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Surge Voltage Protection in Internal Electrical Installation (SPD))

Surge Protective Device

Network rated
voltage voltge pulse or wave
(Superimposed)

equipment

voltage
Lightning type impulse
(duration = 100 μs)

"Operating impulse"
type dumped ring wave
(F = 100 kHz to 1 MHz)

Irms

the rise time tf (in micro second)

the gradient S(in KV/micro second)

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Switching voltage

Power-frequency overvoltage

overvoltage caused by electrostatic discharge

overvoltages of atmospheric origin

(equipments)
(Operating voltage U(KV)) (equipments)
(Maximum rms value of rated
voltage ,Ur(KV))
(Over voltage of internal origin Ud (KV rms))

(Overvoltage of external origin or atmospheric Up (KV peak))

(IEC 60694)
(Switchgears) (Cables) (Insulation
Level) (IEC 60071 and IEC 60298)

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(Equipments)
(commom mode) (Differential mode)
(commom mode) (Live conductor and earth) (neutral to earth )

(earth) (Equipments)
(differential mode) (phase to phase) (phase to
earth )
(electronic equipments and sensitive hardwares)
(lightning strokes ) (IEC
61000-4,-5) equipments type of voltage wave and current
wave(direct and indirect)

(Surge Protective Device (SPD)

(Surge Protective Device(SPD) ) (electric power supply ,telephone
networks, communication and automatic control buses )
(SPD) (high
impedance) (transient overvoltage )

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(SPD) (sensitive
equipments)

(Surge Protective Device(SPD) ) (atmospheric origin )

(transient overvoltage) (current wave )

(switchgear,control gear ) (amplitude )

SPD (type 1) (lightning stokes)

(service-sector ) (lightning protection system or a meshed

cages) (lightning spreading)
(earth conductor ) (network conductor ) (back
current ) (current wave - 8/20 micro
sec)
(type 2) (all low voltage electrical installation )
(switchboard)

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(electrical installation and loads) (current

wave - 10/350 micro sec )
(type 3) (low discharge capacity) (type2)
(sensitive load)
(voltage wave – 1.2/50 micro sec ) (current wave
- 8/20 micro sec )
(Characteristics of SPD)
(IEC 61643-11) (Characteristics of SPD) (rated voltage Uc:
Maximum continuous operating voltage) (earthing arrangements)
(A.C or D.C)
(lightning stoke) SPD
(Up:voltage protection level(at In))
In:Norminal discharge current SPD
SPD 5kA

(IEC 62305) (Three Phase system ) (pole) (25kA

per pole) (Iimp:Impulse current )
(3P + N ) (earth bonding) (maximum impulse current)
(100kA )
(Imax: Maximum discharge current ) (same In and different
Imax) (Imax) SPD (surge
current) (equipments)
(SPD type 3) (Uoc:open-circuit voltage)
SPD (Application of SPD)

(SPD type 1 and 2)

(SPD type 2) (sensitive equipments)
(equipments)
(SPD type 3) (pole)
(Surge current level) (SPD)
(origin of electrical installation) (IEC 60364)
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(Nominal discharge current :In) (5kA(8/20 micro Sec))

2.5KV

(SPD type)
(Surge) (SPD type 1)
(SPD type 2) (SPD type 3)

(SPD ) (Uc:maximum continuous operating voltage) (earthing

arrangement) (neutral or
earthing bond ) (equipments ) (surge voltage wave and current
wave)

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(SPD) (Installed Up) (equipments) (SPD)

(U1 + U2+---)
(Up:voltage protection level(at In)) (Nominal voltage )

(SPD type 1) (Iimp) (IEC 60364-5-534) (12.5kA

(10/350micro sec wave)) (Protection level )

SPD (Cabling rules for SPD)

SPD

SPD SPD network earth

feeder conductor

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SPD Short Circuit protection breaker SPD

incoming conductor

incoming feeder phase,neutraland protection (PE)conductor

SPD incoming conductor outgoing feeder

remote)
SPD protection (PE)conductor earthing bond

SPD

SPD

one or non linear component

thermal protective device(internal disconnector)
an indicator for end of life

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External SCPD
SPD type/place/risk level

SPD linear component

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(earthing arrangement) SPD

adapted to the IT, TN-C, TN-C-S systems

SPD

SPD
References
- Electrical Installation Guide 2016 , Schneider Electric
- Merlin Gerin technical guide ,MV design guide, Schneider Electric
- Power surge protection device , Pratik Rasam ,ppt
- General surge arresters , Mahmoud Ibrahim Shaker,ABB, ppt
- surge protection device , Kaleem, ppt
- Meba surge protective device , Meba Electric Co ., Ltd, pdf,ppt

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