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    Panel/Switchboard voltage matching

    Yes, if you want to be able to serve 277V loads.
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    Breaker vs Motor Operated Switch for Substation Bus Tie

    My company has had issues with SCADA controlled non-load break motor operated switches in substations being opened under load - switching mistakes, or mapping mistakes in the RTU have lead to catastrophic switch failure. I think I’d go with a breaker if possible.
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    Panel/Switchboard voltage matching

    That all sounds correct. If you need the neutral you’d need 5 conductors for a 3 phase branch/feeder circuit as you need the ground, unless you utilize metallic conduit for a ground conductor.
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    black start using aeroderivative turbine

    As long as you can power up the auxiliaries and the starting motor any type of unit can be blackstarted. We have a 40 year old 75MW heavy frame turbine that’s black start capable, but it takes a 2MW caterpillar genset to get it started. You just need to make sure your power source is large...
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    Phase-earth fault in YNd11 step-up transformer while operating at no load

    To confirm, does the main power feed the wye side of the transformer? Is the main power feed derived from a grounded Y transformer? I ask because it’s more typical in my experience for the source to be grounded, and the loads, such as this transformer, run ungrounded. This prevents the load...
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    Woodward Easygen vs PLC control system

    In 2023 we had a contractor install an Easy Gen and we installed a 700G and a Basler DECS 400 on a 2.5 MW MP45 that powers a microgrid. We are pretty happy with it. We have a site with old Caterpillar controls, it seems very confusing to troubleshoot. Granted, we were heavily involved in the...
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    Adaptive Setting LV Circuit Breakers for IBR Microgrids

    I had to use multiple setting groups in multifunction relays and reclosers in order to make it work. Used communications to switch groups when the generator islanded. I attempted to use some directional elements, but had trouble with them misoperating with low power high var situations.
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    Adaptive Setting LV Circuit Breakers for IBR Microgrids

    The major challenge I had was differentiating load current from fault current when trying to achieve selectivity. With synchronous generators the minimum fault current can be less than load current, and in order to trip for all faults the overcurrent set point had to be less than the maximum...
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    Adaptive Setting LV Circuit Breakers for IBR Microgrids

    How much selectivity do you need in island mode? You could use standard overcurrent elements in grid tied scenarios where there is sufficient fault current, then use time coordinated under voltage relaying during islanded situations. Alternatively, I recently used microprocessor relays to...
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    Inverters for solely Syncing / Sourcing VARS

    Yes, at least one brand is called a Static VAR compensator (STATCOM). S&C made the one my company has, but I don’t think they manufacturer them anymore.
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    L-G Fault Zero Sequence Current in un-faulted phases

    I think the answer is yes, the other two phases technically have I0 current, but you can’t measure it as it’s canceled by the positive and negative sequence currents in the phases without the fault, so the current is zero in the unfaulted phases. The only exception is that you can absolutely...
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    Delta Winding with grounding transformer on utility sub-transmission & distribution

    How old are these installations? I only ask because in my company a very similar situation is present, but it’s due to a change of system grounding philosophy over the last 100 years. The 55kV transmission system, which was the original system transmission voltage, was originally ungrounded...
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    Earthing of neutral on single phase transformer

    Well, if the 230V side has no ground reference then presumably the neutral voltage could be anywhere depending on the leakage impedance to ground. I’ve seen similar issues with ungrounded DC systems - typically they float with positive and negative sides equal between ground unless one side has...
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    VFD(VSD) on sluice gates

    I could see adding VFDs on single phase systems to allow for 3 phase motors would be a good practice. The max torque on a gate would be closed with the full force of water behind it, and single phase motors don’t have great starting torque. I have a feeling a smaller VFD and 3 phase motor would...
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    Short circuit fault condition KA

    1000000/(440*sqrt(3))=1,312.16 If the transformer is a 5% impedance: 1312.16/.05=26,243.2 1000000/(6600*sqrt(3))=87.477 87.477/.05=1,749.54
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