Prepared by;

name

Vikram rajpurohit

en.number
140500116033

Taxak mistery

140500116016

Pranay Patel

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Parth patel

140500116025

Paras patel

140500116024

Akshay rana

140500116034

INTRODUCTION
From 19th century use of electricity was started.
Electricity is usefull in domestic & industrial purpose.
Proper precautions should be taken for the safety and
protection of electricity otherwise it may even lead to
death.

Elements of electrical engineering

Circuit protection devices

Fuses
MCB
ELCB

RELAY

FuseS
Fuse Is simplest device,which brakes the circuit
under abnormal condition

It is used for overload/short circuit protection

in medium voltage (up to 33kV) and low voltage
(up to 400V) installations.

CONSTRUCTION OF FUSE
The main components of a standard fuse unit
consist of the following items:

I.
II.
III.
IV.

Metal fuse element

Set of contacts
Support body
Connection

Fuses
Glass Cartridge

Mini fuse
Auto fuse

Maxi fuse

ADVANTAGES OF FUSES
Speed of operation is very high
Maintenance cost is practically zero
They are capable of clearing high as well as low faults
current

they provide reliable operation

DISADVANTAGES
Head produced by the arc may affect the
associated switches

They have to be replaced after each operation

MCB
Miniature circuit breaker and moulded case circuit have a
feature of a good h.r.c. fuse and a good switch.
These can be used for switching purpose under normal
operating condition and circuit breaker under
overloading.

MCB
All other metal parts are made up of nonferrous ,non-rusting
type materials.
These are used in low voltage domestic, commercials and
industrial application.

DIMENSION OF MCB
width

symmetrical
rail

external
part
depth

Earth leakage circuit breaker

(elcb)
the metal housing of the induction of the induction
motor is always connected to earth.
if the user standing on earth touches the live point,
the protection against such current is essential and it is
provide by device called (elcb)
operation under the fault condition

Earth leakage circuit breaker

(elcb)
when the fault occurs , the leakage current start flowing
through conductor as
Explained earlier.
So there will be non zero flux set
up in current transformer core.

specification
miniature circuit breaker are available following
Current ratting : 5,10,15,20,30,40 amp
Voltage rating :a.c. voltage rating 240v/415

d.c. voltage ratting 50v/110

Rupturing capacity : 3ka at 50v

Relays
Relays use an electromagnet to operate a switching mechanism
mechanically , but other operating principles are also used.

Relays are used where it is necessary to control a circuit by low

power signal or where several circuits must be controlled by 1
signal.

Relays
A type of relay that can handle the high power required to
directly control an electric motor or other loads is called a
contactor.

Solid state relays control power circuits with no moving parts

instead using a semiconductor device to perform switching .

CONCLUSION
I have collected some information from my study material and some from
internet.

I have studied about all aspect of FUSES, MCB, ELCB And RELAY
And prepared this document as per my best knowledge.
GUIDED BY; Prof. Mustakim Haveliwala