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General rules of electrical installation design

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 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 A2 A4 A10 A15 B2 B14 B16 B22 B30 B35 C2 C16 D3 D4 D7 D11 D13 D15 D19 D24 D26 D29 D30 D31 E2 E15 E25 F2 F4 F6 F17 F19 F23 F29 F36 G2 G7 G20 G24 G30 G37 G42 G46 H2 H5 H10 H11

Connection to the MV utility distribution network

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Connection to the LV utility distribution network

1 Low voltage utility distribution networks 2 Tariffs and metering

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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

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

1 2 3 4 The basic functions of LV switchgear The switchgear Choice of switchgear Circuit breaker

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Protection against voltage surges in LV

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 General Overvoltage protection devices Protection against voltage surges in LV Choosing a protection device Introduction Energy efficiency and electricity Diagnosis through electrical measurement Energy saving solutions How to value energy savings J2 J6 J11 J14 K2 K3 K7 K13 K31 K34

Energy Efficiency in electrical distribution

6 From returns on investment to sustained performance

Power factor correction and harmonic filtering

1 Reactive energy and power factor L2 2 Why to improve the power factor? L5 3 How to improve the power factor? L7 4 Where to install power correction capacitors? L10 5 How to decide the optimum level of compensation? L12 6 Compensation at the terminals of a transformer L15 7 Power factor correction of induction motors L18 8 Example of an installation before and after power factor correction L20 9 The effects of harmonics L21 10 Implementation of capacitor banks L24

Harmonic management
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 M2 M3 M4 M6 M11 M14 M16 M17 N2 N11 N24 N27 N45

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Characteristics of particular sources and loads

1 2 3 4 5 Protection of a LV generator set and the downstream circuits Uninterruptible Power Supply Units (UPS) Protection of LV/LV transformers Lighting circuits Asynchronous motors

Residential and other special locations

1 Residential and similar premises P2 2 Bathrooms and showers P8 3 Recommendations applicable to special installations and locations P12

EMC guidelines
1 2 3 4 5 Electrical distribution Earthing principles and structures Implementation Coupling mechanism and counter-measures Wiring recommendations Q2 Q3 Q5 Q16 Q22

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