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<strong>Medium</strong> <strong>voltage</strong> <strong>switchgear</strong> <strong>application</strong> <strong>guide</strong><br />

6 - ARC FURNACES<br />

(cont’d)<br />

■<br />

OVERVOLTAGE<br />

OPERATE TRANSFORMER NO-LOAD CURRENTS WITHOUT EXCESSIVE<br />

In transformer: the melting 50% process of the (see case appendix upon opening 6) a and switch 90% operates of the case with upon the no-load closing.<br />

Operating This over<strong>voltage</strong> over<strong>voltage</strong> arises must during be furnace limited when transformer the arc operation. furnace is It installed.<br />

to the progressive destruction of the transformer’s internal insulation contributes<br />

reduces its lifespan.<br />

and<br />

The (installation network of must over<strong>voltage</strong> be adapted protection to the breaking capacitors device’s for example). characteristics<br />

With The means SF6 technology of limiting operating over<strong>voltage</strong> over<strong>voltage</strong> are simple. is low.<br />

A simple RC circuit placed upstream of the furnace transformer is sufficient.<br />

■<br />

In the<br />

MECHANICAL<br />

melting process<br />

AND ELECTRICAL<br />

a switch operates:<br />

ENDURANCE<br />

with currents between 0.8 Iloadand 2.6 Iloadand<br />

50% of 90% the case of the upon case opening<br />

closing with load currents of 2.5 upon<br />

Iload<br />

The mechanical endurance of the ISF2 is 50,000 operations.<br />

The supplying electrical the endurance furnace transformer depends during on the the average process value and of the the number current<br />

operations carried out under this current. of<br />

The load expected current is lifespan given by of the the curve poles below. (number of CO cycles) depending on the<br />

the expected lifespan of the poles<br />

(number of FO cycles)<br />

Example:for<br />

supplied by a 52 an MVA arc furnace<br />

in accordance with the load current<br />

under 30 kV with a load transformer<br />

cycles<br />

1000 A, the expected lifespan current<br />

50,000<br />

(or of an 50,000 ISF2 is CO 25,000 cycles CO if the cycles<br />

45,000<br />

set is replaced). pole<br />

40,000<br />

35,000<br />

30,000<br />

25,000<br />

0<br />

1<br />

2<br />

20,000<br />

15,000<br />

10,000<br />

5,000<br />

I (A)<br />

date<br />

11/94<br />

- B•3•2 -<br />

revised<br />

05/2004<br />

500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500<br />

0 curve without replacement of the poles<br />

1 curve with 1 replacement of the poles<br />

2 curve with 2 replacements of the poles<br />

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