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GE Energy Connections Industrial Solutions DET-882 Application and Technical Guide SecoGear Switchgear...
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SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide DET-882 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1. SecoGear Switchgear Concepts and Basic Configurations ..................1 SecoGear Metal-clad Switchgear ....................................... 1 Switchgear Standards ............................................3 Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) ....................................3 Service Conditions ............................................3 Temperature ..............................................
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DET-882 SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide Battery Capacity and Sizing ......................................... 21 Battery Chargers ............................................22 AC Control Power Equipment ........................................23 Application ..............................................23 Selection ................................................23 Guide to Estimating Heat Loss........................................24 SECTION 4. System and Equipment Protection ..........................25 Basic System Protection ..........................................
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Location of Optional Devices ......................................50 Standard Breaker and Auxiliary Configurations ................................52 Standard Tie Breaker and Auxiliary Configurations ..............................53 SECTION 6. Standard SecoGear Construction, Features, and Installation ................55 Documentation ..............................................55 Construction ............................................... 55 Indoor Equipment ............................................55 Hardware................................................
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DET-882 SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide Wiring................................................60 Power Termination Compartment ..................................... 60 Ground Bus ..............................................61 Equipment Heaters ............................................ 61 Finish and Paint ............................................61 Unit Nameplates ............................................61 Accessories ..............................................61 Breaker Test Box ............................................. 61 Breaker Racking Mechanism ......................................
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Figure 6-16: Open/Close Pushbutton Open .................................... 59 Figure 6-17: CT Mounting in Breaker Compartment ................................59 Figure 6-18: Typical Ring-Type CTs Mounted in SecoGear Breaker Cell........................60 Figure 6-19: Typical Indoor Voltage Transformer ................................60 Figure 6-20: Rear View of Two high Compartment Showing Cable Trough ......................60 Figure 6-21: Cable Trough Opening......................................
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Table 2-1: SecoVac VB2+ Vacuum Circuit Breaker Characteristics ..........................11 Table 2-2: SecoVac Breaker Capacitor Switching Capabilities ............................12 Table 2-3: Altitude Correction Factors* for SecoVac VB2+ Circuit Breakers and SecoGear Switchgear ..........13 Table 3-1: SecoVac VB2+ IEEE Circuit Breaker Control Voltages and Currents ....................18 Table 3-2: Contact Ratings for MOC, TOC, and Breaker Auxiliary Switches ......................
A brief illustration of SecoGear switchgear design concepts is provided to assist in • SecoGear allows for intermixing auxiliary and a breaker compartment in the same vertical section understanding. Certain elements in the switchgear application procedure are affected by these fundamental design features.
Figure 1-9 and Figure 1-10. Additional illustrations will be provided to Not all medium-voltage switchgear assemblies assist in the layout of a SecoGear lineup in SECTION 5 qualify for UL listing. “SecoGear Switchgear Applications.”...
SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide DET-882 SecoGear Switchgear Concepts and Basic Configurations Two-High Breaker and Auxiliary Stacking Figure 1-13: Breaker in Compartment A, Bus-connected VTs and CPT Fuse Rollout in Compartment B SecoGear allows stacking of various modules or compartments into a vertical section.
DET-882 SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide SecoGear Switchgear Concepts and Basic Configurations Figure 1-15: Breaker in Compartment A, Line- and Bus- Figure 1-17: Breaker in Compartment B, Bus-connected connected VT Rollouts in Compartment B CPT in Compartment A...
DET-882 SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide SecoGear Switchgear Concepts and Basic Configurations Figure 1-23: Breaker in Compartment A – Cabling Above, Figure 1-25: Bus-connected VTs in Compartment A, Bus Bus Entry in Compartment B – Cabling Below Tie Breaker in Compartment B...
2,400 V through 15,000 V. System Frequency SecoGear Metal-clad switchgear is rated to 60 Hz as a standard with the option to provide a 50 Hz solution as required. When determining the system frequency of any switchgear, remember that the frequency rating should be the same as the nominal frequency of the power system.
(-30 °C relays, such as GE Multilin SR850. In addition to a protective [-22 °F] to 40 °C [104 °F], consult ANSI C37.20.2 for derating relay required for each of the three circuit breakers (both values applicable.
0.95 higher temperature rise and lower dielectric withstand 1500 m [6000 ft] 0.987 0.92 capability. If we intend to use a SecoGear switchgear at 2100 m [7000 ft] 0.985 0.89 high altitudes we need to use the correction factors (listed 1500 m [8000 ft] 0.970...
SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide DET-882 Circuit Breaker Selection Figure 2-2: Lift Truck Any housekeeping pad placed under the switchgear, must be less than 4 in. tall for proper operation of the lift truck. For maximum safety and ease of use, the lift truck will be locked to the switchgear when a device is being handled, either inserted or removed.
CONTROL POWER REQUIREMENTS breakers, maintenance, etc., and the end cost. Control power for SecoGear needs to have enough Breaker Close and Trip Considerations capacity to provide the maximum power required at any operating condition. It is important to have adequate...
For indoor applications where a battery bank can be located close to When initially installing SecoGear, to energize the control the switchgear, a 48 V battery operating level is suitable. power equipment first establish the control power and For more general use, a 125 V battery system is then rack in SecoVac circuit breakers one at a time.
(Table 3-4) Table 3-1. Usually, only one breaker will be closed at a time, but the possibility of simultaneous closing of two or Table 3-4: GE Type HEA Lockout Relay Coil Current more breakers must be examined. This possibility will Characteristics...
DC Control Power Equipment Life expectancy Lower Higher GE does not design, manufacture, or test storage batteries. Battery Capacity and Sizing GE Switchgear Operations, when required, will select and furnish batteries and their charger as specified by the The capacity of a storage battery is usually expressed in...
SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide DET-882 Control Power Equipment Generally, the effect of high temperatures for every 15 °F Table 3-8: Battery Sizing, Example B above 77 °F the lead-acid battery loses 50% of its useful Lead-acid Nickel-cadmium life.
DET-882 SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide Control Power Equipment The charger must be selected with an ampere rating AC CONTROL POWER EQUIPMENT sufficient to satisfy the simultaneous demand of the Control power equipment for SecoGear Switchgear, following three functions: operated through an AC source should be powered from a ·...
SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide DET-882 Control Power Equipment GUIDE TO ESTIMATING HEAT LOSS When operating at nameplate rating, SecoGear Metal-clad switchgear heat losses per section should be estimated by adding the individual components of heat loss as shown in Table 3-10 and then add each item from Table 3-11 as they apply in the switchgear line-up.
SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide DET-882 System and Equipment Protection The GE Multilin website provides an easy reference to various relays and metering options available to you for use in your SecoGear equipment. Figure 4-1: Multilin Website Features – Motor Protection Selection...
(50/51) in each phase operated from a current transformer GE Multilin 350, or 850 digital multi-function relays provide in each phase. This arrangement provides complete phase- complete incoming line or feeder protection and overcurrent protection for the circuit, even when one phase monitoring.
DET-882 SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide System and Equipment Protection Incoming Lines Ground Overcurrent Protection Ground-overcurrent protection is provided by either time- Incoming line ground-over-current relay protection overcurrent or instantaneous overcurrent relays. To consists of either a residually connected relay (51N) or a...
“high Z” capabilities, specifically designed for this instantaneous directional unit is set to operate for faults purpose, such as GE Multilin F60 Feeder Protection Relay. located approximately 80 % to 90 % of the distance from the incoming line to the source.
This type of relaying uses equally rated phase-current Generators transformers of like characteristics in each circuit connected to or from the bus to be protected. GE Multilin All generators should be protected with differential offers three-phase bus-differential relays (87B) with the relaying.
* = This scheme uses same devices as scheme B, but different wiring. Table 4-2: Single Ratio CTs Instrumentation, Current, and Voltage Transformers Standard High Accuracy Basic current or voltage indication in SecoGear switchgear CT Ratio Accuracy Class Class can be via a switchboard type analog meter and transfer...
Reversing device Control and Transfer Switches Unit sequence switch Multifunction device GE Series 95 control and transfer switches are furnished, or Overspeed device as specified. Test blocks and plugs can be furnished to Synchronous-speed device facilitate circuit testing, using portable instruments and Underspeed device meters.
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DET-882 SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide System and Equipment Protection Device Function Device Function DC undervoltage relay Pressure switch Flame detector Ground detector relay Isolating contactor or switch 64REF Restricted earth fault differential Annunciator relay Rotor earth fault...
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SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide DET-882 System and Equipment Protection Device Function High Impedance fault detector Human machine interface Historian Scheme logic Substation metering Phasor data concentrator Phasor measurement unit Power quality monitor Remote input/output device Remote terminal unit/data concentrator...
A bus tie devices and circuit arrangements other than those included requires two compartments in adjacent sections; see in this section. Contact your GE Sales Representative for available arrangements later in this section (Figure 5-5). more information on special configurations.
Amps, Volts, Watts, Vars, PF, and these centers. demand functions (such as GE 850, F650, F35 &, F60, 3 Series, 8 Series, UR family) Protective Scheme Selection • Test Blocks: For circuits that require the provisions for •...
DET-882 SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide SecoGear Switchgear Applications • Remote Control: For circuit breakers controlled from a Control remote location, choose the remote control scheme from • Control Voltage: Available control voltages are 48 Vdc, those listed in Table 4-1. From this table, Scheme C is recommended, since it provides maximum operating 125 Vdc, 250 Vdc, 120 Vac, and 240 Vac.
A transformer primary feeder is similar to a general-purpose relays (87T), or as part of a complete multifunction feeder, except the entire load is one transformer and the transformer protection package, like GE relays 845, T35, or circuit is typically protected with transformer differential T60.
SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide DET-882 SecoGear Switchgear Applications Watts, Vars, PF and demand functions (such as GE 850 & with normally open-tie circuit breaker and AC control, F650). add CPT throwover contactor. • Test Blocks: For circuits that require the provisions for •...
CT. These protective functions are available in a single • Instrumentation and Metering: For circuits requiring the relay package, such as the GE 850, F650 or F60 relays. indication or metering of additional electrical quantities, • DSIL-2: Use this type of incoming line for an impedance...
Each set of bus-differential protection indicating lights. includes three-phase high-speed bus-differential relays (87B) such as GE Multilin B30 or B90, one Type GE Series 95 hand-reset lockout relay (86B), and three current transformers. If the bus-differential relays have been included in the incoming line (SSIL or DSIL) package, then additional relays are not required.
DET-882 SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide SecoGear Switchgear Applications • Automatic Throwover: For systems with a normally open • Test Blocks: For circuits that require the provisions for bus-tie circuit breaker that require automatic throwover, insertion of portable recording meters or other similar add equipment listed under SSIL “Optional Equipment...
For undervoltage protection when using Multilin grounding. Also see IEEE C37.96-2000 IEEE Guide for AC 339, add a separate GE Multilin MIV undervoltage relay. Motor Protection for relaying recommendations. When using Multilin 339, specify the optional MPM module, or add a separate MIV relay as noted above.
DET-882 SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide SecoGear Switchgear Applications • IMF2: Basic equipment for IMF2 is GE Multilin 869 digital and 339 digital motor protection relays offer RTD sensing inputs. motor protection relay, which includes (26/50/83) for locked rotor and short-circuit protection;...
• SMF1: Basic equipment for an SMF-1 (1500 HP and less) • SMF2: Basic equipment for an SMF2 (greater than 1500 includes three-phase running overload, locked rotor, and HP) is a GE Multilin 869 digital motor protection relay, short-circuit protection (49/50); undervoltage protection which includes three-phase running overload, locked with time delay (27, 62) (only one required per lineup);...
If six-CT machine differential relaying (87M) is required, use Control GE Multilin relay 869 and six CTs (three in machine neutral leads and three in metal-clad switchgear). Specify that the • Remote Control: For circuit breakers controlled from a...
SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide DET-882 SecoGear Switchgear Applications The lineup in Figure 5-16 shows VTs and CPTs line connected incoming surge arrestors. Incoming source connections are for each incoming source. Included in this arrangement are shown entering from above.
CONSTRUCTION compartments. Indoor Equipment SecoGear can be accessed through hinged doors in the front and the rear of each vertical section. Two half-height SecoGear Metal-clad switchgear is designed and doors mounted on the front with quarter turn latches, and constructed to meet the requirements of IEEE C37.20.2 for...
SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide DET-882 Standard SecoGear Construction, Features, and Installation An optional racking mechanism (installed in the factory, as Figure 6-4: Breaker Position – Intermediate (Yellow) a part of the SecoVac VB2+ breaker), can use a motor for racking the breaker in and out of the compartment.
Lockable handles are available as an option (Figure 6-8). Figure 6-8: Optional Lockable T Handle Safety Interlocks SecoGear is designed with a number of interlocking systems to help prevent improper operation: • The circuit breaker can be moved from “Test” to “Connect or service”...
Figure 6-13. Figure 6-13: Breaker Racking Padlock Safety Key Lock Provisions SecoGear provides several provisions for installation of key locks for lock-out and tag-out procedures and safety. Front and rear doors are offered with padlock provisions as shown in Figure 6-11 and Figure 6-12.
A maximum of four (4) CTs with standard accuracy class (GE/ITI CT 780 & 781 for 1200/2000A) can be mounted per phase. For the optional high accuracy class CTs (GE/ITI CT 785 & 786) only two (2) can be mounted per phase. See Table 4-2 for typical ring type CT ratios.
Control power transformers can be mounted in a rollout tray up to a maximum of 15 kVA. For applications that require the use of a CPT larger than 15 kVA, SecoGear can accommodate fix-mounted CPTs up to 45 kVA single phase and 45 kVA three phase.
Figure 6-22: Ground Bus Bar Bolt Locations Breaker Racking Mechanism An optional remote racking mechanism installed at the factory as a part of the SecoGear, can use a motor for Equipment Heaters racking the breaker in and out of the compartment. The...
SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide DET-882 Standard SecoGear Construction, Features, and Installation Figure 6-25: Ground and Test Device Figure 6-27: SecoVac Nameplate Identification of Breakers and Equipment GE provides multiple means to identify SecoVac breakers and equipment. Each breaker is provided with a label specifying ratings and identification number on the front cover.
SecoGear Medium-voltage Switchgear Application and Technical Guide Standard SecoGear Construction, Features, and Installation INSTALLATION INFORMATION Anchoring SecoGear to the floor or channels must be properly done with a minimum of M12 (1/2 in.) Grade 5 Typical estimating weights and dimensions are given in bolts in specific locations.
1. Each floor channel shall be level over its entire length Maximum 25.4 mm [1.0 in.] conduit can be accommodated and floor channels shall be level with each other. This is in this location. Figure 6-30: SecoGear Installation Drawing – Indoor Anchoring Method Finished Floor (Even SecoGear...
The Manual Ground and Test Device is an auxiliary removable device for use in SecoGear Metal-clad switchgear equipment during initial installation and at normal maintenance periods. The function of this device is to solidly ground the equipment manually as well as permit various types of tests.