Chapter A General rules of electrical installation design

D - MV & LV architecture selection guide
8 Choice of equipment
The choice of equipment is step 3 in the design of an electrical installation. The aim
of this step is to select equipment from the manufacturers’ catalogues. The choice of
technological solutions results from the choice of architecture.
List of equipment to consider:
b MV/LV substation,
b MV switchboards,
b Transformers,
b LV switchboards,
b Busbar trunking,
b UPS units,
b Power factor correction and filtering equipment.
Criteria to consider:
b Atmosphere, environment,
b Service index,
b Offer availability per country,
b Utilities requirements,
b Previous architecture choices.
The choice of equipment is basically linked to the offer availability in the country. This
criterion takes into account the availability of certain ranges of equipment or local
technical support.
The detailed selection of equipment is out of the scope of this document.
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