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GER-4007 The Source Concept Considerations in a Protective Relay The Source Concept Considerations in a Protective Relay Bogdan Kasztenny Kazik Kuras Senior Member, IEEE Senior Member, IEEE GE Power Management GE Power Management Markham, Ontario Delta, British Columbia CANADA CANADA Abstract—This paper presents a concept of sources in pro- sign. All the flavors of a given type of relay are selectable tective relaying. A source is a novel configuration mechanism for protective relays allowing a user to logically associate through different models (example: different curves of a Time protection and control functions of a multi-function protective OverCurrent, TOC, relay). This segmentation of the relay set- relay with physically connected AC input signals. The con- ting process between the ordering, installation (mounting and cept of sources simplifies protection schemes, as well as re- duces both wiring and relay hardware. Through the concept of wiring), and set-point adjustment stages is a disadvantage of sources, the AC input signal to which a given protection or older type of equipment. control element responds becomes a setting. In conjunction The added flexibility of modern microprocessor-based with multiple setting groups, the mechanism of sources allows the user to dynamically reconfigure a relay not only in terms relays results in the combination of all the previously sepa- of numerical settings, but also in terms of connections of the rated stages into one elaborate phase. Protection elements input AC. This brings a completely new level of adaptivity within a multi-function relay have been granted multiple op- into the