PKS™ - TDC 3000® TAB PD 09

CUSTOMER PAGE B99 (B)

RESOURCE MANUAL DATE 6 JUL 1988

CONSEQUENCES OF OPERATING A BBU IN BACKUP WITH LOW BATTERIES

Background The Battery Backup Unit (BBU) was designed to be used as an emergency
power backup system to allow plant personel time to perform an orderly
Process shutdown upon loss of AC power to the control system. A BBU with
fully charged batteries was designed to supply 22.5 to 30 VDC to a 40 amp
load for 30 minutes. Switching to Battery power is automatic if:

1. AC line supply is at zero volts for more than 0.5 milliseconds.

2. AC line voltage zero crossings are more than 12 milliseconds apart.
3. The DC BUS voltage decreases below 21 VDC.

Return to normal operation (Off Battery) is automatic for the first two
conditions. For the third, the manual reset button must be pressed.

When the BBU switches to Battery, the "ON BATTERY" alarm will trip. When
the output voltage of the BBU reaches 22.5 VDC, the "LOW BATTERY"
alarm will trip to alert the operator that the battery voltage has decayed and
that the controllers will be going into "RESET" soon. This occurs at
approximately 18 volts. (See PD 09 B99(A)).

Precautions In order to allow use of the HIWAY MANUAL features of the controllers in
extreme process emergencies, the BBU does not disconnect the Batteries
from the bus. It is the responsibility of the user to use the time provided by
the BBU to do an orderly shutdown of the process and then turn off the
OUTPUT Circuit Breaker on the BBU to disconnect the Batteries from the
Bus. If the breaker is left on, the Batteries will continue to discharge until
they reach a voltage level that can alter the valve outputs. This is
approximately 12.5 volts. The current regulators stop functioning and allow
the outputs to go whatever current the present battery voltage and external
loop resistance allow. Remember that all outputs will drop to 0 milliamps
when the Output Breaker is opened.

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