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resulting from their use.
Oil Industry in India is more than 100 years old. Due to various collaboration
agreements a variety of international codes, standards and practices are invogue.
Standardisation in design philosophies, operating and maintenance practices at a national
level was hardly in existence. This lack of uniformity coupled with feedback from some
serious accidents that occurred in the recent past in India and abroad, emphasised the need for
the industry to review the existing state of art in designing, operating and maintaining Oil and
Gas installations.
With this in view, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in 1986 constituted a
Safety Council assisted by the Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD) staffed from within the
Industry in formulating and implementing a series of self-regulatory measures aimed at
removing obsolescence, standardising and upgrading the existing standards to ensure safer
operations. Accordingly OISD constituted a number of Functional Committees comprising
of experts nominated from the industry to draw up standards and guidelines on various
subjects.
The Coordinator
Committee on
“Inspection and Maintenance of Electrical Equipment”
OIL INDUSTRY SAFETY DIRECTORATE
th
7 Floor, ‘New Delhi House’
27, Barakhamba Road
New Delhi – 110 001
LIST OF MEMBERS
S/Shri
In addition to the above, several other experts from industry contributed in the
preparation, review and finalisation of this document.
PRESERVATION OF IDLE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
CONTENTS
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SECTION DESCRIPTION PAGE NO.
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Scope
5.1 Transformer
5.2 Switchgear
5.4 Battery
6.3 Motor
8.0 References
PRESERVATION OF IDLE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
5.3.2 Cable laid (But out of service) When the line is charged,
preventive Maintenance schedule
i) Disconnect at both ends as per OISD-137 should be
from the source and followed. When the line is de-
equipment. Ensure that the energised, the following should be
disconnected ends of leads carried out/ensured every three
are properly taped and months, except item (vi) once
sealed for protection from every year.
weather conditions (such as
entry of water/effect of i) Line patrolling
moisture).
ii) Vegetation growth, if any,
ii) The taped ends should be is to be cleared
kept in upright position and
should not be in the vicinity iii) Alignment of cross
of water logged area. arms/insulators is correct
The battery should be preserved in- viii) The cells should never be
situ and preventive maintenance stacked directly on the
schedule should be followed as per ground as there is always a
OISD-137. If battery is required to risk of the ground being
be laid off for a long period, and flooded with water resulting
taken to storage, the following in humid conditions around
procedure for preservation should the cells.
be followed:
ix) Acid container supplied
i) The cell accessories after along with cell, should be
provided with labels for carefully stored away from
identification should be Sun and Rain.
kept along with the cells.
x) Acid container should be
ii) Ensure that the caps already properly tagged to avoid
mounted on the cells are misuse.
tight. Fix the adhesive
tapes on these caps for xi) Acid container should be
safety. preferably kept in an
isolated area/room and on
iii) The cells should be the wooden (seasoned Teak
arranged in the stores on Wood)/plastic platform.
stillages or seasoned
wooden racks so that there xii) Room should have proper
is at least about 10 mm acid proof flooring with
spacing between two water washing facilities.
adjacent cells.
xiii) Room should have
iv) The storage space should be ventilating fans working all
inside the building. It the time.
should not be a temporary
xiv) Acid Container should be
periodically checked.
Damaged or leaking ones The spares should be preserved in
should be disposed of as per such a way that there should be no
standard handling damage or deterioration to them
procedures indicated by during storage, so that these can
manufacturer. perform normally when required to
be used. The following procedure
xv) Thoroughly clean the should be ensured for preservation:
positive and negative
terminal lugs and the inter i) The spares are stored in
connecting strips and racks in open condition
protect them from corrosion with catalogue
by smearing a light coat of identification numbers and
petroleum jelly. are easily accessible.
All types of switches, fuse carriers iii) In case the storage is for a
and fuses shall be preserved in prolonged period (say more
their own original packings with than 1 year), anticorrosive
labels indicating type, rating & size painting should be given on
the metallic
surfaces/structurals and
antitermite treatment should
be applied for wooden vi) Cable drums should be
cases/crates etc. protected from rain and
heat.
iv) Cable drums are to be
wedged tightly to prevent vii) The Silicagel
rolling or shifting. dehumidifiers, wherever
provided, should be
v) The equipment filled with periodically examined and
insulating oil should be if there is dis-colouration
tested for oil dielectric due to absorption of
strength and if it failed moisture, these should be
during dielectric test, the oil reactivated or replaced.
should be
reconditioned/replenished viii) Wherever anticondensation
as per the BIS spaceheaters are provided,
recommendation these should be switched
ON through thermostatic
control, and monitored to
prevent excessive rise of
temperature (The body
temperature shall be
o
maintained around 10 C
above ambient).
x) The equipment/components
which are constructed out
of ceramics (such as glass,
stoneware, earthenware,
porcelain, silica etc.) should
be handled/stored carefully,
to avoid cracks/damages.