CHAPTER-SA

SURGE ARRESTERS

1.0 GENERAL

1.1 The Surge arresters shall conform to IEC: 60099-4 except to the extent modified in the specification and shall also be in accordance with requirements under Chapter-GTR.

1.2 Arresters shall be of hermetically sealed units, self supporting construction, suitable for mounting on tubular support structures to be supplied by the Contractor.

1.3 The Surge Arrestor shall be designed for use in the geographic and meteorological conditions as given in the Chapter-GTR.

2.0 DUTY REQUIREMENTS:

a) The Surge arrester shall be of heavy duty station class and gapless type without any series or shunt gaps.

b) The Surge arrester shall be capable of discharging over-voltage occurring during switching of unloaded transformers, reactors and long line.

c) 245/33kV class arrester shall be capable for discharging energy equivalent to class 3 of IEC for 245/33kV system on two successive operations.

d) The surge arresters shall be suitable for withstanding forces as defined in Chapter-GTR.

e) The reference current of the arresters shall be high enough to eliminate the influence of grading and stray capacitance on the measured reference voltage.

f) The surge arresters are being provided to project the following equipment whose insulation levels are indicated in the table given below:

Equipment to be

protected

Lightning impulse

(kVp) for 420 kV system

Switching Surge

(kVp) for 420 kV system

Lightning impulse

(kVp) for 245 kV system

Lightning impulse (kVp)

for 145 kV system

PowerTransformer ± 1300 ± 1050 ± 950 ± 550

InstrumentTransformer ±1425 ± 1050 ± 1050 ± 650

Reactor ±1300 ± 1050 - -

CB/Isolator Phase to ground

±1425 ± 1050 ± 1050 ± 650

Across open contacts

±1425(-/+240)

± 900(-/+345)

± 1200 ± 750

i) The duly cycle of CB installed in 245/33kV System of the Purchaser shall be O-0.3sec-CO-3 min-CO. The Surge Arrester shall be suitable for such circuit breaker duties in the system.

3.0 CONSTRUCTIONAL FEATURES:

The features and constructional details of surge arresters shall be in accordance with requirement stipulated hereunder:

a) The non-linear blocks shall be of sintered metal oxide material. These shall be provided in such a way as to obtain robust

construction, with excellent mechanical and electrical properties even after repeated operations.

b) The Surge arrester shall be fired with pressure relief devices suitable for preventing shattering of porcelain housing and providing path for flow of rated fault currents in the event of arrester failure. Details shall be furnished in the bids along with quality checks.

c) The arresters shall not fail due to arrester porcelain contamination.

d) Seals shall be provided in such a way that these are always effectively maintained even when discharging rated lightning current.

e) Outer insulator shall be porcelain conforming to requirements stipulated in Chapter-GTR. Terminal connectors shall conform to requirements stipulated under Chapter-GTR.

Porcelain housing shall be so coordinated that external flashover will not occur due to application of any impulse or switching surge voltage upto the maximum design value for arrester.

f) The end fitting shall be made of corrosion proof material and preferably be nonmagnetic.

g) The name plate shall conform to the requirements of IEC incorporating the year of manufacture.

h) The heat treatment cycle details along with necessary quality checks used for individual blocks alongwith insulation layer formed across each block are to be furnished. Metalizing coating thickness for reduced resistance between adjacent discs is to be furnished with additional information scheduled of bid proposal sheets alongwith procedure for checking the same. Details of thermal stability test for uniform distribution of current on individual disc is to be furnished.

i) The manufacturer will submit Data for rejection rate of ZnO blocks during manufacturing/operation for the past three years.

j) The sealing arrangement of the Surge Arrester stacks shall be done incorporating grooved flanges with the O-rings/elliptical cross-section gaskets of Neoprene or Butyl rubber.

4.0 FITTING AND ACCESSORIES:

a) 216/33kV Arresters shall be complete with insulating base having provision for bolting to flat surface of structure.

b) Self contained discharge counters, suitable enclosed for outdoor use and requiring no auxiliary or battery supply for operation shall be provided for each single pole unit alongwith necessary connection. Suitable leakage current meters should also be supplied within the same enclosure.

The reading of milliammeter and counters shall be visible through an inspection glass panel. The terminals shall be robust and of adequate size and shall be so located that incoming and outgoing connection are made with minimum possible bends.

c) Surge monitor consisting of discharge counters and milliammeters should be suitable to be mounted on support structure of the arrester and should be tested for IP66 degree of protection. The standard supporting structure for surge arrester should be provided with a mounting pad, for fixing the surge monitor. The surge monitor should be suitable for mounting on this standard mounting pad. Also all nuts, bolts, washers etc. required for fixing the surge monitor shall have to be supplied by the Contractor.

The arrangement for surge monitor enclosure fixing to the structure shall be at its rear / bottom. Connections between the

surge arrester base and surge monitor shall be through a 2.0 meter long insulated standard cable. The cable shall be terminated at rear / bottom side of the surge monitor. The gaskets of the surge monitors shall be of Neoprene, Butyl rubber or equivalent rubber.

d) Grading/corona rings shall be provided on each complete arrester unit as required. Suitable terminal connectors shall be supplied by the Contractor.

5.0 TESTS:

5.1 In accordance with the requirements stipulated under Chapter-GTR, the surge arresters should have been type tested as per IEC/IS and shall be subjected to routine and acceptance tests in accordance with IEC documents. In the switching surge operating duty test, the samples shall be pre-heated to 70 deg. C, (instead of 60 deg. C. as given in IEC) prior to application of long duration surges for contamination test procedures outlined in ANSI 062-11-1987 may be followed until IEC brings out alternate test procedure for the same.

The test reports of the type tests and the following additional type tests shall also be submitted for the Purchaser’s review.

i) Radio interference voltage test as per Annexure-A of Chapter-GTR.

ii) Seismic withstand test as per Annexure-B of Chapter-GTR.

iii) Contamination test.

iv) Temporary over voltage withstand test procedure to be mutually agreed).

Each metal oxide block of surge arresters shall be tested for the guaranteed specific energy capability in addition to the routine / acceptance test as per IEC: 60099-4.

5.2 (a) Acceptance Tests.

1. Measurement of power frequency reference voltage of the arrester units.

2. Lightning Impulse Residual voltage on arrester units.

3. Internal Ionisation or partial Discharge test.

(b) Special Acceptance Test:

1. Thermal stability test on three sections.

2. Aging & Energy Capability test on blocks (procedure to be mutually agreed).

3. Watt loss test.

(c) Routine Tests:

1. Sealing test: Water test at 1.5m depth from top of Surge Arrestor for 30 minutes shall be performed during assembly during assembly of Surge Arrester stacks (followed) by other routine tests, i.e. P.D. Measurement, Reference Voltage, Residual Voltage & IR measurement).

2. Measurement of reference voltage.

3. Residual voltage test of arrester unit.

4. Internal Ionisation test or partial discharge test.

5. Verticality check on completely assembled Surge arrested as a sample test on each lot.

(d) Test on Surge Monitor:

The Surge monitor shall also be connected in series with the test specimens during residual voltage and current impulse withstand test to verify efficiency of the same. Additional routine / functional test with one 100 A and 10 kA current impulse, (8/20 micro sec.) shall also be performed on the Surge monitor.

Surge monitor shall be routinely tested for water dip test at 1.5m for 30 minutes. No water vapors shall be visible on the monitor glass.

(e) Test on insulators

All routine tests shall be conducted on the hollow column insulators as per IEC-233. The following additional tests shall be carried out on 245 kV and 33 kV Insulators:

i) Utlrasonic test as a routine test.

ii) Pressure test as a routine test.

iii) Bending load test in direction at 50% specified bending load as a routine test.

iv) Bending load test in 4 directions at 100% specified bending load as a sample test on each lot.

v) Burst pressure test as a sample test on each lot.

6.0 SPARE PARTS AND MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT:

Bidder shall include in his proposal spare parts and maintenance equipment, as mentioned in Section-Project.

7.0 TECHNICAL PARAMETERS:

A. 245 kV CLASS SURGE ARRESTER

A 7.0 (a) Rated arrester Voltage 216 kV

A 7.0 (b) Nominal Discharge 10 kA of 8/20 microsecondcurrent wave

A 7.0 (c) Minimum discharge 5kJ/kV (referred to rated capability arrester voltage corresponding

to minimum discharge characteristics.

A 7.0 (d) Continuous operating 168 kV rmsvoltage at 50 deg. C

A 7.0 (e) Max. switching surge residual 500 kVpvoltage (1kA)

A 7.0 (f) Max. residual voltage at i) 5kA 560 k Vp

ii) 10 kA nominal discharge 600 kVpcurrent

A 7.0 (g) Max. Steep current impulse 650 kVpresidual voltage at 10 kA

A 7.0 (h) Long duration discharge class 3 A 7.0 (i) High current short 100 kAP

duration test value(4/10 micro second wave)

A 7.0 (j) Current for pressure relief test 40 kA rms

A 7.0 (k) Low current long duration test As per IEC.value (2400 micro sec)

B 7.0(l) Pressure relief class A

B. 132 KV Lightning Arrester1. Standard applicable IS-3070 P-2

2. Highest system voltage

145 KV

3. Arrester rating 120 KVrms

4. Maximum continuous Operating voltage

102 KVrms

5. Normal Discharge current

10 KAp

6. Maximum residual current at 10 KA

320 KVp

7. Maximum residual current at 20 KA

380 KVp

8. Maximum residual current at steep fronted wave residual voltage at 10 KA

380KVp

9. Pressure relief current

40KA

10.

Line discharge current

III

11.

Lightning impulse withstand voltage

650 KVp

12 Power freq. withstand voltage

275 KVrms

13 Pressure Relief class

Class-A

14 Creepage (Min) 3625 mm

c. 33 kV CLASS SURGE ARRESTER:

Standard applicable IS-3070 P-2

1. Highest System Voltage 36

2. Rated Arrester Voltage 30

3. Long duration discharge class 3

4 Creepage in mm 900

5 Discharge capability 5 KJ/KV

6 Max Continues Operating voltage (MCOV) 24

7 Maximum residual Voltage for discharge current of 8/20 micro sec.a)5000 Ab)10000 Ac) 20000 A

80 KVp85 KVp95 KVp

8 Maximum steep current impulse residual voltage at 10 kA of 1micro sec. front time

95 Kvp

9 Maximum switching impulse residual voltage 30/60 micro sec.at 500 amp

70 kVp

10 Maximum energy discharge capability 6kJ/KV(OD test)

11 Impulse withstand voltage 170 KVp

12 Creepage in mm 900

13 Pressure relief class A

14 Type Gapless metal oxide

15 Pressure relief current 40KA

8.0 TESTING AND COMMISSIONING

8.1 An indicative list of tests is given below. Contractor shall perform any additional test based on specialties of the items as per the field Q.P/Instructions of the equipment Supplier or Purchaser without any extra cost to the Purchaser. The Contractor shall arrange all instruments required for conducting these tests along with calibration certificates and shall furnish the list of instruments to the Purchaser for approval.

(a) Leakage current measurement.

(b) Resistance of ground connection.