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    Reclosers and sectionalizers are protection devices used in electrical distribution networks. Reclosers combine a circuit breaker with an automatic reclosing function to restore power if a fault clears quickly. Sectionalizers further isolate faults and confine outages to smaller sections without adding coordination complexity. They can be used with reclosers or fuses to improve reliability and service continuity through automated isolation of permanent faults.

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    Reclosers and sectionalizers are protection devices used in electrical distribution networks. Reclosers combine a circuit breaker with an automatic reclosing function to restore power if a fault clears quickly. Sectionalizers further isolate faults and confine outages to smaller sections without adding coordination complexity. They can be used with reclosers or fuses to improve reliability and service continuity through automated isolation of permanent faults.

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    Reclosers and sectionalizers are protection devices used in electrical distribution networks. Reclosers combine a circuit breaker with an automatic reclosing function to restore power if a fault clears quickly. Sectionalizers further isolate faults and confine outages to smaller sections without adding coordination complexity. They can be used with reclosers or fuses to improve reliability and service continuity through automated isolation of permanent faults.

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    RECLOSERS AND SECTIONALIZERS

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    RECLOSERS
    A recloser is a protection device for electrical distribution networks. It combines a circuit breaker
    that trips if an overcurrent is detected (indicating a short circuit somewhere in a section of the
    network), with an electronically-controlled reclosing function that automatically restores power
    to the affected line if the fault clears itself quickly – which usually happens around 80 percent of
    the time.
    SECTIONALIZERS
    are an economical solution to sectionalizing large outdoor networks, and often used in locations
    where coordination with other devices is difficult.
    RECLOSERS AND SECTIONALIZERS
    SECTIONALIZERS cont'd
    Sectionalizer senses current flow above a preset level, and when the source-side protective
    device opens to de-energize the circuit, the sectionalizer counts the overcurrent interruption.

    Sectionalizers are an economical method of further improving service on distribution lines


    equipped with reclosers or reclosing circuit breakers. They isolate permanent faults and confine
    outages to smaller sections of line

    It provides an additional step of protection without adding a coordinating step to the protective
    scheme. Sectionalizers can be used in place of fuses or between the reclosing device and a fuse
    without setting changes to other devices.
    *Reclosers have two basic functions on the distribution system:
    ~Reliability and Over current protection
    Reclosers are frequently applied to increase reliability, mainly due to three of their benefits:
    reclosing capability
    Three benefits:
    single phase reclosing
    automated loop capabilities.
    RECLOSERS cont'd
    In electric power distribution, a
    recloser, or autorecloser
    , is a circuit breaker equipped with a mechanism that can automatically close the breaker after it
    has been opened due to a fault.
    Reclosers are used on overhead distribution systems to detect and interrupt momentary faults.
    Since many short-circuits on overhead lines clear themselves, a recloser improves service
    continuity by automatically restoring power to the line after a momentary fault.
    Why use reclosers?
    There is a double incentive for electricity distribution companies to deploy reclosers in their
    networks.

    1. The first is that reclosers prevent transient short circuits from triggering prolonged power
    outages. This results in better supply continuity to customers.

    2. The second benefit is that reclosers restore power automatically, without requiring an
    engineering site visit
    are suitable for use on outdoor medium voltage overhead distribution networks, in conjunction
    with automatic circuit recloser protection.
    Single phase sectionalizers
    Three phase sectionlizers
    three-phase devices that automatically open all three phases simultaneously for either phase or
    ground faults. Combined with a three-phase electronic recloser, they provide a fully automated
    economical solution for fault isolation
    sectionalizer protects single-phase lines such as branches or taps of a three-phase feeder.
    Primarily installed beyond single-phase reclosers, it isolates the fault to the smallest area.

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