a) A 380V, 7.5kW electric water pump of power factor 0.8 lagging and efficiency of 85% will be wired by an armoured XLPE insulated copper cable. The circuit will be run on cable tray with three other similar circuits at an ambient temperature of 40℃. MCCB will be used as the overcurrent protective device for the circuit. The estimated length of the circuit for the machine is 50m.   i) Determine the minimum rating of MCCB for the circuit, available MCCB rating are 25A, 30A, 40A, 50A  ii) Determine the minimum cable size of the circuit if the allowable voltage drop of the circuit is 1.5% of the nominal supply voltage?

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a) A 380V, 7.5kW electric water pump of power factor 0.8 lagging and efficiency of 85% will be wired by an armoured XLPE insulated copper cable. The circuit will be run on cable tray with three other similar circuits at an ambient temperature of 40℃. MCCB will be used as the overcurrent protective device for the circuit. The estimated length of the circuit for the machine is 50m.

 

i) Determine the minimum rating of MCCB for the circuit, available MCCB rating are 25A, 30A, 40A, 50A 

ii) Determine the minimum cable size of the circuit if the allowable voltage drop of the circuit is 1.5% of the nominal supply voltage?

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