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Abstract:
The Electricity provider does charge the fixed charges on the basis of consumers maximum
Electrical Demand. Consumer shall restrict the power consumption under the contracted
maximum demand. This article furnishes calculation for Maximum Contract Demand.
1. Introduction:
The Electricity provider does record maximum demand in pre-defined interval (e.g. 30 minutes
or 15 minutes) through duly sealed and calibrated energy meter. Generally Maximum Demand
denotes in kVA for billing purpose.
Consumer need to sanction Maximum demand from Electricity Provider considering type of
industry and operation pattern of the equipments. Consumer shall pay fixed charges on the
basis of Maximum Demand obtained from the provider i.e. the maximum rate at which an
electrical power has been consumed during any period of defined consecutive minutes in the
billing month.
2. Analysis:
General Formula to calculate the Maximum Demand is described below:
Maximum Demand= Connected Load * Load Factor / Power Factor.
Where,
Connected Load = Total Connected load in the facility in kW.
Load Factor = Utility Factor * Diversity Factor.
Power Factor = System average Power Factor.
Example:
Total connected load of facility: 6500 kW
Load Factor: 0.4 (Considering steel plant type)
Power Factor: 0.95
Maximum Demand= 6500 * 0.4 / 0.95
= 2737 kVA
Utility Factor and Diversity Factor can be finding out by the Time Profile of load and usage of
the equipment. All equipments of facility may not operate at similar time and also may not
run with full load.
Hence, Diversity Factor in percentage = Installed load / running load.
3. Conclusion:
Consumer should sanction Maximum Demand after studying the load pattern of the electrical
installation. Obtaining higher Maximum Demand shall result higher minimum fixed charges plus
higher deposit, and if sanctioned Maximum Demand exceed than consumer shall confront
penalty.
Visual Inspection
A daily checklist procedure should be established to perform the visual routine test. It should contain
oil temperature, winding temperature, oil level, humming (noisy operation), and oil leakage checks. An
annunciation window (an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active) displays
alarm and trip signals generated from the load.
Buchholz Relay
A Buchholz relay is a safety device normally mounted at the middle of the pipe connecting the
transformer tank to the conservator. It is a gas detection relay used to detect minor and major faults in
the transformer. A Buchholz relay operates by detecting the volume of gas generated in the
transformer tank. Gas produced by faults accumulates over time within the relay chamber. Whenever
the volume of gas exceeds a certain safe level, the float moves lower, closes the contact, and
generates an alarm. The fault alarm can be displayed on an annunciation window and the master trip
relay will cause the circuit breaker to open.
Followings are other tests that can be used to detect oil based faults:
Acidity test
Color test
Fiber estimation
Resistivity test
Furan analysis