1MAC203893-DB

Transformer protection and control

RET615

The RET615 is a dedicated transformer protection and con-

trol IED for power transformers, unit and step-up transform-
ers including power generator-transformer blocks in utility
and industry power distribution systems. RET615 is a mem-
ber of ABB’s Relion® product family and a part of its 615
protection and control product series. The 615 series IEDs
are characterized by their compactness and withdrawable
design. Engineered from the ground up, the 615 series has
been designed to unleash the full potential of the IEC 61850
standard for communication and interoperability between
substation automation devices.

Unique RET615 ANSI features

• Four setting groups When the low-impedance REF protection is used neither stabi-
• Drawout design lizing resistors nor varistors are needed and as a further benefit
• Sensitive differential protection for turn-to-turn faults the ratio of the grounded neutral CT can differ from those of the
• Restricted earth fault (REF) protection phase current transformers. Due to its unit protection character
• Arc flash detection (AFD) and absolute selectivity the REF protection does not need time
• Thermal overload protection of transformer grading with other protection schemes, and therefore high-
• Ring-lug terminals for all inputs and outputs speed fault clearance can be achieved.
• Large LCD screen with clearly visible font
• Environmentally friendly design with RoHS compliance RET615 also incorporates a thermal overload protection func-
tion, which supervises the thermal stress of the transformer
Application windings to prevent accelerated aging of the insulations. Mul-
The RET615 is the ultimate protection and control IED for two- tiple stages of phase and ground overcurrents are provided for
winding power transformers and power generator-transformer both transformer windings plus optional voltage metering and
blocks. It can be applied for protection and control of the most protection for one transformer winding. Ground-fault protection
commonly used power transformer combinations of delta and based on the measured or calculated residual overvoltage is
wye (grounded or ungrounded) windings. Flexible order coding also available. Finally, RET615 also offers circuit-breaker failure
allows for choosing current-only or current-and-voltage configu- protection. Enhanced with an optional plug-in card, RET615 of-
rations to best fit your transformer application needs. fers a fast three-channel arc-fault protection system for arc flash
supervision of the switchgear compartments.
Protection and control
The RET615 features three-phase, multi-slope transformer RET615 also integrates basic control functionality, which
differential protection with an unrestrained stage and a restrai- facilitates the control of one circuit breaker via the front panel
ned stage to provide fast and selective protection for phase-to- HMI or by means of remote controls. To protect the IED from
phase, winding interturn and bushing flash-over faults. Besi- unauthorized access and to maintain the integrity of information,
des second harmonic restraint an advanced waveform-based the device has been provided with a four-level, role-based user
blocking algorithm ensures stability at transformer energization authentication system. The access control system applies to the
and a fifth harmonic restraint function ensures good protection front panel HMI, the web browser based HMI and the PCM600
stability at moderate overexcitation of power transformers. Sen- Protection and Control IED Manager.
sitive restricted earth-fault protection (REF) completes the over-
all differential protection to detect even single phase-to-ground
faults close to the grounded neutral of the transformer.
Standardized communication Bus protection via GOOSE
RET615 genuinely supports the new IEC 61850 standard for The IEC 61850 implementation in RET615 also includes
inter-device communication in substations. It also supports the fast peer-to-peer communication over the substation bus.
industry standard Modbus® protocol, and the well- Use GOOSE communication between the RET615 and REF615
established DNP3.0 and IEC 60870-5-103 protocols. IEDS of the incoming and outgoing feeders of a substation co-
operate to form a stable, reliable and high-speed busbar protec-
The implementation of the IEC 61850 substation tion system. The cost-effective GOOSE-based busbar protection
communication standard in RET615 covers both vertical is obtained just by configuring the IEDs and the operational
and horizontal communication, including GOOSE messaging and availability of the protection is assured by continuous supervi-
parameter setting according to IEC 61850-8-1. sion of the protection IEDs and their GOOSE messaging over the
The substation configuration language enables the use station bus. No separate hard-wiring is needed for the horizontal
of engineering tools for efficient configuration and communication between the switchgear cubicles.availability of
commissioning of substation devices. For accurate time stamp- the protection is assured by continuous supervision of the pro-
ing RET615 supports synchronization over Ethernet tection IEDs and their GOOSE messaging over the station bus.
using SNTP or over a separate bus using IRIG-B. No separate hard-wiring is needed for the horizontal communi-
cation between the switchgear cubicles.

RET615 ANSI one-line diagram

2 RET615 | Descriptive bulletin

Functions and Features Analog Inputs 6 CT + Ground CT 6 CT + Ground CT + 5 VT
Included = •, Optional =  Order Code AA BA
Protection ANSI
Phase percentage differential (two windings), restrained and unrestrained 87T • •
Phase overcurrent, 2 elements (Winding 1) 51P (1), 50P (1) • •
Phase overcurrent, 2 elements (Winding 2) 51P (2), 50P (2) • •
Directional phase overcurrent (Winding 2) 67P (2) •
Neutral overcurrent, 2 elements (Winding 1) 51N (1), 50N (1) • •
Neutral overcurrent, 2 elements (Winding 2) 51N (2), 50N (2) • •
Ground overcurrent, 2 elements 51G, 50G • •
Directional neutral overcurrent (Winding 2) 67N (2) •
Thermal overload (Winding 1) 49T (1) • •
Three-phase undercurrent (Winding 1) 37 (1) •
Restricted earth fault(REF), low impedance (Winding 2) REF (2) • •
Phase undervoltage (Winding 2) 27 (2) •
Phase overvoltage (Winding 2) 59 (2) •
Phase sequence overvoltage (Winding 2) 47 (2) •
Ground overvoltage (Winding 2) 59G (2) •
Circuit breaker failure (Winding 2) 50BF (2) • •
Electrically latched/self-resetting trip output, 2 elements 86/94-1, 86/94-2 • •
Arc flash detection via three lens sensors AFD-1, AFD-2, AFD-3  
Control
Circuit breaker control (Winding 2) 52 (2) • •
Monitoring and Supervision
Trip circuit monitoring TCM • •
Breaker condition monitoring (Winding 2) 52CM (2) • •
Fuse failure (Winding 2) 60 (2) •
Measurements
Three-phase currents (Winding 1) IA, IB, IC (1) • •
Three-phase currents (Winding 2) IA, IB, IC (2) • •
Sequence currents (Winding 1) I1, I2, I0 (1) • •
Sequence currents (Winding 2) I1, I2, I0 (2) • •
Ground current IG • •
Demand phase currents (Winding 1) • •
Maximum demand phase currents (Winding 1) • •
Demand phase currents (Winding 2) • •
Maximum demand phase currents (Winding 2) • •
Three-phase voltages (Winding 2) VA, VB, VC (2) •
Sequence voltages (Winding 2) V1, V2, V0 (2) •
Ground voltage VG •
Power, energy, and power factor (Winding 2) P, E, and PF (2) •
Automation & Communications
10/100BaseT Ethernet (RJ45) • •
100BaseFL Ethernet(LC)  
10/100BaseT Ethernet(RJ45) + RS-485(1x4-wire or 2x2-wire) + IRIG-B  
100BaseFL Ethernet(LC) + RS-485(1x4-wire or 2x2-wire) + IRIG-B  
Ethernet 10/100BaseT (RJ45) + configurable RS232/RS485 + [RS485 or  
serial glass fiber (ST)] + IRIG-B
Records
Sequence of events recorder SER • •
Fault recorder FLR • •
Digital fault (waveform) recorder DFR • •

Descriptive bulletin | RET615 3

Analog inputs ABB Inc.
- Three phase currents: 5/1 A programmable Distribution Automation
- Ground current: 5/1 A programmable 4300 Coral Ridge Drive
- Rated frequency: 60/50 Hz programmable Coral Springs, Florida 33065
- Three-phase and ground voltages: programmable nominal Phone: +1 954 752 6700
secondary voltage (available as an option) Fax: +1 954 345 5329

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Binary inputs and outputs
- Eight, twelve with VT inputs, binary inputs standard
- Two NO outputs with trip circuit monitoring All sales are subject to ABB Inc.

1MAC203893-DB Revision A December 2009

- Three NO outputs General Terms and Conditions of Sale.
- One Form C output
- One Form C self-check alarm output While every effort has been made to assure accuracy, the infor-
- Ten binary outputs standard mation in this document is subject to change without notice.

Communication © Copyright 2009 ABB Inc. All rights reserved.

- IEC 61850-8-1 with GOOSE messaging
- DNP3.0 Level 2+ over TCP/IP
- Modbus over TCP/IP
- Time synchronization via SNTP (primary and backup servers)
- Optional serial RS-485 port programmable for DNP3.0 Level RoHS

2+ or Modbus RTU Lead Free

- Optional IRIG-B time synchronization

Control voltage
- Option 1: 48 ... 250 V dc, 100 … 240 V ac
- Option 2: 24 ... 60 V dc

Product dimensions and weights

- Frame: 6.97” (177 mm) W x 6.97” (177 mm) H
- Case: 6.57” (165 mm) W x 6.30” (160 mm) H x 6.10” (155
mm)
- Weight: Relay - 7.72 lbs. (3.5 kg); Draw-out unit - 3.97 lbs.
(1.8 kg)

Tools
- PCM600 V2.1 for setting, configuration and data retrieval
- COM600 Station Automation series products V3.4
- Web browser based user interface (IE 7.0 or later)