IEC medium-voltage circuit-breaker interrupting ratings - unstated short-circuit considerations

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 884-892

  Cossé, Roy E ^a   Hazel, Terence G ^a   Thomasset, Georges ^b  

^a SGT INC   (United States)

^b SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; STANDARDS;

INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION STANDARD; INTERRUPTING CAPACITY;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 0033691757     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.845066     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. W. M. C. Van den Heuvel, A. L. J. Janssen, and G. C. Damstra, "Interruption of short-circuit currents in MV networks with extremely long time constants," Proc. Inst. Elect. Eng., pt. C, vol. 136, no. 2, pp. 115-119, Mar. 1989.
2. W. F. J. Kersten and W. M. C. Van den Heuvel, "Worst case studies of short-circuit making-currents," Proc. Inst. Elect. Eng., pt. C, vol. 138, no. 2, pp. 129-134, Mar. 1991.
3. High-voltage alternating-current circuit-breakers, IEC 56, 1987.
4. Short-circuit current calculation in three-phase a.c. systems, IEC 909, 1989.
5. Part 1: Factors for the calculation of short-circuit currents in three-phase a.c. systems according to IEC 909, IEC 909-1, 1991-10.
6. Electrical equipment - Data for short-circuit current calculations in accordance with IEC 909, IEC 909-2, 1992-08.