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SwitchgearRiddleNo.29antipumpingfunction

Sir,pleasedescribemehowthetripcommandtobegivenfortheantipumping
functioninthebreakers(MV).Forcrosschecks,igiventhetripcommandvia
thepressingofEmergencytrippushbutton,butsomebreakersareclosedeven
though when i am giving close command continuously through TNC switch.
how the causes of failure of antipumping function and what conditions the
failureswillbehappened.

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Author:ramalingam
Sun,February7th,201615:04

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IEEE C37.11 for circuit breaker control circuits requires the antipump
function.Thisrequiresthatwhenanelectricalclosingcommandisissued,only
a single closing operation results. This is normally accomplished by
incorporating an antipump relay in the close circuit. The antipump relay is
energizedatthesametimethattheclosesignalisapplied.
Theantipumprelayisconnectedsothatitsealsinaslongastheclosesignalis
maintained.Theantipumprelay,whensealedin,opensacontactintheclose
circuit.
Thus,thecircuitbreakercloses,butiftheclosesignalismaintained,theclose
circuithasanopencontactinthecircuit,preventingfurthercloseoperationsas
longastheclosesignalismaintained.
Theantipumpfunctionisaveryimportantfeatureofcontrolcircuits.Without
theantipumpfunction,iftheuserconnectedamaintainedcontactintheclose
circuit, and the circuit breaker were closed into a fault current, the protective
relayswouldcauseanimmediatetripaction,butthemaintainedcontactinthe
closecircuitwouldinitiateclosing(again)intothefault.
Also IEEE C37.04 for mediumvoltage circuit breakers requires that they be
tripfree, which is a condition in which the mechanism is designed such that
the tripping or opening function takes precedence over the closing function.
Therequirementsaselaboratedinthestandardare:
Ifaclosingoperationisinprogress,andatrippingsignal(eithermechanical
orelectrical)isreceived,thecircuitbreakershallreactasfollows:
If the closing signal and the tripping signal are initiated simultaneously, the
circuit breaker contacts are permitted to close or touch momentarily before
opening.
If the closing signal is initiated before the tripping signal is initiated, the
circuit breaker contacts are permitted to close or touch momentarily before
opening.

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Ifthetripcircuitusescircuitbreakerauxiliaryswitchcontacts(52acontacts,
closedwhenthecircuitbreakerisclosed)orotherequivalentcontacts,thetrip
coil of the circuit breaker cannot be energized until these contacts in the trip
circuitaremade.Therefore,thecircuitbreakermaincontactsarepermittedto
closeortouchmomentarilybeforeopening.
Ifthetrippingcommandisinitiatedmechanically(manually)andheldinthe
actuated position before a closing signal (whether electrical or mechanical) is
applied, the circuit breaker main contacts are not permitted to close, even
momentarily. If the mechanism design requires, the circuit breaker may
dischargestoredenergybutthemaincontactsarenotpermittedtomovemore
that10percentoftheopengapdistance.Thedielectricwithstandcapabilityof
theopengapshallnotbereduced,andthemaincontactsshallassumethefully
openposition.

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