What Happened

There was a Blast in the RO Booster pump 44

on 10jan2015, at 00:00Hrs.
Checked and found there was a actual blast in
the Booster pump 44, CT cabinet [below the VCB].
 MICOM relay Measurements
During root cause analysis we found there was an
actual high current in all three phases.
After further study, we found high current initiates in
Phase 2 and 3 first then due to unbalancing of
current it increased in Phase 1 also.
 Testing Performed
IR test with 10KV voltage for 1min, individually on motor cable
performed and found average values 5 T.
IR test with 1KV voltage for 1min, individually on VFD-motor cable
performed and found average values 6 G.
IR test with 5KV voltage for 1min, on transformer HV Ground
performed and found average values 5 T.
IR test with 500V voltage for 1min, on transformer LV Ground
performed and found average values 5 T.
IR test with 1kV voltage for 1min, on transformer HV LV performed
and found average values 5 T.
IR test with 10KV voltage for 1min, individually performed on Front
and Back Insulators of all 3 phases and found average values 5 T.
 11kv VCB out

Measurement CT and
then to VCB out

There was a hole in

the cabinet, which is Motor cable
connected with the
cable cell.
Core CT Blast
Core CT
 Abnormality Noted
Core CT blast, due to high primary current.
Second level of Over current occurred in
MICOM relay and trip the VCB, I>> = 2.5In, for
20ms.
Current in the Ground also floated but didnt
trip the breaker, Ie= 1Ie, for 900ms
 What Actually Went Wrong
After root cause analysis, it was confirmed that there was a
actual phase to phase shorting, which tends to increase the
huge amount of current among all the phases.
After further checking we checked and found a dead rat
lying bellow the L1 measurement CT.
It was clear that a Rat was the cause for short circuit
between ph2-ph3.
Due to the unbalancing of current, huge current floated in
the ground which was huge in measurement, as huge as
Core CT also Blast.
Core CT [ratio = 25/1amps] but it sustain up to 250Amps
but after that it blast. In MICOM relay, Ie noted = 455Amps.