SIR-C

Overhead Control / Feeder Protection Relay

The SIR-C is the right solution for recloser control and feeder protection relay with current, voltage, and frequency functions for primary and secondary distribution with an auxiliary power supply of 24-230 Vdc/ac.
With the ability to measure voltage through capacitive or resistive sensors (LEAs) it has 4 current channels and up to 6 voltage channels.

The SIR-C provides complete protection for industrial and utility feeder protection, with flexible protection capabilities, including Inverse Time Directional* Phase Overcurrent, Instantaneous calculated and measured neutral overcurrent, Inverse Time Directional* Calculated and Measured Neutral Overcurrent, auto reclosing, Phase Balance voltage protection (Bus bar and Line), frequency, second-and Second Harmonic Blocking, optional low-energy analog (LEA) voltage inputs, IEC cable/line thermal element, islanding detection, and much more.

Relay is provided with a frontal micro USB port to communicate with our own Software and rear serial or ethernet ports RS485/RJ45 enabling communication with other integrated systems through, IEC 60870 – 5 – 103/104, Modbus, DNP3.

The oscillography is downloaded by a communications port. The Fanox SICom communications program allows the oscillography record to be downloaded and saved in COMTRADE format (IEEE C37.111-1991).

Data Sheet

EN / FANOX DATA SIR-C RecloserControlFeeder ProtectionRelays R08.pdf

Main Features

  • The SIR-C is a recloser control and feeder protection relay with current, voltage, and frequency functions for primary and secondary distribution with an auxiliary power supply of 24-230 Vdc/ac.
  • 4 current channels and 6 voltage channels for capacitive and resistive low-power voltage sensors (LEA).
  • Metallic box with high electromagnetic compatibility level (EMC) and wide operating temperature range.
  • Protection of decoupling, load shedding, and loss of main (islanding). Loss of Main (islanding) occurs when part of the public utility network loses connection with the rest of the system. If this situation is not detected, the generator could remain connected, causing a safety hazard within the network. Automatic reconnection of the generator to the network may occur, causing damage to the generator and the network. SIR-C relay detects this situation thanks to its voltage and frequency functions focused on the Rate of change of frequency (ROCOF) method.
  • Signaling/control of the circuit breaker (52 function) and the recloser (79 function).
  • If a CB is manually closed, a switch on to an existing fault may occur. This fault condition is critical if the overcurrent protection function does not clear the fault until the adjusted time delay is finished. It is necessary, in those cases, to clear the fault quickly by means of the SOTF function.
  • To allow the communication, relays are provided with a local micro-USB front port and with remote communication with different options (ports and protocols) on the rear side:
    • Rear RS485 Port: IEC60870-5-103, Modbus RTU or DNP3.0 Serial (selectable by general settings).
    • Rear RJ45 Port: Modbus TCP/IP, DNP3.0 TCP/IP or IEC60870- 5-104 (selectable by general settings) + SNTP Protocol + Web Server.
  • Synchronization through IRIG-B optional depending on the model.
  • The SIR-C is provided with (depending on the model):
    • 8 configurable inputs and 7 configurable outputs.
    • 11 configurable inputs and 5 configurable outputs.
  • The SIR-C is fitted with the demand of power (Load Data Profiling) with the following characteristics:
    • Number of records: 2160.
    • Recording mode circular.
    • Sampling rate (interval): configurable through communications (1- 60 min).
  • Alarms panel is available.
  • The SIR-C is provided with non-volatile RAM memory in order to store up to 3072 events and disturbance fault recording (DFR), maintaining date & time thanks to its internal RTC (Real Time Clock).
    • 5 records in data and COMTRADE format (300 cycles each record): 1 to 8 pre-fault cycles + 292 to 299 post-fault cycles.
    • 25 records in data and COMTRADE format (60 cycles each record): 1 to 8 pre-fault cycles + 52 to 59 post-fault cycles.
    • 50 records in data and COMTRADE format (30 cycles each record): 1 to 8 pre-fault cycles + 22 to 29 post-fault cycles.
    • 100 records in data and COMTRADE format (15 cycles each record): 1 to 8 pre-fault cycles + 7 to 14 post-fault cycles.
  • Each oscillographic record contains 10 analogue channels and up to 96 configurable digital channels. The oscillography is downloaded by a communications port. The SICom communications program allows the oscillography record to be downloaded and saved in COMTRADE format (IEEE C37.111-1991).

Protection Functions

50Instantaneous phase overcurrent
67/51Inverse Time Directional* Phase Overcurrent
50N Instantaneous calculated neutral overcurrent
50G Instantaneous measured neutral overcurrent
67N/51NInverse Time Directional* Calculated Neutral Overcurrent
67G/51GInverse Time Directional* Measured Neutral Overcurrent
67NIDirectional isolated calculated neutral overcurrent
67GIDirectional isolated measured neutral overcurrent
SOTFSwitch On To Fault
46Phase balance current protection
46BCBroken Conductor Detection
64REFRestricted earth fault
49Thermal overload
49T External Trip
37Instantaneous phase undercurrent
SHBSecond Harmonic Blocking
59Instantaneous phase overvoltage (Bus bar)
59NInstantaneous Calculated neutral overvoltage (Bus bar)
59-LInstantaneous Line overvoltage (Line)
59N-LInstantaneous Calculated neutral overvoltage (Line)
47Phase Balance voltage protection (Bus bar)
47-LPhase Balance voltage protection (Line)
27Instantaneous Phase Undervoltage (Bus bar)
27-LInstantaneous phase Undervoltage (Line)
27V1Instantaneous Positive sequence Undervoltage (Bus bar)
27V1-LInstantaneous Positive sequence Undervoltage (Line)
32Directional Overpower
81O/UUnder/Overfrequency
81RRate of change of Frequency (ROCOF)
78Out of Step (Vector Shift)
CLP Cold Load pickup
79 ACReclosing device
SCM Sequence Coordination Mode
SZM Sectionalizer Mode
HLT Hot Line Tag
52Breaker wear monitoring
25Synchro Check
50BFCircuit Breaker Failure
74TCSTrip Circuit Supervision
60CTSPhase CT Supervision
60VTSPhase LPVT Supervision
86Trip lockout
68 Zone selection interlocking (ZSI)
PGC Programmable logic control

*ANSI 67, ANSI 67G, and ANSI 67N can be converted into ANSI 51, ANSI 51G, and ANSI 51N respectively by setting the “Directionality” parameter to NO.

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS

CNT Counters
RTC Real Time Clock
ALRM Alarm panel
PGC Programmable Logic Control
HMI Human Machine Interface
SER Sequential Event Recording
DFR Disturbance Fault Recording
LDP Load Data Profiling
MET Metering
STTG Settings Groups
CMMD Commands

Software

Communication Software for SIA & SIL Protection Relays

The SICom PC software has been designed and programmed to gain access to all of Fanox relays information, to modify the settings and configuration, check states and measurements and analyze and save events and fault reports using a graphic-friendly user interface.

SICom software works with Windows® Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 operating systems.

  • General data reading: Complete model, Version, Serial number, etc.
  • States reading
  • Measurements reading
  • Reading and changing settings
  • Reading and changing configuration
  • Reading and deleting events
  • Reading and deleting fault reports
  • Reading and deleting demand current (load data profiling)
  • Reading and saving oscillographic records in Comtrade format
  • Changing the user passwords
  • Saving and Loading Settings files
  • Saving and loading configuration files
  • Saving events and fault reports
  • Saving demand current (load data profiling)
  • Date-time synchronization
  • Configuring the communication parameters
  • Reading and changing counters
  • Commands for opening and closing the circuit breaker and block/unblock the recloser
  • Configuration of the inputs
  • Configuration of the outputs
  • Configuration of the causes that start a Fault Report

The update of the software does not require any user´s action, this is, if the computer is connected to the Internet, SICom updates itself when it is started.
It will allow you to prepare all the settings and relay configurations without having the relay connected to the PC (offline mode), reducing engineering and commissioning time.
SICom program uses Modbus protocol, so only the ports with this protocol can be used to establish the communication.

Comparison Table

SIR-ASIR-C
TypeFeeder Protection and Recloser ControlFeeder Protection and Recloser Control
Auxiliary SupplyDepending on the model: 24-48 Vdc (±20%) 48-230 Vac/Vdc (48-220 Vdc (±20%) / 100-230 Vac (±15%)). 24-230 Vdc/ac 24-220 Vdc (±20%) / 100-230 Vac (±15%)).24-230 Vac/dc (24-220 Vdc (±20%) / 100-230 Vac (±15%)).
Consumption24-48 Vdc and 48-230 Vac/dc < 10VA. 24-230 Vac/dc < 20VA.24-230Vac/dc < 20VA
Current measurement3/4 standard CT3/4 standard CT
LPCTn/an/a
Voltage measurementVoltage sensorsVoltage sensors
VT connection typen/an/a
Load data profiling (LDP)2160 records2160 records
5022
SOFT11
50G11
50N11
67/5144
67G/51G22
67N/51N22
67GI11
67NI11
64REF11
4611
46BC11
4911
49T11
3711
AFD1 (4 AFD inputs + 4 high-speed outputs) (Optional)
2722
27V111
27V1-L1 (Optional)1 (Optional)
27-L1 (Optional)1 (Optional)
5922
59N22
59N-L1 (Optional)1 (Optional)
59-L1 (Optional)1 (Optional)
4711
47-L1 (Optional)1 (Optional)
3244
81U/O66
81R22
7811
79√ Up to 4 attempts. √ Up to 4 attempts.
HLT11
251 (Optional)1 (Optional)
74TCS11
60CTS11
60VTS11
50BF11
SHB11
CLP11
52√√
86√√
SCM√√
SZM√√
IRIG-BOptionalOptional
WIFIOptionalOptional
Counters√√
Commands√√
Sett. Group66
Inputs8 / 16 / 24 / 8 + 4 AFD8 / 11
Outputs7 / 11 / 18 / 7 + 4 HS-O7 / 5
LEDs11 configurable11 configurable
HMI20x4 LCD + 13 keys20x4 LCD + 13 keys
Event30723072
Fault Reportconfigurable up to 100configurable up to 100
Oscillographyconfigurable up to 100configurable up to 100
Local Port (frontal)Micro USBMicro USB
Remote Port (rear)RS485 or EthernetRS485 or Ethernet
Communications ProtocolsRS485 (Modbus RTU, IEC60870-5-103 or DNP 3.0 Serial). RS485 (Modbus RTU, IEC60870-5-103 or DNP 3.0 Serial) + RJ45 (Modbus TCP, DNP 3.0 TCP or IEC60870-5-104) + Web Server + SNTP Protocol + IRIG-B. RJ45 (IEC 61850) + RJ45 (Modbus TCP, DNP 3.0 TCP or IEC60870-5-104) + Web Server + SNTP Protocol + IRIG-B. WiFi + RS485 (Modbus RTU, IEC60870-5-103 or DNP 3.0 Serial) + RJ45 (Modbus TCP, DNP 3.0 TCP or IEC60870-5-104) + Web Server + SNTP Protocol + IRIG-B. WiFi + RJ45 (IEC 61850) + RJ45 (Modbus TCP, DNP 3.0 TCP or IEC60870-5-104) + Web Server + SNTP Protocol + IRIG-B.RS485 (Modbus RTU, IEC60870-5-103 or DNP 3.0 Serial). RS485 (Modbus RTU, IEC60870-5-103 or DNP 3.0 Serial) + RJ45 (Modbus TCP, IEC60870-5-104 and DNP 3.0 TCP) + Web Server + SNTP + IRIG-B.
Dimensions198x187x153.15 (mm)Vertical assembly HxWxD: 198x107x145.01 (mm) Horizontal assembly HxWxD: 107x198x145.01 (mm)

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SIR-A 
RECLOSER CONTROL & FEEDER PROTECTION RELAY

The Fanox SIR-A is the relay that offers the most complete solution for recloser control and feeder protection with current, voltage, and frequency functions for primary and secondary distribution.

  • SIR-A has 4 current channels and up to 6 voltage channels with the advantage of measuring the voltage through capacitive and resistive sensors.
  • Intuitive for easy handling use, with flexible communication options.
  • In terms of rear ports, SIR-A can manage multiple industrial protocols: DNP3 and Modbus (both serial or TCP versions), IEC60870-5-103, IEC60870-5-104, and IEC61850.

Ansi Code Functions
50, 67/51, 50N, 50G, 67N/51N, 67G/51G, 67NI, 67GI, SOTF, 46, 46BC, 49, 49T, 37, SHB, 59, 59N, 59-L, 59N-L, 47, 47-L, 27 I, 27-L, 27V1, 27V1-L, 32, 81O/U, 81R, 78, CLP, 79 AC, SCM, SZM, 52, 25, HLT, 50BF, 74TCS, 60CTS, 60VTS, 86, 68, PGC

* ANSI 67, ANSI 67G, and ANSI 67N can be converted into ANSI 51, ANSI 51G, and ANSI 51N respectively by setting the “Directionality” parameter to NO

Additional Functions
CNT, RTC, ALRM, PGC, HMI, SER, DFR, LDP, MET, STTG, CMMD