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Contents
A Scope.............................................................. 2
B Conflicts and Deviations ................................. 2
C References ..................................................... 2
D Qualification .................................................... 4
E Modifications to Industry Standard .................. 4
Revision Summary .............................................. 22
A Scope
This specification, together with the Data Sheets, defines the mandatory requirements
for form-wound squirrel-cage induction motors above 370 kW (500 HP).
B.1 If there are any conflicts between this specification and associated purchasing,
project or engineering documents, this specification shall take precedence.
For any deviation and exception, an approved Waiver has to be included with
the purchasing documents.
B.2 Any conflicts between this document and other applicable Mandatory Saudi
Aramco Engineering Requirements (MSAERs*) shall be addressed to the
EK&RD Coordinator.
* Examples of MSAERs are Saudi Aramco Materials System Specifications
(SAMSSs), Engineering Standards (SAESs) and Standard Drawings (SASDs).
B.3 Any deviation from the requirements herein shall follow internal company
procedure SAEP-302.
C References
The following is a summary of all the documents which have been mentioned within
this specification. The specific part(s) of these documents which are applicable have
been identified throughout this specification.
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D Qualification
Details and location of operation shall be provided to Saudi Aramco upon request.
In addition, the vendor shall disclose each proposed design, manufacturing procedure,
component, or assembly that does not have at least 2 years satisfactory field operating
experience in similar service.
The following paragraph numbers refer to API STD 541, 5th Edition, December 2014,
Form-Wound Squirrel Cage Induction Motors-500 Horsepower and Larger which is
part of this specification. The text in each paragraph below is an addition to
API STD 541 unless it is noted as an exception. Paragraph numbers not appearing in
API STD 541 are new paragraphs to be inserted in numerical order. Paragraph numbers
appearing in API STD 541 but not in this document have not been modified.
When the phrase “unless otherwise specified” is used in this document, it shall be taken
to mean unless otherwise specified by the Saudi Aramco Company Representative or
Saudi Aramco Buyer.
Section 1 General
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4.1 General
Metal temperatures can reach 70°C (158°F) when exposed to direct solar
radiation. This is assuming that the motor will be located outdoors unless
otherwise specified.
The motor painting system shall be suitable for ISO 12944-2 corrosion
category C4. If severe corrosive area or offshore is specified, the motor
painting system shall be suitable for corrosion category C5-M.
4.1.3 The A-weighted average sound pressure level of the motor shall not
exceed 85 dBA at distance of 1 meter for 4 pole motors and above and
90 dBA at a distance of 1 meter for 2 pole motors determined in
accordance with NEMA MG 1, part 9, or ISO 1680 and IEC 60034-9 with
the motor operating under the conditions specified in this paragraph.
4.1.5 In case of the motors driven by ASD, overspeed test shall be requested as
one of the complete tests. Unless otherwise specified, test shall be carried
out at 120% of maximum operating speed for two minutes, and shaft
vibration shall be measured in accordance with API STD 541 Section
6.3.5.6.
4.1.11 Unless otherwise specified, the minimum quantity of special tools shall
be one set per purchase order or contract.
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4.1.13 (Exception) If, during the warranty period, while operating at the
conditions specified on the Data Sheet, the motor fails to meet the
specified performance, the Vendor shall be responsible for performing
any corrective action required.
4.2.1.2 Induction motors shall have rated voltage per below Table.
4.2.1.2.3 The rated voltage of motors which are part of an ASD system shall be at
the discretion of the drive system supplier.
4.2.3.1 The motor shall be capable of starting and accelerating the driven load to
operating speed with 80% of the rated voltage at the motor terminals,
allowing for the natural rise of the voltage as the motor accelerates.
Purchaser will provide load speed vs. torque curve and load Wk² when
motor is purchased separately from driven equipment.
Exception:
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4.2.4.5 The paragraph requirements shall be met when part of an ASD system.
4.3.3 (Addition) A proven system is acceptable with the approval of Motors &
Generators Standards Committee Chairman.
4.4.1 Enclosures
4.4.1.1e Unless otherwise specified by Saudi Aramco, motors specified for use in
Class I, Zone 2 hazardous locations shall meet the requirements for these
areas without requiring purging/pressurization.
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4.4.1.2.3f If auxiliary cooling fans are used for TEAAC motors, the main motors
shall meet the following requirements:
1) Auxiliary cooling fan motors shall meet the requirements of
17-SAMSS-503.
2) More than one fan shall be used. Fan motors shall be easily
accessible for maintenance and it shall be possible to remove and
replace cooling fan motors with the main motor operating the
driven equipment.
3) For motors 6,000 kW (8,000 HP) or greater, the heat exchanger
design shall be such that the main motor meets all load and
temperature rise requirements with any one auxiliary cooling fans
out of service.
4.4.1.2.3g Air-to-air heat exchangers for TEAAC (or IC equivalent code) motors
shall be designed for 105% of calculated losses including auxiliary motor
fan losses (if applicable). The 5% allowance is to compensate for
plugging or fouling.
4.4.1.2.4 If the maximum inlet water temperature is different than 32C the motor
vendor shall provide the expected flow rate and temperature rise of the
cooling water based on the specified maximum inlet water temperature.
4.4.2.6 Motor mounting plate arrangement shall be such that the complete motor
assembly can be removed intact for repair without any on-site
dismantling. If bearing pedestals are baseplate mounted then it must be
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(Addition) The motor frame mounting plate (sole or base) shall be flat on
the foundation sole plate. If footplates are provided, the in-between foot
deflection shall comply with SAES-M-001.
4.4.5.1 General
4.4.5.2.2 Fabricated aluminum cage and cast aluminum cage designs are not
acceptable.
4.4.5.2.5 (Addition) 18Mn-4Cr and 18Mn-5Cr retaining ring material are not
acceptable. Retaining ring material shall not be susceptible to stress
corrosion cracking due to exposure to moisture, chlorides or other
airborne contaminates.
4.4.6 Dynamics
4.4.6.1 Resonances
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4.4.6.1.3 (Addition) The motor and driven machine vendor shall base the motor
design on a foundation that meets SAES-M-001, SAES-M-100, and
SAES-Q-007.
4.4.6.2.1 (Addition) For motors 2,000 kW (2,700 HP) and above which operate at
or above 1,800 RPM (4 pole), the vendor shall provide a damped
unbalanced response analysis for each machine from zero to 120% of the
maximum operating speed.
4.4.6.2.1.1.f (Addition) Coupling half and spacer shall be part of the model.
4.4.6.2.2 (Addition) The motor vendor shall provide all the data required for the
torsional analysis to the vendor(s) with unit responsibility to perform a
steady-state and transient torsional and stress analysis of the complete
mechanical train.
4.4.6.3 Balancing
4.4.6.3.1 (Addition) The rotor third balancing plane is required if two balancing
planes are insufficient to meet the required balancing criteria.
4.4.6.3.2 Brass weights are acceptable. It is recognized that Exd machines may
not have removable balance weights.
(Addition) The same balancing grade shall be used for the coupling and
the motor rotor.
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balancing planes for field trim balancing for 1,000 HP (746 kW) motors
and above.
4.4.6.4 Vibration
4.4.7.1 Bearings
4.4.7.1.11a If applicable, thrust loads from the driven equipment under all operating
conditions shall be informed.
4.4.7.1.15 Oil cooler shall maintain the lube oil supply temperature at or below 60°C.
4.4.7.1.18 Motor with rated synchronous speed of 1,800 RPM or lower shall be
capable of being solo-run tested, un-coupled, without the need for the
driven equipment to limit the rotor axial movement.
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Exception:
High speed motors (i.e., 2 Pole motors) with shaft mounted fans that
have a rotor thrust do not need to comply with 4.4.7.1.18, above.
4.4.7.2.2 Tapped and plugged fill and drain openings of at least DIN 15 are
acceptable.
4.4.8 Lubrication
4.4.8.1 The motor vendor shall be responsible for selecting the means of
emergency coast down lubrication, based on input from vendor having
complete unit responsibility. If the emergency coastdown system is not
supplied by the motor vendor, the motor vendor shall advise the driven
equipment vendor that the motor is not supplied with emergency
coastdown protection.
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4.4.9.4 Unless otherwise specified, the electrical machine vendor shall install the
motor half coupling on the motor shaft with a cylindrical fit.
4.4.10 Materials
4.4.10.1 General
4.4.10.2 Castings
4.4.10.3 Welding
4.4.10.3.1 Other acceptable welding codes are: CSA W47.1, CSA W59, EN 287-1,
ISO 15614-1 & 2, ISO 3834-1, ISO 15607, ASME SEC IX, AWS D1.1
and ISO 15609-1.
4.4.10.3.4 Intermittent welds may be used, such as on gasket supports and fan
housings, where significant problem-free operating experience exists,
and well-established design procedures are available.
4.4.10.5 The maximum mesh size of protective grills or metal screens shall be
12.7 mm (0.5 in).
24.4.10.6 Fans
4.4.10.6.1 (Exception) Only metallic fans are acceptable.
4.4.10.6.3 If auxiliary cooling fans are used for TEAAC motors, auxiliary cooling
fan motors shall meet the requirements of 17-SAMSS-503.
4.4.11.1 An additional main nameplate shall be located on the inside of the door
of an auxiliary terminal box, in order to preserve long-term legibility.
4.4.11.2 All writing shall be indelibly marked in English with raised metal
lettering, engraving or stamping.
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4.4.11.5 Each major component of the motor shall be identified with the motor
serial number, which may be stamped on a nameplate affixed to the
component or stamped directly on the component itself. The instruction
manual shall indicate where these markings can be found. The following
major components shall be identified:
a. Stator frame
b. Stator core pack (if removable)
c. Rotor
d. Bearing pedestals
e. Bearing end caps
Section 5 Accessories
5.1.2 The terminal box shall be capable of withstanding the fault described in
this section.
5.1.4.1 Terminal boxes for accessory leads shall meet the requirements for
NEMA 4 or, in the case of severe corrosive areas, NEMA 4X in
accordance with NEMA 250, or IP55 in accordance with IEC 60529 with
316 stainless steel.
5.1.4.2 (Addition) If vertical gasketed surfaces are not provided with a drip
shield, then the enclosure shall be NEMA 4X type.
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5.1.6g Adequate space for outdoor type terminations for the shielded cables
shall be provided in the terminal box.
5.1.6k Ground bus shall be provided for motors 750 kW (1,000 HP) and above.
5.1.11 All motor accessory wiring external to the machine shall be mechanically
protected in galvanized rigid steel conduit terminated by stainless steel
flexible liquid-tight conduit as per Section 5.5 of API STD 670.
Rigid steel conduit fittings shall be cast iron or cast steel. For motors
specified for use in severe corrosion areas, the conduit and conduit
fittings shall be either PVC coated or in stainless steel.
Exception:
5.2.1.2 Embedded RTDs for the stator windings shall be provided as follows:
Size Motor RTDs Per Phase
370 kW (500 HP) through 7,500 kW (10,000 HP) 2
Above 7,500 kW (10,000 HP) 3
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5.4.2 An engraved nameplate shall be located near the space heater terminal
block which shows the space heater operating single phase voltage.
Motors rated 13.2 kV and above shall be furnished with surge capacitors
and surge arresters. Unless otherwise specified, surge capacitors and
arresters are not required on lower voltage motors.
Exception:
Surge arresters and capacitors shall not be installed with motors fed from
Adjustable Speed Drives.
Motors 3,750 kW (5,000 HP) and larger shall have provisions for
self-balancing differential relay protection. Motor vendor shall provide
and install 50:5 ratio, ANSI rating C20, current transformers in each
phase for this purpose. The IEC equivalent of the C20 ANSI class
current transformer (50:5 CT with 5VA class, 10P20, 5 A) is acceptable.
CTs shall be suitable for the specified environmental conditions.
Exception:
5.6.4.1 Partial discharge couplers, output signal wires, and auxiliary PD signal
terminal box, shall be installed on all 13.2 kV and above rated motors.
Partial discharge monitoring devices, which outputs processed data in
millivolt (mV), shall be installed if specified in the Data Sheet.
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Exception:
5.8.1 Horizontal motors rated in excess of 750 kW (1,000 HP) and equipped
with hydrodynamic radial bearings shall be provided with two
non-contacting vibration probes in each radial bearing housing and
one event per revolution (key phasor) probe.
5.8.4 Vertical motors driving pumps shall have two velocity transducers
mounted on or as close as practicable to the top bearing housing.
One transducer shall be mounted on the axis of the pump
suction/discharge nozzles and the other at 90 degrees to this axis.
Vertical motors driving equipment other than pumps shall have the
transducers mounted in the direction of maximum vibration, as
determined by testing.
6.1 General
6.2 Inspection
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6.2.1 General
6.2.1.1a The following material certifications shall be kept available for at least
5 years: Forged shaft, silicon steel, copper wire, copper bar, and bearing
castings.
6.2.3.2 For all machines having circulating, pressure oil systems, the oil system
furnished shall meet the cleanliness requirements of 32-SAMSS-013 and
API STD 614 or equivalent standards.
6.3.1.7 Lube oil inlet temperature adjustment during mechanical running tests is
not required.
6.3.1.9 When Partial Discharge monitoring devices are installed, a PD test shall
be performed with the installed stator winding partial discharge sensing
devices. See section 6.3.4.6 for details.
6.3.2.1d The preferred values of test voltage shown in Table 7 (API STD 541)
shall be used for the polarization index. Minimum insulation resistance
when corrected to 40°C shall be 100 MΩ.
6.3.2.1m It is recognized that it may not be possible to measure the air gap during
the routine test on Exd machines.
6.3.3.1 A snapshot of the slow roll data captured during coast down after a run
test of the assembled machine is acceptable.
6.3.3.9 (Addition) The following additional plots shall be part of the recorded
vibration data:
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The stator core test shall be performed for all motors rated 13.2 kV, or all
motors rated at or above 3,700 kW (5,000 HP).
6.3.4.2.1 Special surge tests on two additional sample coils shall be performed. It is
required all motors rated 13.2 kV, or all motors rated at or above 3,700 kW
(5,000 HP). One set of coils, per identical motors per purchase order, is
sufficient, and will be representative of the coil design for the complete set.
The coils shall pass 3.5 pu according to IEEE 522 Section 6.2. Testing to a
maximum of 5.0 pu is for information purposes.
The power factor tip-up test (delta tan delta) is required for motors with
rated voltages 6.6 kV and above. The power factor tip-up test shall be
performed on the complete stator. If the tip-up, when measured at 100%
and 25% of rated line-to-ground voltage exceeds 3%, a five years stator
rewind warranty shall be provided.
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6.3.5.1.1 The complete test shall be performed for all motors rated 13.2 kV, or all
motors rated at or above 3,700 kW (5,000 HP). As an alternative, this test
shall be in accordance to the applicable portion of IEC 60034-2.
Exception:
6.3.5.1.1e If motor rating exceeds test field limitations, data calculation and
temperature rise extrapolation shall be performed per IEC 60034-29.
Exception:
Unless otherwise specified, the heat run test is required on only one of
each motor of identical design and rating supplied on the same order or
contract.
6.3.5.1.1g The sound pressure level test shall be in accordance with ISO 1680.1 or
ANSI/NEMA MG 1, Part 9.
6.3.5.1.2 The DC high potential test described in this paragraph is not required.
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6.3.5.2.1 The heat run test shall be performed for all motors in accordance with
paragraph 6.3.5.1.1e, above.
Exception:
Unless otherwise specified, the heat run test is required on only one of each
motor of identical design and rating supplied on the same order or contract.
6.4.1a As per paragraph 4.1.2, the motor painting system shall be suitable for
ISO 12944-2 corrosion category C4. If severe corrosive area or offshore
is specified, the motor painting system shall be suitable for corrosion
category C5-M.
6.4.1b All loose materials and mill scale shall be removed from housings.
8.1 Proposals
8.1.3 Additional specified conditions are 85%, and 90% voltage. Minimum
starting conditions are 80% voltage and short circuit MVA if provided,
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8.1.3d The applicable load curve shall be applied with load inertia.
8.6.1 As-built vendor data sheets and all curves (thermal limit curves, speed-
torque curves, etc.) and drawings referred to on the vendor data sheets
shall be included.
8.6.2d The vendor shall supply a complete connection diagram, the number of
parallel circuits per phase, the number of turns per coil, and the throw, in
lieu of the requirements of this paragraph.
Revision Summary
7 April 2015 Major revision.
4 October 2015 Minor revision to reduce the risks of electric shock upon Motors Maintenance personnel due
to energized space heaters.
1 November 2016 Major revision. The update is as follows:
- Reflecting the new API STD 541, 5th Edition 2014 standard update.
- Removing the overlap between 17-SAMSS-502 and 17-SAMSS-503 at the 500 HP size.
This will enhance clarity and align the two SAMSSs.
- Specifying when the partial discharge is required.
1 January 2018 Editorial revision to modify paragraph 6.3.4.3.
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