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EI Volcan Zone: A high mountain zone located in the upper Volcan River basin, a subbasin
of the La Engorda streams system, corresponding to the intake area of the
Colina, La Engorda, Las Placas and EI Morado streams, which will be located at
approximately 2,530 m.a.s.1.
EI Yeso Zone: A high mountain zone corresponding to the intake area of the Yeso
River, downstream of the Yeso reservoir. All the surface works that connect both basins
(Volcan and Yeso) are located in this zone at approximately 2.500 m.a.s.1.
EI Alfalfal Zone: It is located in the Colorado River valley.
The EI Canelo Zone which includes the discharge works of the Las Lajas tailrace tunnel
to the Maipo River.
AM-C0601 Contract
AM-C0630/620A Contract
AM-C0610/620B Contract
AM-C0510 Contract
AM-C0710 Contract
Scope includes the following principal works, both underground and surface, which are
described below:
AM-C0630 Scope:
Las Lajas Forebay Feeding System
Las Lajas Forebay System - Las Lajas Tunnel Water Conveyance System
Las Lajas Tunnel System
Power Cavern and Associated Works
Las Lajas Tailrace Tunnel System
Alfalfalll Tailrace Tunnel System
AM-C0620A Scope:
Alfalfal II Tunnel System
o Alfalfalll HeadraceTunnel from Aucayes
o Forebay and Surge Shaft
o Pressure Shaft
Power House Cavern and Associated Works
o Alfalfalll Power House Cavern, down stream section.
o Main Transformers Cavern
o Connection Tunnels
Control, Instrumentation, Communication and CCTV System
Infrastructure Works
o Access Adits and portals
o Access roads
o Muck deposits
o LMT electric lines
o Power and Lighting
Detail Engineering Design, Surveys and Exploration Work
The scope of these Works includes the activities necessary to implement the designs
specified in the Contractor Design Engineering and Construction Documents and the
Technical Specifications.
It is not included in the Scope of Works the following activities:
o Suply and Installation of Fluviometric Stations and related Instruments
o Suply and Installation of Meteorological Stations and related Instruments
o Suply and Installation of Definitive Lighting and services for Access Tunnels and Caverns
o Excavation of S-1 and S-2 Drillings
o Any facilities in the cable shaft
2.3 Control System
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(Drawing 630-SC-PLA-110, Las Lajas Surface Works, Low Voltage Unilineal Diagram,
Maipo River Discharge)
(Drawing 630-SC-PLA-111, Las Lajas Surface Works, Channeling of Power, Illumination
and Instrumentation, Maipo River Discharge)
(Drawing 630-SC-PLA-202, Las Lajas Surface Works, Diagram of Process and
Instrumentation)
(Drawing 620-SC-PLA-202, Surface Works, Process and Instrumentation Diagram)
The Control System considered for the operation of the AM Project is a distributed control
system (DCS) with hierarchical architecture; the upper level, located in the existing AlfaIfaI
Plant building with authority to control and supervise the control centers in the following level,
will be made up of the control centers of the Alfalfa I II Plant, Las Lajas Plant, the Alto Maipo
Substation and all water intakes and other surface facilities.
The basic design includes Site Control Systems (SCS) at Discharge Channel Alfalfal and
Discharge to Maipo River which manages their respective Local Control Units (LCU), see
Drawing 600-SC-PLA-001 for details.
The water intakes and other surface facilities, all of which have been conceived to normally
operate through an unattended, completely remote controlled system, will have the facilities
necessary for their local operation using local switchboards.
Whereas is applicable, Local PLCs shall be provided by the Contractor and used to
supervise, execute remote and local control and perform proper operation sequences at each
controlled surface facility.
All operating signals produced by the hydro-mechanical equipment located at surface
facilities shall be integrated to the PLC.
To communicate the SCS with the Main Control System located at existing Alfalfal Station the
protocol and communication equipment provided by the AM-C0510 Contract must be used
by the Contractor.
To communicate SCS with LCU, contractor can use any open control protocol or use the
same protocol used between SCS and Main Control System.
The supply, installation, testing, commissioning and turnover of SCS and LCU are part of the
AM-C0630/620A Contract.
For the proper remote and local control of Alfalfal Discharge Channel, Las Lajas Forebay,
Alfalfalll Forebay, Alfalfalll Surge Shaft, Las Lajas Surge Shaft, Discharge to Maipo River all
necessary civil works for local control, local instrumentation, local AC and DC power supplies,
local cabinets, heating and ventilation boards, local surveillance cameras, local
communication pole must be provided by the AM-C0630/620A Contract.
The water catchment works and other surface works, all of which have been conceived to
normally operate through an unattended, completely remote controlled system, will have the
facilities necessary for their local operation.
The Contractor must make permanent extensions, as shown in Drawing 630-LT-PLA075, to feed the Forebay Las Lajas works; the modification works of the Discharge
Chanel of existing Alfalfal Hydroelectric Plant and the future works at Maitenes Intake
and Disander.
The line-supporting structures of lines a), b), c) and d) above, and its permanent extensions,
will be made of reinforced concrete; they will be 15 m long, with horizontal support capacity of
1,500 kg at the end of the structure. The conductors will be made of an aluminum alloy, and
porcelain insulators and metallic crossheads will be used.
On the electric power line poles, an OPGW-type optic fiber cable must also be installed,
which will be used for voice communications, measuring, supervision and control.
In addition, on the basis of the LMT lines described in points a), b), c) and d) above, the AMC0630/
620A Contract will build and operate the extensions of such lines (including a tap-off
derivation to feed the consumption of EI Trescientos VL7 Adit); the relevant low voltage
substations and the entire electric power distribution network in medium and low voltage
required by the Contractor to reach its consumption levels.
2.4.6 Power and Lighting
Include all power and lighting system necessary to feed Alfalfal Discharge Channel, Las Lajas
Forebay, Discharge to Maipo River and other surface facilities that must be provided
according Contractor Design Engineering and Construction Documents and Technical
Specifications.