REG216

Overview

The ABB REG216 is a numerical protection unit designed for the protection of generators and block transformers. It features modular hardware and software, enabling flexible configuration and scalable protection schemes.

General Information

• Model: REG216 / REG216 Compact

• Manufacturer: ABB

• Design versions: Extended version or compact version (with or without cubicle)

• Application: Generator and transformer protection

Functional Features

• Hardware design: Modular, adaptable to various system sizes

• Protection functions: Selectable from a software library

• Signal processing: Fully numerical

• Self-monitoring: Continuous hardware diagnostics

• Testing routines: Cyclical, primarily software-driven

• Parameter management: Menu-assisted setting and recording via PC

• Measured value display: Real-time monitoring of system parameters

• Event handling: Event display, acknowledgment, and printout

• Disturbance recording: Built-in disturbance data capture

• Self-documentation: Automatic documentation of settings and events

• Stability: Long-term operational reliability

System Integration

• Communication: Coordination with station control systems

• Interfaces: Standard interfaces for compatibility with various process control systems

• Data exchange:

  • One-way reporting of digital states and events

  • Transmission of measured values and protection parameters

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