Relay Protection Assessment Standards
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is currently working on a new series of standards that covers the functional requirements of measuring relays and related equipment used to protect electrical transmission and distribution systems. Since the basic function of a protection relay is to correctly function under abnormal power conditions, it is crucial that the operation is evaluated under such conditions. When such conditions are detected, relays trip the circuit breaker, disconnecting the faulty section from the rest of. They are intended to quickly identify a fault and isolate it so the balance of the system.
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