What is function & Utility of lockout relay?

When a drive-to-lockout input is energized, the reclosing relay will go into lockout from any
point in the sequence. The relay will stay in lockout until the input is removed and the breaker is
closed manually or by supervisory control. Upon removal, the recloser will go through its reset
sequence and return to ready state.
All the different trip signals from fault detection devices are wired to the lockout relay, which is
the master trip relay for the circuit breaker. It is usually a manually reset relay with an indicating
flag or lamp. In case of DG a similar philosophy of tripping is used in the engine control panel
in which all the mechanical failure signals are received at the engine lockout relay (86-T, T for
turbine). This lockout relay also trips the generator circuit breaker.
When either the 86-G or the 86-T relay sends its signal to the circuit-breaker trip coil, time is
taken before the circuit breaker begins to move and finally reach its fully open state. The
generator switchgear is recommended to have two separate lockout relays. One will receive all
the electrical protection relay trip signals, and denoted as 861. The other will receive a master
trip signal (or several trip signals) from the turbine unit control panel, and denoted as 862.
It operates whenever any of the protection relay operates and would prevent any circuit breaker
operation until the lock out relay is manually rest.