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SF6 SwitchGear
SF6 SwitchGear
GIS
Gas Insulated Switchgear
MV Switchgear since 1950’s
Local
installation
Sulfur Hexafluoride
is a colorless, odorless,
chemically neutral, and inert
gas, non-inflammable and 5
times heavier than air, not
toxic and not ozone
depleting.
Is SF6 a Health Hazard
• With a higher Insulation the distances between the live parts and
earth are reduced.
• Because of the reduced clearances between the life parts the size
of the Switchgear is reduced and you get a much smaller foot
print of the Gear.
MV Air-Insulated Switchgear
Activity MV GIS
(AIS)1
Open/close HRC 2 (door closed)2
HRC 0
circuit breaker HRC 4 (door open)
Application of
HRC 4 HRC 0
safety grounds
Generation level
and high-voltage
system
x x
Primary distribution
level x x x x x x x
Secondary distribution
level x
Low
voltage
Advantages:
Low invest for buildings due to compact
dimensions and climate-independent
design
Maximized power supply reliability
Maximum personal safety
Lowest life cycle costs
Reduced operational costs
July 15, 2015 Sharif Ahmed
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Senior Member IEEE
Maximum Security of Operation
Circuit-breaker
Access without danger to current
transformer, feeder voltage
transformer, cable plugs, operating
mechanisms
Busbar housing
Busbar
Three-position switch
Pole housing
Busbar
Busbar
Thee-position switch
Pole housing
1
8
ON OFF GROUNDED
Switch position
indicator Circuit-
breaker switch
De-earthing interlock
Counter
Single-pole insulated
Metal-enclosed
Completely shockproof
Mounted Plugged-in
Separately Directly
Grounded Metal-enclosed
Voltage
Wye / Wye connected transformer
potential
indicator
C2 or
C1
indicator
Height: 850 mm
1200 mm (option)
Removable, bus wires and control
cables plugged in (via 6 or 10-pole
coded module plug connectors)
Panel control via conventional
control devices or digital bay
controller
Customer-specific equipment
(protection, control, metering,
annunciation)
Wiring in H07VK, optionally also
heat-resistant and halogen-free
Termination for
Termination for Solid-Insulated Bar
Tubular Gas Bar Surge Arresters
Pressure sleeve
cable screen pressure spring insulating and plug-in socket
field controlling
part
GIS
Requires 20%
of space needed
for air- insulated
designs
155 cm
60”
38 kV Sw itchgear
Space Requirements
48” min.
aisle 96”
draw out
space
Air Insulated
91 ft 2 = 8.5 m 2
aisle space
48”
Gas Insulated
18 ft 2 = 1.5 m 2
200
100
80 SF
SF66//air
Luftmixture (%) SF6
at atmospheric
Gemisch in % at gauge pressure
pressure
bei 1 bar abs.
50
15 19 22 25 26 psi
AIS GIS
• Width: 1500mm Width:600mm
• Depth: 2400mm Depth:1625mm
• Area per Section ≈ 3,6m2 Area per Section ≈ 1m2
• Operating Aisle ≈ 1.5m Operating Aisle ≈ 0.8m
AIS GIS
AIS maintenance will be GIS maintenance will
be required after 5 years of service. required after 5 years
Maintenance means: Maintenance means:
• Switch off of lines, feeder Visual Inspection
and bus bars
• Grounding
• All CB’s in test position
• Test function of CB’s and all other switching devices
• Remove the draw out section and dismantle panels partly in order
to get access to bus bars and cable sections
Dust?
Salt?
Moisture?
Corrosive gases?
Mice?
Rats?
Cats?
Squirrels?
Snakes?
Altitude?
AIS GIS
By using AIS switchgear, risks of None of the AIS mentioned
failures due to human error, risk factors will appear by
maintenance, environmental aspects using GIS equipment.
and switching in network will appear. Therefore GIS switchgear
has a much more higher
contrast to AIS Switchgear.
*Indoor substation A A-
Arc Resistance B 0
Real Estate 40' X 18' vs. 21' X 10' $/ sqf C C-
crane vs. forklift /
Installation at site manhours D D-
Spare breaker 1 $ E 0
Grounding Device 1 $ F 0
Routine Maintenance
Interval 3 5 $/hour E E-
**Suits according to NFPA
70E 5 $ F 0
Outage maintenance 1 5 $/hour G 0
Lost of production priceless - -
No phase to phase fault priceless
H -25%
Total: H cheaper
* Indoor Substation 27kV, 31.5kA, 1200A - Typical 10 section lineup with 2 mains, 1 tie, and 7 feeder breakers
**Arc flash suits required when racking non-arc resistance equipment above 1000 volts
July 15, 2015 Sharif Ahmed
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Senior Member IEEE
10 Years Life Cycle Cost
Environmental Independence
Compactness
Maintenance-free Design
Personal Safety
Security of Operation, Reliability
Economy, Ecology
Mining
Wind Farms Offshore
Transportation Systems
Paper
Automotive
GIS
Emerging GIS market
outlook
AIS
GIS
2007 27%
73%
AIS
GIS
2000 20%
80%
AIS
Questions?