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3 Air-Insulated Substations — Bus/Switching Configurations 3.1 Single Bus (Figure 3.1) 3-1 3.2 Double Bus, Double Breaker (Figure 3.2) 3-2 3.3 Main and Transfer Bus (Figure 3.3) 3-2 3.4 Double Bus, Single Breaker (Figure 3.4) 3-3 3.5 Ring Bus (Figure 3.5) 3-4 Michael J. Bio 3.6 Breaker-and-a-Half (Figure 3.6) 3-5 E.P. Breaux Electrical, Inc. 3.7 Comparison of Configurations 3-5 Various factors affect the reliability of a substation or switchyard, one of which is the arrangement of the buses and switching devices. In addition to reliability, arrangement of the buses/switching devices will impact maintenance, protection, initial substation development, and cost. There are six types of substation bus/switching arrangements commonly used in air insulated substa- tions: 1. Single bus 2. Double bus, double breaker 3. Main and transfer (inspection) bus 4. Double bus, single breaker 5. Ring bus 6. Breaker and a half 3.1 Single Bus (Figure 3.1) This arrangement involves one main bus with all circuits connected directly to the bus. The reliability of this type of an arrangement is very low. When properly protected by relaying, a single failure to the main bus or any circuit section between its circuit breaker and the