DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF 60A AUTOMATIC POWER CHANGEOVER SYSTEM WITH ELECTRONIC SWITCHING

BY:

OPANIYAN OLUBUNMI J. CEC/OW/EEE/2001/286 OWOKOLE TEMITOPE V. SO2/EEE/2001/1539 WILLIAMS ADEDAYO S. SO2/EEE/2001/1559 TO THE DEPT. OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING RUFUS GIWA POLYTECHNIC, OWO. IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA [HND] IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

AUGUST, 2008.

CERTIFICATION This is to certify that this project work was designed and constructed by: OPANIYAN OLUBUNMI J. OWOKOLE TEMITOPE V. WILLIAMS ADEDAYO S. CEC/OW/EEE/2001/286 SO2/EEE/2001/1539 SO2/EEE/2001/1559

Of the department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology, in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Higher National Diploma [HND] in Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology, Faculty of Engineering, in Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State.

________________________ MR. AKINRINMADE HEAD OF DEPT (EEET)

________________________ MR. F.I. OLUWAJOBI PROJECT SUPERVISOR (EEET)

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DEDICATION This project work is dedicated to God, the Almighty prodigy, the giver of life, knowledge, wisdom and understanding.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT With all accentuation, God is the Almighty prodigy to whom we ascribe all glory, honour and adoration, for blessing us with all the resources needed to complete our course of study, in this great institution. Many thanks also go to our supervisor, Mr. F.I. Oluwajobi, for the selfless service rendered to ensure this project came to fulfillment. How does a person say thank you when there are so many people to thank? Obviously, we say a big thank you to all and sundry that has contributed positively toward the success of this project. May God bless you all. Amen.

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ABSTRACT This paper presents the design and construction of a three phase automatic power changeover system that electronically switches power supply from public supply to generator once there is public power supply outage and vice-versa. It does this automatically. This is achieved by the use of control circuits that have timing abilities and electronic relays to effect the switching.

TABLE OF CONTENT Page Cover Page Certification Dedication Acknowledgement Abstract Table of content Chapter One 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background of the project 1.2 Statement of the problem 1.3 Objective of the project 1.4 Scope of the study Chapter Two 2.0 Overview of Electromagnetism 2.1 Overview of Electronic System 2.2 Brief Description of the components used Chapter Three 3.0 Methodology of the ACO panel 3.1 The Power circuit 3.2 Output load terminal 3.3 The control circuit 3.4 Logic Representation [Simple OR gate] 3.5 Calculation of the control logic unit
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Chapter Four 4.0 Design and construction of the ACO panel 4.1 Testing and findings 4.2 Legend 4.3 Symbols and their meaning 4.4 Conclusion 4.5 Recommendation 4.6 Reference 17 18 19 19 20 21 22 22 23

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