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F35 Feeder Protection System
The F35, a member of the UR Family of protection relays, provides cost-effective feeder protection, control and metering for up to five feeders with busbar voltage measurement, or six feeders without busbar voltage in one integrated package. Use the F35 as a stand-alone device or as a component of an automated substation control system. F35
Key Benefits
  • Cost effective and flexible protection and control device for distribution feeder applications
  • Complete IEC 61850 Process Bus solution providing resource optimization and minimizing total P&C life cycle costs
  • Control schemes using hi-speed communications
  • High-end fault and disturbance recording, including internal relay operating signals
  • Robust network security enabling Critical Infrastructure Protection through user command logging, and dual permission access control
  • Accurate built-in metering functions - Eliminates auxiliary metering devices and reduces cost
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  • Advanced automation capabilities for providing customized protection and control solutions
  • Simplified system integration with communications supporting serial and Ethernet interfaces and multiple protocols
  • Reduced relay to relay wiring and associated installation costs through high-speed inter-relay communications
  • Embedded IEC61850 Protocol with no external communications hardware required
  • Ambient temperature monitoring with alarming when outside temperature exceeds upper thresholds
  • Applications    
  • Primary protection and control for multiple distribution feeders
  • Distribution load shedding schemes based on voltage and frequency elements
  • Busblocking/ interlocking schemes
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  • Throw over schemes (bus transfer scheme applications)
  • Distributed Generation (DG) interconnect protection, including active and passive anti-islanding

  •   Key Features    
     
  • Instantaneous and time phase overcurrent protection
  • Instantaneous and time ground/neutral overcurrent protection
  • Neutral and auxiliary overvoltage
  • Phase and auxiliary undervoltage
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  • Under frequency
  • Four-shot automatic reclosers for up to six breakers
  • Built-in selector switch
  •   Protection & Control
     

    The F35 Feeder Protection System provides feeder protection, control, monitoring and metering in an integrated, economical, and compact package. As part of the Universal Relay (UR) Family, the F35 provides cost-effective solutions and features high performance protection, expandable I/O options, integrated monitoring and metering, high-speed communications, and extensive programming and configuration capabilities. The F35 can be configured to protect up to six feeders or protect up to five feeders when bus voltage measurement is required. It also provides fast and deterministic execution of programmable logic necessary for substation automation applications. Graphical programming tools (ViewPoint Engineer), supported by a library of logic components, make the F35 simple to use and configure.

    The F35 has a wide range of protection elements that have many years of proven field experience. Protection and control features includes:

    D60 Block Diagram
      Key Features
     
  • Metering - current, voltage, power, energy, frequency and harmonics
  • Oscillography – analog and digital parameters at 64 samples/cycle
  • Event Recorder - 1024 time tagged events with 0.5ms scan of digital inputs
  • Data Logger - 16 channels with sampling rate up to 1 sample / cycle
  • Setting Security Audit Trail for tracking changes to F60 configuration
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      The F35 includes high accuracy metering and recording for all AC signals. Voltage, current, and power metering are built into the relay as a standard feature. Current and voltage parameters are available as total RMS magnitude, and as fundamental frequency magnitude and angle.
     
    The F35 is the single point for protection, control, metering, and monitoring in one integrated device that can easily be connected directly into DCS or SCADA monitoring and control systems like Viewpoint Monitoring as shown.
     
     
     
    The F35 incorporates advanced automation features including powerful FlexLogic™ programmable logic, communication, and SCADA capabilities that far surpass what is found in the average line relay. The F35 integrates seamlessly with other UR relays for complete system protection, including the unit and auxiliary transformers, and Balance of Plant protection.
     
    The F35 is the single point for protection, control, metering, and monitoring in one integrated device that can easily be connected directly into DCS or SCADA monitoring and control systems like Viewpoint Monitoring as shown.
     
      Key Features
     
  • Networking interfaces – 100Mbit Fiber Optic Ethernet, RS485, RS232, RS422, G.703, C37.94
  • Multiple Protocols - IEC61850, DNP 3.0 Level 2, Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP/IP, IEC60870-5-104, Ethernet Global Data (EGD)
  • Direct I/O – secure, high-speed exchange of data between URs for Direct Transfer Trip and pilot-Aided schemes
  • Embedded Managed Ethernet Switch with 4 - 100 Mbit Fiber optic ports and 2 copper ports
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    The F35 provides advanced commun-ications technologies for remote data and engineering access, making it the easiest and most flexible feeder protection relay to use and integrate into new and existing infrastructures. Direct support for fiber optic Ethernet provides high-bandwidth communications allowing for low-latency controls and high-speed file transfers of relay fault and event record information. The available redundant Ethernet option and the embedded managed Ethernet switch provide the means of creating fault tolerant communication architectures in an easy, cost-effective manner without the need for intermediary communication hardware. The F35 supports the most popular industry standard protocols enabling easy, direct integration into DCS and SCADA systems.
     
  • IEC 61850
  • DNP 3.0
  • Ethernet Global Data (EGD)
  • IEC 60870-5-104
  • Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP/IP
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    In addition to providing high-speed connectivity directly to your Universal Relay, the MultiLink UR Switch module provides an additional 4 Fiber Ethernet ports, for connection to other relays in the system as well as upstream connectivity. It also provides 2 RJ-45 copper Ethernet ports which can be used to connect local devices such as PCs, meters, or virtually anything else in the system.
     

    The UR Switch provides a simple way to add fully-managed Ethernet networking to your relays and devices without the need for additional hardware or a dedicated communications cabinet.

    The UR Switch includes all the management and features that come with all MultiLink managed switches, and can be easily integrated into a network that has other Ethernet switches.

    When used in a ring topology with other UR switch modules or MultiLink switches, the UR Switch can be configured to use MultiLink’s Smart RSTP feature to provide industry-leading network recovery for ring topologies, at a speed of less than 5ms per switch. Learn More

     
     
    Use the F35 with integrated IEC 61850 to lower costs associated with generator protection, control and automation. GE’s leadership in
    IEC 61850 comes from thousands of installed devices and follows on years of development experience with UCA 2.0.
     
      The F35’s IEC 61850 Process Bus module is designed to interface with the Multilin HardFiber System, allowing bi-directional IEC 61850 fiber optic communications. The HardFiber System is designed to integrate seamlessly with the existing Universal Relay applications, including protection functions, FlexLogic, metering and communications. Learn More
     
     
    The EnerVista™ Suite is an industry-leading set of software programs that simplifies every aspect of using the F35 relay. The EnerVista™ suite provides all the tools to monitor the status of feeders, maintain the relay, and integrate information measured by the F35 into DCS or SCADA monitoring systems. Convenient COMTRADE and Sequence of Events viewers are an integral part of the UR Setup software included with every UR relay, to carry out postmortem event analysis to ensure proper protection system operation. Learn More
     
     
    Access Control
    Multilin devices and relays are designed with simple but powerful security to enable reliability and compliance for virtually any project or implementation. With support for multi-level permissions and multi-factor supervisory controls, Multilin devices can help you manage the integrity of your system during commissioning, testing, implementation, and beyond.
    The UR Family provides separate authentication for settings and commands to the system. In addition, as discrete authentications for local and remote access, it also provides a supervisory control factor that can lock or unlock a device for configuration changes and other modifications.
     
    Intrusion Detection
    Multilin’s family of protection and control products can also help enable your security perimeter and intrusion detection programs. By providing essential alarming and logging of critical events, Multilin devices can help you detect potential breaches within your system and allow you to respond quickly and effectively. Specifically, unsuccessful access attempts are logged, alarmed, and lead to potential attackers being locked out. This ensures the reliability of your system during questionable activity.control factor that can lock or unlock a device for configuration changes and other modifications.
     
       
    Auditing and Reporting
    With the Security Audit Trail reporting feature and support for Event logging of key
    activities such as configuration changes, Multilin devices can help ensure device and
    protection system integrity, and perform forensic auditing of activities and changes
    for compliance.

    Fully Compatible with GE's Multlilin HardFiber System - Provides support for GE's IEC 61850 HardFiber Process Bus Solution:
    - Complete IEC 61850 Process Bus Solution providing resource optimization and minimizing total P&C lifecycle costs.
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    Multilink UR Ethernet Switch Module
    The UR Switch Module simplifies Ethernet networking in Substations and Industrial environments and can save users as much of 70% of the entire cost associated with installing Ethernet networks.
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    Security Enhancements - Enabling NERC CIP compliance:
    - Dual Permission access requiring live permission from both the user and from SCADA operators before settings can be changed or commands can be given to the relay
    - Logging of user commands in the security audit trail relay - creates a record and sequence of events for troubleshooting and security auditing
    Ambient Temperature Monitoring:
    - Provides alarms when the ambient temperature exceeds hot extreme



     
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