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ETAP TIP No. 011

Adding LV MCCB to the Library

(With Thermal-Magnetic Trip Unit)

Applicable ETAP Versions: 5.5.0, 5.5.5, 5.5.6

(For lower versions, some of the descriptions and procedures below may differ in some ways)
Given:
Table 1: MCCB Data
Manufacturer

Fuji Electric

Catalog No.

USEH605a

Frame (A)

225

Type

SA203BAUL

Rated Insulation Voltage

AC

690

Pole

Rated Current (A)

125, 150, 175,

200, 225

Rated
Interrupting
Capacity
sym (kA)

IEC947-2
[Icu/Ics]

Tripping Device

690V
600V
500V
440V
400V
230V

Not available
15/8
18/9
25/13
30/15
50/25
Fixed Thermalmagnetic
(See Fig. 1a)

Fig. 2

(a)

Procedure:
A.

Registering LV CB in the Library. There are 3 phases

involved as follows:
I.

Phase 1: Registering the breaker (model &

ratings).

II. Phase 2: Registering the trip unit (characteristic

curve).
III. Phase 3: Associating the breaker to the trip
unit(s).
(b)
B.

Plotting the Characteristic Curve on TCC for

Verification.

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A. Registering LV CB in the Library
I.

Phase 1: Registering the breaker (data and ratings)

1. In this exercise, the data in Table 1 extracted from Fuji Electric

catalog # USEH605a will be used.
2. Run ETAP 5.5.X program.
3. Open Example-ANSI.oti sample project.
Note: You may open any ETAP project.

4. Select the library file (where the new data is intended to be

added) by doing the following:
a. From the main menu, select LibraryOpen (see Fig. 2).
b. The Warning dialog box will be displayed. Click the Yes
button. See Fig. 3.
c. Browse the etaplib55X.lib library file located at Y:\ETAP
55X\Lib folder. See Fig. 4.

4.a

Fig. 2

Notes:
i. Y:\ETAP 55X is the drive and
folder where ETAP program was
installed and X refers to the
point release version of ETAP. If
ETAP was installed on the default
location, the drive and folder is
C:\ETAP 55X.

4.b

Fig. 3

ii. The new data will be added to

etaplib55X.lib library file.
iii. You may create a copy of the
etaplib55X.lib file using the
Windows Explorer program and
work on the copied file to preserve
the default library file.

4.c

iv. You may also create a new library

file instead. To do so, from the
main menu, select
LibraryCreate. Browse to the
folder where you want the library
file to be located and enter the
desired filename. Then, you may
merge this library later with the
other libraries.

Fig. 4
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5. To confirm that the library file you are working on
is the etaplib55X.lib, do the following:
a. Click the Project View button from the
Systems toolbar. See Fig. 5a
5.a

b. On the Project View window, scroll down and

notice the Libraries folder is appended with
the path and filename of the active library i.e.
Libraries C:\ETAP 556\Lib\etaplib556.lib.
See Fig. 5b.
6. Add the new LV MCCB device. From main menu,
select LibraryLV Circuit Breaker

5.b

(a)

(b)

The [X] LV Breaker Library [Y] dialog box will be

displayed.

Fig. 5

Notes:
[X]- is replaced by the standard (i.e. ANSI or IEC) currently
active on the dialog box.

7.a

[Y]- is replaced by the circuit breaker type (i.e. Molded Case,

Power CB, or Insulated Case) currently active on the
dialog box.

7. Guided by the information in Table 1, page 1; In

the [X] LV Breaker Library [Y] dialog box, do
the following (see Fig. 6):

7.d

7.c
7.b

a. In the Type pull down box, select Molded

Case
b. In the Standard frame, select IEC radio
button.
c. Between the AC and DC radio buttons, select
AC
d. In the Manufacturer frame, click the Add
button.
The LVCB Molded Case Library: Add dialog box will
be displayed.

Fig. 6

Note: click the Add button only if the manufacturer is

not yet available on the list box. Otherwise, just select the
manufacturer.

8. Enter the following in the LVCB Molded Case

Library: Add dialog box and click OK. See
Fig. 7.
Manufacturer
Reference
Link
www.etap.com

: Fuji Electric
: leave blank (no info.)
: leave blank (no info.)

Fig. 7
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9. With the Fuji Electric selected in the
Manufacturer frame, click the Add button
in the Model frame. See Fig. 8.

Selected

The LVCB Molded Case Library: Add dialog box will

be displayed

Fig. 8

10. Again, guided by the information in Table 1,

page 1, in the LVCB Molded Case Library:
Add dialog box, do the following (see Fig. 9):

10.d
10.c
10.a

a. In the Model pull down box, type

SA203BAUL
b. In the Pole pull down box, select 3

10.e

10.b

c. In the Max kV pull down box, type 0.69

d. Check Thermal-Magnetic in the Trip
Device frame
e. In the Model Info frame, enter the
following (for the fields not mentioned
below, leave them blank since there is no
available information)
Catalog #
Frame Type
Frame Size
Certification

:
:
:
:

USEH605a
SA
225
IEC 60947-2

10.f

f. Click the OK button.

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11. With the SA203BAUL selected in the Model
frame, click the Edit Short Circuit Info
button. See Fig. 10.

Selected

The LV Breaker Library dialog box will be displayed.

Selected

12. Again, guided by the information in Table 1 on

page 1, in the LV Breaker Library dialog box,
do the following (see Fig. 11):

11

a. Click Add button

b. Enter the following data in the respective
cells:
kV
Icu
Ics
Icm
Icw
Tkr
Tripping time
Notes

:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:

0.6
Fig. 10
15
8
30*
0 (no info.)
0 (no info.)
0 (no info.)
Pf = 0.3 (in relation to value of Icm derived from Table II)

* This value is not specified in the catalog. However, since the breaker is IEC 947-2 certified, the standard relationship
between the short-circuit breaking and making capacity, and related power factor given in Table II of the said standard may
be used to determine the Icm.

12.b
12.a

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Table II (IEC947-2)
Short-circuit breaking
capacity I* (amperes)
(kA)(r.m.s)

Power factor

Minimum value required for n

n=

Short-circuit making capacity

Short-circuit breaking capacity

4.5

< I**

0.7

1.5

< I**

10

0.5

1.7

10

< I**

20

0.3

2.0

20

< I**

50

0.25

2.1

50

< I**

0.2

2.2

* I = any value of short-circuit breaking capacity.

** For lower values of breaking capacity, for certain applications see Table XI (Sub-clause 8.3.2.2.4) for the power factor.

13. Register the rest of the short circuit information at different voltage level given in Table 1, page 1 by
similarly doing Step 12.
Note: You can right-click a row to copy short circuit information and paste to another row

14. The end result is similar to Fig. 13. Click the OK button when complete.

14

Fig. 13

15. Click the Close button in the IEC LV Breaker Library Molded Case dialog box.
16. In the main menu, select LibrarySave to save the changes.
17. End of Phase 1

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II. Phase 2: Registering the Trip Unit (Characteristic Curve)

1. According to Table 1, page 1, the trip unit of the MCCB is a Thermal-Magnetic type.
2. From main menu, select LibraryTrip DeviceThermal Magnetic
The LV Breaker Library dialog box will be displayed.

3. In the Manufacturer frame of the Thermal

Magnetic Library dialog box, click the
Add button. See Fig. 14.

The Thermal Magnetic Library: Add dialog box will be

displayed.
Note: click the Add button only if the manufacturer is
not yet available on the list box. Otherwise, just select the
manufacturer.

4. Enter the following on the Thermal Magnetic

Library: Add dialog box and click the OK
button. See Fig. 15.
Manufacturer
Reference
Link

: Fuji Electric
: leave blank (no info.)
: leave blank (no info.)
Fig. 14

Selected

Fig. 15

5. With the Fuji Electric selected in the list box

of the Manufacturer frame, click the Add
button in the Model frame. See Fig. 16

Fig. 16

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6. On the Thermal Magnetic Library: Add
dialog box, do the following (see Fig. 17):

6.a

a. Enter the following information

Model
: SA203BAUL
Reference : SA Breaker
Description : Fixed Thermal-Magnetic trip
unit for SA202BAUL,
SA203BAUL, SA202RAUL,
SA203RAUL
Link
:leave blank (no info.)
6.b

b. Click the OK button

Fig. 17

7. With the SA203BAUL selected in the

Model frame of the Thermal Magnetic
Library dialog box, click the Parameters
button. See Fig. 18
The Thermal Magnetic Library: Parameters will be
displayed.

Selected

Fig. 18

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8. Guided by the information in Table 1 and Fig. 1a, page 1; In the Rating frame of the Thermal
Magnetic Library: Parameters dialog box, do the following (see Fig. 19):
a. Click the Add button.
b. Click the cell under TM ID column and type 225
Note: If ID is not defined explicitly by the manufacturer, you could take the TM ID the same as the size (rated current)

c. Click the cell under the Amps column and type 225
9. Between the radio buttons Amperes and Multiples, select Multiples since the characteristic curve is
expressed in multiple of rated current (see Fig. 19)
10. Click the Thermal tab.
11. Check the Thermal checkbox since the trip characteristic contains thermal element
12. On the left side of the Thermal frame is a table for the points of the Thermal Minimum Trip Curve.
Enter all the 15 points given in column Curve A of Table 2: Locus of Points on page 13 by doing the
following sequentially:
a. Click the Add button.
8.b

b. Click the cell under

Time(s) column and
type the value
8.a

c. Click the cell under Mult

Min column and type the
value

10

Note: You can copy and paste data

from the spread sheet program (e.g.
MS Excel) to this table.

13. On the Right side of the

Thermal frame is a table
for the points of the
Thermal Maximum Trip
Curve. Enter the all 15
points given in column
Curve B of Table 2: Locus
of Points on page 13 by
doing the similar actions
performed in Step 12.

8.c
18

11
14

12.b
12.c
19
12.a
13
16

17

14. Click the Temp Shift

button.
The Trip Device Library: Temp.
Shift Factor will be displayed

Fig. 19
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15. In the Trip Device Library: Temp. Shift Factor dialog
box, populate the table as shown in Fig. 20 by clicking on
the appropriate cell and typing the numerical value. Also,
click on the Add or Delete button when necessary.
When finished, click the OK button.
Note: The values on the table were read and obtained from Fig. 1b on
page 1.

15

16. Leave the Adjustable check box unchecked since the

thermal element is fixed. See Fig. 19
17. Leave the Smoothing Radius Min and Max to zero
because these have no effect on the curves since the thermal
curves were defined by points. See Fig. 19

Fig. 20

18. Click the Magnetic tab (see Fig. 19). The Magnetic page will be displayed as shown in Fig. 21. Do
the following on this page:
a. Check the Magnetic checkbox since the trip characteristic contains magnetic element
b. Select Fixed radio button since the magnetic element is fixed
c. Enter the following at the Trip row
Min :
Max :

18.a

8
14

Note: The above values were read from the characteristic curve in Fig.
1a on page 1.

18.b

d. At the Band frame, select Define By Points radio

button.
Note: If the magnetic element is fixed, the Define By Points is
appropriate in general.

18.c

18.d

e. Click the Opening Clearing Curve button.

18.e

The Thermal Magnetic Library: Magnetic Band Points will be

displayed.

20

Fig. 21

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19. In the Thermal Magnetic Library: Magnetic Band
Points dialog box, do the following (see Fig. 22):

19.a

19.b

a. In the Opening Curve frame, enter the 11

points given in column Curve C of Table 2:
Locus of Points on page 13 by doing the similar
actions performed in Step 12.
b. Similarly, in the Clearing Curve frame (see
Fig. 22), enter the 11 points given in column
Curve D of Table e: Locus of Points on page
13.
c. Click the OK button when complete.

19.c

Fig. 22

20. Leave the Smoothing Radius Min and Max to zero because these have no effect on the curves since
the Band curves were defined by points. See Fig. 21.

21. On the lower-left portion of the Thermal Magnetic Library: Parameters dialog box, enter the following
information on the appropriate textbox (see Fig. 19):
TCC ID :
Revision :
Notes :

Curve, Page 9 *
leave blank (no info)
Fixed Thermal-Magnetic Unit

* If no TCC ID is specified in the catalog, enter a concise identification to easily point out where the parameters and curves
were read from.

22. At this point, the characteristic curve for the 225 rating unit is completed.

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23. The characteristic cuve in Fig 1a, page 1 is common in all rating [125A, 150A, 175A, 200A, 225A].
Since the 225 rating has already been registered, you may just copy this one to complete the rest. See
Fig. 23.
a. In the Rating frame,
click Add

23.d

b. Move the mouse to the

1st record (row) and
click Copy button.

23.b
23.c

c. Move and click the

mouse to the 2nd record
and click Paste
button.

23.d

23.a

d. Change the data on the

2nd record as follows:
TM ID: to 125
Amps : to 125
e. Repeat the above steps
similarly to complete
the remaining ratings.

24

Fig. 23
24. Click the OK when complete (see Fig. 23).
25. Click the Close button to close the Thermal Magnetic Library dialog box.
26. In the main menu, select LibrarySave to save the changes.
27. End of Phase 2.

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Curve A is the thermal element

minimum value that terminates to the
point of intersection at the minimum
value of the instantaneous element
(vertical line).

Curve B is the thermal element

maximum value that terminates to the
point of intersection at the maximum
value of instantaneous element (vertical
line)

Curve C is the opening curve of the

band of the instantaneous element that
originates from the point of intersection
at the minimum value of the
instantaneous element (vertical line)

Curve D is the clearing curve of the

band of the instantaneous element that
originates from the point of intersection
at the maximum value of the
instantaneous element (vertical)

See Table 2 for the locus of points of

the respective curves.

Table 2: Locus of Points

CURVE
A

Pt 1

9835.69

1.01

9710.98

1.18

0.0521

8.00

0.0527

14.00

Pt 2

4830.41

1.06

5863.44

1.20

0.0382

8.33

0.0430

14.21

Pt 3

2372.89

1.11

2634.91

1.28

0.0290

9.02

0.0353

14.65

Pt 4

1165.14

1.17

1169.56

1.42

0.0232

10.06

0.0291

15.18

Pt 5

581.52

1.28

532.04

1.69

0.0203

11.62

0.0245

16.08

Pt 6

296.68

1.45

267.05

2.15

0.0186

13.54

0.0213

17.36

Pt 7

154.27

1.68

79.93

3.30

0.0175

15.83

0.0194

19.04

Pt 8

83.08

2.02

35.46

4.55

0.0168

18.53

0.0179

20.97

Pt 9

19.71

3.65

4.60

11.36

0.0162

21.70

0.0167

23.11

Pt 10

6.31

6.08

3.85

12.17

0.0157

25.41

0.0157

25.52

Pt 11

5.17

6.64

3.14

12.74

0.0120

100.00

0.0120

100.00

Pt 12

4.14

7.15

2.55

13.25

Pt 13

3.26

7.57

2.05

13.60

Pt 14

2.53

7.90

1.65

13.89

Pt 15

1.95

8.00

1.32

14.00

Y Vertical Axis (time in sec), X Horizontal Axis (Multiple of rated current)

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III. Phase 3: Associating the Breaker to the Trip Unit

1. From main menu, select LibraryLV Circuit

Breaker

2.d

2.a
2.c

2. In the [X] LV Breaker Library [Y] dialog

box, do the following (see Fig. 25):
a. In the Type pull down box, select Molded
Case

2.b

b. In the Standard frame, select IEC radio

button.

2.e

c. Between the AC and DC radio buttons,

select AC
d. In the Manufacturer frame, select Fuji
Electric.

2.f

e. In the Model frame, select SA203BAUL

f. Click Assign Trip Device
The LV Breaker Library dialog box will be
displayed

Fig. 25

3. In the LV Breaker Library dialog box, do the following (see Fig. 26):
a. In the Size frame, click the Add button.
b. Click the cell under Amps column, type 225
c. Click the cell under Notes column and type Fixed Thermal Magnetic.
Note: The moment you click
on this cell, ETAP will
search the library database
for available trip units. The
table in the Available
frame will be populated with
the available trip device
models and the
corresponding sizes from the
same manufacturer.

3.a

3.c

3.b

3.d

3.g

3.e
3.f

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d. In the Trip Device frame, select Thermal Magnetic.
Note: Only Thermal Magnetic trip unit is available for this breaker since this is the only trip unit that was specified in Phase
1, Step 10.d (see Fig. 9).

e. In the Available frame, left table, select the row Fuji Electric ; SA203BAUL.
Note: By default, ETAP lists the available trip device model from the same manufacturer as that of the breaker. Since other
trip units with retrofit kits may be used with a variety of breakers, it is possible to select trip units from other manufacturer by
checking the Show All checkbox.

f. In the Available frame, right table, select the TM ID 225.

g. Click the << button
4. Similarly, repeat the procedure in Step 3 to add following breaker sizes and their corresponding trip
devices.
Breaker Size
125
150
175
200

TM ID
125
150
175
200

5. The end result is

similar to Fig. 27.

Fig. 27
6. Click the OK button when complete.
7. Click the Close button on the IEC LB Breaker Library Molded Case dialog box.
8. In the main menu, select LibrarySave to save the changes.
9. End of Phase 3.

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B. Plotting the characteristic curve on TCC for verification

icon on the Systems toolbar (Vertical toolbar

1. Click on the One Line Diagram
normally located on the left side of the window/screen).

2. Switch to edit mode by clicking the Edit

icon on the Mode toolbar.

3. Add an LV Circuit breaker on the one line diagram presentation ( See Fig. 28).

4. Double click on the LV Circuit breaker symbol (See

Fig. 28).
4

The Low Voltage Circuit Breaker Editor [X] dialog box will
be displayed ([X] refers to the ID of the circuit breaker under
consideration).

3
5.a

Fig. 28

5.c

5. In the Low Voltage Circuit Breaker Editor

[X] dialog box, do the following (see Fig. 29):
5.b

a. Click the Rating tab

b. In the Standard frame, select IEC radio
button.
c. In the Type frame, select Molded Case

5.d

d. In the CB & Trip Device Library frame,

click the Library button.
The Library Quick Pick LV Circuit Breaker dialog
box will be displayed.

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6. In the Library Quick Pick LV Circuit
Breaker dialog box, do the following (see
Fig. 30):

6.a

a. In the Manufacturer frame, select Fuji

Electric.
b. In the Model frame, select
SA203BAUL
c. In the Short-Circuit Data frame, select
0.6 record

6.b

d. In the Size (Amps) frame, select 225

6.c

e. Click the OK button.

6.d

6.e

Fig. 30

7. Click the OK button in the Low Voltage

Circuit Breaker Editor X dialog box (See
Fig .29).

8. Switch to Protective Coordination mode by clicking the Star-Protective Coordination

the Mode toolbar.

icon on

9. Select the LV Circuit Breaker symbol added in Step 3.

10. Click the Create Star View
button on the Star(PD Coordination) toolbar (the
vertical toolbar normally located on the right side of the window when the Protection
Coordination mode is ctive).

11. The TCC plot will be created similar to Fig. 31.

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