DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHTS OF "ALL-FILM" MV CAPACITORS

MEDIUM VOLTAGE RANGE

Connection Ø = M 12
220 Power Dimensions, for information purposes
STANDARD MM Weight
kVAr KG
Hc A D
Insulated terminals
Hb 50 190 40 135 17
75 250 100 135 21
Fixing lugs
100 280 130 135 23
125 350 200 135 27
150 370 220 135 30
Hc
175 450 300 135 33
A
200 460 310 135 35
250 460 310 135 42
300 510 360 175 46
350 590 440 175 53
D
400 650 400 175 60
450 730 480 175 65

Oblong holes 11x15 500 790 540 175 70

345 550 880 630 175 76
397 600 950 700 175 82
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confirmed by our technical departments.

Connection Ø = M 12
123 123
(B)NDOORTYPEMM Hb Outdoor type Um rms
MM kV
75 235 2.4
Insulated terminals
Hb
160 235 3.6

Fixing lugs 160 235 7.2

160 235 12

235 235 17.5

Hc 265 265 24
A Note: The Um rms voltage to be taken into account is the voltage of the mains supply to
which the capacitor is to be connected, and not the nominal voltage of the unit (applies in
particular to single phase capacitors wired in star or double star configurations).

Oblong holes 11x15

345

397

430

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 Medium voltage capacitor banks

TYPES OF CAPACITOR BANKS

MEDIUM VOLTAGE RANGE

A capacitor bank is generally made up of several

individual single phase or three-phase capacitors,
assembled together and interconnected to create high
power assemblies called "capacitor banks".

LEGRAND designs and manufactures various different

types of capacitor banks, defined by:

™ The total reactive power to be installed

™ The nominal supply voltage

™ The electrical requirements:

- Presence of harmonics
- Automatic capacitor banks with power factor
controller

™ Installation
- Indoor (in an electrical room)
- Outdoor (in an electrical substation)

™ Operator safety
- IP 00 open rack
- IP 21 - IK 05 cubicle (indoor installation)
- IP 23 - IK 05 cubicle (outdoor installation)

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 WIRING CAPACITOR BANKS

MEDIUM VOLTAGE RANGE

Wiring MV capacitor banks
The "all-film" MV capacitor is generally a single phase unit (or three-phase for max. voltages of 12 kV).
There are several wiring or connection methods for combining individual capacitors to create high power capacitor
banks.

L1 L2 L3

HRC fuse
™ Delta wiring
This type of wiring is used for low power capacitor
banks and those with a nominal voltage of less than
12 kV.
These capacitor banks are mainly intended for direct
Three-phase capacitor compensation at the terminals of MV motors.
The capacitor(s) are generally three-phase.

L1 L2 L3

™ Double star wiring

The type of wiring is suitable for capacitor banks of
all powers and voltages (in this case single phase
capacitors are subject to phase-to-neutral voltage).
An unbalance protection device (transformer and
current relay) continuously monitors the unbalance,
between two neutral points, and if there is an internal
Single phas e Unbalance C T
capacitor fault in a capacitor it triggers the opening of the bank's
operating device.
L1

Single phase capacitor

™ H wiring
This type of wiring is intended for high power single
Unbalance CT
phase MV capacitor banks and three-phase MV
capacitor banks. For three-phase capacitor banks, the
unbalance is monitored on each phase.
This unbalance monitoring system applies to both star
and delta capacitor banks.
L2

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