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2 Version : 2.5 25/09/2015 CA908025E.indd DB125768 DB125767 Technical Advice Short-circuit current limiting Definition The limiting capacity of a circuit breaker is its ability to lessen the effects of a short circuit on an electrical installation by reducing the current amplitude and the dissipated power. Benefits of limiting Long installation service life Thermal effects Lower temperature rise at the conductor level, hence increased service life for cables and all components that are not self-protected (e.g. switches, contactors, etc.) Mechanical effects Lower electrodynamic repulsion forces, hence less risk of deformation or breakage of electrical contacts and busbars. Electromagnetic effects Less interference on sensitive equipment located in the vicinity of an electric circuit. Savings through cascading Cascading is a technique derived directly from current limiting: downstream of a current-limiting circuit breaker it is possible to use circuit breakers of breaking capacity lower than the prospective short-circuit current (in line with the cascading tables). The breaking capacity is heightened thanks to current limiting by the upstream device. Substantial savings can be achieved in this way on switchgear and enclosures. Discrimination of protection devices The circuit breakers' current limiting capacity improves discrimination with the protection devices located upstream: this is because the required energy passing through the upstream protection device is greatly reduced and can be not enough to cause it to trip. Discrimination can thus be natural without having to install a time-delayed protection device upstream. Acti 9 circuit breaker current limiting Profiting from Schneider Electric's experience and expertise in the field of short- circuit current breaking, the circuit breakers of the Acti 9 range have a top-level current limiting characteristic for modular devices. This assures them of optimal protection of the entire power distribution system. I²sc A² Prospective energy 100% Limited energy 100% t Isc Prospective peak Isc Limited peak Isc Limited Isc Prospective Isc t tc Prospective current and real limit current.

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Technical Advice Short-circuit current limiting

DefinitionThe limiting capacity of a circuit breaker is its ability to lessen the effects of a short circuit on an electrical installation by reducing the current amplitude and the dissipated power.

Benefits of limitingLong installation service lifeThermal effectsLower temperature rise at the conductor level, hence increased service life for cables and all components that are not self-protected (e.g. switches, contactors, etc.)Mechanical effectsLower electrodynamic repulsion forces, hence less risk of deformation or breakage of electrical contacts and busbars.Electromagnetic effectsLess interference on sensitive equipment located in the vicinity of an electric circuit.

Savings through cascadingCascading is a technique derived directly from current limiting: downstream of a current-limiting circuit breaker it is possible to use circuit breakers of breaking capacity lower than the prospective short-circuit current (in line with the cascading tables). The breaking capacity is heightened thanks to current limiting by the upstream device. Substantial savings can be achieved in this way on switchgear and enclosures.

Discrimination of protection devicesThe circuit breakers' current limiting capacity improves discrimination with the protection devices located upstream: this is because the required energy passing through the upstream protection device is greatly reduced and can be not enough to cause it to trip. Discrimination can thus be natural without having to install a time-delayed protection device upstream.

Acti 9 circuit breaker current limitingProfiting from Schneider Electric's experience and expertise in the field of short-circuit current breaking, the circuit breakers of the Acti 9 range have a top-level current limiting characteristic for modular devices. This assures them of optimal protection of the entire power distribution system.

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Representation: Current limiting curvesThe current limiting capacity of a circuit breaker is reflected by 2 curves which give, as a function of the prospective short-circuit current (current which would flow in the absence of a protection device):

b the real peak current (limited) b the thermal stress (in A²s), this value, multiplied by the resistance of any element

through which the short-circuit current passes, gives the power dissipated by this element.

The straight line "10 ms" representing the energy A²s of a prospective short-circuit current of a half-period (10 ms) indicates the energy that would be dissipated by the short-circuit current in the absence of limiting by the protection device (see example).

Example What is the energy limited by an iC60N 25 A circuit breaker for a prospective short-circuit current of 10 kA rms. What is the quality of current limiting?> as shown in the graph opposite: b this short-circuit current (10 kA rms) is likely to dissipate up to 1,000 kA2s b the iC60N circuit breaker reduces this thermal stress to: 35 kA2s, which is 22 times less.

Example of use: Stresses acceptable by the cablesThe following table shows the thermal stresses acceptable by the cables depending on their insulation, their composition (Cu or Al) and their cross section. Cross-section values are expressed in mm² and stresses in A²s.S (mm²) 1.5 2.5 4 6 10PVC Cu 2.97 x 104 8.26 x 104 2.12 x 105 4.76 x 105 1.32 x 106

Al 5.41 x 105

PRC Cu 4.10 x 104 1.39 x 105 2.92 x 105 6.56 x 105 1.82 x 106

Al 7.52 x 105

S (mm²) 16 25 35 50PVC Cu 3.4 x 106 8.26 x 106 1.62 x 107 3.21 x 107

Al 1.39 x 106 3.38 x 106 6.64 x 106 1.35 x 107

PRC Cu 4.69 x 106 1.39 x 107 2.23 x 107 4.56 x 107

Al 1.93 x 106 4.70 x 106 9.23 x 106 1.88 x 107

ExampleIs a Cu/PVC cable of cross section 10 mm² protected by a NG125L device?The above table shows that the acceptable stress is 1.32 x 106 A²s. Any short-circuit current at the point where a NG125L device (Icu = 25 kA) is installed will be limited, with a thermal stress of less than 2.2 x 105 A²s. (Curve on page 10).The cable is therefore always protected up to the breaking capacity of the circuit breaker.

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20

5 6 7 8 943 10050403020

15 43

2

6

5

7

8

9

1

cos phi = 0.3

= 0.5

= 0.7

= 0.8

= 0.9

= 0.95

b Circuit breaker type in accordance with the mark: v 1: NG125a v 2: NG125N v 3: NG125H v 4: NG125L v 5: 10-16 A v 6: 20-25 A v 7: 32-40 A v 8: 50-63 A v 9: 80-125 A

Thermal stress

DB

4056

06

Prospective short-circuit current (kA eff.)

Ther

mal

stre

ss (A

²s)

1

2

3

4

10A16A

40A

125A100A80A63A50A

32A25A20A

10ms10

10

10

10

10

6

5

2

4

3

0.1 1 10 1005

5

5

5

5

b Circuit breaker type in accordance with the mark: v 1: NG125a 80-100-125 A v 2: NG125N v 3: NG125H v 4: NG125L

Limitation curves for network Ue: 220-240 V AC (Ph/N 110-130 V AC)

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C60H-DC curve C1P (220 V) - 2P (440 V)Peak current Thermal stress

DB

1235

88

0.1

1

10

100

1001010.10.01

≤ 1

23461016

20 - 2532 - 4050 - 63

Prospective short-circuit current (kA eff.)

Pea

k cu

rren

t (kA

)

DB

1235

9110000

100000

1000000

100

1000

1001010.10.01

0.5 - 23

4

6

10

1620 - 2532 - 40

50 - 63

10 ms

Prospective short-circuit current (kA eff.)

Ther

mal

stre

ss (A

²s)

Limitation curves for direct current network

C60H-DC curve C1P (250 V DC) - 2P (500 V DC)Peak current Thermal stress

DB

1235

89

0.1

1

10

100

1001010.10.01

≤ 1

23461016

20 - 2532 - 4050 - 63

Prospective short-circuit current (kA eff.)

Pea

k cu

rren

t (kA

)

DB

1243

06

10000

100000

1000000

100

1000

1001010.10.01

0.5 - 23

461016

10 ms

50 - 63 32 - 40

20 - 25

Prospective short-circuit current (kA eff.)

Ther

mal

stre

ss (A

²s)

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2.5 29/07/2013 in thermal stress graphs change "peak current" by "thermal stress" JPM2.4 17/07/2012 Changed number of poles and pages order Sedoc2.3 13/07/2012 Add C60 curves Sedoc2.2 4/07/2012 Deleted iDPN, iK60 curves Sedoc2.1 06/06/2012 Change texts and curves Sedoc2.0 21/06/2011 InDesign CS5 - Add C60H-DC, C120 and NG125 curves Sedoc1.0 22/11/2010 Creation SedocIndice Date Modification Name