Earth Leakage Protection Residual current relays 2016
Agenda Protection of life and property Market Strategy Market Segmentation Our Solutions… External Earth Leakage (Vigirex relay) Vigi add-on (Vigicompact NSX) Competitors Sales Information True Customer Benefits Vigirex or Vigicompact NSX Communication Tools Summary
Protection of life and property
Protection of life and property France People die of electrocution People suffer serious injuries Securing an installation means preventing, by all possible means, a person from sustaining a dangerously high current
The electrical risk People risk : electrical contact in Low Voltage Safety voltage for people AC voltage : 50 V dry atmosphere (25V wet atmosphere) DC voltage : 120 V dry atmosphere (60V wet atmosphere) Fire risk for equipements and installations 300 mA can generate fire in installations (leakage current) Direct contact Indirect contact Uc = contact voltage
Effect of current on human body IEC 60479-1 AC voltage 15 to 100 Hz No let go Current on-time (ms) Perception Fibrillation AC-1 : Perception AC-2 : Involontary contractions AC-3 : Difficulty in breathing AC-4 : Serious pathophysiological effects
How to protect ? Challenge : very low current detection (not accessible with overcurrent protection) People protection 30 mA Fire protection risk 300 mA 1. Principal protection : forbid dangerous electrical contacts with live conductors Distance / Insulation / Equipotentiality 2. Additionnal protection : Earth Leakage Protection Residual Current Device
Protection of life and property Differential protection to protect against isolation faults and optimize continuity of service Ensure protection against isolation faults Protects people against direct or indirect contacts Protects property against the risks of destruction and fire Optimize continuity of service in installations Measure earth current leakage to ground in order to get isolation status Centralize information with communication to organize preventive maintenance and create an installation historic
RCD protection overview : standard and products
Market Segmentation
Market segmentation Offer Market Leverage SE Offer Medium S2 Optimum+ Optimum - All buildings Infrastructures Critical Power Commercial and industry buildings for power distribution Specified offer brand Safety, reliability, discrimination, measure and communication Brand, price, safety Reliability RH99 M/P RH197 M/P RHU(s) / RMH Vigi-add on (with NSX) RH 10, 21 M/P Offer Market Leverage SE Offer No offer (no interest in this market) Non specified offer, price Diffuse market Medium No offer (no interest in this market) Non specified offer, price Diffuse market S2 Minimum Targeted market is Optimum
Applicable markets for earth leakage protection Machines Buildings Retail Electrical Energy Hospitals Airports Hotels Industry Mining Refineries Off-shore
Our Solutions… External Earth Leakage (Vigirex relay) Vigi add-on (Vigicompact NSX)
Types of Earth Leakage Protection Miniature Circuit Breakers Industrial Circuit Breakers with ELP integrated ELP with separated toroid
External Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker + Vigirex + Toroid The circuit-breaker + vigi + toroid chain, tested by Schneider Electric, guarantees maximum safety for people and equipment NEW NEW associated toroid Circuit breakers Vigirex
Vigirex relays range Protection relays Interrupt the supply of power to the monitored system in the event of a fault If you protect your installation you are also monitoring it but… … If you monitor your installation you aren’t protecting it Monitoring relays Indicate overruns of leakage current thresholds They reset automatically when the fault is no longer present
Centralised monitoring relay Vigirex relays range Protection relays NEW RH10M RH21M RH99M RH197M RH10P RH21P RH99P RH197P RHUs/RHU Monitoring relays Centralised monitoring relay NEW NEW RH99M RH99P RH197M RH197P RHUs/RHU RMH RM12T
Vigi add-on Vigicompact NSX 100 to 630 Circuit Breakers Earth-leakage protection is achieved by installing a Vigi module directly on the circuit breaker terminals. It directly actuates the trip unit (magnetic, thermal-magnetic or micrologic) 3 or 4 poles Vigicompact NSX
True customer benefits
True customers benefits Simple and Flexible Easy to choose, to install and to use Perfect installation integration into Schneider Electric equipment & systems Optimized catalogue Smart features Flexibility in terms of: current footprint, cable connections, product positioning,… Standard operating process Simple maintenance True customers benefits
True customers benefits Designed for the safety of persons and equipments True customers benefits Class II front face switchgear as per standards CEI 60664-1 and NFC15-100 Overvoltage category IV : close to the main switchboard (transformer) Diagnosis of network faults by signalling relays Test with power on : with or without tripping local or remote individual or centralised.
True customers benefits Fully certified and compatible with all international standards CEI 60364, 60664, 60755, 60947, 61000 : earth leakage protection for protection of people and equipment: CEI 60755 and CEI 60947-2 annex M (sequences MI/MII/MIII/MIV) installation: CEI 60364 electromagnetic compatibility: CEI 61000 insulation co-ordination: CEI 60664 UL and CSA : protection against earth faults for protection of equipment: UL 1053 and CSA 22.2 no. 144 (relays RH10, RH21 and RH99 up to 220/240 V of supply voltage). True customers benefits
Vigirex or Vigicompact NSX?
Focus on Vigirex Benefits Absolute protection of life and property Maximum safety Operation guaranteed in less than 40 ms Overvoltage category IV Continuous self-monitoring Settings protected by a lead-sealable cover Optimum continuity of service Inverse time tripping curve (for transient leakage current) Minimise outages Reduced tripping tolerance (between 0,8 – 1 x I ∆n) Frequency filtering and true RMS measurement (no tripping on high-frequency leakage currents) Test and reset Centralised test
External Earth Leakage & Vigi add-on module Benefits Vigirex Vigicompact NSX Absolute protection of people and equipment Vigirex efficiency Minimise power outages Reduce pointless downtimes Easy to install Quality and environment Ideal for the protection of power switchboard feeders and/or incomers Total discrimination with downstream distribution Remote indications - SDV Power self-supplied internally Can be installed on an plug-in base
External Earth Leakage or Vigi add-on module Vigirex Vigicompact NSX Settings Compactness Installation facility Signalization Retrofit Upgrade Price Integrated tripping device Integrated Tested Solution No external wiring Communication Possibility to monitor earth leakage protection
Communication Tools
Communication tools available in Shopping Kiosk January 2016 Catalog Vigirex updated version 2016 Promotional leaflet Vigirex Customer Conference version 2016 Specification for tender