It is a further object of my invention to provide a novel static relay which is responsive to negative phase sequence currents. FIG. If the overcurrent were more severe, the magnitude of the modified input signal may increase to a maximum limit (about 4 volts) of the second range and enter a third predetermined range in which the voltage at output terminal 138 will cause current in the input resistor 133" of the second feed-back operational amplifier 127" to exceed the bias signal applied to this amplifier due to source 143". Pick-up level detector 54 is preferably an operational amplifier 55 whose non-inverting input is referenced by a selected reference signal derived from positive voltage source 56 through resistors 57, 58, 59 and whose feed-back loop contains capacitor 60. In practice it is desired to extend the operating range to 3.0 per unit in terms of current and to 0.2 seconds in terms of time. © 2004-2021 FreePatentsOnline.com. One may be surprised to find that static relays have first been com­mercially produced only in such cases as distance or differential schemes, while in the case of the much simpler overcurrent relay schemes, they have not been brought out. If function generator 22 were not present, the relay's time-overcurrent characteristic would have a slope of approximately -1 throughout its range. 10 Internal block diagram of the SE Static Motor Protection Relay (instantaneous type) If the magnitude of the monitored quantity rises above a predetermined pick-up point, the output of the function generator is integrated by an operational amplifier having capacitive feedback, and the integrated output signal is compared to an appropriate reference level by an operational amplifier used as a level detector. In conventional electromagnetic relays, n may vary between 2 and 8. In Conference Paper CP62-1091, presented to the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in June 1962, E. W. Kimbark disclosed a static overcurrent relay including a non-linear voltage modifying circuit using zener diodes or the like for modifying the DC voltage applied to a series RC circuit as a function of the amount of overcurrent. Another resistor 131 is connected between the source 129 and the juncture of resistor 128b and diode 130. When the modified input signal increases to about 7 volts the potential at this junction becomes positive with respect to ground, the diode 130 will begin to conduct, and when this occurs the input resistance of the operational amplifier 127 decreases because of the parallel combination of resistors 128a and 128b. There is a tendency during these intervals for the output of the operational amplifier 172 to momentarily resume its normal negative polarity, in which event the auxiliary relay 185 might periodically drop out and cause undesirable chattering of the contacts 126 and 149. 317/36TD, 317/33R, 317/33SC, 317/31, 317/142, 317/148.5, 317/151, 317/141S, 328/142, 328/143, 328/144, 328/145, 307/229, 307/293. 1. 2, except the function generator 120 of the FIG. The gain of function generator 22 changes depending on the magnitude of the input signal. The modified input signal enters a second predetermined range, whose minimum limit equals the maximum limit of the first predetermined range, when the output voltage developed at output terminal 138 causes the current through the input resistor 133' of the feed-back operational amplifier 127' to exceed the current through resistor 142' due to source 143'. The capability of machines to withstand the heating caused by unbalanced stator currents in excess of predetermined permissible values has been expressed by the following relationship: I22 t=K, where t is the duration of the unbalanced condition and K is a constant. The output of operational amplifier 24 is connected to the output terminal 31 of function generator 22 through a diode 32. No smoothing capacitor is connected across the d.c. terminals of rectifier 14, whereby the input signal applied to the input terminal 20 is a train of undulating half cycles of unipolar voltage whose instantaneous magnitude is proportional to the instantaneous magnitude of line current. The static relay consumes very less power because of which the burden on the measuring instruments decreases and their accuracy increases. A pick-up level detector and reset circuit 54 keeps the integrator 46 ineffective until the average value of the rectified input signal is above a preselected value which indicates that excessive current is flowing in protected line 10. The output of operational amplifier 127 is connected to the output terminal 138 of function generator 120 through a diode 135. Additionally they have very low output impedance, so that the relay's function generator does not appreciably influence the time constant of the integrator, thus greatly simplifying design. The output of operational amplifier 127 is connected to its inverting input by a feed-back path containing diode 136. 2 is simplified by showing a signal sensor responsive to the net current in a single-phase line; however, persons skilled in the art will recognize that the relay could be easily adapted to respond to other circuit quantities derived from single or polyphase lines if desired. In accordance with my invention, the feedback loop of operational amplifier 24 includes an additional branch, in parallel with resistor 21, comprising a second operational amplifier 34 which is connected at its inverting input to the output terminal 31 of the function generator by resistor 35a and at its output to the inverting input of operational amplifier 24 through resistor 35 and diode 43. The modified voltage input signal which is developed at the output terminal of operational amplifier 121 is related to the input signal by the gain of amplifier circuit 116. The reference signal is selected such that the average magnitude of the input signal will equal or exceed it whenever current in the protected line 10 rises above a pickup value which is a certain per cent higher than normal. Furthermore when equipped with my novel scale changing feature the relay operates reliably and accurately over an extremely wide range of times and currents. 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