Main Equipment Installation

By

Mr.Don Bunnag
(Engineer level 9)
Tel. 02-590-5586
E-mail : don.b@pea.mail.go.th
Power Systems Standard Division, Engineering Department, PEA
 LV CABLE

• Conductor : Compact aluminium stranded

• Insulation : Polyvinyl chloride
IEC 60287-1-1

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22 kV and 33 kV distribution system

22 kV system

33 kV system is used only in

33 kV System the south of Thailand.
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3-wire and 4-wire System

22 kV

3-wire System
33 kV

4-wire System
 Installation Standard
Cable Transformer

Insulator Surge
arrester

Pole Installation Switches

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 Insulator Installation
1. Pin type insulator
2. Line post type insulator
3. Pin post type insulator
4. Suspension type insulator
5. Polymer type insulator

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 PEA Engineering Criteria
Insulator The use of insulators By pollution (IEC 60815)
Pollution Pollution Creepage
Level ESDD Distance
(mm/kV)P-P
1. Light 0.03 - 0.06 16 mm/kV
2. Medium 0.10 - 0.20 20 mm/kV
3. Heavy 0.30 – 0.60 25 mm/kV
4. Very Heavy > 0.80 31 mm/kV 8
 Insulator Application in 33 kV

Line post type 57-3 Pin post type 56/57-3

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 Insulator Application in 33 kV

• Requirement for light polluted area

– 16 mm/kV
• Line post type 57-3
– Creepage distance : 737 mm
– mm/kV = 737 mm/ 33 kV = 22.33 mm/kV
• Pin post type 56/57-3
– Creepage distance : 699 mm
– mm/kV = 699 mm/ 33 kV = 21.18 mm/kV
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 Insulator Application in 33 kV

Fox type Pin post type 56/57-4

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 Insulator Application in 33 kV

• Requirement for medium polluted area

– 20 mm/kV
• Fox type
– Creepage distance : 933.45 mm
– mm/kV = 933.45 mm/33 kV = 28.28 mm/kV
• Pin post type 56/57-4
– Creepage distance : 953 mm
– mm/kV = 953 mm/33 kV = 28.89 mm/kV
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 Insulator Application in 33 kV

Pin post type 56/57-4 Line post type(Composite)

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 Insulator Application in 33 kV

• Requirement for heavy polluted area

– 25 mm/kV
• Pin post type 56/57-4
– Creepage distance : 953 mm
– mm/kV = 953 mm/33 kV = 28.89 mm/kV
• Post type (Composite)
– Creepage distance : 1,116 mm
– mm/kV = 1116 mm/33 kV = 33.82 mm/kV
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Insulator Application in 33 kV

Line post type(Composite)

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 Insulator Application in 33 kV

• Requirement for very heavy polluted area

– 31 mm/kV
• Post type (Composite)
– Creepage distance : 1,116 mm
– mm/kV = 1116 mm/33 kV = 33.82 mm/kV

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Suspension Insulator Application in 33 kV

• Light Polluted Areas :

3 Insulators per string
• Medium Polluted Areas :
4 Insulators per string
Class 52-4
• Heavy and Very Heavy Polluted Areas
5 Insulators per string
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 Insulator Application in 33 kV

• Suspension Insulator class 52-4

– Creepage distance : 292 mm
– 3 set = 3 x 292 mm/33 kV = 26.54 mm/kV
– 4 set = 4 x 292 mm/33 kV = 35.39 mm/kV
– 5 set = 5 x 292 mm/33 kV = 44.24 mm/kV

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 Cable Installation
Tie
Cable wire
Rack

Guy : Steel stranded

wire 50/7 sq.mm
Pole 9 m

Std No. SA1-015/21028 (0207)

Tangent Structure 20
OHGW must be used
in 4-wire system
Cable Installation

33 kV Bare Conductor Construction

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Ruling Span of Bare Conductor
Ruling Span 40 m in Town

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 Ruling Span of Bare Conductor
✓Distribution lines in Suburban ruling span shall not exceed the
described as show in table below :
✓Ruling span of distribution lines passing villages shall be 40, 80,
100 m according to a density of population in each area

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Spaced Aerial Cable Installation Standard
1. Installation of space aerial cable on crossarm with insulator

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 Spaced Aerial Cable Installation
Spaced Aerial Cable Installation Standard
Standard
2. Installation of space aerial cable on aerial cable corner support
bracket with insulator

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 Spaced Aerial Cable Installation Standard
3. Installation of space aerial cable on aerial cable tangent support
bracket with cable spacer

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 Spaced Aerial Cable Installation Standard
4. Installation of space aerial cable on crossarm with cable spacer

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 Cable Spacer
Porcelain Polyethylene (PE)

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 TAC Installation Standard
TAC 240 mm2

LV cable 95 mm2

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 Switch
Installation

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 PEA Engineering Criteria
Automatic Circuit Reclosers

Installed on main feeders at a position after

importance load such as big city or industrial
area and should be exceed 10 km from
substation.
The distance between reclosers should be
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 PEA Engineering Criteria
Automatic Circuit Reclosers

Installed on branch line which frequency

temporary fault or distance more than 10 km

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 PEA Engineering Criteria
Dropout fuse cutouts
1. Installed on branch lines for a distance
exceeding 1 km and on sub-branch lines for a
distance exceeding 5 km
2. In case of branch lines not exceeding
1 km and sub-branch lines not exceeding 5 km
, Dropout fuse cutouts may be installed of
necessary such as there are tree near the33 line
 PEA Engineering Criteria
Automatic load break switch (SF6)
1. Installed 2.5 sets on main feeder
(0.5 set mean tie line).

2. In high load density area such as

municipality area may be installed up to
4.5 sets on main feeder.
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Automatic load break switch

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Load break switch Installation

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 Load break switch Installation
Installed Surge arrester (SA)

Installed Switch below 1.2 ม.

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 Control cabinet
installation height of 3 m.

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 Ground of Precise and Thaimaxwell

Cabinet +VT
SW+SA

❑ Ground Isolation
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Recloser Installation
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Common Grounding

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Any Question ?
Any Suggestion ?

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