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CALCULATION SHOWING THE CONTINOUS CURRENT CARRYING CAPACITY OF 2Rx100X10MM

ALUMINIUM BUSBAR AND SAFETY FACTOR FOR 1200A

Busbar size:
2Rx100x10mm

REFERENCE STANDARD: DIN 43670

Continuous Current Carrying Capacity Of Alumin ium Conductor Upto 60Hz Ac At Ambient
Temperature Of 35 ᵅC And The Final Temperature Of 65ᵅC (As Given In Table)- I Table -Amps -2390

OUR DESIGN PARAMETERS:

Ambient Temperature - 45 ᵅC
Final Temperature - 85 ᵅC
Altitude - Not Exceeding 1000 Meters Above Sea level
Electric Conductivity - 32.77m/ Ω mm2
CORRECTION FACTORS:

K1- Correction Factor For Load Capacity Variation Relating To Conductivity

K2- Correction Factor For Other Air And/Or Busbar Temperature

K3-Correcton Factor For Thermal Load Capacity Variations Due To Difference In Layout.

K4- Correction Factor For The Electrical Load Capacity Variation (With Alternating Current) Due To
Differences In Layout

K5- Correction Factor For Influence Specific To Location.

Icont = Itable x K1 x K2 x K3 x K4 x K5

DETERMINATION OF CORRECTION FACTORS

K1- As extracted from the nomogram for electrical conductivity of 32.77m m/ Ω mm2
= 0.96

K2- As extracted from the graph for ambient temperature of 45 ᵅC and the final temperature of 85 ᵅC
=1.15

K3- As extracted from the table for one busbar of width 100mm and thickness of 10mm bar
=0.85

K4- As extracted from the table for one busbar of width 100mm and thickness of 10mm bar (30*100/
(106)2
=0.875

K5- As extracted from the table for altitude upto 1000 m for Indoor application = 1.00

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= I TABLE X K1 X K2 X K3 X K4 X K5
= 2390X 0.96 X 1.15X 0.85 X 0.875X 1.0 = 1839A

(I1/I2) 1.7= (T1/T2) (Bus conductor design and application in Aluminium association)

= (1200/1839)1.7 *40

=19.3 = 20ᵅC

we are using 2Rx100x10 aluminium bars for a continuous current rating of 1200A as against its capacity
of 1839A , which provides safety factor of 1.5

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