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Protective Device Coordination & Selectivity

Protection & Coordination / Selectivity Analysis

ETAP Star™ overcurrent device protection and coordination evaluation software provides an intuitive and logical approach to Time-Current Characteristic curve selectivity analysis.

ETAP Star offers insight into troubleshooting false trips, relay mis-operation, and mis-coordination.

Time-Current Characteristic (TCC) Curve
Protective Device Coordination & Selectivity
Sequence-of-Operation
Protection Zone Selection & Viewer
Automated Protection & Coordination
Zone Selective Interlock Scheme
Protective Device Design Assessment
Verified & Validated Protective Device Libraries

Protective Device Coordination Software Key Features

AC & DC Overcurrent protective device coordination / selectivity
Integrated database and embedded analysis capabilities
Graphically adjustable device settings via TCC view
Equipment damage curve plotting
Sequence-of-operation fault analysis
Zone Selective Interlock (ZSI) scheme simulation & evaluation
Verified & Validated protective device library
Enables coordination engineers to easily and efficiently perform an overcurrent protective device coordination study
Provide an accurate and realistic operating characteristic, time including state of protective devices
Offers insight into troubleshooting false trips, relay mis-operation, and mis-coordination
Aids coordination engineers and planners to quickly realize possible design issues and make informed decisions

Capabilities

AC & DC overcurrent device coordination analysis
ANSI & IEC coordination & protection standards
Relay & Breaker device coordination analysis
Phase & Ground overcurrent coordination evaluation modes
Graphically adjustable device settings & tools
Comprehensive verified & validated protective device libraries
One-line diagram integration
Automatic detection of protection zones
Protection & coordination zone viewer
Automated rule-based design *
Intelligent alert view for troubleshooting
Detailed device setting reports
Embedded short circuit analysis
Virtual animation of sequence-of-operation playback
Multi-axis time current curves
Adjustable magnifying-glass zoom view
Time difference calculator
Relay Settings Groups - Up to six settings groups with labels
Modeling of multi-function & multi-level relays
Embedded motor acceleration analysis
Normalized plots shifted based on fault contributions
Flexible user-definable display & plot options
Extensive equipment damage curve modeling & plotting
Generator decrement curve
Distribution panel circuit breaker & fuse plotting
Professional time-current characteristic plots
Comprehensive device settings reports with filtering & sorting options

* Requires the addition of Star Auto-Evaluation module

Device Settings Report

ETAP Star Device Settings Report Manager provides comprehensive and customizable device setting reports in Crystal Reports® format or Microsoft Excel® format.

The report manager allows you to preview and print the protective device setting in different formats including the PDF.

The Excel Device Settings Report provides tabular format with advanced reporting capabilities

Comparison of revision data such as existing versus suggested settings
Sorting and filtering options such as device settings report based on substation / bus IDs.

Plot Options

ETAP Star Protective Device Coordination software provides a Plot Options tool with all the necessary options to customize the display of the Time Current Characteristic Curve. Using Plot Options, it is possible to customize the display of the current and time axes, legend, grid, curve plotting colors and properties, and more. By setting default Plot Options a custom layout can be created without having to repeat the process for each TCC Curve.

Protection & Coordination Software

Protective Device Coordination & Selectivity