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Air Circuit Breakers

The document discusses air circuit breakers, including their definition as mechanical switching devices that can make, carry, and break currents under normal and abnormal circuit conditions. It covers the main parts of an air circuit breaker, such as the operating mechanism, conductor unit, arc chute, and protection release. The document also classifies air circuit breakers based on performance, number of poles, mounting, spring charging, protection, and tripping. Intelligent protection releases and 10 commandments for an ideal air circuit breaker are presented.

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68 views13 pages

Air Circuit Breakers

The document discusses air circuit breakers, including their definition as mechanical switching devices that can make, carry, and break currents under normal and abnormal circuit conditions. It covers the main parts of an air circuit breaker, such as the operating mechanism, conductor unit, arc chute, and protection release. The document also classifies air circuit breakers based on performance, number of poles, mounting, spring charging, protection, and tripping. Intelligent protection releases and 10 commandments for an ideal air circuit breaker are presented.

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Air Circuit Breakers

Presented By
• Harne Bhushan
• Rahul Singh Kukreja
• Abhishek Patil
• Swetha
• Raja Gopal
Content
• What & Why of Air Circuit Breaker?
• Terminologies
• Construction & Working of ACB’s
• Classification of ACB’s
• Technical Specifications
• Accessories
• Summary
Definition
• Circuit breakers are mechanical
switching devices, capable of making,
carrying, and breaking currents under
normal circuit conditions and also
making, carrying for a specified time,
and breaking currents under specified
abnormal conditions such as short
circuit.
Terminologies
Main Parts
1. Operating Mechanism
2. Conductor Unit
3 3. Arc Chute
4. Protection Release
2
5. Cradle (For draw-out Breaker)

1
Operating Mechanism
Classification of ACB’s
• Performance Series
• Number of Poles
• Mounting
• Spring Charging
• Protection
• Tripping
Intelligent Protection Release
• IPR-E Release
• IPR-1 Release
• IPR-2 Release
• IPR-3 Release
10 Commandments for
Ideal ACB – Mr. J.S.Gangal (PowerGroup, ACB)

• Safety
• Panel Design
• Performance
• Protection
• Maintenance
• Security
• User Friendly
• Complete Range
• Environmental Friendly
• ‘What you want is what you get’
Thank You

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