General contents

General rules of electrical installation design

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Connection to the MV utility distribution network

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Connection to the LV utility distribution network

MV & LV architecture selection guide

1 Stakes for the user

2 Simplified architecture design process
3 Electrical installation characteristics
4 Technological characteristics
5 Architecture assessment criteria
6 Choice of architecture fundamentals
7 Choice of architecture details
8 Choice of equiment
9 Recommendations for architecture optimization
10 Glossary
11 ID-Spec software
12 Example: electrical installation in a printworks

LV Distribution

1 Earthing schemes
2 The installation system
3 External influences (IEC 60364-5-51)

Protection against electric shocks

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Sizing and protection of conductors

1 General
2 Practical method for determining the smallest allowable
cross-sectional area of circuit conductors
3 Determination of voltage drop
4 Short-circuit current
5 Particular cases of short-circuit current
6 Protective earthing conductor
7 The neutral conductor
8 Worked example of cable calculation

LV switchgear: functions & selection

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Methodology
Rules and statutory regulations
Installed power loads - Characteristics
Power loading of an installation
Supply of power at medium voltage
Procedure for the establishment of a new substation
Protection aspect
The consumer substation with LV metering
The consumer substation with MV metering
Constitution of MV/LV distribution substations

1 Low voltage utility distribution networks

2 Tariffs and metering

General
Protection against direct contact
Protection against indirect contact
Protection of goods due to insulation fault
Implementation of the TT system
Implementation of the TN system
Implementation of the IT system
Residual current differential devices RCDs

The basic functions of LV switchgear

The switchgear
Choice of switchgear
Circuit breaker

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Protection against voltage surges in LV

Energy Efficiency in electrical distribution

Power factor correction and harmonic filtering

1 Reactive energy and power factor

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2 Why to improve the power factor?
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3 How to improve the power factor?
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4 Where to install power correction capacitors?
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5 How to decide the optimum level of compensation?
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6 Compensation at the terminals of a transformer
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7 Power factor correction of induction motors
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8 Example of an installation before and after power factor correction L20
9 The effects of harmonics
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10 Implementation of capacitor banks
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Harmonic management

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General
Overvoltage protection devices
Standards
Choosing a protection device
Introduction
Energy efficiency and electricity
One process, several players
From electrical measurement to electrical information
Communication and Information System

1 The problem:
Why is it necessary to detect and eliminate harmonics?
2 Standards
3 General
4 Main effects of harmonics in installations
5 Essential indicators of harmonic distortion and
measurement principles
6 Measuring the indicators
7 Detection devices
8 Solutions to attenuate harmonics

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Characteristics of particular sources and loads

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Residential and other special locations

1 Residential and similar premises

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2 Bathrooms and showers
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3 Recommendations applicable to special installations and locations P12

EMC guidelines

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Protection of a LV generator set and the downstream circuits

Uninterruptible Power Supply Units (UPS)
Protection of LV/LV transformers
Lighting circuits
Asynchronous motors

Electrical distribution
Earthing principles and structures
Implementation
Coupling mechanism and counter-measures
Wiring recommendations

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