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  1. bacon4life

    Transmission ground distance relaying with distribution underbuild

    Prefault current of 17 amps might be a branch/tree sitting on the line for a short duration before the fault evolves to low impedance. Can you post the waveform recording? When the fault magnitude varies throughout the fault it is unclear to me which instant the relay uses to calculate the...
  2. bacon4life

    Underground Substation Shield Wire

    I have seen shield wires on incoming lines are intentionally isolated from the substation ground grid with a 15 kV class insulator. I too am curious about all your questions.
  3. bacon4life

    Transmission ground distance relaying with distribution underbuild

    As I experimented with various configurations, it seemed like X0 and R0 sometimes go in opposite directions for a change in circuit configuration. I don't recall seeing anything change by a factor of 6.5 though. Perhaps there could be current flows on the distribution circuit cased by the...
  4. bacon4life

    MCB with PT

    I am not sure what you mean by RYB indicator, but please consider what will happen if there is a short circuit between PT and the RYB indicator or fault inside the RYB indicator. I do not recall ever seeing the secondary of a PT directly connected to an instrument with a fuse or breaker as the...
  5. bacon4life

    Transmission ground distance relaying with distribution underbuild

    Historically I ignored it based on advice that ground fault relays were typically less accurate than phase relays. For a recent fault I analyzed, the distance shown by the ground relay element was much shorter than the actual fault location. Once I recalculated the line impedance to include...
  6. bacon4life

    power factor issue

    There are many ways for utilities to implement power factor penalties. Can you share exactly which utility you receive power from? In my region, small loads like this would not be subject to power factor penalties.
  7. bacon4life

    What is positive to negative sequence coupling and negative to positive sequence coupling ?

    Hopefully the OP can clarify their question. Casey-Even when I have perfectly balanced loads, I still end up with voltage unbalance at the end of the feeder. I have some balanced circuits where the lack of distribution transposition causes at least a few percent voltage imbalance at the end of...
  8. bacon4life

    Arc detection relay Vs UFES (Ultra fast earthing switch)

    I had assumed the IEEE standards for arc resistant gear covers the whole package we buy from the switchgear vendor to attach a 115 kV/15 kV transformer to the outgoing 15 kV cables. Even if testing standard doesn't quite cover the cable terminations, I assume a vendor could at least employ...
  9. bacon4life

    Arc detection relay Vs UFES (Ultra fast earthing switch)

    Safer dissipation of arc products is unrelated to the IP rating. Here are some videos showing normal versus arc resistant design: Arc flash that blows the door open directly at the operator: https://videos.eaton.com/detail/video/6256039547001/arc-flash-explosion?autoStart=true&q=arc%20flash%20...
  10. bacon4life

    Analysis for determining location of arrestors on overhead distribution lines

    I have see some papers analyzing representative configurations as the basis for localized utility practices. The appropriate amount of surge arrestors is highly dependent upon the frequency of lighting in the area. Running an EMTP analysis at every pole to determine if it should have an...
  11. bacon4life

    Clarification on Backfill Materials Used in 33kV Cable Trench Design

    I am confused why they have FTB below the power cables and CBS surrounding/above the cables. I haven't ever used CBS, but I thought FTB had better thermal properties. It is not obvious to me why you need 250 mm of non-native material below the cables. I can see a possible need for a much...
  12. bacon4life

    Arc detection relay Vs UFES (Ultra fast earthing switch)

    The earthing switch does not clear the fault. It instead turns an arcing fault into a solidly grounded fault, while still relying on the upstream breaker to clear. Before adding a device that intentionally creates a bolted fault, I would want to be sure it provides very clear benefits over an...
  13. bacon4life

    GIS Circulating Shell and Grounding Current

    Are all three phases in same enclosure? I had assumed that for GIS with a separate pipe for each phase that induced currents could be nearly equal to the phase currents. Similar to an isophase bus duct.
  14. bacon4life

    Tolerance for rated short time withstand current in MV switchgears

    I should have have said custom rating rather than custom nameplate. The device was a voltage regulator, so the nameplate doesn't actually include the short circuit rating. The IEEE standard calls for regulators to withstand 25x load current for 2.0 seconds, and the vendor was able to...
  15. bacon4life

    Extra Loop for MV Cables

    Yes, a loop in each vault is typical practice in my region.
  16. bacon4life

    Tolerance for rated short time withstand current in MV switchgears

    Depending on exactly how the manufacturer did their testing, they might be able to provide a customized rating. Often equipment falls between two preferred rating categories. On a recent project a manufacturer was able to provide a nameplate showing a rating about 5% higher than the preferred...
  17. bacon4life

    Testing of Medium-Voltage Circuit Breakers

    Test labs have a variety of tricks. Some tests involve switching be one source that can produce high voltages at low currents to a source that produces high currents at low voltages. Other tricks involve various capacitor bank energy storage techniques. Often the procedure is not intending to...
  18. bacon4life

    ACSR to ACCC without considering ACSS

    Is there an ACSS conductor that meets the power transfer, maximum sag, and strength limitations of existing poles? It seems strange to have zero consideration of ACSS. However, I can imagine a situation where ACSS can be ruled out very early in the process. Does the owner already have both...
  19. bacon4life

    Help calculating voltage drop through storm water

    There would be a whole lot of assumptions to come up with any kind of estimate. Given how rare and chaotic a flood event is, I would doubt anyone could have certainty over any specific outcome. Regardless of the utility transformer choice, there is the possibility that household or streetlight...
  20. bacon4life

    Max amount of Breakers on 34.5kv bus with no Main Circuit Breaker

    ABB offers up to 4000A at up to 46 kV in the VD4 lineup. At some point dual winding transformers start to make sense to reduce current levels.

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