CSD Exercises

Exercise 1 Add a Cable in Cable Schedule

System File CSDExample-St
1. Add a cable to Cable Schedule with data shown below

Exercise 2 A Light Control Circuit

System File CSDExample-St
1. Circuit Setup set up the circuit as given in the following diagram
Source Data DCED3, connected to DCBus3, 1kW, 125 V, FLA = 16.
Coil Data
Calculation Method = Burden & Inrush Rating
Rating Page See Screen shot below
Contact Page
Assign contacts to coil from CSD view or Editor
Get contact data from library: AGASTAT-120V-1.5A-30mS
Change Top and Trelease of contacts as given in screen shot below.

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A Simple Light Control Circuit

Coil Rating Data

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Coil Contact Page Data

Contact Operating Time Data

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Light Data

Wire Data Get wire from Control Cable Schedule, CCable1

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Impedance Data
DcZ1 R = 500 Ohm
DcZ2 R = 2000 Ohm
2. Study Case Use Study Case: CSD
3. CSD Simulation Sequence Operation
Set Simulation Method to Sequence of Operation. Close dcS2 and dcS3.
Run simulation by pressing the pushbutton or clicking the Run button.
Check Event View
4. CSD Simulation Simulation with Vd Calc
Set Simulation Method to Load Flow Calculation. Close dcS2 and dcS3.
Run simulation by pressing the pushbutton or clicking the Run button.
Check Event View and Report
Check updated composite CSD duty cycle after you click Turn-On and Turn-Off button.
5. CSD Simulation Pickup V
Repeat Step 4 with DCS2 open.
6. CSD Simulation Dropout V
Set Simulation Method to Load Flow Calculation. Close dcS2 and dcS3.
Press the Turn-On button.
Open dcS2 and then open dcS3
7. CSD Simulation Pickup V
Set Simulation Method to Load Flow Calculation. Close dcS2 and dcS3.
Add a Macro-Controlled Switch (MC1) in series with dcS2
ON from 0 to 150 ms
OFF from 150 to 1000 ms
ON After 1000 ms
Run Simulation by pressing the Turn-On button.
8. CSD Simulation Use Duty Cycle Model
Insert a node between Light-1 and contact LightCtl-2
Connect a Macro-Controlled Switch (MC2) in parallel to contact LightCtl-2
OFF from 0 to 100 ms
ON from 100 to 100030 ms
OFF after 100030 ms
Connect a Macro-Controlled Switch (MC3) in parallel to contact LightCtl-3
OFF from 0 to 200 ms
ON from 200 to 100015 ms
OFF after 100015 ms
Reconnect MC1 in parallel to contact LightCtl-1
ON from 0 to 100000 ms
OFF after 100000 ms
Change coil LightCtl Calculation Model to Duty Cycle and edit Duty cycle as follows
Constant Z at 333.33% load from 0 to 50 ms
Relay at 105% load from 50 to 100000 ms
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Run Simulation by pressing the Run button and check results.

Exercise 3 CSD in Battery Sizing

System File System File CSDExample-St
1. System Change
Remove MC2 and MC3
Change MC1 duty cycle
ON from 0 to 50 ms
OFF after 50 ms
Change coil LightCtl Calculation Model to Burden & Inrush Rating
2. Battery Sizing Study Case BattSize, CSD Page
Info Page Duration: 2 Hours
CSD Page

Alert Page 110 for Marginal Voltage Alert

3. Run Calculation
Run Battery Discharge Calculation and review results for Battery Discharge and CSD
Run Battery Sizing Calculation and review results for Battery Sizing and CSD
Review Composite CSD element duty cycle
Set the sequence from CSD2 at 10-minute in battery duty cycle and do calculation again.

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