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circuitbreakerselectionfor DCapplications

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D C n s l a l a t i odne p e r dm
s a n yo n t h e
(seebelow).
r rhetypeol nen4ork
I the ratedcuifent,whlchderermines
the
lal ng ol lhe eqlipmenl:
rthe ratedvollage,whchderermines the
numberofpolesin seriesnecessaryJor

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leanrcosy<ems svstems
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disl bulion ofthe lhepolss rcquiredlopedom on eachpola.ly lhe,e musl be lh€ the polesiequ red lo pedo.m
thebreakarc n sefes numberol Poes rcqu ted to Pedorm rhebrcakaresharedbenveen
lhe breakoJmax. scal U12

Calculationthe shorl-circuitcurent (lsc) As the above calculailonshows,lhe shorl_

acrosslhet€rminalsof a bettery curenlal the
whal is theshorl.circuit circ! tcutrenl is relativelyweak.
whena short. rculoccursacrossils reminarsol aslandingbanerywilhlhe Nole:lllhe inl€malr€sistanc€ is iolknown lhe
termnas, a banerydscharqesa curent lollowingcharacterlstics lo lownqapproximate lomu a datrb0 used sc "
kc, wherec ls th€capacityoithe baflery
r me dlscharge vo tage:240V expressed in Ampe6'hours, andk sacoefii.enl
( 1 r 0c e l l so f2 . 2V ) i cose to 10bul n anycaseawaysowerlrran 20.
whereVb = thernaximum dischargevotage r d scharge cuneir 300Al
(bateryJ00o/e charged)
andRi= theinternalresislance equivalenlt0 5 Op e r c e l .
r l n t e r n af e s s t a r c e : 0m
t h es u mo f t h ec e l l r e s s i a n c (eJsq u f e B i = 1 1 0x 0 . 5 1 0 3 5=5 1 0 .
generally givenby theman!lacturer
accordng10lhe capacivoi lhe bat1ery).

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Deiemineihe proleclonrequired fora 80A lhe pfolection
Delerrnine rora
requned Determne lhe protectoqrequired
for a
ieederon a 125V DCnelworkw th an i00 A ieederon a 250V DCnetworkw th ar 40OAieederon an unearlhed2S0 V OC
earhednegative poleandan lsc ot 15 kA. eanhedm dde pqintandan lsc oJ15kA neiworkwllhan lsc o135kA.
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Thelabeopposilendi€testhala Ncl00Fl Eachpolewl be exposed toa maxmumoi Thetableopposte ird cateshat NS400H
circut breaker(30kA,2q 125V) shoud be U l 2= 1 2 5 v . (85kA, 1q 25! V)shouldbe
c rcuirbreakers
Thelabe opfisireindicaieslhat NclooH used.Ai east2 polesmlsl tale pani.
Thetableabovendcal€slhatbo$ cncuil / , 2 5V ) ,N S 1 0 0 (N5 0k A ,1 q . ' ,
( 3 0k a , 2 P 1 Thetableabovendicales
b!ea|.|no. lhal lhe
breakerpolesshoLldbelned on lhe positive 125V) or Nsf60N(50kA,1e 125.V)circuil h4lr&rrumber oJ cu r oreaxerlges :
poleof thenetuork breakers shoud be Lsed. on tlre
r-".unedlorbreallnoshouldbeJilled
Ar addiiionalcircubreakerpole canbe Thetableaboveindicates thatbolhcircuil
iinedonthe negalve poe ol the nenlolkJor breakeraolesmustiakepad n the breaking hallon lhe neqali!ePole.
isoaton p! rposes at a vollageoi 125V..;

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