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Vamp 221 Arco
VAMP 221
Summary
Accessories 9
Order codes 10
Technical data 11
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Arc flash protection system
Secure your assets and staff safety Why arc flash protection?
An arc protection relay is a protective device used to When the traditional time-grading or blocking based protection coordination principle is
enhance safety and minimize the material damage of the used, the traditional protection systems may not provide fast enough protection of
installation in the most hazardous power system fault substation faults. Further, high-impedance type of earth-faults may cause prolonged
situations. The arc protection system detects an arc in an operation times of earth-fault relays leading to the significant release of the arcing
installation and measures the fault current. energy.
In an arc flash situation, the arc protection relay These facts pose a considerable risk to human beings and economical assets. The type
immediately trips the concerned circuit breaker(s) to of the protection is different from the function selected by the customer.
isolate the fault. An arc protection system operates much
faster than conventional protection relays and thus
damage caused by an arc short circuit can be kept to a
minimum level.
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= Arc Sensor Central Unit
ZONE 1
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Solutions for arc flash protection
VAMP arc protection has a solution for every customer segment all over the power system
Utilities
• Easy extension of current measurement locations
• Interface with the SCADA systems over DO
• Simple installation as the commissioning is often completed by the utility electricians Distributors
themselves. • Use of standard components
• During the re-vamping of protection relaying it is possible to integrate arc protection to • Completion with building blocks
the protection scheme. • Further upgrading possibility
Marine
• Small and compact in size, easy commissioning
• Selective operation
The comprehensiveness of an arc protection • ABS, GL, BV and Lloyds approvals for relay based arc
system depends on the requirements of the protection
customer segment.
Each segment prefers using an appropriate
protection scheme and the scheme is naturally
optimised for the power system.
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Solutions for arc flash protection
Selective and flexible arc flash protection solutions for low and medium voltage systems
The modern motor control centers (MCC) equipped with The point sensors give an accurate location of the fault thus the required repair for the
an arc flash protection gives an ultra-fast arc protection MCC’s is fast and the power can be restored without fault location time delay. Central
for the switchgear limiting the possible arc flash fault to a unit trips both the incoming LV circuit breaker and the circuit breaker up-stream. The
minimum. nature for an arc flash fault can be fuse, cable termination, contactor or circuit breaker
feeding the motor in the MCC.
Trip to
up-stream CB
Section 1
VAMP
221
VAM VAM VAM
10LD 10LD 10LD
VAM
1AN 2AN 3AN 4AN 5AN Section 2 Section 3 10LD
VAMP
221 10 pcs
5BN
VAM
3CN 4BN Section 5 10LD Section 4
1CN 2CN
5CN 9 pcs
3DN 4CN
M M M M M M M M M
1DN 2DN 5DN
VAM
4DN
Section 6 10LD
1EN 3EN 5EN
Trip to
up-stream CB 2EN
5 pcs
M M M M M
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Solutions for arc flash protection
CBFP CBFP
T2 T4
VAM 4CD
T1 T
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T1
T1
Zone 1 Zone 4
T2
VAM 12LD T2 VAM 12L
Zone 2 Zone 3
Zone 5.1 Zone 5.2 Zone 5.3 Zone 5.4 Zone 5.5
T1
T2 S2 T2 S2
S1 S2 S1
T3
T
T2 T1
Selectivity
The selectivity requirement of the arc flash protection is One system extension module VAM 12LD unit is able to trip up to three sub-zones
dependent of the switchgear construction and on selectively. The circuit breaker and busbar compartments belongs to another zone
importance of the power distribution. supervised by the same VAM 12LD units.
The more important the supplied power distribution As the distribution system does not have current measurement on the high voltage side
process is the more selective arc flash protection scheme of the power transformer the arc flash protection system use the current status from low
is implemented. voltage side. In this case the zone 1 selectivity is set up by light only criteria and the zone
The left side of the medium voltage switchgear, as seen in is fully isolated should the fault happen.
the picture, has various protection zones. Cable The right side of the switchgear has universal one zone scheme for the cable, circuit
termination has its own zone and is tripped should the breaker and bus bar compartments using three fiber sensor loops. The incoming cable
fault happen in the cable compartment. termination compartment is based on the light only protection principle.
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Characteristics and highlights
System overview
• Auxiliary supply and communication via modular cable
• Continuous supervision of sensors
• Connection of portable arc sensor, except VAM 4C and VAM 4CD
• Indication of arc sensor / current channel and trip relay activation
Central unit - VAMP 221 arc protection system System extension module
- VAM 4C, VAM 4CRL, VAM 4CD current I/O units
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Characteristics and highlights
• Auxiliary supply and communication via modular cable • Two separate tripping groups
• Ten (10) point arc sensor connections • Enables a 7 ms total operation time to a large number of
CBs (controlled by binary output (BO) of VAMP 121 unit)
• Continuous supervision of sensors
• External auxiliary power supply
• Connection of portable arc sensor
• Indication of the sensor channel and trip relay activation
• Two communication ports for central unit and I/O unit
interconnection
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Accessories
Point sensors Sensor mounting plates
• Easy installation and replacement • Z- or L-shaped
• Enables fault location indication • Wall mounting to VA1DA-x sensors
• Surface mounting (no extra holes in the switchgear)
• Tube mounting
Sensor mounting plate
• Continuous self-supervision VYX001, Z-shaped
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Order codes
Central unit
V221 3 A Arc protection
VX001-xx Modular Cable VAM <-> VAM ( xx = Cable length [m] ) Preferred Cable Lenghts (2
VX031-5 Extension cable for VA1DP-5D Cable lenght 5 m
VYX001 Surface Mounting Plate for Sensors Z-shaped
VYX002 Surface Mounting Plate for Sensors L-shaped
VYX076 Projection Height 40 mm
VYX077 Projection Height 60 mm
VYX233 Projection Height 100 mm
VYX 628 Surface Mounting Plate for VA 1 DV Sensor U-shaped
3P001 Line amplifier for arc protection BI/O channels DIN rail mount
3P004 Supply unit, 100-240AC/24DC/1.3A Supply unit
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Technical data
VAMP 221
Technical data
10-2018
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