15
Volts. Similarly, if the next open operation would cause the control voltage to
be below the close voltage set point, the operation is not performed until the
voltage rises above the close voltage set point plus Delta Volts. Upon power
on, Delta Volts is preset to 0.5 volts. At the first AUTOMATIC Close operation,
Delta Volts is set to the difference measured just before the Bank Closes and
one-minute later. From that point on every four AUTOMATIC Close operations
are averaged. This average is used as the Delta Volts measurement.
Automatic Voltage Operation Control Priority
The OPEN VOLTS setting has priority over the CLOSE VOLTS setting.
Capacitor Bank Switching Coordination Feature
– The OPERATION TIME
DELAY feature can be used to have the control automatically abort Voltage Open or
Close operations, thus allowing Capacitor Bank switching coordination.
If a Volt Open operation is pending, and the Line Voltage drops below the OPEN
VOLTS setting (minus 1 Volt) for 50% of the OPERATION TIME DELAY setting, the
Volt Open operation will be aborted.
Likewise, if a Volts Close operation is pending, and the Line Voltage increases
above the CLOSE VOLTS setting ( plus 1 volt) for 50% of the OPERATION TIME
DELAY setting, the Volt Close operation will be aborted.
Example:
Two sites are controlled by a NoMAX
®
900 Control. The Cap Bank Voltage
contribution is 2.2 Volts (i.e. Delta Volts is 2.2 volts).
Site 1’s CLOSE VOLTS setting is 118.0 and the OPERATION TIME DELAY setting
is 60 seconds.
Site 2’s CLOSE VOLTS setting is 118.0 and the OPERATION TIME DELAY setting
is 180 seconds.
The Line Voltage drops below 118.0 for more than 60 seconds, both Site 1 & 2
initiate pending Close operations (i.e. the Close Event counters exceed 60).
After another 60 seconds, Site 1’s Close Motor Relay energizes
(i.e. the OPERATION TIME DELAY for Site 1 is 60). Shortly thereafter, the
Line Voltage increases to 120.2 volts (118.0 + 2.2 Volts Delta).
Site 2 is 60 seconds into its Operation Time Delay.
90 seconds later Site 2’s Close operation automatically aborts
(i.e. the OPERATION TIME DELAY for Site 2 is 180) approximately
30 seconds before its Close Motor Relays would have energized.
Note:
If a pending operation aborts, the Voltage condition counter
which initiated the operation, resets to zero.
Gridco, Inc. v. Varentec, Inc. IPR2017-01135
GRIDCO 1008 - 17/22