TutorialMotorControlCenters(MCCs)

ThistutorialprovidesabriefdescriptionofEasyPowermotorcontrolcenters(MCCs).

CreatinganMCC
1.OpenanewonelinebyclickingFile>New>NewOneline.
Tip:IfyouareviewingtheStartPage,youcanclickNewtoopenablankoneline.
2.Click

Maximizeontheonelinewindow,ifneeded,toillthesessionwindowwiththeoneline.

3.IntheEquipmentPalette,select
placetheMCC.

MCC.ThepointerchangestoanMCCsymbol.Clickanywhereontheonelineto

Figure1:OnelineViewofanMCC
Dependingonyoursettings,youmayneedtoclick
pointer.

MCCagainorclickthe

Selectarrowtoreturntothe

EnteringMCCData
1.DoubleclickontheMCCyoujustaddedtotheoneline.
IntheMCCDatadialogbox,notethatthereareseveraltabs.TheSpeciicationstabcontainsentryieldsforMCC
information.Mostofthesearenotrequiredforanalysiscalculations.Forthistutorial,assumethatunitsaresettoUS,
notMetric.
2.IntheConnectionInformationarea,notetheredexclamationmarknexttotheBasekVbox,indicatingitis
required.Type0.48intothebox.
3.ClicktheDescriptiontab.IntheMCCSpreadsheetCreationWizarddialogbox,select2asthenumberofrowsyou
wanttocreate,andthenclickOK.

Note:YoucanresizetheMCCDatadialogboxbydraggingitsedges.Youcanalsomaximizethedialogboxon
yourscreenbyclickingthe

Maximizebutton.

Figure2:MCCDataDialogBox
3.EnterdataintheMCCspreadsheetjustlikeyouwouldinaspreadsheetsuchasExcel.Thedataisvalidatedasyou
enterit.
TheMCCspreadsheettoolbarincludesadditionaloptionswhenyouviewtheDescriptiontab(seebelow).Youmust
clicksomewhereinthespreadsheettomakethetoolbarbuttonsavailable.

Figure3:TheMCCSpreadsheetToolbar
Thespreadsheethasitsownscrollbarstouseformovingaround.Youcanalsousethetabsatthebottomofthe
spreadsheet(shownbelow)tomovetodifferentsectionsofthespreadsheet.

Figure4:MCCSpreadsheetSections
Cellsthathaveinadequatedataforanalysispurposesarehighlightedinred.NoticethattheMotorHPcellsarered.
EachMCCmotormusthaveamotorhorsepowerfortheMCCtobevalidatedforanalysisstudy.
5.UnderMotorSpeciications,maketheirstmotora75Hpmotorbyentering75intotheirstrowoftheMotorHp
column.Thenclickonadifferentcellsothechangeisstored.
TheMotorHpcellisnolongerred,indicatingitnowhasvaliddataentered.Also,theMotorkWandMotorkVAR
ieldsareautomaticallycalculatedbasedontheMotorHp,MotorPF(powerfactor),andMotorEffcolumns.The
motorkWandkVARcellscannotbemanuallyedited.
Allcellsthatcanbecalculatedareindicatedbyboldcolumnheadings.NoticeintheimagebelowthattheMotorX/R
columnheaderisbold.

Figure5:CalculableCellsWithBoldHeaders
6.ClickintheirstMotorX/Rcellandclick
displaysit.

Calculateinthetoolbar.TheprogramcalculatestheX/Rvalueand

Note:YoumusthaveaMotorHpenteredforanX/Rtobecalculated.
YoucanalsomanuallyentertheMotorX/Rifyoudonotwanttohavethenumbercalculatedforyou.
7.UnderDescription,intheLoadTypecolumn,selectLoad.Clickadifferentcellinthespreadsheetsothechangeis
saved.

Figure6:LoadTypeSelection
NoticetheMotorSpeciicationscellsarenolongeravailable.TheStaticLoadcellsarenoweditable.
8.Enter30kWand10kVARintheStaticLoadsectionofthespreadsheet.
SinceMCCanalysiscalculationsdonotrequireProtectiveDevice/StarterorConductordatatobeenteredfor
motorandloadtypes,youdonotneedtodoanythingwiththemnow.
UnderDescription,youwillnoticeaLibraryLoadcolumn.ThisisforadvancedMCCspreadsheetuserswhowantto
entertypicalMCCcircuitsintheirusereditabledevicelibrary.AfterpredeiningalibraryloadinStdlib.mdb(the
devicelibrary),selectingthatlibraryloadintheMCCspreadsheetautomaticallyillsintherestofthecellsforthat
row.

9.SelecttheSummarytaboftheMCCDatadialogbox.GeneralinformationcalculatedfromtheMCCspreadsheetdata
isdisplayedhere.

Figure7:TheMCCSummary
Noticethatthemotorshavebeenseparatedintotwogroups.ANSIstandardsspecifydifferentshortcircuit
impedancemultipliersformotorsoflessthan50Hpandgreaterthan50Hp.Seethe"MotorData"sectionofthe
EasyPowerUserGuideorHelpformoreinformation.EasyPowercombinesallthemotorsoflessthan50Hpand
morethan50HpandmodelsthemastwoseparatemotorsintheShortCircuitfocus.
NotethatthereisanIncludingDownstreamLoadsection.WhenyouclickCalculateDownstreamLoad,
EasyPowerautomaticallytraversesyoursystemtoaddupdownstreamload.
Therearenogeneratorsinthissystemyet,sothedownstreamloadisnotcalculatedinthisexample.Inthetraversing
algorithm,EasyPowerusesgeneratorstodetermineupstreambranchdirection.
10.SelecttheShortCircuittab.
11.ClickCalculate.
ThevaluesintheShortCircuittabarenecessaryfortheshortcircuitimpedancecalculationsofthemotorsinthe
spreadsheet.YoucaneithercalculatetheX/RAvgormanuallyenteranamount.
12.SelectthePowerFlowtab.
TheConnectedkVAisthevectorsumofalltheconnectedmotorandloadKVAs.Youhavetheoptionofusing
Demand,CodeFactors,orDesignkVAvaluesaswell.
13.ClickOKtoclosetheMCCDatadialogbox.

MCCsinAnalysis
IfyouareanadvancedEasyPoweruser,youcanconnecttheMCCtoabusthroughacable,connectthebustoautilityand
haveEasyPowerperformshortcircuit,powerlowcalculationsonthissmallsystem.

Figure8:PowerFlowResultsonanMCC

Conclusion
ThishasbeenabriefoverviewofEasyPowersmotorcontrolcenterequipment.TheEasyPowerHelptopicscoverthisand
otherfeaturesingreaterdepth.ToopenHelp,click

HelpintheupperrightcorneroftheEasyPowerwindoworpressF1.