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Issued by : EBG - Electrical Systems & Equipment, LARSEN & TOUBRO LIMITED, Powai Campus, Mumbai 400 072
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In the Electrical Systems, the field operating cable where run from one device to the other device
engineers has started experiencing peculiar directly without involving multi-core cables and
phenomenon. Sometimes without giving the junction boxes. For higher rated motors, control
command a drive starts. On some other occasions, supply used to be DC.
even after giving a stop command the drive does
not stop. In some cases, the PLC DI contact is Now the plant sizes have expanded in capacity and
observed to burn frequently even on control signal also geographically. Extensive instrumentation to
input. Such cases are always reported to the support automation has resulted in long cables
equipment suppliers for failure of the control system between fields sensors to PLCs or MCCs. Use of
such as PLCs or Numerical relays. multi-core cables and junction boxes has simplified
cabling and troubleshooting. But all such measures
However, system study and analysis has proven have resulted in a new phenomenon - increased
that it is not the apparent component which is at cable capacitance experienced in the control circuit.
fault but the physical parameters such as control This cable capacitance is the root cause of the
voltage level, type of cable, length of cable, etc. are unexplained behaviour referred above.
responsible for this behaviour.
In this issue of L&T Current Trends, we have tried
In early days, except for the material handling plants, to analyse the causes and recommend solutions to
other plants had smaller spread out. Also control overcome this effect.
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Where ‘b’ is a factor, which is less r Capacitance Of The Cable/ Km. MICRO FARADS/KM
than 1. Introduction of this factor b L Length Of The Control Cable METERS
can be explained as follows:
Fig. 4
L Use of shielded twisted wire
Sometimes magnetic interference
induces voltage in the control wire.
The effect can be nullified by using
S TA R T shielded twisted wire (for bringing
COMMAND the commands from remote) as
compared to normal PVC wire.
S TA R T R C Conclusion:
S W ITC H All the solutions discussed above have
to be evaluated on case-to-case basis.
Looking at the pros and cons of all
We also recommend a resistor be these solutions, the following solutions
The value of the capacitance is turn out to be most effective:
calculated as follows: placed in parallel to the capacitor.
L Layout to restrict length of control
C = 10x TC Resistor R acts as a “bleed”, safely cable to 250-300m.
CABLE dissipating any energy that may be L Reduce control supply voltage to
Where C= Value of Added Capacitance stored in the capacitor. We would 110 V AC.
TC= The total capacitance of recommend a 470k resistor. (Fig. 4)
L Use of lower dielectric constant
the cable.
This value is chosen to ensure that cables for bringing the signals
A typical value for the capacitor would the capacitor discharges safely in L Use of twisted wire for bringing the
be 470 µF under a second. remote signals.
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