Presented by Ragni kumari Roll no 10/FET/EE(S)/2010

Introduction Need for testing Testing of circuit breaker Digital testing Advantage & Disadvantage Application C conclusion

What is circuit breaker Circuit breaker is a mechanical switching device which capable of making, carrying and breaking current under normal & abnormal condition Circuit breaker can make and break manually or Automatically It break no load, full load and short circuit condition It also break a specified time

In close position they are good conductor In open position they are excellent insulator

They can close a shorted circuit quickly and safely without unacceptable contact erosion
They can interrupt a rated short-circuit current or lower current quickly without generating an abnormal voltage

Circuit breaker is a mechanical device which are subject to deterioration due to wear, corrosion and environmental contamination.

When

an overload or a short circuit occurs in the home or industry, the usual result is a blown fuse or a tripped circuit breaker.

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Routine tests
Types test

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This project started with the following parties : KEMA high power laboratories The Netherlands. Delft University of technology, The Netherlands. Siemens AG, Germany RWE Energy ,Germany

Digital

offers a wide range of new possibilities for users, manufactures, standardizing bodies and test laboratories for fine tuning circuit breaker abilities in relation with standard and real power systems
It

is a software.

This system consists a number of battery powered, single channel 40MHz 12bit AD converters each storing data temporarily in on board local RAM (256k each samples )
After

the remote RAM is filled, data is transmitted serially through optical fibres to the processing unit in the command centre

The arc voltage is measured with standard broad band RCR type voltage dividers. Current is measured with a special Rogowski coil. After the remote RAM is filled, data is

Evaluation of the relevance of future standards for different circuit breaker technologies and extinguishing media Estimation of circuit breakers interrupting limit Reduction of full scale testing in high-power laboratories Expansion of services for high-power laboratories It provides ease testing

This circuit breaker testing is costlier compare than other circuit breaker This circuit breaker is time consuming It is a touch process This circuit breaker result is more accurate

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play important role in laboratories test

It

play very important role in transmission and distribution system

finger

prints are obtained from real tests can be estimated in other circuits also

Digital testing gives precise information about the breaker, as obtained from laboratory tests. This is useful for the development of future standards. Powerful possibilities with digital testing are created when arc model and data analysis is coupled with a circuit analysis package. The performance of a circuit breaker whose finger prints are obtained from real tests can be estimated in other circuits also