ANSI/IEEE C37.

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This table shows name of protection devices used in substations and electrical plants. Number
can be combined with letter to describe a function.

Device function
Function

Description

7
21
21G
21P
24
25
25A
26
27
27N
27P
27X
32
37
40
46
46N
47
47N
49
50
50BF
50DD
50G
50N
50P
50_2
51
51G
51N
51P
51_2
51/27C
51/27R
52
59

Sudden Change In Phase/Residual Current Protection

Line Distance
Ground Distance
Phase Distance
Overexcitation (Volts per Hertz)
Synchrocheck
Automatic Synchronizing
Overload
Undervoltage
Ground Fault Undervoltage
Phase Undervoltage
Auxiliary Undervoltage
Power
Undercurrent
Loss Of Field
Phase Balance Current / Current Plausibility Check
Negative Sequence Overcurrent
Phase Sequence Voltage
Negative Sequence Voltage
Thermal
Instantaneous Overcurrent
Breaker Failure
Adaptive Fault Detector
Ground Instantaneous Overcurrent
Neutral Instantaneous Overcurrent
Phase Instantaneous Overcurrent
Negative Sequence Instantaneous Overcurrent
Time Overcurrent
Ground Time Overcurrent
Neutral Time Overcurrent
Phase Time Overcurrent
Negative Sequence Time Overcurrent
Voltage Controlled Time Overcurrent
Voltage Restrained Time Overcurrent
AC Circuit Breaker
Overvoltage

59N
59P
59X
60
60FL
64F
64G
67
67N
67P
67_2
68
74TC
78
79
81
87
87B
87L
87T
87N
87V
90

Neutral Overvoltage
Phase Overvoltage
Auxiliary Overvoltage
Voltage Balance
Voltage Transformer Supervision
Field Ground
100% Stator Ground Inputs
Ac Directional Overcurrent
Neutral Directional Overcurrent
Phase Directional Overcurrent
Negative Sequence Directional Overcurrent
Power Swing Blocking
Trip Circuit / Control Circuit Supervision
Out-of-Step / Pole Slip
Automatic Recloser
Frequency
Differential Protective
Bus Differential Protective
Segregated Line Current Differential
Transformer Differential Protective
Low Impedance Differential Protection
Voltage Differential Protection
Transformer Control

Standards

IEEE C37.2-1991 (ANSI)