Selectivity analysis in low voltage power distribution systems with fuses and circuit breakers

Conference Record - Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Valdes, Marcelo ^a   Cline, Cindy ^b   Hansen, Steve ^b   Papallo, Tom ^a  

^a GE Consumer and Industrial   (Canada)

^b Ferraz Shawmut ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Circuit breakers; Current limiting; Low voltage fuses; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT BREAKER; CURRENT LIMITING; LOW VOLTAGES; LOW-VOLTAGE; NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE; OVER CURRENT; POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERS; SELECTIVITY TABLE; TIME-CURRENT CURVES;

CAPACITANCE; CIRCUIT BREAKING ARCS; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC CODES; ELECTRIC LOAD DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC WIRING; INDUSTRY; STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953773984     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPS.2009.5463937     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. Marcelo Valdes, Tim Richter, Mike Tobin & John Hill, "Enhanced Selectivity and protection Via Modern Current-Limiting Circuit Breakers", IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Conference Record, May 2005.
2. Draft IEC/TR 61912-2, Ed.1.0: Low-voltage switchgear and control gear - Overcurrent protective devices - Selectivity under overcurrent conditions, International Electrotechnical Commission, March 23, 2007.
3. Marcelo Valdes, Andrew Crabtree & Tom Papallo, "Method for Determining Selective Capability of Current-Limiting overcurrent Devices Using Peak-Let-Through Current, What traditional time current curves will not tell you", IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Conference Record, May 2009.
4. Ed Larsen, "A New Approach to Low-Voltage Circuit Breaker short-circuit selective coordination", IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Conference Record, May 2008.