h LV&MVSwitchgears#10

By:
AhmadMokhtari
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Email:indelectrainer@gmail.com
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Equipmentbehaviour
d i h i i duringshortcircuits
1. Passiveequipment
2 Active equipment 2. Activeequipment
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Active equipment Activeequipment
This category comprises the equipment designed to This category comprises the equipment designed to
clear shortcircuit currents, i.e. circuit breakers and
fuses.
This property is expressed by the breaking capacity p p y p y g p y
and, if required, the making capacity when a fault
occurs.
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LV Circuit Breaker Types LVCircuitBreakerTypes
Air Circuit Breaker (ACB) AirCircuitBreaker(ACB)
MoldedCaseCircuitBreaker(MCCB)
MiniatureCircuitBreaker(MCB)
Circuit Breaker Types CircuitBreakerTypes
ACB: 630 to 6000 A, motorizable ACB:630to6000A,motorizable
MCCB:up1600A,motorizable
MCB (below 100A) MCB(below100A)
LVCircuitBreakers
ACB
MCCB
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MCCB
ACB
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Air Circuit Breaker AirCircuitBreaker
Molded Case Circuit Breakers MoldedCaseCircuitBreakers
This is the external cover of the MCCB, which houses ,
all the sensing and operating components.
Resin/glassfiber materials, with high dielectric
strength.
It is to be noted that the case is moulded and as
such, it is not possible to access the internal p
components in case of any failures and it will be
necessary to replace the complete MCCB under those
circumstances circumstances.
Miniature Circuit Breakers MiniatureCircuitBreakers
The miniature circuit breakers are similar to moulded The miniature circuit breakers are similar to moulded
case circuit breakers but as their name implies, these
are smaller in size and are mostly used for current
ratings below 100 A.
These are normally available in single pole
(SP), single pole neutral (SPN), double pole
( ) l l ( ) l l l ( ) d (DP), triple pole (TP), triple pole neutral (TPN) and
four pole (FP) versions.
LV Circuit Breaker Currents LVCircuitBreakerCurrents
Rateduninterruptedcurrent,Iu p ,
Ratedcurrent,In
Ratedultimateshortcircuitbreakingcapacity,Icu g p y,
Ratedserviceshortcircuitbreakingcapacity,Ics
Ratedshortcircuitmakingcapacity,Icm
RatedshorttimewithstandcurrentIcw (1sec.,3sec.)
In, Iu In,Iu
LV Circuit Breaker Currents LVCircuitBreakerCurrents
Rateduninterruptedcurrent,Iu p ,
Ratedcurrent,In
Ratedultimateshortcircuitbreakingcapacity,Icu g p y,
Ratedserviceshortcircuitbreakingcapacity, Ics
Rated shortcircuit making capacity, Icm Ratedshort circuitmakingcapacity,Icm
Rated shorttime withstand current Icw (1sec. , 3 sec.) Ratedshort timewithstandcurrentIcw (1sec.,3sec.)
LV Circuit Breaker Currents LVCircuitBreakerCurrents
Rateduninterruptedcurrent,Iu p ,
Ratedcurrent,In
Ratedultimateshortcircuitbreakingcapacity,Icu
Ratedserviceshortcircuitbreakingcapacity,Ics
Ratedshortcircuitmakingcapacity,Icm
RatedshorttimewithstandcurrentIcw (1sec.,3sec.)
Utilisation Category Utilisation Category
Utilization category A g y
Without an intentional shorttime delay for
selectivity under shortcircuit condition and
therefore without a short time withstand current therefore without a shorttime withstand current
rating.
Utilization Category B
With an intentional shorttime delay (which may y ( y
be adjustable) provided for selectivity under
shortcircuit conditions.
Rated Shorttime Withstand Current RatedShort timeWithstandCurrent
MCB MCB
FortypeBthebreakermusttripbetweenthelimits yp p
of3to5timesratedcurrent
FortypeCthebreakermusttripbetweenthelimits
of5to10timesratedcurrent
FortypeDthebreakermusttripbetweenthelimits
of 10 to 20 times rated current of10to20timesratedcurrent.
Cascading Cascading
NS250L(breakingcapacity150kA)
NS100N (breaking capacity 25 kA) NS100N(breakingcapacity25kA)
C60N(breakingcapacity10kA)
MVCircuitBreakers
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MV Circuit Breakers MVCircuitBreakers
Oil circuit breakers Oilcircuitbreakers
SF6circuitbreakers
Vacuumcircuitbreakers
MV Circuit Breaker Currents MVCircuitBreakerCurrents
Rated normal current Ratednormalcurrent
Rated shortcircuit breaking Ratedshort circuitbreaking
Ratedshortcircuitmaking
Ratedshorttimewithstandcurrent(1sec.,3sec.)
Substation Substation
Mediumvoltageswitchgearrooms
Lowvoltageswitchgearrooms
1 Medium voltage switchgears shall be 1. Mediumvoltageswitchgearsshallbe
installedinseparaterooms.
2. Inthecaseofsinglerowarrangement,apassageway
of min. 11.5 m shall be provided. ofmin.1 1.5mshallbeprovided.
3. Ontherearsideoftheswitchgearaclearanceof1
1,5mshallbeforeseen.
1.5m
1.5m
4. Inthecaseoftworowarrangement,the g ,
passagewaybetweenthetwooperating
panelsshallbemin.11.5m.
1.5m
5. Theroomheightshallbemin.4m.(clearheightfrom
floor level to lower edge of HVAC ducts) floorleveltoloweredgeofHVACducts).
4m
Incoming Types IncomingTypes
1. Cable
1. Top
2. Busduct 2. Bottom
1 CableBottom
2 CableTop
3 BusductTop
4 BusductBottom