Relion ® 615 series

Line differential protection and control

RED615
Compact and versatile solution for utility
and industrial power distribution systems
Ideal selectivity for two-end line
differential protection

RED615 is a phase-segregated, two-end line differential RED615 is equipped with a large graphical display which
protection and control relay for protection, control, can show customizable single-line diagrams (SLD) with
measurement and supervision in utility and industrial position indication for the circuit breaker, disconnectors and
power distribution systems, including radial, looped and the earthing switch. Also measured values provided by the
meshed distribution networks, with or without distributed chosen standard configuration can be displayed. The SLDs
power generation. RED615 is also ideal for line differential are customized using PCM600 and can have multiple pages
applications with an in-zone transformer. RED615 relays for easy access to selected information. The SLDs can be
communicate between substations either over a fiber- accessed not only locally but also via the web browser-based
optic link or a galvanic pilot wire connection. HMI that has now been enriched with a number of usability
enhancing features.
Application
RED615 has been designed to be the main protection Standardized communication and redundancy
for overhead line and cable feeders, in either isolated RED615 fully supports the IEC 61850 standard for
neutral, resistance-earthed, compensated or effectively communication and interoperability of substation automation
earthed distribution networks, depending on the standard devices, including fast GOOSE messaging and now also
configuration. IEC 61850-9-2 LE and Edition 2, offering substantial benefits
in terms of extended interoperability. The line differential relay
RED615 is available in five standard configurations, one of further supports the DNP3, IEC 60870-5-103 and Modbus®
which is a plain line differential protection with overcurrent protocols, now introducing also the parallel redundancy
backup protection two with added earth-fault protection protocol (PRP) and the high-availability seamless redundancy
functionality in particular, and another two further extended (HSR) protocol. With the protocol adapter SPA-ZC 302,
with directional overcurrent as well as phase-voltage and Profibus DVP1 can also be used. RED615 is able to use two
frequency-based protection. Switch on to fault is now communication protocols simultaneously.
introduced in all standard configurations and voltage
unbalance in the two extended ones. They both also include For redundant Ethernet communication, RED615 offers two
a fault locator which locates short circuits in radial distribution optical Ethernet network interfaces. The redundant Ethernet
networks and earth faults in effectively and low-resistance solution can be built on the Ethernet-based IEC 61850,
earthed ones. If the fault current is as high as or higher than Modbus® and DNP3 protocols.
the load current, earth faults in isolated neutral distribution
networks will also be located. In addition, one of the two The implementation of the IEC 61850 standard in RED615
extended standard configurations includes support for three covers both vertical and horizontal communication, including
combi-sensor inputs for phase currents (Rogowski coil) GOOSE messaging with both binary and analog signals
and voltages (voltage divider), whereas the other supports as well as parameter setting according to IEC 61850-8-1.
conventional current and voltage instrument transformers as In addition, IEC 61850-9-2 LE process bus with sending
the rest of the standard configurations. sampled values of both analog voltages and currents and
receiving sampled values of voltages is introduced. The
Two RED615 relays interconnected over a communication link sampled values can also be used for synchro-check, both
form an entirely selective unit protection scheme. Protection in conventional instrument transformer and sensor-based
of ring-type and meshed distribution networks generally applications, to ensure safe interconnection of two networks.
requires unit protection solutions, also applied in radial For process bus applications, which require high-accuracy
networks containing distributed power generation. time synchronization, IEEE 1588 V2 is used, with a time
stamp resolution of not more than four microseconds.
The standard configurations can be tailored to meet IEEE 1588 V2 is supported in all variants with a redundant
application-specific requirements using the IEC 61850 Ethernet communication module. In addition, RED615
-compliant Protection and Control IED Manager PCM600. supports synchronization over Ethernet using SNTP or over a
separate bus using IRIG-B.
Human-machine interface
As a member of the Relion® product family, RED615 shares Main benefits
the same human-machine interface (HMI) look and feel as the − − Withdrawable plug-in unit design for swift installation and
other Relion protection and control relays and IEDs. The same testing
look and feel includes the location of a push button with a − − Selective unit protection as phase-segregated two-end line
certain function and the menu structure. differential protection, either with sensors or conventional

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 RED615 LINE DIFFERENTIAL PROTECTION AND CONTROL RELAY
With in-zone power transformer support
STANDARD
CONFIGURATION
E
IEC 61850-9-2LE

PROTECTION LOCAL HMI ALSO AVAILABLE

- Binary Signal Transfer function (BST)

2× - Disturbance and fault recorder
Master Trip
- Event log and recorded data
Configuration A
System

Lockout relay
HMI
Time
Authorization

- Local/Remote push button on LHMI

94/86 I ESC Clear
- Self-supervision
- Time synchronization: IEEE 1588 v2,
A
O R
L
U12 0. 0 kV
P 0.00 kW
Q 0.00 kVAr SNTP, IRIG-B
- User management
IL2 0 A

2× - Web HMI
I2> I2/I1> 3Ith>F I ESC Clear

AND
3I 46 46PD 49F
O R
L
OR

3Ith>T/G/C 3I>>>
49T/G/C 50P/51P
CONDITION MONITORING COMMUNICATION
AND SUPERVISION
2× Protocols:
3I>/Io>BF 3I>→ 3I>>→
IEC 61850-8-1
51BF/51NBF 67-1 67-2
IEC 61850-9-2LE
UL1UL2UL3 Io Modbus®
IEC 60870-5-103
3I2f> 3dI>L 3I FUSEF CBCM MCS 3I DNP3
68 87L 60 CBCM MCS 3I Interfaces:
Ethernet: TX (RJ45), FX (LC)
Serial: Serial glass fiber (ST),
RS-485, RS-232
2× 2× Redundant protocols:
Io Io>→ Io>>→ BST OPTS PCS TCS HSR
67N-1 67N-2 BST OPTM PCS TCM PRP
RSTP

CONTROL AND INDICATION 1) MEASUREMENT

Io>>
51N-2 - I, U, Io, Uo, P, Q, E, pf, f
Io Object Ctrl 2) Ind 3) - Limit value supervision
CB 1 - - Load profile record
- Symmetrical components
3× 3× DC 2 3
Io>IEF→ Yo>→ Po>→ Io>HA Analog interface types 1)
ES 1 2
67NIEF 21YN 32N 51NHA Current sensor 3
1)
Check availability of binary inputs/outputs
OR OR from technical documentation Voltage sensor 3
2)
Control and indication function for
primary object Current transformer 1
Uo 3)
Status indication function for
UL1UL2UL3

1)
Combi sensor inputs with conventional
primary object
Io input

3× 3×
3U< U2> U1< 3U> SYNC O→I PQM3I PQM3U PQMU
27 47O- 47U+ 59 25 79 PQM3I PQM3V PQMV
UL1
3× 4×
Uo> f>/f<, PQUUB
df/dt
59G PQVUB
81

18×
FLOC MAP SOTF REMARKS
21FL MAP SOTF Optional 3× No. of Calculated OR Alternative
function instances value function to be
Io/Uo defined when
3I ordering

RED615
AT REMOTE
END

Protection function overview of RED615 standard configuration E

instrument transformers 615 series

− − Ready-made standard configurations, including line differ- RED615 is a member of ABB’s Relion product family and
ential communication, for fast and easy setup with tailoring part of its 615 protection and control series of relays,
capabilities characterized by compactness and withdrawable plug-in unit
− − Line differential communication between substations either design. In addition to RED615, the 615 series includes the
over a fiber-optic link or a galvanic pilot wire connection following relays:
− − Ideal for line differential applications with an in-zone trans- −− REF615 Feeder protection and control
former − − RET615 Transformer protection and control
− − IEC 61850 Edition 2 and Edition 1 support, including HSR −− REU615 Voltage protection and control
and PRP, GOOSE messaging and IEC 61850-9-2 LE for − − REM615 Motor protection and control
less wiring and supervised communication − − REV615 Capacitor bank protection and control
− − IEEE 1588 V2 for high-accuracy time synchronization and −− REG615 Generator and interconnection protection
maximum benefit of substation-level Ethernet communica-
tion Life cycle services
− − Large graphical display for showing customizable SLDs, Life cycle services ABB offers full support for all protection
accessible either locally or through a web browser-based and control relays throughout their entire lifecycle. Our
HMI extensive life cycle services include training, customer
support, maintenance and modernization.

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Standard configurations

Standard configurations
Standard
Description
configuration
Line differential protection A
Line differential protection with directional earth-fault protection and circuit breaker condition monitoring B
Line differential protection with non-directional earth-fault protection and circuit breaker condition monitoring C
Line differential protection with directional overcurrent and earth-fault protection, voltage and frequency based
protection and measurements, synchro-check and circuit-breaker condition monitoring (RTD option, D
optional power quality and fault locator)
Line differential protection with directional overcurrent and earth-fault protection, voltage and frequency
based protection and measurements, circuit-breaker condition monitoring (sensor inputs, E
optional power quality, fault locator and synchro-check with IEC 61850-9-2LE)

Supported functions, codes and symbols

Functionality
Protection
Three-phase non-directional overcurrent protection, low stage
Three-phase non-directional overcurrent protection, high stage
Three-phase non-directional overcurrent protection, instantaneous stage
Three-phase directional overcurrent protection, low stage
Three-phase directional overcurrent protection, high stage
Non-directional earth-fault protection, low stage
Non-directional earth-fault protection, high stage
Non-directional earth-fault protection, instantaneous stage
Directional earth-fault protection, low stage
Directional earth-fault protection, high stage
Admittance based earth-fault protection
Wattmetric based earth-fault protection
Transient / intermittent earth-fault protection
Harmonics based earth-fault protection
Non-directional (cross-country) earth fault protection, using calculated Io
Negative-sequence overcurrent protection
Phase discontinuity protection
Residual overvoltage protection
Three-phase undervoltage protection
Three-phase overvoltage protection
Positive-sequence undervoltage protection
Negative-sequence overvoltage protection
Frequency protection
Three-phase thermal protection for feeders, cables and distribution transformers
Three-phase thermal overload protection for power transformers, two time constants
Binary signal transfer
Circuit breaker failure protection
Three-phase inrush detector
Switch onto fault
Master trip
Multi-purpose protection
Fault locator
Line differential protection with in zone power transformer
High impedance fault detection

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 1, 2,... = number of included instances / I/Os
( ) = optional

IEC 61850 IEC 60617 IEC-ANSI A B C D E

PHLPTOC 3I> 51P-1 1 1 1 -  - 

PHHPTOC 3I>> 51P-2 2 2 2 -  -
PHIPTOC 3I>>> 50P/51P 1 1 1 1 1
DPHLPDOC 3I> -> 67-1 - - 2 2
DPHHPDOC 3I>> -> 67-2 - - - 1 1
EFLPTOC Io> 51N-1 - - 2 -  -
EFHPTOC Io>> 51N-2 - - 1 -  -
EFIPTOC Io>>> 50N/51N - - 1 -   -
DEFLPDEF Io> -> 67N-1 - 2 1)
- 2 2 2)

DEFHPDEF Io>> -> 67N-2 - 1 1)

- 1 1 2)

EFPADM Yo> -> 21YN - (3) 1) 3)

- (3) 3)
(3) 2) 3)

WPWDE Po> -> 32N - (3) 1) 3) - (3) 3) (3) 2) 3)

INTRPTEF Io> -> IEF 67NIEF - 1 4) - 1 4)

1 2) 4)

HAEFPTOC Io>HA 51NHA - (1) 3) 4)

(1) 3) 4)
(1) 3) 4)
(1) 3) 4)

EFHPTOC Io>> 51N-2 - 1 - 1 1

NSPTOC I2> 46 2 2 2 2 2
PDNSPTOC I2/I1> 46PD - 1 1 1 1
ROVPTOV Uo> 59G - 3 1)
-  3 3 2)

PHPTUV 3U< 27 - -  - 3 3
PHPTOV 3U> 59 - -  -  3 3
PSPTUV U1< 47U+ - - - 1 1
NSPTOV U2> 47O- - - - 1 1
FRPFRQ f>/f<,df/dt 81 - -  -  4 4
T1PTTR 3Ith>F 49F - 1 1 1 1
T2PTTR 3Ith>T/G/C 49T/G/C - 1 1 1 1
BSTGGIO BST BST 1 1 1 1 1
CCBRBRF 3I>/Io>BF 51BF/51NBF 1 5)
1 1 1 1
INRPHAR 3I2f> 68 1 1 1 1 1
CBPSOF SOTF SOTF 1 1 1 1 1
TRPPTRC Master Trip 94/86 2 2 2 2 2
MAPGAPC MAP MAP 18 18 18 18 18
SCEFRFLO FLOC 21FL -  -  - (1) (1)
LNPLDF 3Id/I> 87L 1 1 1 1 1
PHIZ HIF HIZ 1 1 1 1 -

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Supported functions, codes and symbols
Functionality
Power Quality
Current total demand distortion
Voltage total harmonic distortion
Voltage variation
Voltage unbalance
Control
Circuit-breaker control
Disconnector control
Earthing switch control
Disconnector position indication
Earthing switch indication
Auto-reclosing
Synchronism and energizing check
Condition Monitoring
Circuit-breaker condition monitoring
Trip circuit supervision
Current circuit supervision
Fuse failure supervision
Protection communication supervision
Runtime counter for machines and devices
Measurement
Disturbance recorder
Load profile record
Fault record
Three-phase current measurement
Sequence current measurement
Residual current measurement
Three-phase voltage measurement
Residual voltage measurement
Sequence voltage measurement
Three-phase power and energy measurement
RTD/mA measurement
Frequency measurement
IEC 61850-9-2 LE sampled value sending 7) 8)

IEC 61850-9-2 LE sampled value receiving (voltage sharing) 7) 8)

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 1, 2,... = number of included instances / I/Os
( ) = optional

IEC 61850 IEC 60617 IEC-ANSI A B C D E

CMHAI PQM3I PQM3I - - - (1) 6)

(1) 6)

VMHAI PQM3U PQM3V - - - (1) 6)

(1) 6)

PHQVVR PQMU PQMV - - - (1) 6)

(1) 6)

VSQVUB PQMUBU PQMUBV - - - (1) 6)

(1) 6)

CBXCBR I ↔ O CB I ↔ O CB 1 1 1 1 1
DCXSWI I ↔ O DCC I ↔ O DCC 2 2 2 2 2
ESXSWI I ↔ O ESC I ↔ O ESC 1 1 1 1 1
DCSXSWI I ↔ O DC I ↔ O DC 3 3 3 3 3
ESSXSWI I ↔ O ES I ↔ O ES 2 2 2 2 2
DARREC O→I 79 - (1) (1) (1) (1)
SECRSYN SYNC 25 1 (1) 7)

SSCBR CBCM CBCM - 1 1 1 1

TCSSCBR TCS TCM 2 2 2 2 2
CCRDIF MCS 3I MCS 3I 1 1 1 1 1
SEQRFUF FUSEF 60 - - - 1 1
PCSRTPC PCS PCS 1 1 1 1 1
MDSOPT OPTS OPTM 1 1 1 1 1

RDRE DR DFR 1 1 1 1 1
LDPMSTA LOADPROF LOADPROF 1 1 1 1 1
FLTRFRC FAULTREC FAULTREC 1 1 1 1 1
CMMXU 3I 3I 1 1 1 1 1
CSMSQI I1, I2, I0 I1, I2, I0 1 1 1 1 2
RESCMMXU Io In - 1 1 1 1
VMMXU 3U 3V - - - 2 1 (2) 7)

RESVMMXU Uo Vn - 1 - 1 -
VSMSQI U1, U2, U0 V1, V2, V0 - - - 1 1
PEMMXU P, E P, E - - - 1 1
XRGGIO130 X130 (RTD) X130 (RTD) - - - (1) -
FMMXU f f - - - 1 1
SMVSENDER SMVSENDER SMVSENDER - - - (1) (1)
SMVRCV SMVRCV SMVRCV - - - (1) (1)

1)
“Uo measured” is always used.
2)
“Uo calculated” is always used.
3)
One of the following can be ordered as an option: admittance-based E/F, wattmetric-based E/F or harmonics-based E/F.
4)
“Io measured” is always used.
5)
“Io calculated” is always used.
6)
Power quality option includes current total demand distortion, voltage total harmonic distortion, voltage variation and
voltage unbalance.
7)
Available only with IEC 61850-9-2
8)
Available only with COM0031-0037

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