CircuitBreakers

Sr. No. Equipment/testdata Permissiblelimits

DewpointvaluesasperAnnxII -45Deg.CatATM.Pressure 400kV220KV 150MS200MS 25MS35MS

Reference

A) DewpointofSF6gas B) Dewpointofoperatingair C) CBOperatingtimings a)Closingtime(Max.) b)Triptime(Max.) c)Close/triptime,Polediscrepancy PhasetoPhase(Max.) -Breaktobreak(Max.)ofsamephase D) PIRtime BHELmake

3.33MS3.33MS 2.5MS2.5MS

12-16MS

ManufacturersRecommendations

ABBmake NGEFmake M&Gmake TELKmake ABBmake(HVDC) PIRopeningtimepriortoopeningof E) maincontacts(ABB,CGL,NGEFmakeCBs) Pirandmaincontactsoverlaptime F) [BHEL,M&G,ABB(imported)makeCBs] G) Tandeltaofgradingcapacitors H) Capacitanceofgradingcapacitors I) ContactresistanceofCB

8-12MS 8-12MS 8-12MS 8-12MS 8-12MS 5MS(Min.)atratedpressure 6MS(Min.)atratedpressure 0.007at20Deg.C Within+10%/-5%oftheratedvalue 150M.Ohm

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IEC359

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ContactresistanceofCBterminalconnector

10M.Ohmperconnector 1000MOhm(Min.)by 5.0/10.0kVMegger 1000MOhm(Min.)by 5.0/10.0kVMegger 50MOhm(Min.)by0.5kVMegger

NGC,UKrecommendations

K) IRvalue: 1.Phaseearth 2.Acrossopencontacts 3.Controlcables L) Pressureswitchsettings -SF6gaspressureswitches -Operatingairpr.Switches -Operatingoilpr.Switches M) BDVofoilusedforMOCB -Atthetimeoffilling -DuringO&M 40kVat2.5mmGap(Min.) 20kVat2.5mmGap.(Min.) Mfgs.Recommendation Mfgs.Recommendation Within+0.1Barofsetvalue Within+0.1Barofsetvalue Within+0.1Barofsetvalue