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NEX 24 catalogue 2010

NEX 24 catalogue 2010
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NEX 24 catalogue 2010

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Field of Application: NEX 24 is designed for medium voltage sections in HV/MV and MV/MV substations, suitable for industrial and infrastructure supply substations.
Continuity of Service and Safety: Offers high dependability and safety with innovative solutions like high-performance switchgear and digital protection systems.
Comprehensive Solution: Includes vacuum type circuit-breakers with high endurance and safety, and environmental protection features.
Quality Assurance: Certified to ISO 9001:2000, ensuring reliability through systematic checks and environmental considerations.
Web Remote Monitoring: Integrates web technologies for easy monitoring via standard web browsers.
General Description: The switchboard is composed of interconnected functional units with a single busbar for power connections. It includes cubicles, protection, monitoring, and control systems, and a withdrawable part. Seven basic cubicle layouts are offered.
Protection, Monitoring, and Control: Sepam Protection Units provide effective protection, accurate measurements, and integral equipment control. PowerMeter and Circuit Monitor offer high-performance metering and monitoring capabilities.
Installation and Maintenance: Easy installation with identical civil engineering dimensions for all cubicles, allowing installation against a wall. Maintenance is limited to routine checks and cleaning every 5 to 10 years.
Environmental Considerations: Designed with recyclable materials and offers end-of-life recycling services.
Access and Safety: Specifies access restrictions according to IEC 62271-200, with codes for restricted access (A), front side access (F), lateral side access (L), and rear side access (R). Safety features include interlocking mechanisms and gas evacuation systems for internal arc protection.
Technical Specifications: Rated for 24 kV with a power frequency withstand voltage of 50 kV and a lightning impulse withstand voltage of 125 kV. Supports nominal currents up to 2000 A and short-time withstand currents up to 25 kA. Protection degree is IP3X or IP4X externally and IP2X internally.
Operating Conditions: Normal operating conditions include ambient temperatures up to 40°C, altitudes up to 1000 m, and specific humidity levels. For altitudes above 1000 m, a derating coefficient is applied. Equipment should be stored in dry conditions between -25°C and +55°C.
Standards Compliance: Complies with several IEC standards, including IEC 62271 series for high voltage switchgear, IEC 60282-2 for high voltage fuses, and IEC 60529 for protection indices.
Maintenance and Services: A maintenance guide is available to reduce equipment wear and ensure safety during installation and servicing. It includes instructions for operations on various components and recommended maintenance frequencies.
Internal Arc Protection: Designed to withstand internal arcs, with protection available on 25 kA ratings. Includes electromechanical and optical detectors to detect and mitigate internal arcing.
Functional Units: Describes various functional units such as incomer and feeder, bus coupler, and bus riser, each with specific rated voltages, currents, and dimensions. Each unit includes components like circuit-breakers, voltage transformers, and earthing switches.
Specifications: Outlines the specifications of a low voltage cabinet with dimensions of 800mm width, 2300mm height, and 1750mm depth. Includes features such as a disconnector, earthing switch, MV cables connection, three-phase busbars, and an operating mechanism CS. Optional accessories include a mechanical indication system for blown fuses and a connection enclosure for cabling from above.
Protection System: Offers a comprehensive protection, monitoring, and control system with instrument transformers, protection relays, metering equipment, and low voltage relaying. The Sepam range is central to this system, providing digital monitoring, protection, and control functions.
Sepam Series: Includes three families: series 20 for usual applications, series 40 for demanding applications, and series 80 for custom applications. Compliant with IEC 61850 and offers solutions for substation, transformer, motor, and generator protection.
Instrument Transformers: Current transformers are used for metering and protection, conforming to IEC 60044-2. Encapsulated in epoxy resin for insulation and mechanical strength. Low Power Current Transducers (LPCT) provide metering and protection functions with a linear response over a large current range.
Switchgear and Circuit-Breakers: Evolis vacuum circuit-breakers are used for protecting and controlling MV distribution networks, with a rated voltage of 24 kV and short circuit breaking capacity up to 25 kA. Feature high electrical and mechanical endurance, conforming to IEC 62271-100 standards.
Withdrawable Parts: Describes various withdrawable parts like circuit-breakers, earthing trucks, and disconnector trucks, providing safety and operational flexibility in electrical distribution networks.
Environmental Specifications: Operates in temperatures ranging from -25°C to +40°C with an average relative humidity of less than 95% over 24 hours and less than 90% over a month.
Operating Mechanism: Evolis range circuit-breakers use a RI type operating mechanism, which can be motorized for remote control and fast reclosing cycles. Includes an energy storage mechanism, a manual lever-controlled arming device, and mechanical opening and closing devices accessible with the cubicle door open.
Contact Characteristics: Rated current is 10 A with a breaking capacity of 1 A for AC 220 V and 0.3 A for DC 110/220 V.
Operating Mechanism Characteristics: Auxiliary types include closing release (YF), opening release, and spring charging motor (M). Supply voltage ranges from 24 Vdc to 250 Vdc/ac with specific consumption values for AC and DC.
Safety and Interlocking: Includes safety functions such as fool-proof protection, anti-drop devices, and interlocking mechanisms to prevent operator errors. The switch can be in "closed", "open", or "earthed" positions, providing a natural interlocking system.
Fuse Ratings and Selection: Fuse ratings depend on service voltage, transformer rating, and fuse technology. Provides a selection table for different types of fuses, including Solefuse and Fusarc CF, with specific ratings for various transformer capacities.
Installation and Connections: Outlines the importance of correct connections, impact of humidity, and ventilation control for switchgear longevity. Specifies maximum cable cross-sections and tightening torques for connections.
Implementation Example: Provides a typical switchboard lineup with dimensions and space requirements for installation, emphasizing the need for appropriate civil engineering considerations.
Cubicle Equipment: Lists the types of equipment available for different cubicle configurations, including circuit-breakers, switches, transformers, and protection indices.
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Catalog excerpts

NEX 24 catalogue 2010-1

Medium Voltage Distribution Withdrawable vacuum circuit-breaker

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NEX 24 catalogue 2010-3

General contents Note: this catalogue replaces the previous version AMTED306006EN - 07-2008

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NEX 24 catalogue 2010-5

Continuity of service and complete safety 7 Quality assurance - environment 10

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NEX 24 catalogue 2010-6

For over 45 years, Schneider Electric has provided medium voltage electrical network protection, monitoring and control solutions in the public distribution, industry and building sectors. NEX24 is indoor, metal-enclosed switchgear designed for the MV section of HV/MV and MV/MV substations. NEX 24 is a medium voltage equipment comprising cubicles with breaking devices, sensors, medium voltage connections and auxiliaries. Forali your applications: ■ infrastructure supply substations. ■ flexible and adapted solutions An enhanced offer with vacuum type switchgear The NEX 24 offer is further enhanced...

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NEX 24 catalogue 2010-7

NEX 24 is solidly based on extensive experience acquired throughout the world and provides your networks with a high level of dependability NEX 24 integrates a host of innovative solutions designed around proven techniques: high performance switchgear, digital protection, monitoring and control systems, enclosures capable of withstanding internal arcing. From its very conception, NEX 24 has taken account of three key user ■ type testing was carried out for each performance level in the NEX 24 ■ the design, manufacturing and testing of NEX 24 was carried out according to ISO 9001: 2000 quality...

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NEX 24 catalogue 2010-8

NEX 24 provides the most efficient means to control and protect a wide Due to the devices it comprises, NEX 24 can be easily integrated into a monitoring and control system. Sepam protection and control units Sepam series 20, series 40 and series 80 digital protection relays take full advantage of Schneider Electric experience in electrical network Sepam series 20, series 40 and series 80 provides all the necessary ■ effective protection of people and property ■ accurate measurements and detailed diagnosis ■ integral equipment control ■ local or remote indication and operation. Easy evolution...

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NEX 24 catalogue 2010-9

Schneider Electric Services, by your side throughout the life of your installation We help you to define your solutions: selection guide, technical assistance, advice... We oversee the completion and commissioning of your installation: design, cost optimization, guaranteed performances and dependability We help run your daily operations in real time: maintenance contract, technical assistance, supply of replacement parts, corrective and preventive maintenance, operation and maintenance training, etc. We can bring the performance of your installation up to date: installation audit, switchgear...

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NEX 24 catalogue 2010-10

Quality assurance - Environment In each of its units, Schneider Electric integrates a functional organization whose main role is to check quality and monitor compliance with standards. ■ uniform throughout all departments ■ recognized by many customers and approved organizations. But above all, it is its strict application that has allowed us to obtain the recognition of an independent organization: The French Quality Assurance Association (AFAQ). The quality system for the design and manufacture of NEX 24 is certified to be in conformity with the requirements of ISO 9001 : 2000 quality assurance...

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NEX 24 catalogue 2010-11

TCP/IP over Ethernet NEX 24 switchboards integrate Web technologies so that you can find out information about your electrical installation as easy as opening All you need is a standard Web browser and a PC connected to your local area network. Simple choice A simple choice between WRM-1 and WRM-2 service levels allows you to easily order your Web Remote Monitoring NEX 24 switchboard. A customized level is also available. Your Web Remote Monitoring NEX 24 switchboard comes equipped with a Web server including Web pages dedicated to power equipment data. Easy commissioning Web Remote Monitoring...

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NEX 24 catalogue 2010-12

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NEX 24 catalogue 2010-14

Description PE57996 General Busbars LV control cabinet Sepam LPCT Circuit-breaker Current transformers Earthing switch Cables connection Voltage transformers area (option) 14 AMTED306006EN.indd

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NEX 24 catalogue 2010-15

NEX 24 switchboards are made up of several interconnected functional units. Power connections are made between functional units within a switchboard via The electrical continuity of all metal frames is provided by the connection of each functional unit's earthing busbar to the switchboard's main earthing circuit. Low voltage wiring trays are provided in the switchboard above the LV control LV cables can enter the switchboard through the top or bottom of each functional unit. Description of afunctional unit A functional unit comprises all equipment in the main and auxiliary circuits which together...

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NEX 24 catalogue 2010-16

Technical characteristics The metal enclosed switchgear may have different types of accessibility on the various sides of its enclosure. For identify purpose of different sides of the enclosure, the following code shall be A: restricted access to authorized personnel F: access to the front side L: access to the lateral side R: access to the rear side. Technical data Rated voltage Rated insulation leve Power frequency withstand voltage Lightning impulse withstand voltage Nominal current and maximum short time withstand current 0) Functional unit with circuit-breaker Short time withstand current...

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NEX 24 catalogue 2010-17

Operating conditions Operating conditions Normal operating conditions, according to I EC 62271-1 for indoor switchgear □ less than or equal to 40°C □ less than or equal to 35°C on average over 24 hours □ greater than or equal to-5°C. □ less than or equal to 1000 m □ above 1000 m, a derating coefficient is applied (please consult us). □ no dust, smoke or corrosive or inflammable gas and vapor, or salt □ average relative humidity over a 24 hour period 95% □ average relative humidity overa 1 month period 90% □ average vapor pressure over a 24 hour period 2.2 kPa □ average vapor pressure over a 1...

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