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    The document compares construction requirements for medium voltage circuit breaker switchgear projects under ANSI and IEC standards. ANSI/IEEE standards have additional requirements compared to IEC standards, including withdrawable circuit breakers, separated transformer compartments, thicker metal barriers, interlocks, and stringent conductor and wiring specifications. While IEC equipment can meet ANSI/IEEE requirements, equipment only meeting basic IEC standards would not be equivalent. Specifiers should understand the differences when both standards are listed for a project.

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    Medium Voltage Circuit Breaker Switchgear Projects, ANSI


    vs. IEC. What’s the Difference in Construction?
    March 7, 2017

    In today’s marketplace it is becoming more and more common to see both ANSI/IEEE and IEC standards
    in specifications for a project. In the case of medium-voltage (MV) circuit breaker switchgear projects
    IEEE C37.20.2, IEEE Standard for Metal-Clad Switchgear and IEC 62271, High-voltage switchgear and
    controlgear–Part 200: AC metal-enclosed switchgear and controlgear for rated voltages above 1 kV and
    up to and including 52 kV, are commonly cited in the same specification.

    Until 2003 both ANSI/IEEE and the IEC standards contained a type of MV switchgear that was termed
    Metal-Clad (MC) Switchgear. The 2003 edition of IEC 62271-200, which superseded IEC 60298,
    discontinued use of the term Metal Clad and instead introduced a new classification of switchgear
    assemblies based upon Loss of Service Continuity (LSC) categories. There were numerous valid technical
    reasons for the IEC to discontinue the use of the term Metal Clad and Annex C of the 2003 edition of
    62271-200 describes the reasons for the changes in some detail. The last sentence of Annex C.1
    summarizes by stating “Differences between IEC and IEEE definitions made harmonization difficult.”
    This Tech Brief will focus only on the major differences in the construction requirements contained in the
    two standards. There are numerous other differences in Ratings, Tests, Internal Arc Classifications, etc.
    that will not be described in this Brief. Those differences will be the topics of future Tech Briefs.

    Metal-Clad Switchgear as defined in ANSI/IEEE meets the requirements of IEC class LSC2B-PM metal-
    enclosed switchgear and controlgear. However, ANSI/IEEE also requires several additional features in
    order to be classified MC switchgear that are not required in class LSC2B-PM switchgear. These
    differences are summarized below.

    • The main circuit switching and interrupting devices (i.e. circuit breakers) must be withdrawable,
    equipped with self-aligning and self-coupling primary disconnecting devices, and disconnectable
    control and auxiliary circuits. Manual secondary disconnecting devices must also be interlocked with
    the switching device such that the switching device control connections are always made and
    maintained when the circuit breaker is in the connected position. Stationary, or non-withdrawable,
    switching devices are allowed in IEC providing the requirements of LSC2B-PM are still met.
    • Voltage transformers and control power transformers must be contained in separate metal enclosed
    compartments. The primary circuits of all voltage transformers must include current-limiting fuses for
    protecting transformers and shall be mounted in such a way that they must be disconnected from the
    high voltage circuit before access can be obtained. There must also be provisions for disconnecting or
    automatically grounding the low voltage circuit of voltage transformers when the high voltage circuit is
    disconnected. Additionally, a method for grounding the high voltage winding and/or fuses during the
    disconnecting operation to dissipate static charges shall be provided. Fixed-mounted and unfused
    transformers are allowed in IEC providing the requirements of LSC2B-PM are still met.
    • All the live parts must be enclosed within grounded metal compartments. Metallic barriers between
    primary compartments must be a minimum of 11 gauge steel. Barriers not made of 11 gauge steel,
    such as aluminium, must be increased in thickness or reinforced to provide a strength equivalent to
    steel. Although IEC LSC2B-PM requires metallic barriers, there is no thickness or strength
    requirement stated.
    • A metal barrier in front of, or a part of, the switching device to ensure that when the device is in the
    connected position no high-voltage parts are exposed by the opening of a door must be provided. The
    IEC standard does not require this barrier, but rather addresses high-voltage part access by
    means of interlock controlled or procedure based compartment access requirements.

    Powell Industries, Inc. Tel: 713.944.6900 • Fax: 713.947.4453


    PO Box 12818 powellind.com
    Houston, TX • 77217
    ©2005 Powell Industries, Inc. • All rights reserved. [email protected]
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    Medium Voltage Circuit Breaker Switchgear Projects, ANSI


    vs. IEC. What’s the Difference in Construction?
    • Main bus bar compartments must be divided between adjacent vertical sections of an installation. The
    IEC standard does not require this additional separation of the main bus compartment. The bus
    compartment may be one continuous compartment for the entire installation.
    The following are requirements for IEEE equipment for which there are no equivalent IEC requirements.
    • Mechanical interlocks must be provided for protecting operators from the accidental discharge of
    stored energy from withdrawable switching devices by any of the following means:
    1. Interlocks in the compartment to prevent the complete withdrawal of the switching device from the
    compartment when the stored energy mechanism is charged.
    2. A suitable device provided to prevent the complete withdrawal of the switching device until the
    closing function is blocked.
    3. A mechanism provided to automatically discharge the stored energy before or during the process
    of withdrawing the switching device from the compartment. If the stored energy is discharged
    before the switching device is moved from the connected position, an adjunct electrical interlock
    is required to prevent stored energy recharge.
    • A locking means must be provided to prevent moving the withdrawable switching device into the
    connected position.
    • All primary conductors and connections must be covered with flame resistant insulating material
    throughout. Bare conductors are allowed in the IEC. Although this brief is limited to describing
    construction only, IEEE primary conductors and connections are required to operate at a
    temperature rise 10 degrees Centigrade cooler than IEC, which could result in larger conductor
    sizes for the same or similar continuous current ratings.
    • All insulating materials used for the support of primary conductors must be track resistant.
    • Instruments, meters, relays, secondary control devices, and their wiring must be isolated by grounded
    metal barriers from all primary circuit elements, with the exception of short lengths of wire such as at
    instrument transformer terminals and secondary disconnecting devices.
    • There are numerous requirements and restrictions in ANSI/IEEE for control and secondary circuit and
    device wiring such as wire size, flexibility, protection and support, wire type, wiring terminals, terminal
    blocks, the designation of auxiliary switches and contacts, device function numbers, voltage limits of
    instrument and control circuit and polarity of dc connections to device coils.
    • There are stringent requirements for the corrosion protection of enclosures that utilize external ferrous
    parts for both organic and inorganic corrosion protection coatings alike.

    So, what’s the difference? As you can see above, there are many. This is not meant to presume that
    manufacturers of IEC MV switchgear can not or will not supply equipment that will meet the additional
    ANSI/IEEE requirments for the “same” switchgear. Rather, it is simply to point out that equipment that
    meets only the basic requirements of IEC 62271-200 is definitely not the same. It is definitely worth
    considering the above when both ANS/IEEE C37.20.2 and IEC 62271-200 are requirements of the same
    RFQ or specification for MV circuit breaker switchgear projects.

    Ted A. Burse
    Director, Research and Development

    Powell Industries, Inc. Tel: 713.944.6900 • Fax: 713.947.4453


    PO Box 12818 powellind.com
    Houston, TX • 77217
    ©2005 Powell Industries, Inc. • All rights reserved. [email protected]

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