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Book  Temperature Rise Limits used in IEC standards


List of high-power testing laboratories for tests that in 2024 cannot be done in South America as before


Internal Arc in Low-voltage switchgear

 

Laboratórios de Testes em Faculdades de Engenharia Elétrica


Testing Laboratories in Electrical Engineering Faculties


Testing simulations SwitchgearDesign - Report 150/2024


The lack of a medium / high-power testing laboratory is pushing the Brazilian Electric Industry back 35 year


A falta de laboratorios de testes está levando a  industria eletrica de equipamentos de linhas e subestações 35 anos atrás. Ninguem se mexe para evitar


The Electric Industry can give better examples on saving materials.The PRIZE and “Environmental Efficiency Certificate for Electrical Products”


FREE BOOK “Renewable Energy + Environmental Education to try to save the Planet (About Energy Transition, H2 Green, Hydrogen and ....)”


TEMPERATURE RISE LIMITS USED IN IEC STANDARDS: is there anyone studying if they can be increased to save materials and other Earth resources? Here is my suggestion to change the values of silvered connections from 75K to 85K


IEC 60947-2: HOW TO DEVELOP a LOW-VOLTAGE CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH LOWER POWER DISSIPATION ( for IEC61439-1/2)


Low voltage circuit-breaker: lower power dissipation brings + competitivity to the design


IEC61439-1: MISSING OVERLOAD TESTS for ROLLING-MILLS & INTERMITENT LOADS?


OVERLOAD TESTS FOR FUSES IN ROLLING-MILLS" - S. F. Costa, L.P. Rangel, R. G. Bastos  -- “ICEFA - International Conference on Fuses and Applications"  Nottingham-UK







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SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS FORCES:    solutions for electric panels / busbars & MHD propulsion systems


SUCCESSFUL LPC POWERCENTER SWITCHGEAR DEVELOPMENT – 6300A – 100 kA -690V
(by IEC 61439-1&2 plus internal arc test 100kArms + seismic tests)


Need a  High Power Lab for switchgear R&D ?





Why IEC 61439-1 (LV) should be rewritten based on IEC 62271-307 (HV) to allow extension of the validity of test reports?


Como usar a IEC 62271-307 (MT) para estender a validade de relatórios de ensaios da IEC61439-1


IEC62271-307 English


IEC62271-307 Portugues


Old Tables for busbars


Antigas Tabelas para barramentos


Video  Video Video Fusiveis na Janela





Artigo Fusiveis na Janela


Video Fuses in the window





Artcle Fuses in the window


Resposta da IEC sobre o número de aplicações em testes de arco interno de painéis de baixa tensão.   (IEC 61641)


Number of shots in low voltage switchgear INTERNAL ARC tests.  Read the IEC answer about number of shots (interpretation of IEC 61641)


LV CIRCUIT BREAKER       POWER    DISSIPATION :   

defines LV switchgear cost.    Choosing a brand ...


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TTable 6 of IEC 61439-1:   QUESTION to CERTIFIERS & TESTING LABORATORIES:

-- What temperature rise limits, in bar/breaker connections, to use when approving or certifying low voltage switchgear?

-- reasonable to issue test reports without a statement “pass/fail”?

-- New test method (many sources) is more expensive than previous 

  If previous is not good, retest new panels of old designs?


 enabling real savings of Planet resources



Seismic Tests


Aluminum instead of copper


Stimulating Innovations and ideas to developers and designers via TRAINING


Como estimular a industria eletrica brasileira ?


Metal foam patent by Sergio


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Why are the world's big manufacturers working hard on testing simulations


Why are the world's big manufacturers working hard on testing simulations

REDUCING MATERIALS WASTE IN THE ELECTRIC INDUSTRY by  using the power of TESTING SIMULATIONS  



  RETROFITTING   of   IEC 62271 & IEC61439 products a great business for electric panels assemblers 

 

 

 
Transformers Fires and Explosion Standard - Suggestion to IEC (from NBR8222)

 

 

Seeding R&D ideas


180+ posts by Sergio Feitoza Costa


Fires and explosions in power transformers


Suggestions to SC32A for next revision  With a world comparison of prices & quality of distribution services)  IEC 60282-2








 

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY CERTIFICATE of electric products . ( kG / MVA ) The draft of a world-wide technical standard

 

TEMPERATURE RISE: A GUIDE to LEARNING to DESIGN     MV SWITCHGEAR (IEC62271), LV SWITCHBOARDS (IEC61439) & BUSWAYS

 

Bare Connection 50K to 60K

 

Você ainda usa as antigas tabelas de barras ?

 

Melhor se for prateado

 

Better Silvered than Bare

 

WHY NOT USING OLD TABLES of BUSBARS amperes ??? 

 




HV Circuit Breaker Resistance as seen from terminals

 

2022: Creating development, employment & income in developing countries via electric industry (a real case example ).

 

IEC 60282-2 - High-voltage fuses - Part 2: Expulsion Fuses A suggestion to IEC - SC32A considering the extension of the validity of type test reports

 

(Read first ) TEMPERATURE RISE: A GUIDE to LEARNING to DESIGN MV SWITCHGEAR (IEC62271), LV SWITCHBOARDS (IEC61439)& BUSWAYST

 


 

 


USE FREE SwitchgearDesign for the Web

 

USO GRATIS SwitchgearDesign para a Web

 

SUGGESTION TO IEC:   Service to clarify QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INTERPRETATION OF TESTING REQUIREMENTS  

 

The ELECTRIC SHOWER for DOMESTIC USE: An example of WASTE OF RESOURCES by ACCELERATED AGING (with a comment on speech of Bill Gates, to world leaders, at the April’s 2021 “Leaders’ Summit on Climate”)

 

O CHUVEIRO ELETRICO DE USO DOMÉSTICO
Um caso de desperdício de recursos  por envelhecimento acelerado 

(com um comentário ao discurso de  Bill Gates, aos líderes mundiais, no April’s 2021 “Leaders’ Summit on Climate”)

 

Environmental Efficiency Certificate

 

Certificado de Eficiencia Ambiental

 

Project: Testing lab + Simulations

 

Projeto: Laboratorio testes + Simulações

 

TESTING LABORATORY + DESIGN of SUBSTATION equipment (looking for partners - investors)

 

LABORATORIO de TESTES e PROJETO de equipamentos de SUBESTAÇÕES (procuro sócios - investidores)

 

 

 


SUGGESTIONS for IMPROVEMENTS in some IEC STANDARDS: IEC 62271-200, IEC 61439, IEC 60282 , ..About overpressure measurements in IEC 62271-200, temperature rise limits and internal arc in IEC61439, aging test in IEC 60282 , a new T.R. on testing simulations, standards in more languages & new T.R. on design of (lower cost) LV to HV products.

 

 

 


PANELS, SWITCHBOARDS & BUSWAYS DESIGN: copy-paste or improved engineering ?

 

Você sabe a razão do blecaute no Amapá ?

 

Do you know the reason for the Amapá - Brazil blackout ?

 

 

 


 

 


Low Cost Substations X Lower Cost of Equipment (It is time to stop kidding with Earth's future)

 

SMALL-SIZE HIGH POWER TESTING LABS & LOW-COST SUBSTATIONS (an idea for the new moment of the electric industry)

 

The Future of High Power Testing Laboratories

 

Book “Switchgear, Busways, Isolators - Substations & Lines”  (available also  in Spanish and Portuguese)

 

IEC 61439: The Mystery of the Temperature Rise Limits

(• Was your low voltage switchgear approved in the temperature rise test? • Is this written in the test report or you have a “quality system” weak point? • An alert to low-voltage switchgear buyers )

 




 An aIEC 61439-1:  Answer to  a   NIAZ  QUESTION in LinkedIn   about TABLE 6 (Limits of temperature rise used in the test).lert to low-voltage switchgear buyers )

 




Four Ideas about Switchboards and Switchgear

(IEC 62271 / 61439: innovations in design, testing and qualification)

 

 

Small high-power testing lab + Simulations(an idea to boost the electrical industry in developing countries)

 

 

Accepting Simulations To Replace High Power Tests (An Idea For Developing Countries Without Laboratories)

 

 

TRIAXIAL high current AIS - GIS:     disclosing an idea worldwide use !,

In this article I disclose an idea for an alternative design to be used in “air insulated switchgear” (AIS) and “gas insulated switchgear” (GIS).

 

 

 

Co-author of the Cigre Brochure 740 (August 2018) - Contemporary  Design  Of  Low  Cost Substations In Developing Countries )

 

 

IEC 61439 connections: temperature rise of 10K above IEC limit = loss of life 66%

 

 

How can IEC standards help to reduce the gap between developed and developing countries?)

 

 

Certification&Qualification of Electric Products Using “testing simulations”to reduce costs.

 

 

Thermodynamic Models and Three-Dimensional Analysis for Loading Transformer Limits Determination

 

Power Transformers & Reactors: Calculations of Electromechanical Forces & Stresses, Temperature Rise And Overpressures Of Internal Arc: Method and Possibilities of a Software for Developing Countries

 

Temperature Rise Tests in IEC 61439-1: Low-voltage switchgear - Doubts and ideas to IEC)

 

Finding the Optimal Design using Simulations (Aluminum x Copper)

(Try to do it with real lab high power tests! 

 

 

Finding the Optimal Switchgear Design: A comparison between aluminum and copper and an idea of new concept.  - Co-authors: Sergio Feitoza Costa & Marlon Campos - Also published in Portuguese Jan – 2014 in O SETOR ELÉTRICO “ (page 136)

 

Validation of Magnetic & Electric Fields Mapping & Temperature Rise Tests Simulations (Report 074/2014)

 

Validation of software SwitchgearDesign - Simulation o Tests (Temperature Rise, Short Time Current, Electrodynamic forces, Internal Arc) - Report 071/2014

 

Typical simulation report for high power tests

 

Guide for The Use of Calculations & Simulation of Laboratory Tests

 

Software DECIDIX for the TECHNICAL ECONOMYCAL ASSESSMENT of ENERGY PROJECTS

 

Inducing & Assessing New Technologies for The Electric Industry of Developing Countries

 




Overpressures --Internal Arc Tests: IEC 62271-200 X Cigrè Brochure 602 X IEC 62271-307

 

R&D of Electric Products, Creativity & Costs

 

Design Decisions for Switchgear, Panels, Switchboards & Busways ( & patent)

 

Electrical System Studies: Specification of Equipment for New Substations

 

Interruption of short circuits, electrodynamical forces & temperature rise in substations.

 

Simulation of High Power Tests from 2007 to 2017:  what changed for manufacturers, users, certification companies and testing laboratories?

 

Magnetic & Electric Fields in substations and neighborhood: mapping, health legislation & EMC

 

Typical simulation report for high power tests

 

Brochure CIGRE 602 / 2014 -Tools For The Simulation Of Internal Arc In T&D Switchgear (co-author)

 

Validation of Simulations In Switchgear (& main parts of a code) -CIGRE Technical Seminar "Modeling and Testing of Transmission and Distribution Switchgear" March 24, 2010 Brisbane – Australia

 

Simulation, IEC Standards & Testing Laboratories: Joining Pieces for Higher Quality HV Equipment”.
Paper PS1-06 - CIGRÈ International Technical Colloquium - Rio de Janeiro – September2007

 

Published also in in Energy Pulse weekly, September, 28 , 2010

 

Simulations & Calculations as Verification Tools for Design & Performance of High-Voltage Equipment” . Co-authors: M. Kriegel, X. Zhu, M. Glinkowski, A. Grund, H.K. Kim, P. Robin-Jouan, L. Van der Sluis, R.P.P. Smeets, T. Uchii, H. Digard, D. Yoshida, S. Feitoza Costa -CIGRE publication A3-210 (2008) - Cigre - Paris 2008

 

SIGNIFICANT PARAMETERS IN INTERNAL ARC SIMULATION AND TESTING, - CIGRE WG A3.24, CIGRE A3 SESSION, 2009 - Co-authors: M. Kriegel, R. Smeets, N. Uzelac, R. Pater, M. Glinkowski, P. Vinson, S. Feitoza Costa, G. Pietsch, E. Dullni, Th. Reiher, L. van der Sluis, D. Yoshida, H.K. Kim, K. Y. Kweon, E. Fjeld,

 

IEC Standards for developing countries

 

Validation of Test Reports Issued By Recognized Testing Laboratories

 




 

EN ESPAÑOLEspañol

     

PANELES ELÉCTRICOS, CELDAS, DUCTOS Y SUBESTACIONES:

ALGUNOS "TRUCOS" PARA MEJORAR SU PROYECTO

 

 

APARAMENTAS, CELDAS, CANALIZACIONESy EQUIPOS para SUBESTACIONES y LÍNEAS

 

 

Pequeño Laboratorio de Alta Potencia + Simulaciones(una idea para impulsar la industria eléctrica de países en desarrollo)  

 

Aceptando Simulaciones Para Reemplazar Pruebas de Alta Potencia (Una Idea Para Países En Desarrollo Sin Laboratorios)

 

 

VALIDACIÓN DEL Software SwitchgearDesign para la simulación de pruebas de alta potencia(corrientes soportables de corta duración y cresta - fuerzas electrodinámicas, calentamientoy sobrepresiones del arco interno)  
Conexiones IEC 61439:aumento de temperatura de 10 K por encima del límite IEC = pérdida de vida 66%  

 

Tableros, Celdas y Aparamentas:
El Diseño Óptimo utilizando Simulaciones (Aluminio X Cobre)

 

 

Certificación y calificación de productos eléctricos  

 


Celdas, Cuadros, Canalizaciones y Otros Equipos de Transmisión y Distribución
 

También publicado en Revista RBE Energía (Madrid / España) - Enero/Febrero 2010 - pag 62

 

Validación De Los Informes De Ensayo Emitidos Por Laboratorios De Pruebas Reconocidos

 

Nuevas Tecnologías Y Procedimientos En La Industria Eléctrica De Países En Desarrollo

 
 

EM PORTUGUES Portugues

   
     

PAINÉIS, BARRAMENTOS E SECIONADORES E EQUIPAMENTOS DE SUBESTAÇÕES DE TRANSMISSÃO e DISTRIBUIÇÃO

 

 

PequenoLaboratóriode Alta Potência+ Simulações(uma ideia para impulsionar a indústria elétrica)  

 

 

Tabela 6 da  IEC 61439-1:   PERGUNTA a  CERTIFICADORAS  e  LABORATORIOS  :Que limites de elevação de temperatura, em conexões barra / disjuntor, utilizam ao aprovar ou certificar  painel BT ?


Aceitando Simulações para Substituir Testes De Alta Potência (Uma Idéia Para Países em Desenvolvimento Sem Laboratórios)

 

 

IEC 61439: elevação de temperatura nas conexões  

 

Um “Guia” De Uso De Cálculos E Simulações De Ensaios Para Aumento Da Competitividade

 

 

GUIA Orientações para Uso De Simulações para Extrapolar Resultados ou Substituir Alguns Ensaios De Alta Potência Especificados nas Normas ABNT.  

 

Proposta para GUIA ABNT s/ uso de SIMULAÇÕES DE ENSAIOS ELÉTRICOS 8/5/2011  

 

Validação De Relatórios De Ensaios Emitidos Por Laboratórios Reconhecidos – O Setor Eletrico – Ed. 82 – Nov. 2012

 

Novas Tecnologias e Procedimentos para a Indústria Elétrica de Países em Desenvolvimento

 

Painéis, Quadros E Barramentos: Falta Algo Nas Normas IEC - O Setor Elétrico - junho 2010  - pág. 146

 

Validação De Simulações De Ensaios De Arco Interno, De Forças Eletrodinâmicas E De Elevação De Temperatura - Junho 2010 -Eletricidade Moderna - pág. 194

 

Software Livre Decidix Para Avaliação Da Viabilidade De Projetos De Energia (Geração, Cogeração, T&D)

 
 

Artigos publicados na Revista Setor Elétrico (Janeiro a Dezembro 2015)

Capítulo I – Definições e estudos do sistema elétrico que servem de base para as especificações técnicas dos equipamentos para subestações de transmissão e distribuição

 

Capítulo II – Curtos-circuitos, ampacidades sobrecargas e contatos elétricos.

 

Capítulo III (março): Técnicas de ensaios de alta potência, laboratórios e fundamentos dos ensaios

 

Capítulo IV (abril):  Estudos elétricos de sobretensões, coordenação de isolamento e impactos de campos elétricos e magnéticos

 

Capítulo V (maio): Arcos internos em equipamentos de subestações

 

Capítulo VI (junho): Especificações técnicas de disjuntores, secionadores, painéis e para-raios feitas por concessionárias de energia

 

Capítulo VII (Julho) – Distancias de segurança de subestações e sistemas de proteção contra incêndios em subestações 

 

Capitulo VIII (Agosto): Novos conceitos utilizados no Relatório Técnico IEC 62271-307 (painéis de media tensão)

 

Capitulo IX (Setembro): Técnicas Para Reformar Eqiuiamentos De Subestações E Adiar Investimentos.

 

Capitulo X: (Outubro): Induzindo novas tecnologias para o setor elétrico (Novas Tecnologias para 145 kV)

 

Capitulo XI (Novembro): Cálculo da elevação de temperatura em invólucros pela IEC 60890

 

Capitulo XII (Dezembro): Cálculos de Engenharia em Projetos de Equipamentos para Subestações

 

 

OTHER OLDER PUBLICATIONS

 

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M.Sc. Thesis – 1979 – COPPE - UFRJ: Electromechanical stresses in electrical equipment, especially switchgear & busbar systems.
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