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Common ANSI N&A
Common ANSI Numbers and Acronyms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| P | Pump |
| M | Motor |
| a, b | Device Status |
| X,Y,Z | Auxiliary Relay |
| BT | Bus Tie |
| BU | Backup |
| THD | Total Harmonics Distortion |
| AFD | Arc Flash Detector |
| DFR | Digital Fault Recorder |
| MET | Substation Metering |
| PMU | Phasor Measurement Unit |
| DCB | Directional Comparison Blocking |
| DCUB | Directional Comparison Unblocking |
| RTU | Remote Terminal Unit |
| TCM | Trip Circuit Monitor |
| 11 | Multifunction Device |
| 21 | Distance Relay |
| 32 | Directional Power Relay |
| 50 | Instantaneous Overcurrent Relay |
| 50BF | Breaker Failure |
| 51 | AC Time Overcurrent Relay |
| 59 | Overvoltage Relay |
| 60 | Voltage or Current Balance Relay |
| 60N | Neutral Current Unbalance |
| 63 | Pressure Switch Detector |
| 74 | Alarm Relay |
| 81 | Frequency Relay |
| 86 | Locking-Out Relay |
| 87 | Differential Protective Relay |
| 87B | Bus Differential |
| 87T | Transformer Differential |
| 89 | Line Switch |
| R | Reactor |
| U | Under |
| TD | Time Delay |
| POTT | Permissive Overreaching Transfer Trip |
| 24 | Volts-per-Hertz Relay or Overfluxing |
| 27 | Undervoltage Relay |
| 52 | AC Circuit Breaker |
| 67 | Directional Overcurrent Relay |
| 94 | Tripping or Trip-Free Relay |
| 79 | AC Reclosing Relay |
| A | Alarm |
| B | Bus |
| C | Capacitor |
| F | Feeder |
| G | Ground |
| L | Line |
| T | Transformer |
| O | Over |
| V | Voltage |
| BF | Breaker Failure |
| HMI | Human Machine Interface |
| 25 | Synchronizing Device |
| 49 | Transformer Thermal Relay |
| 90 | Regulating Device |
| 27P | Phase Undervoltage |
| 50P | Phase Instantaneous Overcurrent |
| 50N | Neutral Instantaneous Overcurrent |
| 51P | Phase Time Overcurrent |
| 51N | Neutral Time Overcurrent |
| 87L | Line Current Differential |
| 21G | Ground Distance |
| 21P | Phase Distance |
| 67G | Ground Directional Overcurrent |
| 81O | Over Frequency |
| 81U | Under Frequency |