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43-SDMS-04
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SPECIFICATIONS
FOR
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 SCOPE
5.0 TESTS
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1.0 SCOPE
This SEC Distribution Material Specification (SDMS) specifies the minimum technical
requirements for design, engineering, manufacture, inspection, testing and performance of
outdoor shunt capacitor bank, 13.8kV through 69kV, three-phase, 60 Hz, intended to be used
in the Primary Distribution Substations Systems of the Distribution Sector of Saudi
Electricity Company.
This Material Standard Specification shall always be read in conjunction with SEC General
Specification No. 01-SDMS-01, titled "General Requirements for All Equipment/Materials",
which shall be considered as an integral part of this SDMS.
This SDMS shall also be read in conjunction with SEC Purchase Order or Contract Schedules
for project, as applicable.
The latest revision/amendments of the following Codes and Standards shall be applicable for
the equipment/material covered in this SDMS. In case of conflict, the vendor/manufacturer
may propose equipment/material conforming to one group of Industry Codes and Standards
quoted hereunder without jeopardizing the requirements of this SDMS.
3.1 IEC 60137 Insulated Bushings for Alternative Voltage above 1000V
3.2 IEC 60273 Characteristics of Indoor and Outdoor Post Insulators for
Systems with Nominal Voltage greater than 1000V
3.3 IEC 60549 High-voltage Fuses for the External Protection of Shunt Power
Capacitors
3.5 IEC 60871-1 Shunt Capacitors for a.c. Power Systems having a Rated
Voltage above 1000V- Part I : General
3.6 IEC TS 60871-2 Shunt Capacitors for a.c. Power Systems having a Rated
Voltage above 1000V – Part 2 : Endurance Testing
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3.7 IEC 60871-4 Shunt Capacitors for a.c. Power Systems having a Rated
Voltage above 1000V- Part 4 : Internal fuses
3.9 IEEE C57.19.00 General Requirements and Test Procedure for Outdoor Power
Apparatus Bushings
3.10 NEMA C29.9 Wet Process Porcelain Insulators-Apparatus, Post Type
3.11 IEEE C37.99 Guide for the Protection of Shunt Capacitor Banks
Shunt capacitor bank is intended to be used for reactive power compensation and/or as
voltage regulators at 13.8 kV through 69 kV and for power (harmonic) filtering
circuits as specified in the data schedule.
4.1.4 Shunt Capacitor bank shall be designed per IEC 60871-1 or IEEE 18, but
subject to requirements of this specification. Unless otherwise specified in the
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data schedule, the number of parallel groups per phase in series and number of
individual capacitor in each parallel group per phase shall be per IEEE 1036.
4.1.5 Shunt capacitor bank for reactive power compensation shall be connected in
the existing electrical system as a single (isolated) bank or back-to-back as
specified in the data schedule.
4.1.7 For shunt capacitor bank for power (harmonic) filtering circuits additional
requirements as mentioned in Annex B of IEC 60871-1 shall be applicable.
Unbalance conditions of the capacitor bank because of mismatching of
capacitance value per phase shall also to be considered for power filtering
application.
4.1.8 Capacitor bank shall be provided with fence and gate. Further necessary
electro mechanical interlock shall be provided so that the gate can be opened
only after complete discharge of the capacitor bank. Fence height and gate
dimension and other requirements shall be per SOW/TS.
4.2 Ratings
4.2.1 Ratings of the capacitor bank shall be as specified in the data schedule.
4.2.2 The rated voltage of the capacitor bank shall be as specified in the data
schedule. For calculating the maximum voltage rise at the capacitor terminals
in power (harmonic) filtering circuits maximum reactor tolerance of 5% shall
be used. The capacitance of the capacitor units or banks shall not differ from
the rated capacitance by more than the tolerances specified in IEC 60871-1
measured at 30°C internal dielectric temperature.
4.2.3 The residual voltage on the capacitor units prior to energize shall not exceed
10% of the rated voltage. On energizing, the capacitor units shall be able to
withstand a transient over voltage, the first peak of which shall not exceed 2√2
times the applied rms voltage for a maximum duration of ½ cycle; and the
associated peak transient over current shall not exceeding 100 times the rated
current of the capacitor units.
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a. rms current of 1.30 times the current that occurs at rated sinusoidal
voltage and rated frequency and at ambient temperature specified in
01-SDMS-01, excluding transients. Depending on actual capacitance
value which can be maximum of 1.1 times rated capacitance of
Capacitor (1.1CN) the maximum current can reach 1.43 times rated
current (IN).
4.2.5 In the capacitor bank where no series connection of the units is used, the BIL
of the capacitor units shall be equal to the bank BIL. Capacitor units where
series connection is made may have lower BIL, but the external BIL shall
conform to the full insulation level (BIL) of the bank.
4.3.1 The capacitor bank shall be of stack type design and each phase of the bank
shall consist of capacitor units arranged in a vertical stack and mounted
horizontally on a common elevated rack using base and spacing insulators.
The capacitors shall be placed so that there is adequate dissipation by
convection and radiation of the heat produced by the capacitor losses.
4.3.2 The arrangement of the capacitor bank shall be such that adequate access for
replacement of fuses or capacitor units shall be provided. The common
capacitor bank neutral bus shall be provided with adequate insulated supports.
4.3.4 Manufacturer shall supply data on expected lifetime of minimum 20 years for
the capacitor bank(s) at rated service conditions.
4.3.5 The base, phase/fuse-bus and spacing insulators shall be made of electrical
grade wet processed porcelain per relevant IEC or equivalent NEMA
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4.4.1 Individual capacitor unit shall be made of all (poly-propylene) film and
aluminum foil.
4.4.2 Capacitor unit shall consist of a stainless steel or corrosion resistant aluminum
tank in which one or more capacitors are connected together in parallel or
series as required to achieve the appropriate voltage capability and
capacitance. Mounting bracket and provision for lifting shall be provided with
the capacitor tank. In coastal areas capacitor tank shall be painted per 01-
SDMS-01.
4.4.3 Capacitor leads shall be brought out and terminated at porcelain bushings,
which shall be hermetically sealed with the tank cover.
4.4.4 Discharge resistor shall be connected across the capacitor leads and located
inside the capacitor tank.
Unless otherise specified discharge resistor shall reduce the residual voltage of
the capacitor unit to the limiting value of 50 volts or less in 5 minutes for
capacitor bank complying with IEEE 18 or 75 volts or less in 10 minutes for
capacitor banks complying with IEC stanard after the capacitor has been
disconnected from the source of supply.
4.4.6 Capacitor dielectric fluid shall be synthetic oil per ASTM D-2296 or IEC
60867 Sheet 1 Class-III and shall not contain Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB)
substance. Synthetic oil per Sheet 4 of IEC 60867, or other type of synthetic
oil having similar or superior electrical and chemical characteristics to IEC
60867 sheet 1 with minimum 5 years of proven field experience can also be
offered for review and final acceptance by SEC.
4.4.7 Calculations for selection of the rating of the internal/external fuse of the
capacitor and capacitor tank rupture curve showing safe and unsafe zones shall
be furnished.
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Bushings shall be electrical grade wet processed porcelain per IEEE C57.19.00 or IEC
60137 and withstand a washing pressure of 3500kPa without permitting water ingress
in to the capacitor unit. Bushing color shall be brown or grey.
4.6 Terminals
4.6.1 Capacitor terminal connectors shall be tin plated, parallel groove clamp or
threaded studs type, as specified in data schedule, and shall be suitable for
connection of copper or aluminum conductors. Connectors shall be sized to
accommodate conductor sizes as specified in data schedule.
4.6.2 The neutral terminal for capacitor bank and mid-point terminals in each phase
(if required) with grounded single or double star connection shall be 4-hole
NEMA pad type.
4.6.3 Bird-proof terminal caps shall be provided when specified in data schedule.
4.7 Grounding
4.7.1 Capacitors shall have grounding provision for effective electrical connection
of the case to the mounting rack.
4.7.3 One(1) each grounding pad shall be provided on two diagonally opposite legs
of the elevated rack. The grounding pad shall be sized to accommodate
connectors suitable for bare stranded copper conductor of size up to
2x240mm2.
4.8.2 Racks shall be made of a corrosion resistant aluminum or structural steel (hot
dip galvanized), welded or bolted together. Racks, if not galvanized shall be
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Capacitor bank protections and its schemes etc. shall be per respective project
scope of work.
4.10 Nameplate
4.10.1 Each capacitor unit shall bear a nameplate which shall be written in English
containing the information listed in IEC 60871-1 or ANSI/IEEE 18, plus
additional information as follows:
4.10.2 Another nameplate, giving similar details of complete capacitor bank shall be
provided and fixed on the top of the middle phase elevated rack of the
capacitor bank and the same shall be readable from the ground. This
nameplate shall be English and Arabic.
4.10.3 The nameplate material shall be stainless steel and fastened to the equipment.
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5.0 TESTS
All test results shall be provided for review and approval by SEC.
All Type (Design) tests prescribed in the relevant IEC or equivalent IEEE standards,
as listed under clause 3.0, shall be performed on the first unit of every new design,
rating and size of capacitor to be supplied to SEC.
For measurement of the tangent of the loss angle (tan δ) of the capacitor at elevated
temperature Type Test, capacitor loss (tan δ) value shall be submitted by the
manufacturer in the data schedule with applicable tolerance for SEC review.
Endurance test (Overvoltage cycling and ageing test) per IEC TS 60871-2 shall be
performed on the first unit of every new design, rating and size of capacitor to be
supplied to SEC.
For measurement of the tangent of the loss angle (tan δ) of the capacitor routine test,
loss values shall be submitted by the manufacturer in the data schedule for SEC
review.
Tests for base and spacing insulators shall be per relevant IEC or NEMA/IEEE or
equivalent standards, as listed under clause 3.0. Tests for capacitor bushings,
internal/external fuses of the capacitor units etc. shall be per applicable standards, as
listed under clause 3.0 and relevant Industry Standards.
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4.2 Ratings
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Harmonic filter
Capacitor tolerance ( %)
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Color of porcelain
Creepage distance (mm)
4.6 Terminals
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Fuse
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SEC
SEC Vendor Pro-
Description Unit Specified
Ref. posed Values
Values
Cont-
inued External creepage distance along the fuse link for
4.9.1 current limiting fuse (mm) *
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