System Planning
An industrial plant is only as good as its electric distribution system. For this reason, careful system planning for an industrial power system is very important. This wiki outlines the procedures of system planning and presents a guide which will make the details of Electric Power Distribution Design for Industrial Plant more understandable.
A standard electric distribution system is not adaptable to all industrial plants because no two plants have identical requirements. Methods must be used to analyze the specific requirements of the industrial plant qualitatively and quantitatively, and design the system which will most adequately meet the electrical requirements of the particular plant, with consideration given to both present and future operating conditions.
Basic Design Consideration
Any approach to the problems must include several basic considerations which will affect the overall design. These are
- Safety
- Safety takes two forms; safety to personel and safety to property. Safety to personnel involves no compromise; only the safest system can be considered.
- Safety to property may involve some compromise where safety to personel is not jeoperdized.
- Reliability
- The continuity of service required is dependent on the type of manufacturing or process operation of the plant. Some plants can easily tolerate momentary outages while others require a very high degree of service continuity. In view of this, the system should designed to isolate faults with a minimum disturbance to the system and should have features to give the maximum dependability consistent with the plant requirements.
