Testing of vacuum circuit breakers with CIBANO 500

Aditya Taneja 17 July 2019

Agenda

> Introduction
> Vacuum circuit breakers
> List of electrical tests
> Details of test equipment
> Demonstration on VCB
> Result Analysis
> Questions and Answers

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About me...

> Aditya Taneja

> Personal
> Indian
> 26 August 1986
> Education
> Bachelor of technology in Power
Engineering from National Power
Training Institute (2004-2009)
> Executive post graduate program from
Indian Institute of Management (2015-
2017)
> Current role at OMICRON
> Regional Application Specialist
> Area Sales Manager
> Contact Details
> aditya.taneja@omicronenergy.com
> mobile: +973 39192198 (whatsapp)

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Vacuum circuit breakers

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 List of electrical tests
> Mechanical operating tests
> Timing tests at rated supply voltage
> Timing tests at minimum and maximum supply voltage
> Timing of auxiliary contacts

> Static contact resistance test (micro-ohm measurement)

> Coil current test (including coil resistance)
> Motor current test
Additional tests
> Minimum pick-up test

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Agenda

> Introduction
> Vacuum circuit breakers
> List of electrical tests
> Details of test equipment
> Demonstration on VCB
> Result Analysis
> Questions and Answers

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 CIBANO 500: 3-in-1 circuit breaker test system
> Multi-channel timing meter
> 3 timing channels
> 3 auxiliary channels (wet or dry)
> minimum resolution up to 25 µs

> High-accuracy micro-ohm (µ) meter

> 100 A DC
> 0.1 µΩ to 0.3 Ω
> Accuracy 0.2%

> Powerful AC/DC supply

> Trip, close, motor and aux. supply
> 0 to 240V AC / 0 to 300 V DC
> upto 40A AC and 55A DC
Timing meter Digital
micro-ohm-meter

Coil and
motor supply of 2.4 kW

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CIBANO 500

Main device side view

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Connections at kit

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Demonstration of VCB

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Control Diagram

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Agenda

> Introduction
> Vacuum circuit breakers
> List of electrical tests
> Details of test equipment
> Demonstration on VCB
> Result Analysis
> Questions and Answers

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 Timing Tests
> Measures timing of
> Main contacts
> Auxiliary contacts
> Operating sequences
> Single Operations
> Open (O)
> Close (C)
> Sequences
> O-C, with delay
> CO, without intentional delay
> O-CO, CO-CO, O-CO-CO

> Operating voltage

> Internal source
> Station Supply
> Measurements
> Open time
> Close time
> Contact spread
> Phase spread
> Trip-free time
> Reclose time
> Coil Resistance
> Graphical and tabular display of results

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Timing test

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 Coil Current Analysis
> Detection of potential problems in actuating coils
> Reveals information on power supply
> Comparison is the best method of analysis

coil current
Maximum
End of stroke Coil current opening
Trip latch opened

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 Under- and Over-voltage test
Operating times at different voltage levels
Un

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 Minimum pick-up test
> Indicates the lowest voltage which
operates the trip or close coil
> Conventional procedure
> Start at a certain voltage level
> Try to operate
> If not working, increase voltage
and try again
> Ramp the voltage pulse until
minimum voltage is reached with
which the circuit breaker switches

> Everybody has a „selfmade“ solution

for this test

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 Minimum pick-up test II
> CIBANO 500 approach: automatic testing
after setting pass/fail level to a certain
percentage of the nominal value
> Pause between pulses to avoid overheating
of the coils

Coil supply voltage

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Minimum Pick up

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 Motor Current
> Trend of motor current shows you the torque needed by the motor
> Procedure
> Connect source to charging motor or use current clamp
> Check charging times and charging currents
> Compare with previous measurements
> Analyze undervoltage conditions

Motor current over time

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Motor Current

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 Static contact resistance test (µΩ)
> Micro-ohm (µΩ) meter
> Validates resistance of primary path
> Ensures low losses of load current
> Can be used for circuit breakers,
bus bar joints, etc.

> Measurement method

> Inject a high current
> Measure small voltage in a
noisy environment
> Use 4-wire technique for
connection

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Static contact resistance test

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Results

> PTM

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New Trends

> There is a trend to use non-intrusive sensors placed outside live-parts of

the circuit breaker for transient voltage measurements through capacitive
sensor
> During operation on load These sensors can be used for detecting voltage
on the primary circuit
> Additionally, these sensors can be used for online PD trending to note
deterioration of the dielectric.

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MV GIS

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 Timing Test with CIBANO 500

> Voltage-Based Timing measurement (VTM)

> is an in-service measuring method
> measures main voltages of MV-SF6
switchgear via the voltage detection system
(VDS)
> measures trip/close signals
> determines trip/close times

> On MV-SF6 switchgear the VDS is the only

access point where timing can be measured

Figure: Connection example via VDS

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Further steps

> For demonstration at site please contact one of our sales members or
contact me directly
> Brochure: https://www.omicronenergy.com/en/products/cibano-500/

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Agenda

> Introduction
> Vacuum circuit breakers
> List of electrical tests
> Details of test equipment
> Demonstration on VCB
> Result Analysis
> Questions and Answers

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Thank you

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