user-selectable threshold parameters shall be provided for alarm and control purposes. Voltage level
at the time of tripping shall be monitored and recorded.
Fault Locator. The relay shall include a fault locating algorithm to provide an accurate estimate of fault location without
communications channels, special instrument transformers, or prefault information.

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 Automation. The relay shall include 16 local control elements, 16 remote control logic switches, 16  latching control
switches, 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.
Relay Logic. The relay shall include programmable logic functions for a wide range of user configurable protection,
monitoring, and control schemes.
Dual Redundant Ethernet. The relay shall provide the option to include dual fiber-optic or copper 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
interfaces for engineering access and SCADA communications.
Terminal Communications. The relay shall allow communications from any ASCII terminal without software.
Serial Communications. The relay shall include three independent EIA-232 and one EIA-485 serial ports for external
communications. Two ports shall simultaneously support relay-to-relay eight-bit direct logic communication.
IRIG-B. The relay shall include an interface port for a demodulated IRIG-B time synchronization input signal. The line
current differential protection shall not rely on this or any other external time synchronization.
Environmental Capabilities. The relay shall be capable of continuous operation over a temperature range of –40° to
+85°C.
Synchrophasors. The relay shall include operation as a phasor measurement and control unit (PMCU).
IEC 61850 Ethernet Communications. The relay shall provide the option for IEC 61850-compliant communications. The
IEC 61850 capability shall include GOOSE messaging and defined logical node data points.
Web Server. The relay shall allow inspection of settings, metering reports, self-test status, and configuration via a
guaranteed read-only integrated Ethernet web server.
Reliability. The vendor shall supply the actual measured Mean-Time Between Failures (MTBF) for the device upon request.
Service. The device shall include no-charge technical support for the life of the product.
Manufacturer. The manufacturer shall design and assemble all components including the printed-circuit boards in a wholly
owned manufacturing facility within the United States.
Conformal Coating. The device shall have optional conformal coating to protect the circuit boards from harsh
environments.
Warranty Return. The vendor shall support a 72-hour turn-around on all warranty repairs.
Warranty. The device shall include a ten-year, no-questions-asked warranty for all material and workmanship defects. In
addition, the warranty shall cover accidental customer-induced damage.

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