Handbook of Electrical Engineering

144 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 7.2 Construction The switchgear (SWGR) and motor control centres (MCC) considered in this ...

SWITCHGEAR AND MOTOR CONTROL CENTRES 145 Table 7.1. Busbar normal current ratings in amps HV MCCs and SWBDs LV MCCs and SWBDs 40 ...

146 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING The sleeve is used where the atmosphere may be damp or corrosive. Neutral busbars are usu ...

SWITCHGEAR AND MOTOR CONTROL CENTRES 147 History of operation in similar plants and locations. Single or duplicate busbar syste ...

148 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING the standard is 2 for protection against live parts, and for ingress between adjacent uni ...

SWITCHGEAR AND MOTOR CONTROL CENTRES 149 7.2.5 Ambient temperature derating factor Switchboards and motor control centres are ge ...

150 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Suppose the generator is connected to a nearby switchboard. The generator and busbar sect ...

SWITCHGEAR AND MOTOR CONTROL CENTRES 151 The worst-case condition of (7.1) is whenφois zero, and ifX′′qequalsX′′dthen the equati ...

152 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Figure 7.1 Short-circuit current decrement for a salient pole generator that has a high a ...

SWITCHGEAR AND MOTOR CONTROL CENTRES 153 Let, ylhs= [ 1 Xd′ − 1 Xd ] exp −t T′d+ [ 1 Xd ] ( 7. 4 ) and yrhs= [ 1 Xd′′ ] exp −t T ...

154 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Figure 7.3 Functions pertaining to the calculation of the critical switching time of circ ...

SWITCHGEAR AND MOTOR CONTROL CENTRES 155 for incoming and outgoing circuits, and these can be fitted with a variety of auxiliary ...

156 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING High voltage contactors use similar protection devices to those used with high voltage ci ...

SWITCHGEAR AND MOTOR CONTROL CENTRES 157 Fuse manufacturers will usually offer advice on the most appropriate fuses to be used i ...

158 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING second method is popular and uses a ‘synchronising check’ relay (25) to sense the voltage ...

SWITCHGEAR AND MOTOR CONTROL CENTRES 159 Starting a large motor. Occurrence and clearance of a fault. Malfunction of an automat ...

160 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING are also capable of carrying out relatively simple calculations such as active power, rea ...

SWITCHGEAR AND MOTOR CONTROL CENTRES 161 control centres can be increased to cater for a large plant. A typical IMCS should incl ...

162 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING A similar set of functions are typical for plain feeder, incomer, interconnector and busb ...

SWITCHGEAR AND MOTOR CONTROL CENTRES 163 to about 300 A to 400 A of line current. Such currents can be easily handled by a fuse- ...