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Maintenance of MVCB
Maintenance of MVCB
Circuit Breakers
Professor Ahdab Elmorshedy
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1. FREQUENCY OF MAINTENANCE.
• Medium-voltage circuit breakers which
operate in the range of 600 to 15,000 volts
should be inspected and maintained annually
or after every 2,000 operations, whichever
comes first.
• The above maintenance schedule is
recommended by the applicable standards to
achieve required performance from the
breakers.
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Functional inspection
• Sand throat area of arc chutes with garnet
paper or other nonconductive, abrasive paper
until thoroughly clean.
• Ensure that arc chutes are clear of
contamination and have no significant damage
on grids or ceramics.
• If ceramics or fins are broken, replace arc
chutes.
• Ensure that all brazed, soldered, or bolted
electrical connections are tight.
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• Purged
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c. Physical properties
• SF6 is one of the heaviest known gases with a
density about five times the density of air
under similar conditions.
• SF6 shows little change in vapor pressure over a
wide temperature range and is a soft gas in
that it is more compressible dynamically than
air.
• The heat transfer coefficient of SF6 is greater
than air and its cooling characteristics by
convection are about 1.6 times air.
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d. Dielectric strength
• SF6 has a dielectric strength about three times
that of air at one atmosphere pressure for a
given electrode spacing.
• The dielectric strength increases with
increasing pressure; and at three atmospheres,
the dielectric strength is roughly equivalent to
transformer oil.
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e. Arc quenching
• SF6 is approximately 100 times more effective
than air in quenching spurious arcing.
• SF6 also has a high thermal heat capacity that
can absorb the energy of the arc without much
of a temperature rise.
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b. Hoods
• Hoods must be worn when removing solid arc
products from inside a faulted dead-tank circuit
breaker.
c. Gloves
• Gloves must be worn when solid arc products
are handled. Inexpensive, disposable gloves are
recommended. Nondisposable gloves must be
washed in water and allowed to drip-dry after
use.
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e. Safety glasses
• Safety glasses are recommended when handling
solid arc products if a full face respirator is not
worn.
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