A negative sequence relay, also known as an unbalance phase relay, is designed to safeguard the electrical system against negative sequence components. Its primary function is to protect generators and motors from unbalanced loads, which typically arise due to phase - to - phase. Negative sequence overvoltage protection is used for protection of service main, motor circuits, sensitive loads for conditions such as reverse phase rotation (reverse phase sequence), unbalanced phase voltage and unbalanced phase angle. A perfectly balanced three phase voltage source will only. Abstract—Negative-sequence overcurrent (51Q) elements can add sensitivity to transformer and feeder protection. It is suitable for use with directly-cooled or indirectly-cooled turbine generators, salient pole generators, synchronous.