Gents,
Video of substation fire : http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=qvoDNKJX7SU
Although I cannot confirm the cause of THIS specific fire one could expect that this is the way most oil-filled transformer which have 'small' internal arcing fault problems would fail : internal arcing faults cause...
Thanks for the detail.
Reviewing it I have one question (at this stage).
The formula refer to "ln(1/Da1-a2)"
I do not understand this...
I assume we are talking about the N log function, and Da1-a2 is the distance between conductors..
But in what unit ?
millimeters ? Meters ? Inches ? feet ...
Thanks for that !
I tried searching for the document mentionned above (EPRI-Power Plant Electrical ref. series VOL.4-WIRE AND CABLES), and have not been successful in locating it. Is downloadable from their website ?
Where can I access it (free ? what price ?)
Cheers
Waross,
Can you detail more ?
The 4 cables are in a "square" configuration, so the N conductor touches A and C, and is fairly close to B.
I would suspect the problem is due to the fact that N is not as close to B (as suggests 7anoter4) as it is to A and C..
Boris
Further investigation was conducted on site and this phenomena was discovered on all 3 generators !!!
I agree (in principle) that a loose phase cnnection could induce a similareffect, but the fact that 3 generators have the similar issue seems to imply that it is not linked to the cable...
A "trip coil" can be either :
- shunt trip coils : were the application of voltage causes the coil to trip the breaker
- an undervoltage trip coil : where removing the voltage causes the coil to trip the circuit breaker (or application of voltage of voltage is required to close and maintain the...
7anoter4,
I am interested in your calculations.. can you detail the method ?
But to confirm the cable installation :
(a) there are 4 groups of cables
(b) each group contains 3 phase (400sqmm), 1 neutral (500sqmm) and 1 earth (120sqmm)
(c) by starting top left and going clockwise, the groups...
The cables are all single-core double-insulated XLPE/PVC outer-sheath. No steel wire armour, and no metal outer shield, so nothing that can be earthed.
Additional information :
"Gland earthing" : I am assuming reference is made to the what we call the "gland plate" here in Australia, which is the plate through which the cable passes as it enters the switchboard. Both gland plates are earthed, and the slots are cut in the gland plate between...
Hi guys,
I have a case of circulating currents in a Neutral circuit.
The neutral circuit is made up of 4x500 single core cable on a 3 phase 4 wire TNC supply from a generator to a switchboard (Phase are 4x400sqmm per phase).
The 'combined' neutral curent on the N circuit was measured at 20A or...
The earthing system I think you are looking for is referred to in IEC60364 as the IT system. The star point is isolated (I) from the earth via a big impedance (a couple of kiloOhms or so), the neutral is connected to the star point of the supply (if you have a neutral, and a star point...
Hi,
There are quite a few pout there ... check out http://www.velocityaircraft.com/
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http://www.siinc-sources.com/Dragonfly/
etc...
All you need in the canard, to ensure stability under stalling is to get a profile for the forward wing to stall before the rear wing. That...
All these comments are spot on, but there is another which you might want to consider, especially on experimental planes.
You might have a swept wing (forward or back), in which case, increasing the span of the wing will change the position of the centre of lift in relation to the centre of...
Thanks to all for your feedback.<br><br>Khodges,<br>Are you sure about your calcs ?<br>On the 120mm² solution, there will be roughly half the current flowing through the each cable than there would be on the 240mm².<br>So by using your formulas, we would actually be getting less voltage drop...
When two conductive parts at different potentials touch, then you have a short circuit.<br>Once they touch, they are forced to the same potential (at that point), and to compensate for this new forced potential, a new current (aka short circuit current) will develop.
