The instantaneous relay 50 must be set above the asymmetrical value of the locked rotor current,
i.e. 1.7 × 1609 = 2735 primary amperes or 34.19 secondary amperes. Set at 35 A. Check for pickup
at minimum 4 kV bus fault; 20 000/(35 × 80) = 7.14 × pu. Three relays are used, one per phase,
to provide redundancy for all phase faults.
The residual overcurrent relay 51G is set at one-third of the minimum ground fault. If the
auxiliary system has a neutral resistor to limit the ground fault to 1200 A,‡ the residual CT current
will be 1200/80 = 15 A. Set the relay at 5.0 A or less to ensure reliability without setting it at the
lowest tap to avoid loss of security. Set the time dial at a low setting. There are no criteria for
these settings except what is the usual practice at a given plant.
If the alternative scheme using a toroidal CT is used, the CT ratio can be 1200:5 (240:1) and
an instantaneous relay set at 1.0 A. This will give 5 times pickup at the maximum ground fault
current and provide sufficient margin above any false ground currents to prevent false tripping and
still allow for reduced ground fault current due to fault resistance.