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7Rate-of-change relay: original educational illustration
Protection functions

Rate-of-change relay

Responds to how quickly a monitored quantity changes rather than only its absolute magnitude.

Drawing use
SLD / Schematic
Application
Metering & protection
Reference family
IEEE / ANSI

A distinction that matters

Device 7 is a general rate-of-change reference; 81R specifically denotes frequency rate of change in cited relay families.

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81Frequency protection: original educational illustration
Protection functions

Frequency protection

Frequency protection responds to frequency conditions according to the selected implementation. Underfrequency, overfrequency and rate-of-change functions can be distinguished by additional suffixes and device documentation. A generic 81 reference does not determine which variant is applied.

Drawing use
SLD / Schematic
Application
Metering & protection
Reference family
IEEE / ANSI

A distinction that matters

Underfrequency, overfrequency and rate-of-change are different functions even when their designations share the number 81.

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