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8BK80
Indoor Metal-clad Switchgear with Vacuum Circuit Breaker
on withdrawable truck upto 36 kV

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Indoor Metal-clad Switchgear with Vacuum Circuit
Breaker on withdrawable truck upto 36 kV

Construction Special features

• Class PM air insulated switchgear • Circuit breaker mounted on withdrawable truck
• Single busbar system • Safe easy truck movement behind closed cubicle door
• Circuit breaker mounted on withdrawable truck • Earthed metal partitions and shutters
• Hollow triangular busbars
Standards • Shutters with rotational movement which reduces
• I.S. 3427 and IS 12729 electrical stresses
• IEC 62271-100 • Access to cable terminals from the rear
• IEC 62271-200 • Individually padlockable shutters for bus and cable side
• IEC 62271-1 • Simplicity and robustness of operating mechanism with
minimum linkages
Personnel safety
• Independent pressure relief vents for all HT compartments
• All switching operations performed with front door
• Cable termination height upto 900 mm
closed
• Earthed metal partitions and shutters prevent contact with
live parts

Tolerance to environment
• Full metal enclosure ensures high resistance to ingress and
interference under all operating conditions
• Insulators have high anti-tracking qualities

Operational security /Maintenance

• Full mechanical interlocking
• Access door fully integrated in interlock system
• Service-proven maintenance free vacuum circuit breaker,
hermetically sealed vacuum interrupters, low maintenance
drive mechanism

Technical data
Rated Voltage, Frequency (50Hz) 24 kV 36 kV
Rated Current of the Feeders Upto 2500 A* Upto 2500 A*
Rated Current of the Busbar Upto 3150 A* Upto 3150 A*
Rated Power Frequency Withstand Voltage (RMS) 1min 50 kV 70 kV
Rated Lighting Impulse withstand Voltage (peak) 1.2/50 Micro sec. 125 kV 170 kV
Rated Short Circuit Breaking Current Upto 26.3 kA Upto 26.3 kA
Rated Short Time Withstand Current (3 sec) Upto 26.3 kA Upto 26.3 kA
Dimensions (standard)
Width (mm) 1000 1000
Height (mm) 2300** 2550**
Depth (mm) 2320** 2320**
* greater than 1250A on request
** LV chamber/panel height/depth variable as per number of equipments to be mounted

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Classification of 8BK80-36kV Switchgear
According to IEC 62271-200
Resistance to internal arcs
Classification
Accessibility
-  Front
-  Lateral
-  Rear
Test current
Test duration
Standards, specifications,
guidelines
Resistance to internal arc
faults
• Safety of operating
personnel ensured by
tests to verify resistance to
internal arc faults.
• Internal arc tests in
accordance with IEC 62
271-200, Annex A.
• The switchgear compiles
with criteria 1 to 5
specified in the mentioned
standards for the basic
version up to 26.3 kA
• Definitions of criteria:
–  Criterion 1
Correctly secured doors
   IAC
   Type A
   Type A
   Type A
   26.3 kA
   0.1 Sec
and covers do not open.
Deformations are accepted
conditionally.
–  Criterion 2
No fragmentation of
enclosures occurs within
the time specified for test.
Projections of small parts up
to 60g are accepted.
–  Criterion 3
Arcing does not cause holes
in the accessible sides up to
a height of 2m.
–  Criterion 4
Indicators do not ignite due
to the effect of hot gases.
Ignition caused by glowing
particles rather than hot
gases is allowed. Ignitions
Construction and design
Class of partitions PM
Service continuity category LSC 2B
Compartment accessibility (standard)
-  Busbar compartment Tool-based
-  Switching-device compartment Interlock-based
-  Low-voltage compartment Tool-based
-  Connection compartment Tool-based
Rear connection Tool-based
as a result of paint or sticker outside the enclosure.
burning are also excluded. • To attain the maximum
rated normal currents, the
–  Criterion 5
panels may be provided
The enclosure remains with natural or forced
connected to its earthing ventilation.
point.
Protection against solid
foreign bodies, electric shock
Current-carrying capacity
and ingress of water.
• According to IEC 62
8Bk80 switchgear fulfills acc.
271-200 current-carrying
to the standards
capacities refer to the
-IEC 62 271-200
following ambient
-IEC 60 529.
temperatures:
–  Maximum of The following degrees of
24-hour mean +350 C Protection:
–  Maximum +400 C - Enclosuer: IP4X
- Compartments: IP2X
• The current-carrying
capacity of the panels
and busbars depends on
the ambient temperature
The perfect solution for every application
Power supply systems
• Power supply companies
• Power generation companies
Industry
• Cement industry
• Automobile industry
• Metal industry
• Rolling mills
• Textile and food industries
• Chemical and fertilizer
• Oil and Gas
• Petrochemical plants
• Diesel power plants
• Distribution stations
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