By Our Correspondent
CUTTACK/BHUBANESWAR: The Busbar Trunking System and Electrical Control Room of Orissa High Court was on Monday inaugurated by Chief Justice Dr S Muralidhar in the presence of Justice CR Dash Chairman, Building Committee of the Court and Justice Pramanath Patnaik , High Court Judge and Member , Building Committee. Besides, Advocate General Ashok Parija, President Orissa High Court Bar Association, State Works Secretary Dr Kumar and others were among those present.
The old electrical systems and wirings of High Court building were not only suboptimal and inefficient but also posed fire and safety hazard. The cable laying was haphazard and unsystematic. Therefore, with a vision to streamline/ organize the existing cabling system and to replace it with a newer technology, a meeting was held on 09.02.2021 under the chairmanship of Chief Justice of India in presence of officials of Works Department, Odisha. Busbar Trunking System from transformer toElectrical Control room.Implementation of Cable tray system for distribution of power from control room to respective floor distribution panel. Casing & Capping system for network cables and wires. Installation of new electrical control panels.Installation of Energy Monitoring system.
Procurement and installation of the Busbar Trunking system, in a time span of 33 days, was a big task for the whole team. But due to continuous intervention of Registrar General, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Works, EIC (Buildings) and other key officials, the material could be delivered at site by M/s Legrand on the night of 11th march, 21. Considering the urgent nature of the work, High Court permitted for shut down of whole electrical system from 11th to 14th March for installation of the new system and finally the system was charged on 21.03.2021. The whole process was completed in a time bound manner while observing the required safety protocols with zero causality. The credit goes to the whole team of Contractors and Electricians on job, who worked day and night to make this possible.
Busbars have a compact design through which compressed flat conductors can pass through the enclosure. Busbars require lesser space where thousands of amperes of electricity need to be transmitted.Heat Absorption: It has a metal casing with well-defined surface. The system of cooling is much better than traditional cabling system. Monoblock design causes replacement of only one block .where as in cable entire cable has to be changed. Lesser Time: Busbars can be mounted easily than a cable and lesser time of installation than traditional cables.Better Resistance: Busbars have rigid design elements and hence has better resistance than cables. voltage loss is much lower than cables for the same length. Reduced Loss of Energy: Busbars have lower resistance than cables. Hencethe loss of energy due to transmission and distribution is lower in Busbars. Lower Electromagnetic Field: Due to the compact design and the steel shell, a comparatively lower electromagnetic field is created around a Busbar as compared to a cable. Hence communication cable can run along with the system. Ease of Distribution: Busbars help in easy, efficient and safe distribution.Fire Resistant: It can withstand fire for 180 min up to 830 degree.Safe and Secured: Busbars are fitted with a steel casing and cannot be damaged by rodents as compared to cables.
