CASE STUDIES ON D.

C LEAKAGE IN A BATTERY CELL SYSTEM

Introduction :Every battery system in Grid Sub-Station usually contains 110 cells of approx. 2 volt magnitude and total voltage of 220 V. So such system is called 220 Volt battery systems. To know the healthy ness of the battery voltage (total value) the terminals (load) of + Ve and Ve points are to be checked w.r.t an earth system. During this checking the following points are to be marked. 1. 2. Ensure about the Earth connection in the system i.e. connection of Earthing to the mid cell (55th) point or Availability of lamp circuit with mid terminal earth. Note; - If any one of the above is not available, then healthy ness of the battery set can not be checked. For such condition, voltmeter connected between +ve terminal to earth or ve terminal to earth will not read any voltage. The theoretical analysis is described in the Theory A.

THEORY A + VeA 1ST 55TH

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-Ve B For this condition, circuit is not closed, because earth terminal acts as a floating point. So the voltmeter does not read any value for either terminals w.r.t. earth

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HEALTHY SYSTEM WITH EARTH FACILITY For this condition, with 55th cell being connected to earth causes reading of the voltmeter due to the closed path in the system. For healthy condition, voltmeter reading (+ve to Earth) and (-ve to Earth) becomes 110 volt.

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