Ecodial - Schneider Electric

Customer Software Training course Ecodial V 3.36

Jean-Marc POUJOL

Ecodial V 3.36 Contents ● Introduction ● CS – Our offer ● Presentation of Ecodial ● Marketing aspects ● The main functions ● Definitions ● Using Ecodial ● Introduction ● The steps ●Preparing a project ●Create the diagram ●Calculations ●Network modifications ●Using the results Schneider Electric

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Link to “before you start"

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Ecodial V 3.36 Introduction ● CS - Our offer Link to the presentation “Our_offer-en"

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Ecodial V 3.36 Contents ● Introduction ● CS – Our offer ● Presentation of Ecodial ● Marketing aspects ● The main functions ● Definitions ● Using Ecodial ● Introduction ● The steps ●Preparing a project ●Create the diagram ●Calculations ●Network modifications ●Using the results Schneider Electric

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Ecodial V 3.36 Presentation of Ecodial ● Marketing aspects: Link to the presentation "marketing aspects"

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Ecodial V 3.36 Contents ● Introduction ● CS – Our offer ● Presentation of Ecodial ● Marketing aspects ● The main functions ● Definitions ● Using Ecodial ● Introduction ● The steps ●Preparing a project ●Create the diagram ●Calculations ●Network modifications ●Using the results Schneider Electric

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Ecodial V 3.36 Presentation of Ecodial ● Main functions ● Ecodial is a software to help design LV distribution networks

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Ecodial V 3.36 Presentation of Ecodial ● Main functions ● The “diagrams allowed” and the “diagrams prohibited” ● Ecodial’s limits

●“Medium voltage” networks ●“Unbalanced circuits” ●UPS calculation ●“Copy & paste” from one project to another ●The function “undo the last operation"

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Ecodial V 3.36 Contents ● Introduction ● CS – Our offer ● Presentation of Ecodial ● Marketing aspects ● The main functions ● Definitions ● Using Ecodial ● Introduction ● The steps ●Preparing a project ●Create the diagram ●Calculations ●Network modifications ●Using the results Schneider Electric

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Ecodial V 3.36 Definitions ● Definitions Link to the presentation " Definitions "

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Ecodial V 3.36 Contents ● Introduction ● CS – Our offer ● Presentation of Ecodial ● Marketing aspects ● The main functions ● Definitions ● Using Ecodial ● Introduction ● The steps ●Preparing a project ●Create the diagram ●Calculations ●Network modifications ●Using the results Schneider Electric

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Ecodial V 3.36 Overview Ecodial

● Software operation Database

__________________________________________________ Offers: Schneider or local offer (Tripping curves, discrimination tables, Co-ordination tables , …), Cable database, ...

Ecodial “engine”

Interface function Graphic editor _____________________________

Calculation standards (CC) _____________________________

Component biblio. (parameters) _____________________________

Product standards _____________________________

Results and printing of a report

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Installation standards

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Ecodial V 3.36 Overview ● Run and quit the software

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Ecodial V 3.36 Overview ● Homepage

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Ecodial V 3.36 Contents ● Introduction ● CS – Our offer ● Presentation of Ecodial ● Marketing aspects ● The main functions ● Definitions ● Using Ecodial ● Introduction ● The steps ●Preparing a project ●Create the diagram ●Calculations ●Network modifications ●Using the results Schneider Electric

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Ecodial V 3.36

Prepare Create

The steps

Calculate Modify Use Preparing a project

Create the diagram

Ecodial Calculations

Network modifications

Using the results

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Create the project, Set the electrical characteristics of the network, Select the installation standard Draw the network and check that it is logically consistent Calculate the power sum and calculate the network Modify and reorganise the diagram View the results (calculation & single-line diagrams), print and/or export

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Prepare

Ecodial V 3.36

Create

Preparing a project

Calculate Modify

● This step is divided into 5 phases:

Use Preparing a project

● Create the project ● Set the global characteristics ● Set the electrical characteristics of the network ● Select the installation standard ● Set the general characteristics of circuits

Create the diagram

Calculations

Network modifications

Using the results

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Ecodial V 3.36 Preparing a project

Prepare Create Calculate Modify

● Create the project

Use

● Via the menu …

● Creation is automatic when the software is launched

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Ecodial V 3.36 Preparing a project

Prepare Create Calculate Modify

● Set the global characteristics

Use

● Via the menu …

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Ecodial V 3.36 Preparing a project

Prepare Create Calculate Modify

● Set the electrical characteristics of the network

Use

● Via the menu …

● Or when the software is started …

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Ecodial V 3.36 Preparing a project

Prepare Create Calculate Modify

● Set the electrical characteristics of the network

Use

● The items to choose … ●A Ph-Ph (V) ●Earthing diagram ●Cascading requested ●Discrimination requested ●Maximum cross-section authorised (mm²) ●Cross-section N / cross-section Ph ●Global Cos phi to be achieved ●Cross-section tolerance (%) ●Checking thermal stress ●Standard ●Network frequency Schneider Electric

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Ecodial V 3.36 Preparing a project

Prepare Create Calculate Modify

● Select the installation standard

Use

● Via the menu …

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Ecodial V 3.36 Preparing a project

Prepare Create Calculate Modify

● Set the general characteristics of circuits

Use

● Via the menu …

● The macro-components:

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Ecodial V 3.36 Preparing a project

Prepare Create Calculate Modify

● Set the general characteristics of circuits

Use

●…

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Ecodial V 3.36

Prepare Create

Create the diagram

Calculate Modify

● This step is divided into 2 phases: Preparing a project

● Draw the network ● Check that it is logically consistent

Use

Create the diagram

Calculate

Network modifications

Using the results

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Ecodial V 3.36 Create the diagram ● Draw the network

Prepare Create Calculate Modify Use

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Ecodial V 3.36 Create the diagram ● Draw the network ● No more than 200 macro-components …

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Ecodial V 3.36 Create the diagram ● Draw the network ● The "capacitors"

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Ecodial V 3.36

Prepare Create

Create the diagram

Calculate

● Draw the network

Modify

● Complete the characteristics

Use

Select … then "double click"

Select … then

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Ecodial V 3.36 Create the diagram ● Draw the network ● Complete the characteristics

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Prepare Create Calculate Modify Use

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Ecodial V 3.36 Create the diagram ● Check that it is logically consistent

Prepare Create Calculate Modify Use

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Ecodial V 3.36

Prepare Create

Calculations

Calculate

● This step is divided into 2 phases:

Modify Use

● Calculate the power sum ● Calculate the network

Preparing a project

Create the diagram

Calculations

Network modifications

Using the results

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Ecodial V 3.36 Calculations ● Calculate the power sum

Prepare Create Calculate Modify Use

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Ecodial V 3.36 Calculations ● Calculate the power sum

Prepare Create Calculate Modify Use

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Ecodial V 3.36 Calculations ● Calculate the power sum ● Ku (Utilisation Coefficient) & Ks (Simultaneity Coefficient)

Prepare Create Calculate Modify Use

Ib : To size circuit-breaker Ku & Ks: To size the transfo.

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Ecodial V 3.36 Calculations ● Calculate the power sum ● Automatic phase balancing

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Ecodial V 3.36 Calculations ● Calculate the power sum

Prepare Create Calculate Modify Use

Choose in the list the power adapted to calculations

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Ecodial V 3.36 Calculations ● Calculate the network ●Automatic mode: "pre-sizing” ●Assisted mode: “step by step"

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Ecodial V 3.36 Calculations ● Calculate the network ●Automatic mode - "pre-sizing"

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Ecodial V 3.36 Calculations ● Calculate the network ●Automatic mode - "pre-sizing"

Prepare Create Calculate Modify Use

Before

After

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Ecodial V 3.36 Calculations

Prepare Create Calculate

● Calculate the network ●Assisted mode “step by step“ …

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Modify Use

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Ecodial V 3.36 Calculations

Prepare Create Calculate

● Calculate the network ●Assisted mode “step by step"

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Modify Use

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Ecodial V 3.36 Calculations

Prepare Create

● Calculate the network ●Assisted mode “step by step"

Calculate Modify Use

Before

After

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Ecodial V 3.36 Calculations

Prepare Create Calculate

● Calculate the network ●Assisted mode “step by step" …

Modify Use

After

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Ecodial V 3.36 Calculations ● Calculate the network ●Assisted mode “step by step"

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Ecodial V 3.36 Calculations ● Calculate the network ●Assisted mode “step by step"

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Ecodial V 3.36

Prepare

Network modifications

Create Calculate

● Network modifications …

Modify Use Preparing a project

Create the diagram

Calculate

Network modifications

Using the results

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Ecodial V 3.36 Network modifications ● Network modifications …

Prepare Create Calculate Modify Use

Each modification means that the modified circuit or the network must be recalculated

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Ecodial V 3.36 Network modifications ● Network modifications …

Prepare Create Calculate Modify Use

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Ecodial V 3.36

Prepare

Using the results

Create Calculate

● This step is divided into 4 parts:

Modify Use

● View calculation results ● View the single-line diagrams of equipment ● Print the current diagram ● Print or export the project

Preparing a project

Create the diagram

Calculate

Network modifications

Using the results

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Ecodial V 3.36 Using the results ● View calculation results

Prepare Create Calculate Modify Use

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Ecodial V 3.36 Using the results ● View the single-line diagrams of equipment

Prepare Create Calculate Modify Use

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Ecodial V 3.36 Using the results ● View the single-line diagrams of equipment

Prepare Create Calculate Modify Use

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Ecodial V 3.36 Using the results ● View the single-line diagrams of equipment

Prepare Create Calculate Modify Use

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Ecodial V 3.36

Prepare Create

Using the results

Calculate

● Print the current diagram

Modify Use

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Ecodial V 3.36

Prepare Create

Using the results

Calculate

● Print or export the project

Modify Use

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Ecodial V 3.36

Prepare Create

Using the results

Calculate

● Print or export the project

Modify Use

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