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SwitchgearTrainingCentre,Coonoor
MouldedCaseCircuitBreaker
by:K.Sivakumar,SwitchgearTrainingCentre,Coonoor.
MCCBs
MAINAPPLICATIONAREAS
ASSWITCHING&PROTECTIONDEVICEFORPOWER
DISTRIBUTION(INCOMER/BUSCOUPLER/OGFEEDER)
TRANSFORMERPROTECTION
DGSETPROTECTION
SWITCHING&PROTECTIONOFMOTORS
SWITCHING&PROTECTIONOFCAPACITORS
SWITCHING&PROTECTIONOFD.C.LOADS
SWITCHING&PROTECTIONOFLIGHTINGLOADS
WHYMCCBs ?
LOWERDOWNTIME
REDUCEDRUNNINGCOST
LOWINVENTORY
WILLNOTBETHECAUSEOFSINGLEPHASING
ACCESSORIESe.g.
TRIPINDICATION
REMOTETRIPPING
U.V.PROTECTION
AUXILIARYCONTACTS
OCCUPIESLESSSPACE
INBUILTO/L+S/CPROTECTION
TESTINGATSITEPOSSIBLE
CLEARTRIPINDICATION
PROVIDESCURRENTLIMITINGFEATURE
CANINTERRUPTWITHIN10m.sec
WHYMCCBs ?
SELECTIONOFMCCBs
PARAMETERS
TYPE
RATEDCURRENT
RATEDVOLTAGE
RATEDS/CBREAKINGCAPACITY
RATEDS/CMAKINGCAPACITY
MECHANICAL&ELECTRICALLIFE
OVERLOAD&SHORTCIRCUITRELEASE
SETTINGS
ACCESSORIES
SELECTIONPARAMETERS
TYPES
NONCURRENTLIMITINGMCCBs
CURRENTLIMITINGMCCBs
CURRENTLIMITINGBYREPULSION
CONVENTIONALMCCBs:
INST.RELEASE TRIPPINMECH.CONTACT ARCINGARC
SENSING SIGNAL TRIPOPEN QUENCHING
20m.sec
CURRENTLIMITINGMCCBs:
CONTACTSOPENARCING ARCQUENCHING
INST.RELEASE TRIPPINGMECH.TRIPPING
SENSING
< 10 m.sec
SELECTION PARAMETERS
SELECTIONPARAMETERS
S/CBREAKINGCAPACITY
ASPERIS13947PART2:
RATEDULTIMATES/CBREAKINGCAPACITY(I
cu
)
&
RATEDSERVICES/CBREAKINGCAPACITY(I
cs
)
I
cs
SHOULDBE25%or50%or75%or100%ofI
cu
SELECTIONPARAMETERS
ACCESSORIES
UNDERVOLTAGERELEASE *PROTECTIONAGAINST
DIPINSYSTEMVOLTAGE
*PREVENTIONOFSWITCHING
ONONSUPPLYRESTORATION
SHUNTRELEASE *REMOTETRIPPING
AUX.CONTACTBLOCK *FORINDICATION&CONTROL
CIRCUITUSE
TRIPALARMCONTACT *TRIPINDICATION
ROTARYOP.HANDLE *ROTARYOPERATIONWITH
PADLOCK&DOORINTERLOCK
FACILITY
SELECTIONOFMCCBs
BASICCRITERIA
RATEDVOLTAGE
RATEDCURRENT
RATEDS/CBREAKINGCAPACITY
RATEDS/CMAKINGCAPACITY
OVERLOAD&SHORTCIRCUITRELEASESETTINGS
MECHANICAL&ELECTRICALLIFE
COORDINATIONWITHSTARTER(WHEREUSEDINMOTOR
STARTERFEEDERS)
MCCB SHOULD HAVE ADEQUATE :
SELECTIONOFMCCBs
FORMOTORBACKUPPROTECTION
WHYMCCBFORMOTORBACKUPPROTECTION?
DIFFERENTCONCEPTSOFMOTORPROTECTION
GUIDELINESFORSELECTION
SELECTIONOFMCCB
CONCEPTS
Only MCCB MCCB+Contactor MCCB+Contactor+
OverloadRelay
EasyCoordination EasierCoordination BetterCoordination
LowElectricalLife LowElectricalLife HighElectricalLife
LowMechanicalLife High MechanicalLife HighMechanicalLife
Coarse Overload
Protection
Noindicationonfault
Coarse Overload
Protection
Noindication onfault
Finer OverloadProtection
Clearindicationonfault
Noeffectivesingle
phasingprotection
Noambient
temperature
Compensation
Notsuitableformotors
withlong startingtime
Noeffectivesingle
phasingprotection
Noambient
temperature
compensation
Notsuitableformotors
withlong startingtime
Effectivesinglephasing
protection
Ambienttemperature
compensated
Suitableformotorswith
long startingtime
SELECTIONOFMCCB
RATEDCURRENTOFMCCBSHOULDBEGREATERTHANOREQUALTOTHE
MOTORFULLLOADCURRENT
S/CBREAKINGCAPACITYOFMCCBSHOULDBEGREATERTHANTHE
FAULTLEVELATTHEPOINTOFINSTALLATION
INSTANTANEOUSRELEASESETTINGSHOULDBESELECTEDTOAVOID
TRIPPINGDURINGSTARTING
TOENSURETYPE 2COORDINATIONBYENSURING:
THECROSSOVERCURRENTISNOTGREATERTHANTHE
BREAKINGCAPACITYOFTHECONT.
THELETTHROUGHENERGYISLOWERTHANTHEENERGY
THATTHESTARTERCANWITHSTAND
SELECTION OF MCCB
TYPE 2 COORDINATION
CURRENT
TIME
MCCB WITH ONLY INSTANTANEOUS
RELEASE
THERMAL OVER LOAD RELAY
CONTACTOR BREAKING
CAPACITY
MOTOR F.L.C.
STARTING CURRENT
Ic
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