Why did the relay protection device fail
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To summarize, protection relays may face several common issues, including incorrect settings, faulty wiring, coordination problems, power quality disturbances, and firmware or software-related issues. Selectivity is a mandatory requirement for all protection, but the importance of it depends on the application. For example, unselective protection operation during a medium voltage network fault will cause an outage for an unnecessarily large number of consumers. Protective relays and devices have been developed over 100 years ago to provide "lastline"of defense for the electrical systems. Fault tracking means that after the failure of relay protection devices, the anomalies and warning informa-tion are obtained through data-mining technology, and then, the fault tracking algorithm is used to find the cause of failure. Some are accidents, some are caused by manufacturing defects, and some are simply end-of-life failures.