ProceraPlus Training

GE Consumer & Industrial
Power Protection
Procera Plus
Design, Drawing and calculation software for
industrial low voltage installations
including distribution circuits
ProceraPlus
The new HD384 and R064-03 standards require that the

design of a low voltage distribution system includes the
determination of all perspective short-circuit and fault
current levels.
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Industrial Components Team
ProceraPlus
ProceraPlus is a software to help the commercial and

technical team to promote the GE solutions :
• Assistance for the design in electrical projects
• Assistance for the best choice of protective device in the GE Catalogue
• Complete documentation on the project for the engineering, panel builder, electrical
contractor, control body, maintenance services.
• Up to date catalogues through a yearly maintenance contract
• Windows based software package
• Multi standard, multi lingual
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ProceraPlus
ProceraPlus is a software to design & calculate
• Cross section of conductors
• Fault levels
• Switchgear selection
• Draw single line diagram
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ProceraPlus
Sources Circuits
- Number of sources: 6 normal + emergency source - Distribution board
(upto 6300A) in parallel + standby power unit
- Terminal circuit
-Earthing systems: TN(-C-S), TT and IT with and
Motor, socket-outlet, lighting, heating,
without neutral
transformator LV/LV, capacitor bank (pro
- Public distribution starting from Ik distribution board), miscellaneous
Protections Study of Power balance

- Circuit breakers - Perfect balance between the cost of an installation
For general purpose (ACB M-Pact and MCCB Record and the comfort level (no unwanted tripping)
Plus) MCB (ElfaPlus) car. B, C and D + thermal motor
protection
- Residual current devices
- Fuses type gG/gL, type aM + thermal motor
protection
- Back-up protection and selectivity
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ProceraPlus
From transformer to end-user circuits
In Procera Plus a project is entered starting at the Upstream device (source supply ) moving to
Downstream (end-user circuits)
This method is used to determine the protective devices and cable cross-sections
First the source must be defined, then the distribution circuits and finish by end-user's circuits.
In Procera Plus, any circuit, distribution board or end-user circuit can be changed at any time.
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ProceraPlus
Software Interface
Menu
Network tree
Single line diagram
Results window
Report
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ProceraPlus Pull Down Menus
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ProceraPlus
Software Interface
Easy data entry on a single line network diagram
Select the circuit style
Select the distribution Board
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ProceraPlus
Software Interface
Easy control of data entry, parameters and results
Protection
Length
Consumption
Calculate
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ProceraPlus
Software Interface
A software which automaticaly prints a complete file
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ProceraPlus Buttons
Editing of Selection Delete Go Go to Automatic

normal of active standby level circuit on calculation
source source source up, the left/
down right
Editing of Select board Select active Insert Selection

standby standby source is board/ level new discrimin
source connected circuit ation
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ProceraPlus Getting Started
Starting Procera Plus

you will get this window .
To start a project press “New”…
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ProceraPlus Project Started – Type of Source
There are three possible

choices :
• Transformer HV-LV
• Genset
• Direct supply from
utility board (LV direct
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ProceraPlus Project Started – Source Characteristics
Transformer
They can be entered:
a) from a file giving sources

impedances and standard
Powers or,
b) from Ukr, short circuit voltage

in % for transformers, equivalent
to impedance
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ProceraPlus Project Started – Source Characteristics
Genset:
They can be entered :
a) from a file giving sources

impedances and standard
powers or,
b) steady state and transient

reactance, given in % to define
generating sets.
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ProceraPlus Project Started – Source Power
Standarised power of the source

characteristics are given from
a file .
Power value can be entered as
"not normalized"
if Ukr was chosen
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ProceraPlus Project Started – Number of Sources
In ProceraPlus, all sources

are considered as identical. This
data is used to determine Ikmax,
which makes it possible to propose
downstream protective device in
case of paralleling of several
transformers. Ik mini are calculated
taking into account the minimum
number of sources in parallel.
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ProceraPlus Project Started – Network Parameters
•Earthing system: TN, TT, IT

•LV opearting voltage
•Frequency
•3 phase , single phase
•HV protection time
•HV system power
•ANZ mainly use TNC-S system
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ProceraPlus Project Started – Link Parameters
•Length
•Installation method
•Copper , aluminum
•Cable type
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•Length
•Installation method
•Copper , aluminum
•Cable type
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To check installation method

press:
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ProceraPlus Project Started – AS/NZ adjustments
Since the AS/ANZ standards

differs slightly from IEC
some changes must be made:
•If the cables are laid in ground-

The temperature must be set to
30C (Aus), 15C (NZ).
•If the cables are in air- temp.
should be set to 40C (Aus)
25C (NZ)
Note the program has small error

For cables in air the ambient is
for air not ground
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ProceraPlus Project Started – AS/NZ adjustments
U1000R2V equivalent of XLPE

H07RN-F equivalent of PIREFLEX
H07V- equivalent of
"Building wire"
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ProceraPlus Project Started – Getting First Results
Getting results:
Press Calculate to get results
•cable cross section
•Fault levels
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Result window
Result Window
Press OK to go further 26
Results window
Cable Cross-section
Criterion
Design Circuit current
Theoretic Cross Section
Voltage Drop
Max Short Circuit Current
Max 1Ph SC Current
Min Short Circuit Current
Ph-E Fault Current Calculated for minimum
(needed for human number of sources
protection)
Calculated for minimum
number of sources
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Diagram
Diagram with results for first part of circuit is available
Colours of diagram
Green- OK
Red- must be calculated
Purple- NOK
Getting first results
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ProceraPlus Creating Project– Reading Information
Distribution Consumption
Active Source Active board Available current
Project single line
diagram
Results
Project Tree
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Calculation report Industrial Components Team
ProceraPlus Creating Project – Using Tabs
Using Tabs
Defining Source the “ Source”
Tab was used.
What other Tabs can we use?
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Impedance Tab
Loop impedances upstream MSB and

related to one single transformer.
These values are the sum of
impedances.
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Impedance Tab
R0 Phase-Phase - Loop resistance Phase to Phase (equals to 2 times one phase resistance), calculated at
20°C conductors temperature. This value is used to determine the maximum short circuit currents (Ik Max).
R1 Phase-Phase Loop resistance Phase to Phase (equals to 2 times one phase resistance), calculated at
operating temperature. This value is used to determine among others the minimum short circuit currents (Ik
Min).
X Phase-Phase Loop reactance Phase to Phase. This value is used to determine minimum short circuit
currents (Ik Min).
X Phase Phase reactance. This value is used to determine maximum short circuit currents.
R0 Phase-Neutral Loop resistance Phase to Neutral, calculated at 20°C conductors temperature. This
value is used to determine the maximum short circuit current (Ik Max SIngle).
R1 Phase-Neutral Loop resistance Phase to Netral, calculated at operating temperature. This value is used
to determine among others the minimum short circuit current (Ik Min Single).
X Phase-Neutral Loop reactance Phase to Neutral. This value is used to determine minimum short circuit
current (Ik Min
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Board Tab
•Ref mark Board Downstream Ref mark –Editable

•Designation Board name (data recommended for ease of
identification). –Editable
•Coincidence factor (K.Simultaneity) Simultaneity factor for
circuits fed by the considered board. -Editable
Example : a distribution feeds 10 circuits of 10 Amps each. A
Simultaneity factor of 0.8 means that the total real
consumption is 10 x 10 x 0,8, to say 80 Amps.
•Earthing system Board Earthing system : TT, TN, IT
•Voltage ,No load voltage No load voltage in V, used to
calculate Ik3 Max.
•Upstream circuit ref mark Circuit Upstream ref mark. In
case of an installation with a standby, the board can be fed by
two different circuits. An upstream circuit supplied from the
normal supply and another one from the standby source
supply.
•Breaking device Board breaking device (generally a

switching device in distribution boards). -Editable
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Protection Tab
This tab appears if the
Breaking device on Board Tab differs from “NIL”
•File Protection manufactuers file.

•Protection Protective device commercial name.
•Rating Circuit breakers rating.
•Irth Circuit breaker thermal relay setting or fuses rating
value.
•IrMg Circuit breaker magnetic setting or fuses rating value.
•Magnetic Type of magnetic used Standard or C curve for
modular CrBrk Low or B curve Electronic or D/K curve
•Delay Circuit breakers short circuit delay
•RCD setting Circuit breakers residual current (differential)
delay setting. RCD Delay Circuit breakers residual current
differential) delay.
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UPS Tab
•A UPS can be connected either on a Normal or
Standby distribution.
•A comparison between Ik is done to keep the
least favorable one (Ik max on the network, Ik
min on the UPS). The process is inverted when
Normal source Ik Min become less than UPS
ones.
UPS are considered as current generators. Due to
that, Ik are unchanged along the network tree. The
UPS is always considered as connected in "By-
Pass"mode.
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. Industrial Components Team
Ik/dU Tab
•Normal and standby short circuit currents at board level.
•IK2/3 Max Maximum three-phase short circuit current.
Maximum value between Normal and standby if it exists.
IK1 Max Maximum single-phase short circuit current if
neutral is present. Maximum value between Normal and
standby if it exists.
•Ik1/2Min Minimum single-phase short circuit current if
neutral is present. biphase (phase to phase) if neutral is
absent.
•If Phase-PE default short circuit current at line end.
Minimum value between Normal and standby if it exists.
•dU Cumulated voltage drop (in %) at board level from
source of
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. GE Consumer & Industrial
Currents Tab
•I Allowed -allowed current downstream board. This value is
equal to the current of the circuit feeding the board.
•I available -available current downstream board : available
design current for new circuits which can still be fed from the
board.
•S Intensities -design current IB sum of all circuits issued
from the board multiplied by the board simultaneity factor.
•Mean cos phi -mean power factor phi at board level, taking
into account downstream circuits and eventual capacitors.
•R=S IZ cables / Irth board -ratio between:
sum of currents of downstream circuits (current calculated
without taking into account group factor) and upstream thermal
relay setting.
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Board Tab
Board Tab
You can display the Board window by:
•In the Source Window by clicking on the Downstream Board

Tab.
•Double-clicking board on diagram
• Going to Pull down menu- Distributions Information
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ProceraPlus Creating Project – Source Has Been
Defined
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ProceraPlus Creating Project – Types of Source
(Mains and Stand-by)
Mains (N) & Stand-by

(S) source have been
defined
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Next step:
Adding next subboards
Besides choosing standard

parameters it must be specified if
the load ( board) will be fed from
Stand- By Supply.
Since Stand by Supply usually

has much less SC current – The
crtiterion that Imag< ISC_min must
checked as well.
The max setting of Imag is given.
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NS on crossing indicates that

subboard is fed from Mains or
Stand By
N- fed only from Mains
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Results for Board which can be

suplied from NS.
Since SC currents are smaller in
case when fed from Stand By –
the minimum Isc which can
appear is 4260A.
The value assumes the tolerance

3550 *1,2=4260
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When board is fed only from

Mains ( there is not possible
situation to be fed from Stand
by only) the magnetic settings
can be much higher.
For the same board and cable in

this case the max Imag could be
equal even 14272A
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ProceraPlus Project Adding– Link Switches and
Breakers
Enter board tab- choose

Breaker or switch
Press Calculate to get

device
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Breakers
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Breakers
Link switches,
Breakers are added
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ProceraPlus Project Adding– New Circuits
how to
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Five ways of adding
Circuit
3 4 “3” adding number

Of circuits
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5- Right mouse button click
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ProceraPlus Project Adding– Different types of circuits,
loads
Different types of circuits can be

added
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ProceraPlus Project Adding New Circuits– Different
types of circuits, loads
•Board was added.

•It is still in red
because it has not
been calculated yet
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ProceraPlus Project Adding New Circuits - values which
must be specified
Must be specified when added
•Type of breaker protecting circuit

•Cable parameters
•Coefficients
•Consumption (Load)
and “Calculate”
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ProceraPlus Project Adding New Circuits - selection of
breakers protection circuit
When “calculate” pressed

breakers are proposed.
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ProceraPlus Project New Circuit is Added
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– Is the result OK?
Results
The circuit is “ green”- OK
But:
In result window there is
written:
Discrimination – I<8.33kA
Is the result OK for you?
If NOT “up” or “down” stream

breaker must be changed.
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Project total discrimination
To choose breakers
assuring total
discrimination/
selectivity
press button as on
drawing or F12
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Changing upper and lower

breakers type change the
achieved discrimination
results.
Thus the upper breaker

should be changed to for
instance K frame SMR1e.
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After changing the

upper stream breaker
The lower part of

diagram is in red- it
must be recalculated
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The total
discrimination is
assured
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ProceraPlus Project - building up project
In the same way

adding next circuits
the project is designed
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ProceraPlus Project – back up protection
For given example

despite the fact that the
I3max on DB2 is 34kA,
the end load circuits are
protected with cost
effective 25kA MCCBs.
This effect is achieved
DB2- 34kA thanks to backup
protection.
protection
FD 25kA
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ProceraPlus Project finished – generating report
To generate a complete
report ( printout)
choose Folder
All. Otherwise results
can be got 1 by one
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Folios List
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Supply sheet
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Network single line
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Protection settings
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Circuit specification
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GE Consumer & Industrial

The new HD384 and R064-03 standards require that the

ProceraPlus is a software to help the commercial and

• Assistance for the best choice of protective device in the GE Catalogue

• Up to date catalogues through a yearly maintenance contract

• Windows based software package

• Multi standard, multi lingual

ProceraPlus is a software to design & calculate

• Cross section of conductors

• Draw single line diagram

Protections Study of Power balance

From transformer to end-user circuits

Single line diagram

Easy data entry on a single line network diagram

Select the circuit style

Select the distribution Board

Editing of Selection Delete Go Go to Automatic

Editing of Select board Select active Insert Selection

Starting Procera Plus

To start a project press “New”…

There are three possible

a) from a file giving sources

b) from Ukr, short circuit voltage

a) from a file giving sources

b) steady state and transient

Standarised power of the source

In ProceraPlus, all sources

•Earthing system: TN, TT, IT

•ANZ mainly use TNC-S system

To check installation method

Since the AS/ANZ standards

•If the cables are laid in ground-

Note the program has small error

U1000R2V equivalent of XLPE

Getting first results

Loop impedances upstream MSB and

•Ref mark Board Downstream Ref mark –Editable

•Breaking device Board breaking device (generally a

•File Protection manufactuers file.

•In the Source Window by clicking on the Downstream Board

•Double-clicking board on diagram

• Going to Pull down menu- Distributions Information

Mains (N) & Stand-by

Besides choosing standard

Since Stand by Supply usually

NS on crossing indicates that

Results for Board which can be

The value assumes the tolerance

When board is fed only from

For the same board and cable in

Enter board tab- choose

Press Calculate to get

3 4 “3” adding number

5- Right mouse button click

Different types of circuits can be

•Board was added.

Must be specified when added

•Type of breaker protecting circuit

When “calculate” pressed

Is the result OK for you?

If NOT “up” or “down” stream

Changing upper and lower