1MAC601476-DB

Motor protection and control

REM620
The REM620 is a dedicated motor IED perfectly aligned
for the protection, control, measurement and supervision
of asynchronous motors in manufacturing and process
industry. REM620 is a member of ABBs Relion product
family and a part of its 620 series products. The 620 series
IEDs are characterized by flexibility and performance for
demanding utility distribution and industrial applications.
Engineered from the ground up, the 620 series has been
designed to unleash the full potential of the IEC 61850
standard for communication and interoperability between
substation automation devices.
Unique REM620 ANSI features
Six setting groups
Drawout design
High-speed (< 1 ms) outputs
Normally-closed output for motor contactors
Dedicated machine-run-time timers
Motor differential protection
Up to 14 RTD inputs
Up to 5 mA inputs
Loss-of-load supervision
Arc flash detection (AFD)
Thermal overload protection of motor
Ring-lug terminals for all inputs and outputs
Large, easy to read LCD screen
Programmable push-buttons
Environmentally friendly design with RoHS compliance
Application
The REM620 constitutes main protection for asynchronous
motors and their drives in manufacturing and process industry.
Typically, the motor relay is used with circuit breaker or contactor controlled HV motors, and contactor controlled medium
sized and large LV motors in a variety of drives, such as pumps
and conveyors, crushers and choppers, mixers and agitators,
fans, and aerators. Flexible coding allows for choosing from different confi gurations to best fit your motor application needs.

Protection and control

REM620 offers all the functionality needed to manage motor
starts and normal drive operations, including protection and
fault clearance in abnormal situations. The main features of the

motor relay include thermal overload protection, motor start-up

time supervision, locked rotor protection, and protection against
too frequent motor starts. Additionally, differential protection can
also be included. Furthermore, the relay offers negative phase
sequence current unbalance protection, motor running stall protection, loss-of-load supervision, phase-reversal protection, and
a provision to perform a forced emergency start.
REM620 also incorporates non-directional and directional
ground-fault protection, back-up overcurrent protection, three
phase undervoltage protection, and negative phase sequence
overvoltage, and positive sequence undervoltage protection.
Enhanced with an optional plug-in card, REM620 offers a fast
three channel arc-fault protection system for arc flash supervision of the switchgear compartments. REM620 also integrates
basic control functionality, which facilitates the control of one
circuit breaker via the front panel HMI or through remote controls. To protect the relay from unauthorized access and to maintain the integrity of information, the relay has been provided with
a four-level, role-based, user authentication system. The access
control system applies to the front panel HMI, the embedded
web browser based HMI, and the PCM600, Protection and
Control IED Manager. front panel HMI, the web browser based
HMI and the PCM600 Protection and Control Relay Manager.
Standardized communication
REM620 genuinely supports the new IEC 61850 standard for
inter-device communication in substations. It also supports the
industry standard Modbus and DNP3 protocols. For accurate
time stamping, REM620 supports synchronization over Ethernet
using SNTP or over a separate bus using IRIG-B.

Pre-emptive condition monitoring

For continuous knowledge of the operational availability of the
REM620 features, a comprehensive set of monitoring functions
to supervise the relay health, the trip circuit, and the circuit
breaker health is included. The breaker monitoring can include
checking the wear and tear of the circuit breaker, the spring
charging time of the breaker operating mechanism, and the gas
pressure of the breaker chambers. The relay also monitors the
breaker travel time and the number of circuit breaker operations
to provide basic information for scheduling breaker maintenance.

Bus protection via GOOSE

The IEC 61850 implementation in REM620 also includes
fast peer-to-peer communication over the substation bus.
Use GOOSE communication between the IEDs of the incoming and outgoing feeders of a substation cooperate to form a
stable, reliable and high-speed busbar protection system. The
cost-effective GOOSE-based busbar protection is obtained just
by configuring the IEDs and the operational availability of the
protection is assured by continuous supervision of the protection IEDs and their GOOSE messaging over the station bus. No
separate hard-wiring is needed for the horizontal communication between the switchgear cubicles.

REM620 V2.0 ANSI Functional Application A

REM620 V2.0 ANSI Functional Application B & C

or V

or V

2 or 3

IA, IB, IC
3

66/
51LRS

51LR

51P

50P

49M

46R

46M-1

46M-2

37M-1

37M-2

50BF

51G

50G

IA, IB, IC

27

27PS

Load
Prof.

66/
51LRS

51LR

51P

50P

49M

46R

46M-1

46M-2

37M-1

37M-2

50BF

51G

50G

Load
Prof.

27PS

47
52

60
IG

60
IG

87

87

81

50N
2
BF

59G

27

47
52

VG

VA, VB, VC

2 or 3

REM620 V2.0 ANSI

Func Appl B or C

VA, VB, VC

REM620 V2.0 ANSI

Func Appl A

50N
2
BF

81

59

59

67/
51N3

67/
51N3

3
AFD-11

AFD-21

AFD-31

AFD-11

59N

AFD-21

AFD-31

59N
87M

M
M

RTD
12

38-1

38-3

38-5

RTD4
12 or 14

38-1

38-3

38-5

38-2

38-4

38-6

38-7

38-7
1

38-2

38-4

38-6

Available with Arc Flash Detection(AFD) option.

50NBF is part of 50BF function
Function 67/51N has the option to select operating
current either calculated IN based on phase side
currents or measured current at IG input
2
3

IA(2), IB(2), IC(2)

3

Available with Arc Flash Detection(AFD) option.

50NBF is part of 50BF function
Function 67/51N has the option to select operating
current either calculated IN based on phase side
currents or measured current at IG input
4
Number of RTD inputs are:
12 for Application Function B and
14 for Application Function C
2
3

2 REM620 | Descriptive Bulletin

Functions and Features

Included =

Functional Application

, Optional =

Firmware version 2.0, 2.1

Protection

ANSI Function Name

Phase overcurrents

51P, 50P

Ground overcurrents

51G, 50G

Directional neutral overcurrent

67N

Machine differential Multi-Restrained Differential

87M

Machine differential Self-Balancing

87M

Thermal overload

49M

Loss-of-load

37M-1, 37M-2

Phase reversal

46R

Locked rotor / start

66/51LRS

Locked rotor / jam

51LR

Negative sequence overcurrents

46M-1, 46M-2

Phase undervoltage

27

Three-phase directional overpower1

32O

Three-phase directional underpower1

32U

Volts-per-hertz1

24

Remanent undervoltage1

27R

Underexcitation1

40

Out of Step1

78

Distance backup1

21P

Power factor1

55

Positive sequence undervoltage

27PS

Phase sequence overvoltage

47

Phase overvoltage

59

Neutral overvoltage

59N

Ground overvoltage

59G

Frequency

81

Resistive thermal devices (RTD)

38

Circuit breaker failure

50BF, 50NBF

Electrically latched/self-resetting trip digital outputs

86/94-1, 86/94-2

Arc flash detection via three lens sensors

AFD-1, AFD-2, AFD-3

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Control
Circuit breaker control

52

Emergency restart

62EST

Number of pages in HMI

Customizable HMI

User programmable LED's

11

11

11

User programmable push buttons

16

16

16

14

12

Monitoring and Supervision

Trip circuit monitoring

TCM

Breaker condition monitoring

52CM

Current circuit supervision

CCM

Machine run timers

OPTM-1, OPTM-2

Measurement
Three-phase currents

IA, IB, IC

Sequence currents

I1, I2, I0

Ground current

IG

Demand phase currents

Maximum and minimum demand values
Three-phase voltages

VA, VB, VC

Sequence voltages

V1, V2, V0

Ground voltage

VG

Power and energy (1-phase, 3-phases) and power factor

P, E and PF

Automation & Communications

Max number of Digital Inputs

Descriptive bulletin | REM620 3

Functions and Features (continued)

Functional Application

, Optional =

Firmware version 2.0, 2.1

Automation & Communications

Max number of Digital Outputs

13

10

10

Max number of High-Speed Outputs (Optional and take the place of some digital outputs)

100Base-TX Ethernet (RJ45)3

Digital Fault Recorder signal channels (Analog/Digital)

12/64

12/64

12/64

Events recorder (FIFO), 1ms resolution

1024

1024

1024

Fault records

128

128

128

Rear 100Base-FX Ethernet (LC)

Rear 100Base-TX Ethernet(RJ45) + RS-485(1x4-wire or 2x2-wire) + IRIG-B
Rear [2 * Ethernet 100FX (LC) + Ethernet 10/100BaseT (RJ45) + serial glass fiber (ST)] w HSR/PRP1
Rear 100Base-FX Ethernet(LC) + RS-485(1x4-wire or 2x2-wire) + IRIG-B
Rear 100Base-TX and -FX Ethernet (1 * LC, 2 * RJ45) + serial glass fiber (ST)
Rear 100Base-TX Ethernet (3 * RJ45) + serial glass fiber (ST)
Ethernet 100Base-TX (RJ45) + configurable RS232/RS485 + [RS485 or serial glass fiber (ST) + IRIGB] ports2
All three DNP3.0, Modbus, and IEC61850
Records
Sequence of events recorder

SER

Fault recorder

FLR

Digital fault (waveform) recorder

DFR

Load profile

LoadProf

1 REM620 Firmware version 2.1 must be selected

2 May not be combined with Arc Flash Detection (AFD) option
3 Front port included, rear port optional

Analog inputs
Three phase currents: 5/1 A programmable
Ground current: 5/1 A programmable
Rated frequency: 60/50 Hz programmable
Three-phase and ground voltages: programmable nominal
secondary voltage
Twelve RTD inputs standard
Additional RTD inputs available as an option
Four mA inputs standard
Binary inputs and outputs
Eight binary inputs standard
Ten binary outputs available as standard
One Form C self-check alarm output as standard
Optional high speed outputs (HSO) available
Additional binary inputs and outputs available as options
Communication
IEC 61850-8-1 with GOOSE messaging
DNP3 Level 2+ over TCP/IP
Modbus over TCP/IP
Time synchronization via SNTP (primary and backup servers)
Optional serial RS-485 port programmable for DNP3 Level 2+
or Modbus RTU
Optional IRIG-B time synchronization
Optional HSR/PRP communication
Tools
PCM600 V2.4.1 or later for setting configuration data retrieval
COM600 Station Automation series products V3.5 or later
Web browser based user interface (IE 7.0 or later)

Product dimensions and weights

Frame: 10.32 (262.6 mm) W x 6.97 (177 mm) H
Case: 9.69 (246 mm) W x 6.30 (160 mm) H x 7.91
(201 mm) D
Weight: Complete IED 10.5 lbs. (4.8 kg); Plug-in unit only 6.0 lbs.(2.8 kg)
Control voltage
Option 1: 48 ... 250 V dc, 100 240 V ac
Option 2: 24 ... 60 V dc
Certificates
UL Listed product, File E103204
ABB Inc.
Distribution Automation
4300 Coral Ridge Drive
Coral Springs, Florida 33065
Phone: +1 954 752 6700
Fax:
+1 954 345 5329
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1MAC601476-DB Rev B January 2016

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