Protection device coordination is the process of selecting and organizing protection devices to limit the effects of an overcurrent (short circuit) situation in the smallest area.
This study can be used to determine fuse sizes, configurations for circuit breakers and relays, or as an aid to the selection of new equipment.
This study will determine the settings of your protection devices such as relays and circuit breakers and determine the size and characteristics of the fuses in the power system.
These settings and fuses will be plotted on the TCC (time current curves) of the devices and the CEC, NEC, IEEE, ANSI and UL standards will be applied.
A protective device coordination study will
- Increase the protection of equipment and facilities.
- Ensure the coordination of the protection device, defining the operation of the devices.
- Increase the reliability of installations, limiting the time of failures, overload.
- Increase operator safety by extinguishing electrical arcs and reducing protection operation times.
