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A - General rules of electrical <strong>in</strong>stallation design4 Power load<strong>in</strong>g of an <strong>in</strong>stallationA17Number of downstream Factor ofconsumerssimultaneity (ks)2 to 4 15 to 9 0.7810 to 14 0.6315 to 19 0.5320 to 24 0.4925 to 29 0.4630 to 34 0.4435 to 39 0.4240 to 49 0.4150 and more 0.40Fig. A10 : Simultaneity factors <strong>in</strong> an apartment blockExample (see Fig. A11):5 storeys apartment build<strong>in</strong>g with 25 consumers, each hav<strong>in</strong>g 6 kVA of <strong>in</strong>stalled load.The total <strong>in</strong>stalled load for <strong>the</strong> build<strong>in</strong>g is: 36 + 24 + 30 + 36 + 24 = 150 kVAThe apparent-power supply required for <strong>the</strong> build<strong>in</strong>g is: 150 x 0.46 = 69 kVAFrom Figure A10, it is possible to determ<strong>in</strong>e <strong>the</strong> magnitude of currents <strong>in</strong> differentsections of <strong>the</strong> common ma<strong>in</strong> feeder supply<strong>in</strong>g all floors. For vertical ris<strong>in</strong>g ma<strong>in</strong>sfed at ground level, <strong>the</strong> cross-sectional area of <strong>the</strong> conductors can evidently beprogressively reduced from <strong>the</strong> lower floors towards <strong>the</strong> upper floors.These changes of conductor size are conventionally spaced by at least 3-floor<strong>in</strong>tervals.In <strong>the</strong> example, <strong>the</strong> current enter<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> ris<strong>in</strong>g ma<strong>in</strong> at ground level is:3150 x 0.46 x 10= 100 A400 3<strong>the</strong> current enter<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> third floor is:3(36 + 24) x 0.63 x 10= 55 A400 34thfloor6 consumers36 kVA0.783 rdfloor4 consumers24 kVA0.632ndfloor5 consumers30 kVA0.531 stfloor6 consumers36 kVA0.49groundfloor4 consumers24 kVA0.46Fig. A11 : Application of <strong>the</strong> factor of simultaneity (ks) to an apartment block of 5 storeys© Schneider Electric - all rights reservedSchneider Electric - <strong>Electrical</strong> <strong>in</strong>stallation guide <strong>2009</strong>

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