Low Voltage Equipment Solutions Switchboard Retrofill

• Problem:

• Obsolete Federal Pacific switchboard component failures

• Solution:

• Remove Federal Pacific gear

• Retrofill with Eaton Magnum circuit breaker with electronic trip unit, Power Expert Meter (PXM), and Pow-R-Line C feeder panel

• Rating: 480V, 3000A, 100kA

• Installation: 14 Hour outage

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Eaton Electrical Engineering Services & Systems Division

Low Voltage Equipment Solutions Replacement of aging equipment

• Problem:

• Failure of equipment due to age

• Solution:

• Remove FPE bolted pressure switches

• Retrofill with Eaton Magnum breakers and feeder panels

• Rating: 480A, 3200A, 65kA

• Installation: 20 hour outage

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Eaton Electrical Engineering Services & Systems Division

Low Voltage Equipment Solutions

Replacement of aging equipment

• Problem:

• Outdated breakers

• Solution:

• Removal of Siemens breaker, feeder breakers, bus, and sheetmetal

• Retrofill with Eaton Magnum breakers and drawout JGC panelboard breakers

• Rating: 480V, 1200A, 100kA

• Installation: 16 hour outage

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Eaton Electrical Engineering Services & Systems Division

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Medium Voltage Equipment Solutions Incident energy reduction switch/fuse to breaker

• Problem:

• Requirement to reduce incident energy without funding for entire switchgear replacement

• Solution:

• Remove 15kV load interrupter air switch/fuse

• Retrofill Eaton 15kV VCP-T breaker with remote close/trip and electronic trip unit

• Installation: 10 hour outage

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Eaton Electrical Engineering Services & Systems Division

Medium Voltage Equipment Solutions Replacement of outdated breakers and relaying

• Problem:

• Obsolete breaker and electromechanical relaying

• Solution:

• Remove Allis Chalmers breaker

• Retrofill with Eaton VCPW-HD breakers and GE relaying/metering

• Rating: 35kV, 1200A

• Installation: 24 hour outage

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Eaton Electrical Engineering Services & Systems Division

Transformer Modernization Transformer termination enclosures

• Project:

• (2) Westinghouse 24,000kVA transformer secondary termination enclosures

• Solution:

• Custom enclosure, new secondary bus terminations, and cabling

• Rating: 135,000:13,800Y/7980V

• Installation: 10 hour outage

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Eaton Electrical Engineering Services & Systems Division

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Controls Solutions Remote breaker relaying and metering

• Project:

• Remotely locate 15kV breaker controls

• Solution:

• Custom control enclosure (UL Listed)

• HMI display panel

• Communication to customer DCS

• Circuit breaker remote racking

• Schweitzer relaying

Eaton Electrical Engineering Services & Systems Division

Safety Controls Solutions Remote ARMS (Arc Reduction Maintenance Switch) Enclosure

• Problem:

• High incident energy while performing maintenance on switchgear

• Solution:

• Reduce the incident energy by installing the remote ARMS enclosure and remotely activating the ARMS function on the trip unit of the breaker feeding the switchgear.

Eaton Electrical Engineering Services & Systems Division

ATS Controls Solutions ATS control panel

• Project:

• Develop ATS scheme for 3 utility sources

• Solution:

• Dual GE PLC automatic transfer switch control panel

• HMI display panel

Eaton Electrical Engineering Services & Systems Division

FACTORY TESTING

FIELD INSTALLED

Design Capabilities Full 3-dimensional CAD modeling

Eaton Electrical Engineering Services & Systems Division