HARYANA VIDYUT PRASARAN NIGAM LTD.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION HGD/S-10/R-1/DGM-605

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

FOR

11 KV HT CAPACITOR BANKS

&

ALLIED EQUIPMENT

CHIEF ENGINEER/MM, HVPNL, SHAKTI BHAWAN, SECTOR-6, PANCHKULA. SEPTEMBER-2010

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION FOR 11 KV SHUNT CAPACITORS 1. SCOPE The specification covers the design. Manufacture, testing at manufacturers works before despatch, supply and delivery F.O.R. Destination of the following equipment: i) Capacitor banks complete with capacitor units provided with external fuses and internal discharge resistors, mounting racks arrangement, bus bar and connecting material, Post insulators and other accessories etc. ii) Residual voltage transformer. iii) 11 KV, 400/630 Amps. Line cum earth switch. iv) Pedestal /structure of above equipment. v) Terminal connectors for above equipment. PARTICULARS OF THE SYSTEM The capacitor banks & RVT are required for use on 11 KV, 3 Phase, 3 wire , AC 50 Hz 2.5 Hz solidly earthed system. Normally where 11 KV winding of power transformers are star connected, the neutral shall be solidly grounded. The maximum short circuit level at the S/Stn is 18.4 KA, auxiliary supply available will be single phase 230 + 10%, 415 Volt + 10%, 3 phase AC & 220 Volt 10% DC. STANDARDS The capacitor units/banks shall conform to IS:13925/Part-I/1998 (with latest edition) RVT to ISS3156 & L&E Switch to ISS-9921 or their respective IECs. All other equipment shall also comply generally with requirement of the latest editions of the relevant Indian Standards. Deviations from these standard Specifications, if any, should be clearly brought out in the tender and furnished. SERVICE CONDITIONS: The equipment is required to operate satisfactorily under the following site conditions: Max. temperature 500C Min. Temperature -2.50C Max. relative humidity 100% Min. relative humidity 26% Average number of rainy days per Nearly 120 days annum. Average annual rainfall 900mm Average number of dust storm days 35 per annum. Isoceraunic level 45 Max. wind pressure 195 kg/Sq.mt. Altitude above mean sea level Less than 1000 mts. TROPICAL TREATMENT AND PAINT All corrodible parts & surfaces shall be of such material and shall be provided with such paints or to other protective finish that no part of the installed equipment shall be injuriously affected by the atmospheric moisture and heat. INSTRUCTION PLATE AND MARKING All name plates, instruction plates, warning signs and any other marking what-so-ever in the equipment and its parts and accessories shall be English/Hindi using idioms, words and meanings in current use in India. In order to facilitate sorting and erection at site, every part of the plant and equipment, shall be suitably marked, these marking shall correspond to similar marks on the assembly drawings. EARTHING All metallic parts not meant to be connected to live circuits shall be earthed. All earthing connections shall be of the bolt and clamp type secured with lock nuts.
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RATING OF EQUIPMENT The rating of equipment and other particulars such as nominal system voltage, one minute power frequency withstand voltage, standard impulse withstand voltage and rating of banks/unit in KVAR, is as under: (a) Upto 20MVA Base T/F i) Nominal system voltage 11kV ii) a) Rated voltage of Capacitor Bank. 12.65kV b) Rated output of Capacitor Bank at rated 3000KVAR +6000KVAR voltage. iii) iv) v) vi) vii) Connection of Capacitor Bank Rating of capacitor unit with external fuses. No. of units per bank with external fuses Capacitor KVAR available at Nominal system voltage (without series reactor) Insulation level. a) Impulse withstand voltage b) Power frequency withstand voltage. Line & earth-switch for 3000/6000KVAR Bank XLPE Cable for 3000/6000KVAR Bank
RVT Note: -Both the Capacitor Banks i.e.3000 KVAR and 6000 KVAR will be controlled by single 11 KV VCB.

Single Star 7.3 kV200 KVAR 15+30Nos. 2268KVAR +4536KVAR 75 kV (Peak) 28 kV (rms) 400/630A 185sq.mm/300 sq.mm 2 No. (one for each Capacitor Bank)

viii) ix) x)

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(b) For 25/31.5MVA 66/11KV T/F Capacitor bank 2x6.804 MVAR i) Nominal system voltage 11kV ii) a) Rated voltage of Capacitor Bank. 12.65kV b) Rated output of each Capacitor Bank at 9000 KVAR rated voltage. iii) Connection of Capacitor Bank Single Star iv) Rating of capacitor unit with external fuses. 7.3 kV200 KVAR v) No. of units per bank with external fuses 45 Nos. vi) Capacitor KVAR available at Nominal system 6804 KVAR voltage (without series reactor) vii) Insulation level. a) Impulse withstand voltage 75 kV (Peak) b) Power frequency withstand voltage. 28 kV (rms) viii) Line & earth-switch for each 9000KVAR Bank 630A ix) XLPE Cable for each 9000KVAR Bank 400sq.mm Series reactor for 25/31.5 MVA, 66/11 KV Transformers (Capacitor Bank 2x6.804 MVAR) SERIES REACTORS Sr. Item Specification No. a. Rated voltage (KV) 11 b. Type Air Core c. Rating of series reactors 0.2% of capacitor bank rating to be connected on neutral end d. Insulation levels Impulse withstand voltage 75 KV(p) /power frequency with stand voltage 28 KV(rms) e. Short-time withstand capacity and duration 16 times of 130% rated current of capacitor bank for 3 seconds. f. Linear characteristic Upto 1.5 pu. g. Continuous rating 130% of rated current of capacitor bank.
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(i) Type of capacitors The capacitors shall be of unit type suitable for outdoor installations having high dielectric strength special attention shall be paid in design of the capacitors to avoid any stresses due to expansion or contraction caused by the large variation of ambient temperature at site which may range from 2.50C to 500C. Scope of supply of capacitor banks shall include capacitor units/Residual voltage Transformer, 11kv Isolator with earth switch and all necessary supporting framework pedestals, bus bar connections, fuses connecting clamps. Terminal connector & accessories etc, required to complete/commission the bank. Each capacitor unit shall be self contained out-door type, with a rating as specified in clause 8 above. The capacitors shall be rated tom operate at 500C upper limit of temperature category as per table 1 under clause 4.1 of IS-13925/Part-I/1998 or any other standard applicable. The capacitor shall be designed to withstand a continuous 10% over voltage and each unit shall satisfactorily operate at 130% of rated KVAR including factor of over-voltage, harmonic current and manufacturing tolerance. The bidders will furnish calculations to satisfy the above aspect. ii) Type of Dielectric/paper used The bidder shall only quote for non-PCB type impregnent a sper international norm.

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PHYSICAL ARRANGEMENT OF BANK Each bank shall be connected in single star, neutral connected through a Residual voltage transformer. The no. of parallel units in each series group should be large enough so that failure of any one unit will not create an over-voltage of more than 10% on the remaining units in parallel with it. Detailed calculations regarding the voltage impressed upon the remaining parallel unit when one or more units get out of order in series group shall be attached with the bid. The bidder shall provide fully dimensioned general layout showing arrangement of capacitor units, spacing, stacks and steps, with his bid. The dimension of each unit shall also be shown. The bidder shall state total number of capacitor unit per bank. Number of series groups per phase, & number of units in a parallel group shall be included in the said general layout.

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MOUNTING RACK ASSY. AND MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR CAPACITOR BANK The mounting racks and pedestals shall be of galvanised steel members with all galvanising carried out after completion of cutting, drilling and punching. Mounting racks shall be complete with rack insulators, Hardware etc. for assembly into complete banks. The height of mounting structure for Capacitor Banks shall be such that the min. clearance from live part to ground will be about 2.5 Meters.

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BUS BAR MATERIAL Suitable bus bar arrangement shall be proposed by the bidder and requisite quantity of bus bar material shall be provided for the bank. The normal current rating and the short time current rating of the bus may be specified. All the interconnecting material necessary for interconnecting the units series parallel combination shall be supplied. A warning instruction as DISCHARGE CAPACITORS BEFORE HANDLING shall be prominently marked in red.

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FUSES: Each capacitor unit shall be individually protected by explosion type fuse of suitable rating and interrupting capacity so that a faulty capacitor unit shall be disconnected by fuse. The fuse shall be satisfactory for operation under the ambient condition. The fuse shall have sufficient strength to withstand the mechanical stresses associated with their location.

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The following requirement for external type fuse shall be considered while selecting the right size of fuse: a) Ability to withstand the max. discharge current from a healthy capacitor. b) The fuse shall be capable of handling fault so as to avoid mechanical damage to adjacent unit. c) Discrimination between fuse protecting the faulty capacitor unit and those protecting healthy capacitor units. d) The operated fuse shall have visual indication so that it can be detected during periodic inspection. 14. BUSHING: Bushings shall be of porcelain and shall be jointed to the case by solder sealing or other method which ensure an adequate permanent seal. Leads shall be brought out through one piece porcelain bushing solder sealed to the case cover. Before final sealing the entire assembly shall be vacuum impregnated with dielectric suitable for operation application from 2.50 C to 500 C ambient temperature. CONTAINER: The container shall be made from sheet steel of thickness not less than 2mm (14 SWG). The outside of the capacitor containers and other structures should have smooth and tidy look and should be coated with weather proof, corrosion-resistant paint of grey shade. The sheet container shall be suitably insulated from capacitor elements. Sufficient wall insulation shall be provided. LOSSES: The capacitors offered should be built from best material obtainable and should develop min. losses. For comparison of various offers, equalization charges on account of differences in losses of capacitors in various offers shall be made at the rate of Rs. 66676/- per K.W. Capacitor bank losses should be given at 500 C. The successful bidder shall also be penalised at the rate given, if during testing measured losses are found to be more than the guaranteed losses. DISCHARGE DEVICE: Each capacitor unit shall be complete with suitable built in discharge resistors of adequate thermal rating suitable for discharging the residual voltage to 50 Volts or less, within 5 minutes (preferably less than 5 minutes) after disconnection from the supply. The recommendations of the bidder shall however, be fully detailed out in the bid. TERMINAL CONNECTORS The terminal connectors suitable for horizontal and vertical mounting and cable glands shall be included in the scope of supply, wherever required. RESIDUAL VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER The residual voltage transformer for the neutral voltage displacement relay shall be out-door type naturally cooled, with a ratio of (11000/3)/(110/3) 190 Volt with VA burden of 100 and accuracy class 3 as per IS:3156. it shall have primary connected in star and secondary in open delta to energise neutral voltage displacement relay and to discharge capacitor bank to voltage not exceeding 50 Volt in less than 5 minutes. All the type tests report (not more than seven years old) are required to be submitted along with the bid in case already conducted. Otherwise all the type tests will have to be carried out free of cost in the presence of HVPNLs representative at the time of inspection. 11kV 400/630 AMPS. LINE-CUM EARTH SWITCH The Isolator with earth switch shall be manually operated. Isolator should be provided with ON and OFF indicators, arrangement for mechanical interlock and padlocking. Isolator should be

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provided with auxiliary switches for their remote position indication on the control panel. The Isolator will be strictly as per IS-9921. The supporting structures are also required to be supplied for Isolator, the rate may be quoted separately. All the type tests report (not more than seven years old) are required to be submitted along with bid in case already conducted. Otherwise all the type tests will have to be carried out free of cost in the presence of HVPNLs representative at the time of inspection. 20.a FITTINGS AND ACCESSORIES Any fitting or accessories which might have not been mentioned in the Specification but which are usual or necessary for optimal performance of the equipment are to be provided by the Contractor without extra cost. All equipment must be complete in all respect, whether mentioned in the Specification or not. GUARANTEED DATA AND OTHER TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Guaranteed and other Technical particulars of capacitor bank, Capacitor Unit fuses, 11kV L&E switch & residual voltage transformer should be given in the form of Guaranteed Technical Particulars. Any other particular considered by the supplier may also be given in addition to those listed in the Appendices. TESTS AND INSPECTION No material shall be dsepatched without inspection and testing. The inspection may be carried out by the purchaser at any stage of manufacture. The bidder shall grant free access to the purchasers representative at all (reasonable times during the manufacture of equipments) covered by the Specification. Inspection and acceptance of any equipment under this Specification by the purchaser, shall not relieve the supplier of his obligation of furnishing equipment in accordance with the Specification and shall not prevent subsequent rejection, if the equipment is found to be defective. The supplier shall keep the purchaser informed in advance, about the manufacturing programme. The supplier shall furnish to the purchaser works certificates at the time of giving an inspection call for inspection. 22.1 TYPE TESTS The equipment offered should be type tested. Type test report should not be more than seven years old, reckoned from the date of bid opening, in respect of the following tests, carried out in accordance with ISS-13925/IEC-871, from Govt./Govt. approved test house, shall be submitted along with bid: i) Thermal Stability test. ii) Partial discharge test. iii) Self-healing test. iv) Impulse voltage test between terminals and container. v) Capacitor discharge test. vi) Endurance test. The remaining type test report as per ISS-13925/IEC-871 shall be submitted by the successful bidder within three months from the date of placement of order. These type test reports shall be from Govt./Govt. approved test house and shall not be more than seven years old, reckoned from the date of placement of order. The failure to do so will be considered as a breach of contract. 22.2 ROUTINE TESTS AND ACCEPTANCE TESTS All routine and acceptance tests as specified in relevant ISS/IEC of respective equipment shall be carried out by the Supplier in the presence of purchasers representative without any additional payment. ENDURANCE TESTING OF CAPACITOR UNIT The endurance test as per the procedure given in IEC-871-2 shall be got conducted at CPRI Bangalore test laboratory to ensure that the capacitor will withstand the service conditions with a high degree of reliability. Test charges if any be quoted in the bid. In case this test has already been got conducted on similar rating of units from Govt./Govt. approved testing house, copies of
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test report shall be submitted by bidder along with their bid. The purchaser reserves the right to carry out this test at Govt. test agency on one or more units, if felt necessary. DRAWINGS The bidder shall furnish one set of following drgs. along with their bid to check the stability of their equipment: 1. Out line general arrangement drg. of capacitor bank with detailed dimension of Capacitor Bank/Unit and structure with complete bill of material. 1. Electrical Layout drg. of Capacitor Bank showing spacing of each equipment. 2. Outline arrangement drawing of Capacitor Unit with detail dimensions. 3. Outline general arrangement drawing of 11kV RVT and of 11kV L&E Switch. 4. Terminal connector drawings for Capacitor Bank, RVT & L&E Switch. The successful bidder shall, within four weeks of placement of order, submit five sets of final versions of all the above said drawings for purchasers approval. The purchaser shall communicate his comments/approval on drawings to the supplier within a period of 4 weeks. The supplier shall, if necessary, modify the drawings and re-submit five copies of the modified drawings for purchasers approval, within one week from the date of purchasers comments. After receipt of purchasers approval the supplier shall, within two weeks submit 20 prints along with reproducible of the approved drawings and descriptive literatures on capacitor & all allied equipments covered by the Specification for purchasers use. 23.1 The manufacturing of the equipments shall be strictly in accordance with the approved drawings and no deviation shall be permitted without written approval of the purchaser. 23.2 Approval of drawings by purchaser shall not relieve the supplier of any of his responsibility and liability for ensuring correctness and correct interpretation of the drawings for meeting the requirement of the latest version of applicable standard of engineering, design and workmanship and latest revision of relevant standards at the time of supply an purchaser shall have the power to reject any work or material which in his judgment is not in accordance there-with. DEPARTURE FROM SPECIFICATION Should the bidder wish to depart from the provisions of the Specification either on account of manufacturing practice or any other reasons, he should draw attention to the proposed points of departure in hisbid and submit such full information, drawing and Specification so that the merits of his proposal may be fully understood. The Specification shall be held binding unless the departure have been fully recorded as required above. PERFORMANCE The bidder shall submit details of similar static shunt capacitor banks and associated equipment supplied by them which are in operation for the last three years along with certificate from their customers in support of the satisfactory manufacture and operation of the static shunt capacitor bank and associated equipment.

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GUARANTEED TECHNICAL PARTICULARS FOR CAPACITOR BANK Sr.No.

DESCRIPTION
SHUNT CAPACITORS Name of manufacturer and country Applicable standard CAPACITOR UNIT Rated Voltage Maximum permissible continuous over voltage as of percentage of rated voltage. KV

PARTICULARS

% iii) Short time over voltage for 30 minutes for 1 minute for 1 second for 3 cycles a) Nominal capacitance at 25oC, 50oC. b) Manufacturing tolerance on capacitance values. a) Rated output at rated voltage and 50 b) Maximum output vi) vii) viii) ix) x) xi) a) b) c) d) Type of impregnant used Type of fuse used Temperature category as per IS. Discharge resistor value Discharge time for 50 volts BUSHING Number of bushings per unit & type. Rated voltage Rated Insulation level Total creepage distance. (ohm) Hz (KVAR) (KVAR)

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v)

kV

Sr.No.

DESCRIPTION

PARTICULARS
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a) Type of dielectric used b) Voltage stress for dielectric c) Thickness of dielectric a) 10 seconds test voltage b) Lightning impulse test voltage a) Capacitor unit material b) Finish/ paint details c) Type of welding FUSES: Type (Internal/ External) Number per unit Maximum energy which fuse carrier can withstand without bursting. Max. Continuous rating of fuse without deterioration as a percentage of capacitor unit nominal current. Maximum recovery voltage at which fuse can operate. Overall dimensions

(V/ Micron) (Micron) (kV) (kV peak)

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(mm x mm x mm) (kg.)

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Weight per unit Losses under stabilized condition (after 40 hrs. of energisation.) CAPACITORS Rated Voltage Maximum continuous over voltage rating as percentage of rated voltage. Nominal capacitance at 25oC Manufacturing tolerance on nominal capacitance value. Variation of capacitance due to ambient temperature and load.

Watts

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(microfarad)

(+%) (+%)

Sr.No.

DESCRIPTION

PARTICULARS
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Variation of capacitance due to loss of units/ elements. a) At alarm stage. b) At trip stage. Number of unit in parallel per phase per series section. Number of series sections per phase. Connection symbol. Rated output Rated current per phase Withstand voltage of capacitor bank while switching ON/ OFF. Power frequency withstand voltage Creepage distance Un-balance voltage in open delta of RVT Under normal condition. One capacitor unit is out in a section. Two capacitor units are out in a section. Total guaranteed losses at rated voltage and frequency under stabilised condition.

(+%)

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(KVAR) (Amp.) (kV peak)

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(kW) xvii) Maximum residual voltage at de-energisation. (volts) xviii) Time taken in attaining the residual voltage. (seconds) xix) B) I Annual failure rate. RESIDUAL VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER Name of manufacturer and country

Sr.No.

DESCRIPTION

PARTICULARS
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Type Rated Voltage VA Burden Connection Accuracy Class a) Protection Winding Voltage Factor Power frequency withstand voltage kV (rms) Lighting impulse withstand voltage kV (rms) Energy discharge capability Total weight of R.V.T. Overall dimensions Whether interstack and base insulators and terminal connectors for bank shall be included in the scope of supply? Whether bus bar material for the capacitor bank included in the scope of supply. Whether galvanized support structure and stack rack for the capacitor bank shall be included in the scope of Overall dimensions of capacitor bank Total weight of capacitor unit & bank ISOLATORS Make Type Reference Standard Rated Voltage No. of poles

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DESCRIPTION Rated normal current Rated peak withstand current Rated short time current for 1 sec i) 1.2/0 Micro- second impulse withstand voltage positive and negative polarity a) Across the isolating distance b) To earth and between poles ii) One minute power frequency withstand voltage a) Across the isolating distance b) To earth and between poles

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Type of isolator Creepage distance Weight of complete isolator Type of operating mechanism Number of auxiliary contacts Total weight Overall dimensions

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