To: CITIC Heavy Industries

The internal fuse single-phase power capacitor for the CMIC cement project has
"COOPER" Capacitors often leak, COOPER capacitor manufacturer replies to users that
our design is unreasonable, the capacitor leakage caused by the heavy stress of the copper
bar, the capacitor manufacturer gives the user a modify plan: change the copper bar into a
cable and to install COOPER fuse. Users wonder: 1. COOPER capacitor is designed with
fuse inside, why do we have to design fuse outside the capacitor cabinet, is it redundant? 2.
Analyze the cause of COOPER capacitor leakage.
After receiving feedback on the problem, the leaders of our company attach great
importance to it, and after the analysis of our engineers, the reply is as follows.
Question 1: analysis of the cause of "cooper capacitor often leaks":
Power capacitors will expand and contract to a certain extent during operation.
However, when the internal field strength of the power capacitor is too high, the internal
pressure gradually increases, causing the power capacitor to bulge or deform the shell, and
also makes the capacitor poorly sealed. From the picture, it should be seen that the bottom
of the porcelain support insulator of the terminal pile is poorly sealed, resulting in oil
leakage (see Figure 1).
Method:
1. Replace the internal fuse single-phase power capacitor of the same type COOPER
EX-7LI;
2. In the case of withdrawing capacitance compensation, capacitor safety discharge
and removing the capacitor main circuit connection cable, measure the capacitance value
with the appropriate gear of the capacitance meter, and use the comparison method of the
adjacent capacitor measurement capacitance value to determine whether the capacitor is
good or bad, when the capacitor value of the leaking oil does not change by 10% of the
rated value, after the capacitor is cooled, wipe the oil stains at the leaking oil with an oil-
absorbing cotton cloth, and cover it after blending the AB glue;
3. According to the time requirements of the maintenance plan planned by the user, do
a good job in the spot inspection of the high-voltage shunt capacitor device to prevent the

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occurrence of problems and ensure that the high-voltage shunt capacitor device is in good
condition.

Question 2: COOPER capacitors are designed with fuse inside, why do we need to
design fuse outside the capacitor cabinet, and whether it is redundant?
The characteristics of the inner fuse are short disconnection time and high power-off
ability, which can quickly fuse the circuit and protect the inside of the capacitor from the
influence of overcurrent and fault; the outer fuse (generally the spray type fuse) is installed
on the outside of the capacitor. External fuses (usually spray type fuses) are installed on
the outside of the capacitor and are soft connected to the capacitor through a fuse (see
Figure 1), rather than a hard connection caused by copper bar stress. External fuse has a
higher rated current and a longer disconnection time, and provides better overcurrent
protection for the capacitor. This high-voltage shunt capacitor device provides double
overcurrent protection.
Method:
1. Check that the installation of the outer fuse (spray type fuse) is firm, the angle of the
reaction spring meets the requirements, and the installation measures of double
overcurrent protection are continued.
2. Remove the outer fuse (spray type fuse) for the single-phase power capacitor,
connect the copper busbar to the ceramic support insulator terminal of the capacitor by
using suitable high-voltage heat shrink tubing copper braided wire, and remove the
overcurrent protection of the external fuse.

The implementation of the above measures can solve the problems existing on site.
Ensure that the high-voltage shunt capacitors installed on site are put into operation as
required.

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 Fig. 1 The red arrow in the figure refers to the soft connection measure of the capacitor
terminal pile head realized by the spray-by-fuse fuse

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