Digital control unit for general application

for air circuit breakers

up to 6300A
typical specifications

1. Overcurrent Protection

General
■ The ACB control unit shall be interchangeable on site for adaptation to changes in the installation.
■ Sensors shall be non-magnetic or of the Rogosky type for accurate current measurements up to Ics value
■ The ACB control unit shall measure the true rms value of the current.
■ The ACB control unit shall comprise a thermal memory to store temperature-rise data in the event of repeated
overloads or earth faults.

Protection
■ The ACB control unit shall offer the following protection functions as standard:
o Long-time (LT) protection with an adjustable current setting and time delay;
o Short-time (ST) protection with an adjustable pick-up and time delay;
o Instantaneous (INST) protection with an adjustable pick-up and an OFF position.

■ Current and time-delay settings shall be indicated in amperes and seconds respectively on a digital display.
■ Earth-fault protection with an adjustable pick-up and time delay shall be provided if indicated on the appended
single-line diagram.

Measurements
■ An ammeter with a digital display shall indicate the true rms values of the currents for each phase.
■ A LED bargraph shall simultaneously display the load level on the three phases.
■ A maximeter shall store in memory and display the maximum current value observed since the last reset. The
data shall continue to be stored and displayed even after opening of the circuit breaker.

Maintenance
 The last ten trips and alarms shall be stored in two registers that may be consulted locally (date and time,
type of fault or alarm).
 Maintenance indicators shall be displayable on request on the front panel:
o Contact wear
o Operations counter.

Communication option
■ On option Air circuit breakesr shall be capable of communicating the following data via a bus:
o Circuit-breaker status (open/closed, connected/disconnected/test, tripped on a fault, ready to close);
o Control-unit settings;
o Tripping causes;
o The measurements processed by the control unit: current, voltage, frequency, power, power quality.
■ It shall be possible to remotely control the circuit breaker.
■ It shall be possible to remotely modify circuit-breaker settings:
o Settings within the range defined by the switches on the front panel of the control unit;
o Settings of the protection functions and the alarms.
■ Communications functions shall be independent of the control unit.

Rev.09/03 3/5
 Digital control unit for general application
for air circuit breakers with Energy and Power Measurments
up to 6300A

typical specifications

1.1. Overcurrent Protection

General
■ The ACB control unit shall be interchangeable on site for adaptation to changes in the installation.
■ Sensors shall be non-magnetic or of the Rogosky type for accurate current measurements up to Ics value
■ The ACB control unit shall measure the true rms value of the current.
■ The ACB control unit shall comprise a thermal memory to store temperature-rise data in the event of repeated
overloads or earth faults.

Protection
■ The ACB control unit shall offer the following protection functions as standard:
o Long-time (LT) protection with an adjustable current setting and time delay;
o Short-time (ST) protection with an adjustable pick-up and time delay;
o Instantaneous (INST) protection with an adjustable pick-up and an OFF position.

■ Current and time-delay settings shall be indicated in amperes and seconds respectively on a digital display.

■ Earth-fault protection with an adjustable pick-up and time delay shall be provided if indicated on the appended
single-line diagram.

Additional protection functions

■ The ACB control unit shall offer the protection functions listed below.

Threshold Time delay

Minimum voltage 100 V to U max pickup treshold 1.2 to 5s
Maximum voltage U min pickup threshold to 1200 V 1.2 to 5s
Voltage unbalance 2 to 30% Umean 1 to 40 s
Minimum frequency 45hz to Fmax pickup threshold 1.2 to 5 s
Maximum frequency Fmin pickup threshold to 440 Hz 1.2 to 5 s
Current unbalance 5 to 60% Imean 1 to 40 s
Maximum current 0.2 In to In 15 to 1500 s
Phase rotation Φ 1/2/3 0.3 s
Reverse power 5 to 500 Kw 0.2 to 20 s

Maintenance
 The last ten trips and alarms shall be stored in two registers that may be consulted locally (date and time,
type of fault or alarm).
 Maintenance indicators shall be displayable on request on the front panel:
o Contact wear
o Operations counter.

Communication option
■ On option Air circuit breakesr shall be capable of communicating the following data via a bus:
o Circuit-breaker status (open/closed, connected/disconnected/test, tripped on a fault, ready to close);
o Control-unit settings;
o Tripping causes;
o The measurements processed by the control unit: current, voltage, frequency, power, power quality.
■ It shall be possible to remotely control the circuit breaker.
■ It shall be possible to remotely modify circuit-breaker settings:
o Settings within the range defined by the switches on the front panel of the control unit;
o Settings of the protection functions and the alarms.
■ Communications functions shall be independent of the control unit.

Rev.09/03
4/5
 Digital control unit for general application
for air circuit breakers with Energy and Power Measurments
up to 6300A

typical specifications

2. Measurements
■ An ammeter with a digital display shall indicate the true rms values of the currents for each phase.
■ A LED bargraph shall simultaneously display the load level on the three phases.
■ A maximeter shall store in memory and display the maximum current value observed since the last reset. The
data shall continue to be stored and displayed even after opening of the circuit breaker.

Power measurements
■ The ACB control unit shall measure voltages and calculate power and energy values.
■ These values shall be displayable on the screen and updated every second. The minimum and maximum
values shall be stored in memory.
Accuracy
Energy (kWh) 2%
Real power (kW) 2%
Apparent power (kVA) 2%
Demand power (kWh) 2%

Measurement of power quality

■ The control unit shall offer functions allowing the analysis of the quality of AC distribution system power,
including:
o Measurement of the amplitude and phase of current and voltage harmonics up to the 31st order;
o Measurement of the fundamental components of the voltage, current, active power, reactive power and apparent
power;
o Measurement of total current and voltage harmonic distortion.

Maintenance
 The last ten trips and alarms shall be stored in two registers that may be consulted locally (date and time,
type of fault or alarm).
 Maintenance indicators shall be displayable on request on the front panel:
o Contact wear
o Operations counter

Communication option
■ On option Air circuit breakesr shall be capable of communicating the following data via a bus:
o Circuit-breaker status (open/closed, connected/disconnected/test, tripped on a fault, ready to close);
o Control-unit settings;
o Tripping causes;
o The measurements processed by the control unit: current, voltage, frequency, power, power quality.
■ It shall be possible to remotely control the circuit breaker.
■ It shall be possible to remotely modify circuit-breaker settings:
o Settings within the range defined by the switches on the front panel of the control unit;
o Settings of the protection functions and the alarms.
■ Communications functions shall be independent of the control unit.

Rev.09/03
5/5
Rev.09/03
2/2