SECTION 2: SUB-STATION SPECIFICATION

2.1

MAIN DESIGN DATA

All the Substation equipments & systems shall be designed to meet the major technical parameters given in Section-1 of this specification and other project

parameters given in the following clauses:

2.1.1

Switching Surge and Power Frequency Over

Voltages: The 400 kV system switching surge over voltage and power frequency over voltage shall be limited to 2.5 p. u. and 1.5 p. u. respectively. The initial value of temporary over voltages could be 2.0 p. u. for 12 cycles.

2.1.2

Overall Fault Clearance Time: Overall fault

clearing time may be designed preferably less than 100 m sec. for 400 kV, 120 m sec. for 220 kV and 160 m sec. for 132 kV levels under comparable conditions.

2.1.3

Duty Cycle of Circuit Breakers: The duty cycle of CBs

installed in 420 / 245 / 145 kV System of the Concessionaire shall be O-0.3 sec-CO-3 min-CO. The Surge Arrester shall be suitable for such circuit breaker duties in the system.

2.1.4

Degree of Protection: The degree of protection for

enclosures of the Control

Cabinets, Junction boxes and Marshalling Boxes, panels etc. shall as under:

i)

Installed Outdoor: IP- 55 ii) conditioned area: IP-31

Installed Indoor in air

iii) iv)

Installed in covered area: IP-52 Installed Indoor in non air conditioned area where possibility of entry of water is

limited: IP-41. v) For LT Switchgear (AC & DC distribution Boards) : IP-52

2.1.5

General Electrical Clearances: Inter equipment

arrangement and distances bay length, bay width etc. shall be maintained in accordance with the reviewed design of Single Line Diagram (SLD) and General Electrical Lay-Out (GELO) of the substation. A

copy of indicative GELOs

and SLDs of substations covered under the project are enclosed at

Appendices-Ia to Id.

2.2

MAJOR EQUIPMENTS AND SUB-SYSTEMS

Brief particulars of major equipments, systems and subsystems are given as follows:

2.2.1

Power Transformers:

i)

400 kV / 220 kV Transformers shall be autotransformers of rating 315 MVA

with 33 kV tertiary winding of 6.3 MVA active capacity and On Load Tap Changer (OLTC) with + 10% range. Vector group shall be Yna0d11.

ii)

220 kV / 132 kV Transformers shall be autotransformers of rating 100 MVA and

On Load Tap Changer (OLTC) with - 5% to +15% range. Vector group shall be Yna0.

iii)

33 kV / 0.433 kV Auxiliary Transformers shall be of rating 630 kVA and Off Load

Tap Changer with +/- 5% range. Vector group shall be Dyn11.

iv)

Transformers with losses higher than specified below shall not be accepted:

Transformer Losses in KW S. N. Description No Load losses Load losses

Auxiliary losses Total Losses i) ii) 400 / 220 kV 315 MVA 86 482 16 584 220 / 132 kV 100 MVA 28 233 11 272

v)

The Normative Loss (sum of No Load & Load Loss) of 315 MVA,

400/220 kV and 100 MVA, 220/132 kV Transformers shall be 530 kW and 220 kW respectively...

2.2.2

Circuit Breakers: Interrupting medium of circuit

breakers shall be SF6. Circuit breakers of 220 kV and 400 kV voltage class shall be suitable both for single phase and three phases auto-reclosing.

Circuit breakers of 132kV voltage class shall be suitable for three-phase autoreclosing. Each circuit breaker shall be provided with 2 nos. of trip coils. Two sets of trip circuits shall be connected to separate fuse or MCB controlled DC supplies for greater reliability. The circuit breaker shall have the provision for local manual trip which shall be at a position easily accessible to the operating person. Maximum rated break time in ms for circuit breakers shall be as given below:

400 kV 220 kV 132 kV 40 60 100

2.2.3

Disconnectors and Earthing Switches: Disconnectors

for 132 kV, 220 kV and 400 kV rating

shall

have

provision

for

remote

and

manual

operation.

Earthing switches shall be provided at appropriate locations to facilitate lines to earthing enable of outgoing

transmission

maintenance. Main blades and earth and blades shall be interlocked with both electrical

mechanical means,

which shall be fail-safe. Earthing switches shall be suitable for induced current switching duty as per relevant standard. Earthing switches shall be suitable for electrical and manual

operation. Only local operation is recommended for earth switches.

2.2.4 and

Current ratios,

Transformers: the number

The of

rated

currents cores

secondary

(protection secondary excitation

or

metering), shall be

accuracy in

class,

burden, with the

winding current

resistance,

knee point voltage and accordance

requirements of the protection system. The accuracy class for metering core shall be equal to or

better than the accuracy class of the meter specified in the Central Electricity Authority (Installation and operation of Meters) Regulations, 2006. 2.2.5 number of Capacitor secondary Voltage cores Transformers: The

(protection or metering), accuracy class and burden shall be in accordance with the requirements of the protection system. The accuracy class for metering core shall be equal to or better than the accuracy class of the meter specified in the Central of Electricity Meters) Authority (Installation and

operation

Regulations, 2006. The capacitance of CVT shall be decided depending on PLCC requirements.

2.2.6

Surge Arresters: Station class, heavy duty, gapless

metal oxide (ZnO) type surge arresters shall be provided. The rated voltage, Continuous Operating Voltage (COV), energy handling capability, nominal discharge current arrester shall be and other characteristics of

a surge

chosen in accordance with power system requirements. Surge arresters shall be provided at locations as per General Electrical Layout (GELO). These shall be fitted with pressure relief devices and diverting ports suitable for

preventing shattering of porcelain housing providing path for the flow of rated currents in the event of failure of surge arrester. A leakage current monitor with surge counter shall be provided with each surge 2.2.7 Line Trap: A line trap, intended for insertion in

a high voltage power transmission line between the point of connection of carrier frequency signals

and adjacent power system elements such as bus bars, transformers etc., shall consist of a main coil in the form of an inductor, a tuning device and a protective device. The tuning device shall be so arranged as to permit replacement without removing the line trap. It shall be so designed that

neither significant alteration in the line trap blocking

requirements nor physical damage shall result from either temperature rise or the magnetic field of the main coil at rated continuous current or rated short time current. The protective device shall be so designed and arranged that neither a significant alteration in its

protective function nor physical damage shall result either from temperature rise or the magnetic field of the main coil at rated continuous current or rated short time current.