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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 3.5
Description
3.5.1
Introduction
3.5.1.1
General
3.5.1.2
3.5.2
3.5.2.1
3.5.2.2
3.5.3
General Requirement
3.5.3.1
Safety
3.5.3.1.1
General
3.5.3.2
3.5.3.3
Design Life
3.5.3.4
3.5.4
3.5.4.1
Electrical Loads
3.5.4.1.1
Definition
3.5.4.1.2
Loads Assessment
3.5.4.2
Calculation Methods
3.5.4.2.1
Cable Sizing
3.5.4.2.2
Voltage Drop
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Ear thing
3.5.4.4
Lighting Protection
3.5.4.5
3.5.5
3.5.5.1
General
3.5.5.1.1
Environment
3.5.5.1.2
Corrosion
3.5.5.1.3
Enclosure Protection
3.5.5.1.4
3.5.5.1.4.1
Standards
3.5.5.1.4.2
Certification
3.5.5.1.4.3
Misc. Requirement
3.5.5.2
Junction Boxes
3.5.5.2.1
3.5.5.3
3.5.5.4
3.5.5.4.1
3.5.5.4.2
3.5.5.4.3
Wiring method
3.5.5.5
3.5.5.6
Cables
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General
3.5.5.6.2
Earth Conductor
3.5.5.6.3
3.5.5.6.3.1
3.5.5.6.3.2
3.5.5.7
Cathodic Protection
3.5.5.7.1
3.5.5.7.2
3.5.5.8
3.5.6
3.5.7
3.5.8
3.5.9
3.5.10
3.5.11
Documentation
3.5.11.1
Equipment Documentation
3.5.11.2
3.5.11.3
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INTRODUCTION
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The document specifies the minimum technical requirement for electrical system
associated with this bid package. The specified design criteria cover technical
requirements, calculation methods, functional requirements, margins and any
other minimum requirements.
3.5.1.2
DC
Direct Current
API
FRP
LV
Low Voltage
IEC
IPXX
Ingress Protection
NEMA
MCB
MCCB
SS
Stainless Steel
TEFC
3.5.2
3.5.2.1
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IEC
NEMA
ASTM
NFPA
IALA
BSI
ANSI
API
NEC
SOLAS
NESC
BIS
DNV
NACE
MARPOL
CENELEC
Description
1050
5006
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3.5.3
GENERAL REQUIREMENT
3.5.3.1
Safety
3.5.3.1.1
General
The electrical system shall employ safety margins to ensure that plant is safe under
all operating conditions, including those associated with the start up and shut down
of equipment and through out intervening shut down periods. The emphasis in
equipment specification will be on operability, prevention of accident/ fault and
functionality for the design life.
All insulating materials specified for the equipment elsewhere in document shall be
non toxic.
All cable penetrations through firewalls, blast walls, through switchgear room
walls and between safe and hazardous area shall be sealed using multi cable
transits to maintain the integrity of system and prevent gas migration. The sealed
transit shall ensure that the fire integrity of the wall is maintained.
3.5.3.2
3.5.3.3
Design Life.
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3.5.3.4
3.5.4
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
3.5.4.1
Electrical Loads
3.5.4.1.1
Definitions.
DESIGN
Items
Definitions
Nominal power
Efficiency(%)
Load classifications.
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Load Assessment.
An Electrical load shall be developed by the contractor based on the guide line
described in the table. The maximum load developed shall be used to specify
maximum power requirement, feeder cable sizing, switch gear sizing and MCC
general arrangement etc.
The equipment utilization category and load assessment is tabulated as below.
Sr. No.
Utilization category
Load Assessment
Standby - equipment
Total load
3.5.4.2
Calculation Methods
3.5.4.2.1
Cable Sizing
During detailed engineering all power cables shall be identified and sized
according to the requirement of Indian and International standards. All the cables
for AC/DC loads shall be sized individually satisfying all the following criteria:
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Voltage Drop
The system nominal utilization voltage level shall be 24 /12 volt DC.
The maximum allowable voltage drop in any feeder under steady
state conditions shall be maintained as below.
3. 5.4.3
Switch Board/Distribution
Boards/ Lighting power panel
1%
Lighting Points
2%
DC system
3%
Earthing
Plant earthing shall be as per API- RP-14F. All electrical equipment shall be
earthed via earthing conductor within power cable and where mechanical
equipment contains electrical apparatus earth bonding shall be required.
The minimum size of earth bonding conductors on local control station enclosures
shall be 16mm2.The minimum size of earth conductors for electrical panels shall be
16 mm2.
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Vessels, tanks, and mechanical packages not directly welded to the structure shall
be bonded to a structural earth pad or boss using at least two independent 70 mm2
conductors.
Metallic cable trays shall be suitably earthed.
Items such as pipes and duct work that have insulating material( i. e. gasket )
between connected sections shall be made electrically continuous by bonding with
a 6 mm2 earthing cable or equivalent earthing strip.
All electrical panels shall be provided with a tinned copper earth bar.
3.5.4.4
Lightning Protection
As the method of construction shall incorporate bonded metal structure, no specific
lightning protection shall be needed.
3.5.4.5
Plant Layout
Electric room (Switch gear room) shall be located in safe, non-hazardous and wellventilated area.
a) All equipment such as solar power controllers, lighting, DC power 25/24/12
volts & miscellaneous distribution boards Gas detection panels etc shall be
located in closed electrical room and shall be designed considering inadequate
ventilation in the room .
b) All batteries shall be located in closed battery room .The room will be located
in safe area . Batteries shall be designed considering inadequate ventilation in
the room.
All electrical equipments shall be installed in a neat workman like manner for
ease of operation and maintenance and from safety viewpoint.
The Contractor shall prepare single line and schematic wiring diagram of all type
of DC Power distribution panel and submit to company for approval.
The contractor shall calculate number and size of anode, prepare anode distribution
drawing, hazardous area classification diagram, switch gear room layout on deck,
electrical equipment and battery enclosure layout in switchgear room, earthling
layout diagram, cable and tray layout,, cable tray sizing , MCT sizing, complete
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cable schedule, navigational lantern layout, layout with junction box, and solar
panel layout and submit to company for approval.
Any other drawings/documents required to make the electrical system complete
and operational but not mentioned here shall be developed by contractor.
The Contractor shall install electrical equipments only in approved locations, with
due consideration of the following:
Positioning of equipment (out door and indoor) shall not constitute a safety
hazard.
Visibility and accessibility for both maintenance and operations purpose.
Light fixtures shall be fitted so that they can be serviced and removed by a
single person.
Cables and cable ladder shall not be fixed to gratings or handrails.
Stainless Steel tags are to be provided for Cable at each bend and at interval of
6 meter.
Cables shall be properly tied in FRP cable trays at 600/800 mm interval.
Cable tray height must be minimum 2.5 meters for safety and convenience.
For convenience and ease in maintenance as well as operation, the minimum
clearance between electrical equipments or between other items and electrical
equipment shall be as tabulated below:
Distance
Item description
1200 mm
1000mm
1500mm
1000mm
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150 mm
1000mm
1000mm
800mm
3.5.5
3.5.5.1
General
3.5.5.1.1
Environment:
Electrical equipment, installation material, wiring and cabling etc. will be suitable
for the overall climatic condition, their position within the installation and local
environment. For environment, climatic and operating condition reference may be
made to the Project General Operating Conditions Specification number5006.
3.5.5.1.2
Corrosion
The indoor equipments enclosure like LV switch board, small light and DC
power panels, transformer etc. shall have anti corrosion protective coating as per
requirement of Protective Coating General Specification number 2005. The hard
wares shall be high tensile MS duly cadmium plated.
For external locations corrosion resistant materials will be specified for electrical
equipments.
As a minimum material/equipment requirement shall be as follows.
Cable ladders and trays shall be fiberglass Reinforced Plastic and UV
protected.
Associated accessories shall be SS316.
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Explosion proof junction boxes, light fitting, control stations etc shall be
manufactured of copper free aluminum with an epoxy finish.
Hardwares shall be of stainless steel.
Cable glands shall be nickel plated brass double compression type or
equivalent.
3.5.5.1.3
Enclosure Protection.
The degree of protection against dust and water ingress , necessary for individual
electrical items shall be determined by the equipment duty, its environment, its
location and the hazardous area classification. The equipment located outside or
subject to deluge from fire water system shall be of weather proof construction
and protected against the most adverse conditions that are anticipated. These
enclosures are to be classified to IP56 as a minimum degree of protection,
increased as necessary where the location/situation demands.
Indoor equipments like MCC, DC power distribution panels, etc. will be, as a
minimum, of IP51 protection class.
3.5.5.1.4
3.5.5.1.4.1 Standards
The hazardous area classification shall be carried out in accordance with API-RP500B.
The hazardous area classification drawing shall be the basis of classification of
electrical equipment for various location.
3.5.5.1.4.2 Certification
All offered items and equipments or those of similar designs manufactured by the
same supplier:
shall have been type tested by an authority approved by the Company.
shall have been in continuous satisfactory service on offshore for a minimum
period of two years.
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Junction Boxes.
3.5.5.2.1
3.5.5.3
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Telemetry System
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Following lighting loads shall be considered. Lighting load shall be considered for
three hours every day.
i)
2 Nos. 24 V DC, 60W lighting fixture with two pole on/off switch in
switchgear/electric room.
ii)
Initial charging of all the batteries shall be carried out by Contractor. All
necessary equipments for initial charging shall be arranged by the Contractor.
3.5.5.4
3.5.5.4.1
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ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
Lighting
24V DC
3.5.5.4.3
3.5.5.5
Wiring Method
i)
ii)
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specification number FS4003 & FS 4007 respectively. The battery bank shall be
sized for back up supply for case of 7 NO SUN days.
3.5.5.6
CABLES
3.5.5.6.1 General
All cables shall have flame retardant characteristics to IEC 60332-3 category A.
The solar panel interconnection and wiring cables, navigational aids lantern
cable shall beflame retardent low smoke type(FRLS).
In line cable joints via cast resin kit or other type shall not be permitted.
All cables shall be of copper conductor.
Minimum wire size for power and lighting shall be 4mm2.
Minimum wire size for control shall be 2.5 mm2.
Special care shall be taken to the routing and separation of cables to minimize the
effect of fire on emergency and essential supplies and production operations.
All cables shall be identified with SS316 Tags.
In addition the minimum distance between power/control wiring and electronic
signal wiring on prolonged cable route will be as follows:
Power /control cable
Up to 125 volt
150mm
Up to 300v
150mm
Up to 1000v
300mm
Above 1000v
450mm
The cable shall be as per detailed requirements of Power & Control Cable
Functional Specification number FS 4011.
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Earth Conductor
Earth cable shall be 6 mm2, 16 mm2, 70 mm2 or 240 mm2 stranded copper
conductor with PVC insulated and green / yellow insulation sheath.
Earth conductor requirement shall be as per cable specification number FS 4011.
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Fire/blast walls.
Such cable transit frames shall include 25% spare capacity for future use.
Cable transit frames shall be supplied with a test certificate from an independent
test authority to confirm a fire and blast rating adequate for deck or wall in
which it is installed.
3.5.5.7
Cathodic Protection
3.5.5.7.1
3.5.5.7.2
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3.5.6
Functional specifications and design criteria for each electrical items of this
project.
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Suitability for the corrosive effects of the saline and humid marine
atmosphere.
3.5.7
attery Bank
solar panel along with accessories, solar power controller, Nav. Aid
and obstruction light.
MCTs frames.
battery
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These shall form part of the relevant Purchase Specification to be submitted during
Detailed Engineering. Vetting is to be done by the company or an agency approved
by the company.
3.5.8
3.5.9
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All front panel mounted equipment shall also be identified with a metal or plastic
nameplate attached to the rear of the device, and easily visible via the rear access
doors.
All wiring, power and control cables, junction boxes, terminal blocks and auxiliary
equipment shall be suitably identified as per applicable codes and practices. Plastic
adhesive tapes shall not be used for identification. All wiring shall be tagged with
slip on or clip-on wire marker at both ends, with the wire number specified on the
drawing as per companys established identification system.
3.5.10
to carry
The Company reserves the right to reject any or all test work if the same is not in
line with requirement of relevant specification.
The Contractor shall, in the presence of the Company Representative, verify by
inspection and testing that, all electrical equipments in field and control room
including local and remote/central control panels is complete and operable. All
testing shall be subject to approval of the Company.
All Electrical equipments need to be checked and certified prior to shipment by
company rep. and/ or company approved certifying agency.
In addition to yard testing of loop checking and setting for safety devices like
overload relays and Instantaneous trip rely, simulation testing of all interlock and
shutdown systems etc, also shall be carried out at offshore.
Verification shall be carried out that grounding points are installed properly.
Insulation test shall be carried out on all cabling by using a meggar of 500 volt
DC. It should not be less than 10 M ohm for LT system.
Correct connections of all electric equipment shall be checked.
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All testing
and pre-commissioning shall be done by the Contractor. The
Contractor shall also provide assistance as required to assist the Companys
commissioning activities.
The Contractor shall submit the results of all above tests to the company and if
required by the Company, the contractor shall provide reasonable evidence of the
satisfactory condition of test equipments.
3.5.11
DOCUMENTATION:
The contractor shall provide hard copies plus electronic copies on CD for all the
documents.
3.5. 11.1
Equipment Documentation:
The Contractor shall provide the following documents as a minimum:
Bill of materials.
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The reproducible drawings, 279mm X 432mm (11" x 17") size and full size are to
be of such quality that clear legible prints can be made.
3.5.11.2
Service Description.
Rating/type.
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The electrical index shall form the basis for documenting all electrical drawing
and shall be listed in alphanumeric order of electrical tag number and shall
contain all relevant information for each electrical item.. The index shall be based
on Microsoft Access.
3.5.11.3
Manufacturer name.
Model/type
Performance details
Test certificate
When a number of items are identical in their requirements, these can be covered
by a single specification sheet, provided all tag numbers are clearly listed.
The Contractor shall submit his proposed data sheet for Company approval.
Data sheets shall be generated using Microsoft Excel.