Products and Devices

4.4 Low-Voltage Devices

Selectivity and backup protection exemplied for a data center Computer centers place very high demands on the safety of supply. This is particularly true for the consumers attached to the uninterruptible power supply, and ensures a reliable data backup in case of a fault and service interruption. Those solutions providing selectivity and backup protection relying on the previously mentioned SIMARIS design conguration tool should be presented at this point. Fig. 4.4-13 shows a subdistribution system in SIMARIS design. A SENTRON 3WL circuit-breaker as outgoing feeder switch of the main distribution is upstream to the subdistribution system shown here. The following gures show the selectivity diagrams for the considered subdistribution system automatically generated by SIMARIS design (g. 4.4-14). SIMARIS design species the characteristic curve band of the considered circuit (red lines), the envelope curves of all upstream devices (blue line) and all downstream devices (green line). In addition to the specication of the minimum and maximum short-circuit currents, any selectivity limits for the individual circuits are also specied. Fig. 4.4-15 shows the selective grading of the 3WL circuitbreaker from the main distribution system and the group backup fuse (100 A LV HRC fuse) of the subdistribution system. The consumers critical for functional endurance which are installed in a redundant manner in the subdistribution system should not be protected with the same backup fuse but rather be assigned to different groups. The selectivity diagram shows the circuit diagram of a singlephase consumer in the subdistribution system. This circuit diagram is protected with a 10 A miniature circuit-breaker with characteristic B and for a maximum short-circuit current of 5,892 kA selective for the 100 A group backup fuse. The same subdistribution system also contains an example for backup protection. Fig. 4.4-16 shows the selectivity diagram for the combination of the group backup fuse with a 13 A miniature circuit-breaker of the characteristic B. Up to the breaking capacity of the 6 kA miniature circuit-breaker, the two protective devices are selective to each other. Above this value, the current is limited by the fuse and the miniature circuit-breaker protected by a fuse; both devices trip. SIMARIS design automatically generates these characteristic curves to provide exact information about the maximum and minimum short-circuit currents of the associated circuit. Fig. 4.4-16 also shows up to which current (Isel-short-circuit) the protective devices are selective to each other.

Fig. 4.4-14: Selectivity of the group backup fuse to the upstream protective devices

Fig. 4.4-15: Selectivity of the group backup fuse/miniature circuitdiagram combination

Fig. 4.4-16: Backup protection of the group backup fuse/miniature circuit-breaker

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