Abstract:There is a big difference in the circuit - breaker failure protection of main transformer in different substations due to the differences of protection configuration and connection mode of secondary circuit. Maintenance personnel in the field and protection value setting operators cannot understand the differences very well. The realization methods and characteristics of circuit - breaker failure protection of main transformer are analyzed and compared based on the variety of protection configuration schemes,and the setting delay of failure protection are discussed in detail,which can straighten the characteristics of failure protection loop and guide the setting work of relay protection.