Vacuum Contactor Panel

Introduction The trolley three distinct positions — entry can also be from the top or
service, test and isolated. buttom.
Vacuum contactor Panel with HRC
Fuse back up for short circuit As on additional feature, all three Sufficient Head Room is provided
protection is primarily designed for positions have latching facility and for cable termination. The distance
control of HT feeders upto 6.6 kV, service and test position have between cable glond plate and
locking facility. These two positions terminal lug is greater than 700
400 Amps (AC4). The design
have limit switches with auxiliary mm.
philosophy is centred around
r e l i a b i l i t y, s a f e t y a n d u s e r contacts for interlock. For bottom cable entry, a removable
friendliness. The vacuum contactor trolley is 3 mm MS. a land plate is provided.
operated in service and test position For single core cable, non-magnetic
The Vacuum contactor panel is
with the cubicle door closed. The gland plate is incorporated.
designed for indoor application and
conforms to IS 3427 and IEC 298. test position is within the cubicle.
Relay & Instrument Chamber
They are available in drawaut and
non-drawout modules. The Busbar Chamber The Relays & Instruments are
The Busbar chamber on the top mounted on a separate chamber.
The Basic Construction of houses the Busbar which can be This is totally segregated from the
accessed only by special tools. High Voltage chamber.
HWX DRAWOUT
Depending upon the current rating, The Operating Instruments are
CUBICLE the material of Busbar is either located at a convenient maximum
copper or aluminium. The joints are height of 1700 mm.
The Basic Cubicle silver faced for copper to copper
All relays are mounted on the
The basic enclosure is metal clad in joint & bimetalic strips are used for
hinged door. For ease in reading
construction having 4 distinct copper to aluminium joints. the maximum height is 2000 mm.
compartments each separately There is a provision to increase the
The Busbars are fully insulated for
earthed — Vacuum Contactor-Fuse heigh depending on the number of
1 min. p.f. dry voltage withstand
Compartment, Relay & Instrument relays.
test through heat shrunkable sleeves.
chamber, Busbar compartment, CT
The joints are fully encopsulated in The wire is insulated of 1.1 kV grade
& cable chamber. A special removable rigid PVC Shrouds. The and suitable for 2 kV, 1 mm p.f. In
provision for housing CT & cable Busbar and every tap off joint is special cases auxiliary wiring
box in a separate compartment is colour coded. The Busbar support conductor size can be increased
also available in the design, if is rigid for all thermal and upto 2.5 sqmm.
required. electrodynamic stresses arising out
As a standard practice cables are
Sheet Steel used is CRCA having of SC current for 3 sec. and made
neatly bunched together with
uniform thickness of 2.5 mm for all of non-hygroscopic, antitracking
ferrules at either end of each wire.
load bearing members and 2 mm high impact epoxy.
As per application, colour ferrules
for partition. The front base plate is
are provided. The wire bunch is
4 mm thick. CT and Cable Chamber passed through PVC Ducts.
A spacious cable chamber is located
Vacuum Contactor-Fuse at the rear of the panel and can Earthing
trolley compartment accommodate 6 Nos. single core
SWITCHBOARD EARTHING
1000 sq. mm. cables or equivalent.
The main compartment receives the
Cable box can be accessed through A Copper Earth Bus of size 50 mm
HWC trolley which houses the
removable rear cover backed by a x 6 mm continuously runs at the
Vacuum contactor-fuse combination.
wire mesh cover for safety. bottom of the panel.
The trolley engagement to the
enclosure is of horizontal isolation The cable box is designed for cable The earth bus is robust and capable
horizontal drawout type. entry from top or bottom. Bus duct of carrying full short circuit current

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 — L. T. Control — protection and
metering compartments.
A complete control centre consisting
of one or more similar panels join
together, can be provided.
Each vertical section or panel also
contains protection and auxiliary
relays, command and indicating
devices in various combinations to
meet the specific requirement of
specification and scheme.

Busbars
Air insulated main busbars provided
are of high conductivity, high
strength Aluminium Alloy/Copper
and running horizontally along the
FIG. 1. Sectional Side View of 6.6 kv Draw out type Vacuum Controctor Panel top rear of the enclosure, are fitted
as standard with each vertical
for 1 second. Doors and moving through sleeves and insulating section, subsequent sections being
parts are earthed through flexible shrouds. There is no possibility joined by fish plates. The busbars,
copper wires. of access to live parts. suppor ted on strong epoxy
insulators are generously spaced to
❐ The Vacuum Contactor-Fuse
Special Features truck in service position offers
ensure adequate clearance and
through fault capacity. The busbars
❐ All HV compartments are dead front execution.
are accessible from the rear, the
provided with pressure release For additional safety, separate
❐ compartment being provided with
flaps. In the event of fault in distinct lockable door is hinged cover. The busbars can be
any compartment the high provided. provided with through-put ratings
pressure finds outlet through
upto 2500 Amps.
release flaps. These are so ❐ Scraping Earth arrangement in
located to guide the by- trolley ensures continuous
ear thing when trolley is Isolator
products of internal arcing to
prevent harm to the operating withdrawn. T h e i s o l a t o r, h o u s e d i n a
personnel ensuring fail safe compartment in front of the busbars,
feature. The Basic construction of is Off-load type, provided with
HVC 2000 FIXED integral earthing switch. The door
❐ As a standard practice, arc
interlock mechanism prevents the
propagating insulating barriers CUBICLE front cover from opening till the
are used when the continuous
The basic concept is of a single tier isolator is off and earthed. An
busbar passes from one panel
construction in rigid, free standing, automatic safety shutter prevents
to the other. As an optional
sheet steel enclosed execution. Each accidental contact with the live
feature, seal off bushing can
vertical section or panel contains contacts (incoming) when the door
also be provided for lower
main busbars, isolators with integral is open. A robust limit switch
currents. This prevents
earth switch, main H. T. fuses, prevents inadvertent operation on
propagation of bus faults to the
Vacuum contactors, CTs, PTs, etc. load by switching off the contactor
board and limits it to the panel
and is basically divided into four much before the isolator contacts
where it is initiated.
compartments — busbar chamber open. The isolator handle is
❐ The panel is fully insulated — Isolator — Contactor/Fuses, etc. provided with a latch, lockable in

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 Key :
Q1 – Off Load Isolator
ES – Ckt. Earth Switch
F – Main Power Fuse
K0 – Vacuum Contractor
C.T. – Dual Core Current Transformer
V.T. – 1PH. control Transformer
Hf – H.T. control Fuse
Lf – L.T. Control Fuse
Q1A – Isolator Limit Switch
Q1B – Padlock Limit Switch
K01 – Motor Protection Relay Trip Contact
K02 – Trip Relay
K03 – Contactor Pilot Relay
U1 – 1 PH. Bridge Rect. Unit
LO – Late Opening Contact of k0
ER – Economy Resistance
S0 – Stop P.B.
S1 – Start P.B
FIG. 2. Schematic Circuit for a Typical 3.3kV/6.6 kV Motor Contol

On or Off position. A glass covered contactor in closed condition Table-I

look-through window gives a clear automatically when operated
Type Type
view of the isolator in the Off and and cut-off the contactor coil
HVC-2000 HWX
Earthed Position. supply can be fitted, if required.
3.3 kV DOL ■ ■
It can be tripped either
Common Optional Features
mechanically or electrically. 6.6 kV DOL ■ ■
Vacuum contactor panels can be
3.3 kV DOL ■ ■
provided with following options : Application (Duplicate Busbar Syst.)
(i) Fuse Trip Mechanism – A HVC 2000 & HWX Vacuum 6.6 kV DOL ■ ■
mechanism associated with the Contactor Panel is primarily (Duplicate Busbar)
power fuses to give a tripping designed for the Direct-on-line
signal to the vacuum contactor 3.3 kV Reversing ■ ■
starting of AC motors upto 400
in the event of any fuse Amps. FLC, AC3 and/or AC4 duty. 6.6 kV Reversing ■ –
operating.
Variations are also available as 3.3 kV Twin drive ■ ■
(ii) Mechanical Interlocks – For
mentioned in Table-I. 6.6 kV Twin drive
"Either-Or" operation in ■ ■
reversing application, Duplicate Busbar Configuration – Auto Trafo Starter
mechanical interlocking HWX for 3.3 kV Motor ■ –
between two contactors, The Panel can be easily modified Auto Trafo Starter
mounted in a vertical for duplicate busbar applications. for 6.6 kV Motor ■ –
configuration (one contactor
above the other) can be The changeover from one bus to the Reactance Starter
arranged when required. other is through off-load isolators. for 3.3 kV Motor ■ –
The time required for this change
(iii) Latch-in Mechanism – A Reactance Starter
over is less than 10 Sec.
mechanism which "latch" the 6.6 kV Motor ■ –

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 ii) Why choose ALSTOM make Vacuum Contactors?
ALSTOM Limited VACUUM CONTACTOR CONTROLS vs MOCBs
Working Details Vacuum Contactor MOCBs
Controls
1. Mechanical Life 2.5 x 105 2 x 104
2. Electrical Life 2.5 x 105 2 x 103
3. Maintenance Nil Every 6 months
4. Size Compact Cumbersome
5. Cable size for Motor Less More
6. Risk Nil Chance of explosion
in Terminal Box
7. Operations per hour 1200 1 or 2
8. Cost Less More

All isolators are mechanically &

electrically interlocked to open after
and close before Contactor opens
& closes.

Basic Technical Data HVC

2000
Specification
The design of HVC 2000 Starter
Panel takes into consideration the
requirements of the following
Standards :
IEC298 – High Voltage metal
clad enclosed Switchgear and
Control gear
HVC 2000 PANEL
IEC282 – High Voltage HRC
BS2692 Fuse
IEC470 – Contactors for AC
(AL), 200A–2500A (CU) • At 6.6 kV : upto 500 MVA
BS 775 Vo l t a g e s a b o v e
Pt.2 1000 Volts. • Peak withstand : 109 kA • Contactor coil voltage
• Short time : 43.8 kA rms for (Rectified) : 110V/220V D.C.
Design Parameters
1.0 sec. • Coil consumption :
HVC 2000 is designed to the
• Off-load Isolator
following parameters • For 6.6 kV : 3.3 kV
• Rating (Thermal) : 400 Amp. 615 W (close)
• Rated Service Voltage : 3.3 kV
or 6.6 kV • Contactor Rating : 400 Amp 151 W (hold)
AC4 Duty
• Power Frequency Test : 10 kV • Degree of protection : IEC298-
or 20 kV for 60 sec. • Through Fault : 31.0 kA for 1.0 IP4X
sec.
• Impulse Level : 60 kVp • Installation : Indoor
• Max. Fuse Rating : 630 Amp.
Busbar Ratings • Execution : Fixed
• Through Fault withstand : Fuse
• Continuous : 400A–1600A protected Type/Drawout type

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