ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

DET30053 – POWER SYSTEM

LABORATORY REPORT
PRACTICAL WORK 5 : DOUBLE BUSBAR SYSTEM

GROUP MEMBER :

REG. NAME CLASS MARKS

NUMBER
General Laboratory safety
1. Conduct yourself in a responsible manner at all times in the laboratory
2. Follow all written and verbal instructions carefully. If you do not understand a direction or
part of a procedure, ASK YOUR LECTURER BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THE ACTIVITY.
3. Perform only those experiments authorized by your lecturer. Carefully follow all
instructions, both written and oral. Unauthorized experiments are not allowed.
4. Do not eat food, drink beverages, or chew gum in the laboratory. Do not use laboratory
glassware as containers for food or beverages.
5. Be prepared for your work in the laboratory. Read all procedures thoroughly before
entering the laboratory. Never fool around in the laboratory. Horseplay, practical jokes, and
pranks are dangerous and prohibited.
6. Always work in a well-ventilated area.
7. Observe good housekeeping practices. Work areas should be kept clean and tidy at all
times.
8. Be alert and proceed with caution at all times in the laboratory. Notify the teacher
immediately of any unsafe conditions you observe.
9. Experiments must be personally monitored at all times. Do not wander around the room,
distract other students, startle other students or interfere with the laboratory experiments
of others.
Your personal laboratory safety depends mostly on YOU

Electrical safety
1. Obtain permission before operating any high voltage equipment.
2. Make sure all the connection are correct before on the supply.
3. Avoid using extension cords whenever possible. If you must use one, obtain a heavy- duty
one that is electrically grounded, with its own fuse, and install it safely. Extension cords
should not go under doors, across aisles, be hung from the ceiling, or plugged into other
extension cords.
4. Never, ever modify, attach or otherwise change any high voltage equipment.
5. Always make sure all capacitors are discharged (using a grounded cable with an insulating
handle) before touching high voltage leads or the "inside" of any equipment even after it has
been turned off. Capacitors can hold charge for many hours after the equipment has been
turned off.
6. When you are adjusting any high voltage equipment USE ONLY ONE HAND. Your other hand
is best placed in a pocket or behind your back. This procedure eliminates the possibility of an
accident where high voltage current flows up one arm, through your chest, and down the
other arm.

Emergency Response
1. It is your responsibility to read safety and fire alarm posters and follow the instructions during
an emergency
2. Know the location of the fire extinguisher, eye wash, and safety shower in your lab and know
how to use them.
3. Notify your instructor immediately after any injury, fire or explosion.

4. Know the building evacuation procedures.

 TITLE Double Busbar Basic System
PRACTICAL WORK 1 2 3 4 5 6 CLASS

STUDENTS
Assessments Items
S1 S2 S3

1. Prepare of experiment /10 /10 /10

2. Recognize the equipment /10 /10 /10

3. Assemble / construct the circuit /10 /10 /10

Practical Skill
Assessment 4. Following Procedure correctly /10 /10 /10
(Psychomotor)
5. Ability to conduct experiment /10 /10 /10

6. Following safety rules /10 /10 /10

7. Perform meter reading / waveform /10 /10 /10

8.Housekeeping /10 /10 /10

Total Practical Skill Assessment /80 /80 /80

Result /5

Report Discussion / 10
Assessment
(Cognitive) Conclusion /5

Total Cognitive Assessment /20

TOTAL MARKS
Students Student’s Name Register Number
(A)+(B)
S1

S2

S3

LECTURER’S NAME
 PRACTICAL SKILL ASESSMENT (PSYCHOMOTOR)
Item 2 mark 4 marks 6 marks 8 marks 10 marks
1 Prepare of Demonstrate no Demonstrate little Demonstrate Demonstrates Demonstrates
experiment understanding of understanding of partial considerable complete
the task. No the task. Many understanding in understanding of understanding of
response /task not requirement of task. Most the task. All the task. All
attempt task are missing requirement task requirements of requirements of
are included task are included. task are included
in response.
2 Recognize the Student not Student recognize Student recognize All necessary lab All necessary lab
equipment recognize any a few equipment a few equipment equipment are equipment are
equipment identified and identified and
properly mention properly mention
with it's function
3 Assemble / Student unable to Students is able to Student is able to Student is able to Students is able to
construct the construct the construct the construct part of construct all the construct all the
circuit circuits circuits but the circuit correctly circuit correctly circuits excellently
incorrectly under supervision under supervision without the help of
of the lecturer of the lecturer the lecturer
4 Ability to Unable to conduct Able to conduct Able to conduct Quite able to Ablitiy to conduct
conduct the experiment the entire the entire conduct the the entire
experiment on his own experiment with a experiment & use entire experiment experiment & use
using lecturer provides lot help from the appropriate & use appropriate
appropriate help in almost lecturer equipment with appropriate equipmtent with
equipment every step of some help from equipment neglible help from
experiment the lecturer without help from the lecturer.
the lecturer.

5 Following  Lacks the  Demonstrates  Demonstrates  Demonstrates  Demonstrates

Procedure appropriate general good knowledge sound very good
correctly knowledge of knowledge of of the lab knowledge of knowledge of
the lab lab procedures procedures lab procedures the lab
procedures Requires help  Works to follow  Carefully follows procedures
Often requires from lecturer each step before each step Thoroughly and
help from the with some steps moving on to  Works to follow carefully follows
lecturer to even in procedures the next step each step before each step before
complete basic moving on to moving on to
procedures the next step next step
6 Following Student did not Students only Student Student Student
safety rules demonstrate demonstrated demonstrate some demonstrate demonstrate
proper safety safety practices safety practices proper safety proper safety
practices after reminded by practices most of practices all of the
a lecturer the times. times

7 Perform meter Student unable to Student able to Student able to Student able to Student able to
reading / collect meter collect meter collect meter collect most of the collect all the
waveform readings from the readings from the readings from the meter readings meter readings
instrument instrument with instrument with a from the from the
little error few error instrument instrument
correctly

8 Housekeeping Untidy and Simply neat and Quite neat and Neat and Very neat and
unorganized organized during organized organized organized
during & after & after during & after during & after during & after
experiment experiment experiment experiment experiment
 REPORT ASSESSMENT (COGNITIVE)
Item 2 marks 4 marks 6 marks 8 marks 10 marks
7 Discussion/ Very incomplete or Some of the result Almost of the Almost all of the All important
Review incorrect have been result have been results have been trends have been
Question interpretation. Not correctly correctly correctly interpreted
answer the interpreted and no interpreted and interpreted and correctly and
question clear answer the some correctly discussed. Answer discussed. Answer
question answer the the question the question
question correctly

Item 1 mark 2 marks 3 marks 4 marks 5 marks

Result Result & Result & Result & Result & Result &
8 measurements measurements measurements measurements measurements
are incomplete, are somewhat are mostly are accurate with are both accurate
inaccurate and inaccurate and accurate reasonable and precise
imprecise very imprecise precision

9 Conclusion No conclusion was A statement of the A statement of the Accurate Accurate

included or shows result in the lab result in the lab statement of the statement of the
little effort and indicates whether indicates whether result in the lab results of lab
reflection on the results support the results support the indicates whether indicates whether
lab hypothesis hypothesis results support result support
hypothesis
1 LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO):

Understand the switching method for double busbar

2 OBJECTIVE

At the end of the experiment, student should be able to:

 Operating a switching with two bus bars and different voltages

 Understand the function of busbar.

3 THEORY

In electrical power distribution, a busbar is a strip or bar of copper, brass or aluminium that
conducts electricity within a switchboard, distribution board, substation, battery bank or other
electrical apparatus. Its main purpose is to conduct electricity, not to function as a structural
member.

In double bus bar system two identical bus bars are used in such a way that any outgoing or
incoming feeder can be taken from any of the bus. Actually every feeder is connected to both
of the buses in parallel through individual isolator as shown in the figure.

When double busbar is repair and maintenance to be carried out on the main bus, the supply will
not interrupted as the entire load can be transfer to spare bus. If fault occurs on the bus bar , the
continuity of supply can be maintained by transferring it to other bus bar. Double bus bar
arrangement increases the flexibility of system.
 Single-pole diagram

V1
Q1 Q2 V2

K1 K2

Main Line

4 EQUIPMENT / TOOLS

 1DL2108TAL Three-phase power supply

 2DL2108T02 Power circuit breaker
 1DL2108T02/4 Busbar with 2/4 disconnectors
 1DL1080TT Three-phase transformer
 2DL7901TT Overhead line model
 2DL2109T2A5 Moving-iron ammeter (2.5 A)
 2DL2109T1PV Moving-iron voltmeter (600V)

5 PROCEDURE
1. Assemble the circuit in according with the foregoing topographic diagram. Special care must
be taken to ensure that the individual phase are connected correctly in order to avoid later
short-circuits.
2. In order to fully utilize the possibilities of the double busbar system, the busbar should be
supplied from two different voltages: the voltages at the beginning of the overhead line
(busbar 1) and the voltage at the end of the line model( busbar 2)
3. Set primary side of the three-phase transformer in delta connection 380Vand set the
secondary side to star UN−15%.
 4. Insert all plugs connecting the capacitance to the line model.
5. Initially switch on the main supply in order to supply the three-phase transformer and the
line model.
6. The switching sequence of the two power circuit breakers (K1,K2) and of the two
disconnectors (Q1.Q2 ) in order to connect the busbar.

NOTE :The disconnectors are interlocked with the related power circuit breakers and the faulty
switching sequence is not allowed : in this case warning signal is produced.

6 RESULT
A. Switching sequence in order to connect the busbar 1 is :

i. Initially activate the disconnectors Q1

ii. Then activate the power circuit breaker K1.
Measure the busbar voltage :

U1= ……… V U2= …….. V

Switching sequence in order to disconnect the busbar 1 is;

iii. Initially switch off the power circuit breakers, K1

iv. Then switch off the disconnector Q1
Which of the two busbar has the higher voltage ?

…………………………………………………………………….

Why ?

………………………………………………….

B. Switching sequence in order to connect the busbar 2 is:

i. Initially activate the disconnectors Q2

ii. Then activate the power circuit breaker K2.
Measure the busbarvoltage:
 U1= ……… V U2= …….. V

Switching sequence in order to disconnect the busbar 2 is ;

iii. Initially switch of the power circuit breakers, K2

iv. Then switch off the disconnector Q2

7 DISCUSSION

Which of the two busbar has the higher voltage ?

…………………………………………………………………….

Why ?

………………………………………………….

8 CONCLUSION
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