ELECTRICAL

SECTION 16340 – MEDIUM VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR

1.1 REFERENCE

Requirements of Section 16010 apply to all work under this section.

1.2 GENERAL

Furnish and install 13.8 kV Indoor type Medium Voltage Switchgear equipment as
indicated in plans.

1.3 SUBMITTALS

A. The contractor shall prepare and submit for approval the following:

1. Manufacturer’s catalogue sheets (four complete sets) with complete technical

data, marked as necessary to indicate materials, devices and equipment being
furnished for the following:

a. Electronic Monitoring Devices (PM2120)

b. Vacuum circuit breakers
c. Current & potential transformers
d. Other equipment/devices that may be required for the complete installation.

2. Shop drawings for substation equipment shall indicate but not be limited to the
following:

a. Master drawing index

b. Front, side and back elevation/section
c. Floor plan
d. Top view
e. Single line diagram
f. Schematic diagram
g. Nameplate schedule
h. Component list
i. Raceway entry/exit locations
j. Assembly rating including:
1.1 Short circuit rating
1.2 Voltage
1.3 Continuous current
1.4 Basic impulse level for equipment
k. Major component ratings including
1.5 Voltage
1.6 Current
1.7 Interrupting ratings

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 l. Cable terminal sizes
m. Installation shop drawing
n. Equipment base construction details
o. Cable terminal devices and supports
p. Test report
q. Submit four (4) copies of the above information.

3. Manufacturer’s published time current curves.

4. Operations and maintenance manuals but not limited for the following:

a. Monitoring devices
b. Vacuum circuit breakers

B. Where applicable the following additional information shall be submitted to the

Engineer.

1. Connection details between close-coupled assemblies

2. Composite floor plan of close-coupled assemblies
3. Interlock scheme drawing and sequence operations
4. Battery calculations

C. Submit four (4) copies of the above information

1.4 EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION

A. Vacuum Circuit Breaker

1. The circuit breakers shall be horizontal draw out type, capable of being
withdrawn on rails. The breakers shall be operated by a motor-charged stored
energy spring mechanism, charged normally by a universal electric motor and in
an emergency by a manual handle. The primary disconnecting copper contacts
shall be silver plated.

2. Each circuit breaker shall contain three, vacuum interrupters separately mounted
in a self-contained, self-aligning pole unit which can be removed easily. The
vacuum interrupter pole unit shall be mounted on cycloaliphatic epoxy supports.
A contact wear gap indicator for each vacuum interrupter, which requires no tools
to indicate available contact life, shall be easily visible when the breaker is
removed from its compartment. The current transfer from the vacuum interrupter
moving stem to the breaker main conductor shall be a non-sliding design. The
breaker front panel shall be removable when the breaker is withdrawn for ease of
inspection and maintenance.

3. The secondary contacts shall be silver-plated and shall automatically engage in

the breaker operating position, which can be manually engaged in the breaker test
position.

4. Interlocks shall be provided to prevent closing of a breaker between operating and

test positions, to trip breakers upon insertion or removal from housing and to

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 discharge stored energy mechanisms upon insertion or removal from the housing.
The breaker shall be secured positively in the housing between and including the
operating and test positions.

5. Auxiliary contacts (4 NO & 4NC) shall be provided.

6. The breakers shall be electrically operated by the following control voltages:

a. 48VDC Close and 48VDC trip.

7. The control voltage shall be from a DC source which is also included in the
supply of the switchgear manufacturer.

8. Stationary battery cells shall be in translucent plastic container or equivalent dry

pre-charged, 48 VDC and shall contain the necessary quantity of electrolyte,
hydrometer, syringe, thermometer, terminal lugs, bolts and other accessories,
8 hour duty.

9. Constant voltage battery charger, 230V, 60Hz, input, 48 VDC output, equipped
with automatic switch over float/boost charge or vice versa. The charger shall be
self regulating to maintain the required volts/cell and shall be provided with an
equalizing charge switch to charge the battery to the required volts/cell. The
charger shall be enclosed and provided with a DC voltmeter and DC Ammeter.

10. Each circuit breaker shall have the following ratings.

a. Maximum Voltage : 15 KV
b. BIL Rated : 95 KV
c. Continuous Current : 600 AMP.
d. Short Ckt. Amp : 25 KA
e. Closing & Latching Cap. : 70 KA peak
f. Rated Interrupting Time : Five Cycles
g. Quantity : as indicated

B. Construction:

1. The switchgear shall be free standing, indoor, metal clad, modular, with-drawable
type (Main VCB), front-access, accommodating all equipment shown on the
drawings and herein specified as forming part of the switchgear together with all
other equipment necessary to complete the switchgears.

2. The switchgear shall be built out of galvanized steel framework, fitted with
removable sheet metal covers and hinged sheet metal doors, with key lockable
handles, over compartments, control, instrumentation and protection panels.
Provide windows in doors as necessary to enable circuit status to be clearly
visible. Common locks and keys shall be provided. The steel framework shall be
of sufficient size to carry the components and shall be capable of withstanding
horizontal loadings. Steel covers/doors shall be made from minimum 2.5 mm
material. All material work shall be bonded to the earth bar. All equipment and

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 connections shall be fully accessible without connecting other items. The
switchgear shall be pre-drilled for fixing to a concrete floor.

3. Starred washers shall be used to provide earth continuity between adjacent steel
surfaces. All cabling will enter and exit from the top of the switchgear.

4. The stationary primary contacts shall be silver or nickel plated and recessed
within insulating tubes. A steel shutter shall automatically cover the stationary
primary disconnecting contacts when the breaker is in the disconnected position
or out of the cell. Provide rails to allow withdrawal of each circuit breaker for
inspection and maintenance without the use of a separate lifting device.

5. The switchgear shall be equipped with surge arresters as shown in drawings and
in accordance with the following:

a. Type : Station
b. Class : Heavy Duty
c. Rated voltage : 15KV
d. 1.2 x 50 micro-sec wave : 95KV peak
f. The surge arresters shall conform to the requirements of ANSI C62.1.
g. The arresters shall be equipped with discharge counters.

C. Bus

1. The bus bars shall be copper and shall be installed with flame retardant and track-
resistant shrinkable tube insulation. The switchgear shall be constructed so that
all buses, bus supports and connections shall withstand stresses that would be
produced by currents equal to the momentary ratings of the circuit breakers. A
set of 600 ampere insulated copper main bus shall be provided and have
provisions for future extensions. All bus joints shall be silver plated, bolted and
insulated with easily installed boots. Bus joint cover shall be reusable for field
inspection and maintenance. The bus shall be braced to withstand fault currents
equal to the close and latch ratings of the breakers. The temperature rise of the
bus and connections shall be in accordance with ANSI standards and documented
by design tests.

2. Phase color identification shall be provided in accordance with Philippine

Standards and of these specifications.

3. A copper ground bus shall extend length of the switchgear.

D. WIRING / TERMINATIONS

1. All wiring shall be color coded, selected and sized in accordance with their
respective loads and comply with Philippine Wiring Regulations. It shall be a
minimum of 1.5mm stranded, 600V grade PVC insulated to 90 deg. C, furnished
with wire markers at each termination. Wires shall terminate in terminal blocks
with marker strips numbered in agreement with detailed connection diagrams.

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 2. All control wiring shall be run in proprietary, PVC, open slotted, cable trunking
which shall be sized to provide 30% spare space within, once all conductors are
installed. All trunking shall be fitted complete with lid.

3. Wiring on cell or panel doors, if not run in PVC trunking shall be neatly loomed
and supported with nylon cable ties at spacing no greater than 100mm.

4. Wiring between panels and hinged doors shall be sufficient length to enable the
door to swing fully open. Provide flexible mechanical protection around each
wiring loom and anchor both ends. Provide bonding jumpers for all hinged doors
and dead-fronts.

5. Provide suitable terminal blocks for secondary wire terminations and a minimum
of 10% spare terminal connections.

6. Neutrals may be looped between indicator lights associated with each cell/panel.

7. Connections and wiring within the switchboard shall be arranged with special care
to prevent overheating resulting from bunched conductors and to give a tidy
appearance.

8. Incoming line and feeder cable lugs of the type and size indicated elsewhere shall
be furnished.

9. All cable labeling shall be read from left to right to from top to bottom for
horizontal or vertically terminated cables respectively.

10. The numbering/lettering of each cable/core shall correspond with As-built

drawings.

11. Provide bonding jumpers at doors to ensure continuous grounding circuit.

E. PROTECTIVE DEVICES

1. The switchgear manufacturer shall furnish and install in the metal-clad

switchgear, the quantity, type and rating of protection relays as indicated on the
drawings and described hereafter in this specifications.

2. Devices shall be phase time over-current, instantaneous over-current and ground

fault protection, ANSI 50/51, 50/51G or 50/51N shall be incorporated into a
single device.

3. The device shall be solid-state microprocessor based as like that of Schnieder’s

Sepam 40 multi-function type that operates from the 5 ampere secondary output
of current transformers. The device shall provide ANSI 50/51 or 50/51G ground
fault protection. The device shall be true RMS sensing of each phase and ground.
Ground element shall be capable of being utilized in residual zero sequence or
ground source connection schemes or deactivated.

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 4. The protection curves shall be field programmable and similar to those on low
voltage breaker trip units for close coordination with downstream devices. The
time over current protection curves for phase and ground shall have field
selectable FLAT, IT, I, T long delay slopes as well as selectable short delay
pickup and short delay time settings to coordinate with existing overcurrent relays
and power fuses. The phase instanteneous overcurrent trip shall have field
programmable pickup points from 1.0 to 25 times current transformer primary
rating of “NONE”. In addition, discriminator circuit selectable “ON” or “OFF”
shall be included such that when phase instantaneous overcurrent has been
programmed to “NONE”, the discriminator circuit shall protect against currents
exceeding 11 times current transformer primary rating only when the breaker is
being closed. The device shall have independent time-overcurrent (ANSI 51) and
instantaneous (ANSI 50) overcurrent trip contacts.

5. The device shall have a built-in alphanumeric display capable of displaying the
following information with metering accuracy of one (1) percent of primary
current transformer rating of full scale.

a. Individual phase current

b. Ground current
c. Cause of trip
d. Magnitude and phase of current causing trip
e. Peak current demand for each phase and ground since last reset
f. Current transformer primary rating
g. Programmed phase and ground set-points.

6. Device shall have the following features:

a. Integral manual testing capability for both phase and ground

b. Zone-selective interlocking capability for short time and ground fault
protection. This function shall be provided and factory wired. Where zone-
selective interlocking is not an integral part of protective device, a full bus
differential scheme shall be provided with separate differential current
transformers for all incoming and outgoing loads as well as appropriate
differential relays (ANSI 87 & 87 G). As approved by the Engineer.
c. Continuous self-testing of internal circuitry.
d. Unit failure alarm contact for customer use.
e. Programmable lockout/self reset after trip function
f. Programmable set-points for device curve selection
g. Programmable inputs, such as current transformer ratios.
h. Access to program and test modes shall be via sealable hinged cover for
security.

7. Device shall be suitable for operating temperature from –30 deg. To 55 deg. C.
Device shall be suitable for operating with humidity from 0 to 95% relative
humidity (non-condensing).

8. Device Alarm and/or trip contacts shall not change state if power is lost or and
under voltage occurs. These contacts shall only cause a trip upon detection of an
over current or fault condition based upon programmed settings.

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 9. The device shall be suitable for operating on control power with a nominal input
voltage of 48VDC.

F. AUXILIARY DEVICES

1. Ring type current transformers shall be furnished as indicated on the contract

drawings. The thermal and mechanical ratings of the current transformers shall be
coordinated with the circuit breakers. Their accuracy rating shall be equal to or
higher than ANSI standard requirements. The standard location for the current
transformers on the bus side and line of the breaker units shall be front accessible
to permit adding or changing current transformers without removing high-voltage
insulation connections. Shorting terminal blocks shall be furnished on the
secondary of all the current transformers.

2. Voltage and control power transformers of the quantity and ratings shall be
supplied. Voltage transformers shall be mounted in drawout drawers contained in
an enclosed auxiliary compartment. Rails shall be provided for each drawer to
permit easy inspection, testing and fuse replacement. Shutters shall isolate
primary bus stabs when drawers are withdrawn.

3. A mechanical interlock shall be provided to require the secondary breaker to be

open before the CPT drawer or CPT primary can be withdrawn.

G. ENCLOSURES

1. The switchgear described in these specifications shall be indoor construction with

devices arranged as shown on contract drawings.

H. NAMEPLATES

1. Engraved nameplates, mounted on the face of the assembly, shall be furnished for
all main and feeder circuits as indicated on the drawings. Nameplates shall be
laminated plastic, black characters on white background and secured with screws.
Characters shall be 8mm (5/16 inch) high, minimum. Nameplates shall give item
designation and circuit number as well as frame ampere size and appropriate trip
rating. Furnish master nameplate giving switchgear designation, voltage, ampere
rating, short circuit rating, manufacturer’s name, general order number and item
number.

2. Control components mounted within the assembly, such as fuse blocks, relays,
pushbuttons, switches, etc. shall be suitably marked for identification
corresponding to appropriate designations on manufacturer’s wiring diagrams.

I. FINISH

1. The finish shall consist of a coat of Gray (ANSI-61) thermosetting, polyester

powder paint applied electrostatically to pre-cleaned galvanized steel for internal
and external parts. The coating shall have corrosion resistance of 600 hours to
5% salt spray. Prior to shipment/delivery, the complete assemblies shall be given

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 1.5 to 2.0 mil thick exterior finish spray coat of air drying high-gloss gray
enamel.

J. ACCESSORIES

1. The switchgear manufacturer shall furnish accessories for test, inspection,

maintenance and operation , including:

a. (1) – Maintenance tool for manually charging the breaker closing spring and
manually opening the shutter.
b. (1) – Levering crank for moving the breaker between test and connected
positions.
c. (1) – Test jumper for electrically operating the breaker while out of its
compartment.
d. (1) – Breaker lifting yoke used for attachment to breaker for lifting breaker on
or off compartment rails.
e. (1) – Set of rail extensions and rail clamps.

K. TESTING

1. The following production test shall be performed on each breaker housing.

a. Alignment test with master breaker to verify interfaces.

b. One-minute dielectric test per ANSI standards on primary and secondary
circuits.
c. Operation of wiring, relays and other devices verified by an operational
sequence test.
d. Final inspection and quantity check.

2. Factory test as outlined above shall be witnessed by Owner’s representative.

a. The switchgear manufacturer shall notify the Owner two (2) weeks prior the
date of tests are to be performed.
b. The manufacturer shall include the cost of transportation and lodging (if
applicable) for up to three (3) owner’s representatives. The cost of meals and
incidental expenses shall be the owner’s responsibility.
c. The manufacturer shall provide three (3) certified copies of factory test
reports.

3. Field test shall include the primary and secondary current injection test. The
following test parameters are as follows:

a. Long time
b. Short time
c. Instantaneous
d. Earth fault

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 L. INSTALLATION

1. The switchgear manufacturer shall install, test and commission as per contract
drawings.

M. FIELD ADJUSTMENTS

1. The relays shall be set in the field by the manufacturer in accordance with the
approved coordination study.

END OF SECTION

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