Sl.No.

Abbreviation Explanation
1 AB switch Air Break switch
2 ACB Air Circuit Breaker
3 ACDB Alternating Current Distribution Board
4 ACVS Air Conditioning and Ventilation System
5 BSS Belt Sway Switch
6 CPSS Construction Power Substation
7 CT Current Transformer
8 DCDB Direct Current Distribution Board
9 DO fuse Drop Out fuse
10 DOL Direct On Line
11 DSS Distribution Power Substation
12 ELCB Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker
13 EMLDB Emergency Lighting Distribution Board
14 EMPR Electronic Motor Protection Relay
15 FCMA Flux Compensated Magnetic Amplifier
16 FDA Fire Detection and Alarm
17 GI busbar Galvanized Iron bus bar (for Earthing)
18 HRC fuse High Rupture Capacity fuse
19 HT High Tension (Transformer HT side)
20 ISMC Indian Standard Medium weight Channel
21 JB Junction Box
22 LCB Local Control Board
23 LCS Local Control Station
24 LDB Lighting Distribution Board
25 LT Low Tension
26 MCB Miniature Circuit Breaker
27 MCC Motor Control Centre
28 MCCB Moulded Case Circuit Breaker
29 MCP Motor Control Panel
30 MLDB Main Lighting Distribution Board
31 MPCB Motor Protection Circuit Breaker
32 MPDB Main Power Distribution Board
33 NC Normally Closed
34 NO Normally Opened
35 OLTC On Load Tap Changer
36 PB Push Button
37 PCC Power Control Centre
38 PCS Pull Cord Switch
39 PDB Power Distribution Board
40 PT Potential Transformer
41 RCBO Residual Current Circuit Breaker with Over-current Protection
42 RCC Remote Control Cables
43 RCCB Residual Current Circuit Breaker
44 RDOL Reverse Duty On Line
45 SCIM Squirrel Cage Induction Motor
46 SF6 Circuit Breaker Sulphur Hexafluoride Circuit Breaker
47 SLDB Secondary Lighting Distribution Board
48 SMF Battery Sealed Maintenance Free Battery
49 SPNDB Short circuit Protection Neutral Distribution Board
50 TB Terminal Box
51 TEFC Total Enclosed Fan Cooled
52 TESC Totally Enclosed Surface Cooled
53 TPNDB Three Phase and Neutral Distribution Board
54 UPS Un-interrupted Power Supply
55 VCB Vacuum Circuit Breaker
56 VSD Variable Speed Drive
57 VVVF Variable Voltage Variable Frequency Drive
58 ZSS Zero Speed Switch
Sl.No. Abbreviation Explanation
12 CFC Continuous Function Chart
2 DCS Distributed Control System
4 DP Distributed Peripheral
19 EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
18 EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
6 HART Highway Addressable Remote Transducer
7 HMI Human Machine Interface
8 MMI Man Machine Interface
3 MPI Multi Point Interface
14 PID control Proportional Integral and Derivative control
1 PLC Programmable Logic Controller
17 PROM Programmable Read Only Memory
15 RAM Random Access Memory
10 RIO Remote Input Output
16 ROM Read Only Memory
20 RTD Resistance Temperature Device
5 SCADA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
13 SFC Sequential Function Chart
11 TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol-Internet Protocol
9 VDU Visual Display Unit
Sl.No. Abbreviation Explanation
1 IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
2 EN European Norms
3 CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
4 VDE Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker
5 BS British Standards
6 ISA International Standards Association
7 ISO International Standards Organization
8 NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association
9 BIS Bureau of Indian Standards
10 IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
11 ISI Indian Standards Institute
12 ANSI American National Standards Institute
13 IP Ingress Protection
14 ISMC International Society of Motor Control