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Relion® 615 series Protection and control relays

Relion® 615 series Protection and control relays
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Relion® 615 series Protection and control relays

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Overview of ABB Relion® 615 Series
The ABB Relion® 615 series relays are designed for protection, control, measurement, and supervision in utility, industrial, and infrastructure applications. They offer a compact and versatile solution for power distribution systems, integrating protection, control, monitoring, and supervision in one relay.
Main Features
  • Ready-made standard configurations for quick setup, customizable via IEC 61850-compliant PCM600.
  • Large graphical display for customizable single-line diagrams (SLDs), accessible locally or via web-based HMI.
  • Support for IEC 61850 standard, including GOOSE messaging and redundancy protocols like PRP and HSR.
  • Redundant Ethernet communication with optical or galvanic interfaces.
  • High-accuracy time synchronization using IEEE 1588 V2.
  • Extensive life cycle services including training, support, and modernization.
Applications and Specific Relay Functions
  • Feeder Protection (REF615): Designed for overhead line and cable feeders, offering extensive earth-fault protection and fault location capabilities.
  • Line Differential Protection (RED615): Provides phase-segregated, two-end line differential protection, ideal for applications with in-zone transformers.
  • Transformer Protection (RET615): Protects power transformers and generator-transformer blocks, featuring advanced differential protection.
  • Voltage Protection (REU615): Offers voltage and frequency-based protection, suitable for voltage regulation and load-shedding applications.
Key Benefits
  • Wide application coverage including feeder, transformer, motor, line differential, voltage, capacitor bank, and generator protection.
  • Integration of sensors or conventional instrument transformers for protection and control functionality.
  • Withdrawable plug-in unit design for easy installation and testing.
  • Support for high-accuracy time synchronization and substation-level Ethernet communication.
Motor Protection and Control (REM615):
  • Designed for asynchronous motors in manufacturing and process industries.
  • Supports protection during motor start-up and normal operation, including fault clearance in abnormal situations.
  • Available in four configurations, supporting both sensor and conventional transformer inputs.
  • Features include thermal overload, motor load jam, and phase-reversal protection.
  • High-speed outputs minimize arc fault effects.
Capacitor Bank Protection and Control (REV615):
  • Protects capacitor banks used for reactive power compensation in utility and industrial systems.
  • Applicable for H-bridge, double Y, and single Y-connected capacitor banks.
  • Offers overload protection, unbalance protection, and switching resonance protection.
  • Two configurations available, with additional protections like directional earth-fault and voltage-based unbalance protection.
Generator and Interconnection Protection (REG615):
  • Designed for small synchronous generators and interconnection points of distributed generation units.
  • Provides full protection during start-up and normal operation, including differential and out-of-step protection.
  • Supports grid stability with low-voltage ride-through and reactive power undervoltage protection.
  • Three configurations available, focusing on generator and interconnection applications.
  • High-speed outputs reduce arc fault effects.
Additional Information:
  • Technical changes may occur without notice.
  • Reproduction or disclosure of the document's content requires prior written consent from ABB.
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The wide coverage of ABB’s Relion® 615 series of relays makes it the ideal choice for the great variety of applications within distribution protection and control.

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08 Feeder protection and control REF615 09 Line differential protection and control RED615 10 Transformer protection and control RET615 11 Voltage protection and control REU615 12 Motor protection and control REM615 13 Capacitor bank protection and control REV615 14 Generator and interconnection

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— The 615 series relays have been designed for protection, control, measurement and supervision in utility, industrial, and transport and infrastructure applications.

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RELION® 615 SERIES PROTECTION AND CONTROL RELAYS 615 series Compact and versatile solution for utility and industrial power distribution systems The 615 protection and control series of relays is a member of ABB’s Relion® product family. The 615 series relays are characterized by their compactness and withdrawable plug-in unit design. Ready-made adaptations to application-specific requirements The 615 series relays are available in ready-made standard configurations for fast and easy setup. All standard configurations can be tailored to meet application-specific requirements using the IEC 61850-compliant...

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Capacitor bank Voltage protection Automatic voltage regulation Line differential modernization. Main customer benefits • Compact and versatile solution for utility and industrial power distribution systems with integration of protection, control, monitoring and supervision in one relay • Wide application coverage – feeder, transformer, motor, line differential, voltage, capacitor bank as well as generator and interconnection protection and control • Extensive range of protection and control functionality, either with sensors or conventional instrument transformers • Withdrawable plug-in unit...

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RELION® 615 SERIES PROTECTION AND CONTROL RELAYS • = Supported o = Optional add-on Application REF615 has been designed to be the main overcurrent and earth-fault protection for overhead lines and cable feeders, in either isolated neutral, resistance-earthed, compensated or effectively-earthed distribution networks, depending on the standard configuration. REF615 is available in twelve standard configurations. In addition to standard configuration N, also L now provides maximum functionality to allow fully flexible tailoring. The major difference is that L includes support for three combi-sensor...

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• = Supported o = Optional add-on Application RED615 has been designed to be the main protection for overhead line and cable feeders, in either isolated neutral, resistance-earthed, compensated or effectively earthed distribution networks, depending on the standard configuration. RED615 is available in five standard configurations, one of which is a plain line differential protection with overcurrent backup protection two with added earth-fault protection functionality in particular, and another two further extended with directional overcurrent as well as phase-voltage and frequency-based protection....

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RELION® 615 SERIES PROTECTION AND CONTROL RELAYS RET615 has been designed to protect power transformers, including step-up transformers, and power generator-transformer blocks in utility and industrial power distribution systems. Application RET615 has been designed to be the main protection for two-winding power transformers and power generator-transformer blocks. RET615 is available in eight standard configurations to match the most commonly employed power transformer vector groups, and to coordinate the applied transformer neutral earthing principle with the relevant earth-fault protection...

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Application REU615 is available in two standard configurations. One has been exclusively designed for busbar under- and overvoltage supervision, load-shedding (disconnection) and restoration (reconnection) applications. It can also be used for over- and underfrequency protection of power generators and other AC equipment such as capacitor banks. In generator and motor applications, REU615 provides • = Supported o = Optional add-on Product highlights • Extensive range of protection and control functionality for busbar voltage supervision, load-shedding and restoration, including over- and underfrequency...

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RELION® 615 SERIES PROTECTION AND CONTROL RELAYS Application REM615 has been designed to be the main protection for asynchronous motors and their drives in manufacturing and process industry. Typically, the motor relay is used with circuit-breaker and contactor-controlled MV motors and medium-sized and large contactor-controlled LV motors in a variety of drives. The drives include both continuously and intermittently operated asynchronous motor drives with varying load, such as pumps and conveyors, crushers and choppers, mixers and agitators, fans and aerators. REM615 is available in four standard...

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Application REV615 has been designed to be the main protection for H-bridge, double Y and single Y-connected capacitor banks and feeder cables. Additionally, REV615 can be used to protect harmonic filter circuits when no significant harmonic component is higher than the 11th. REV615 is available in two standard configurations, both of which offer three-phase overload protection, current-based unbalance protection with compensation for natural unbalance, and current-based switching resonance protection for capacitor banks. The overload protection includes an integrated undercurrent function which...

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RELION® 615 SERIES PROTECTION AND CONTROL RELAYS • = Supported o = Optional add-on Application REG615 has been designed to be the main protection for small synchronous generators, and offer full protection during start-up and normal run for both the generator and the prime mover. REG615 can also be used as backup protection for medium-sized generators in applications where an independent and redundant protection system is required. The main protection functionality includes generator differential protection, out-of-step protection and 100% stator earth-fault protection. REG615 is typically used...

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