UGVCL-Specifications AUTO – RECLOSER

5.0 SPECIFICATION FOR 11kV

OUTDOOR POLE-MOUNTED
AUTO-RECLOSER WITH REMOTE
COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES

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SPECIFICATION FOR 11kV OUTDOOR POLE-MOUNTED AUTO-RECLOSER WITH

REMOTE COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES

Scope:-

This specification covers requirement for out door pole mounted

Autorecloser with programmable protection features and shall have
capability for optional single-phase tripping at any one of the reclosing or
lockout steps for any element. The recloser shall be designed for pole
mounted or substation installation. All of the unit’s protection, control and
metering functions shall be electronically controlled within an integrated,
modularized control unit. The same unit shall be utilized if single-phase
tripping option is selected.

General:-

The AR shall be suitable for use on non-effectively earthed and effectively

earthed networks and under the system conditions and service conditions
as follows:

Nominal system voltage : 11 kV;

Maximum system voltage : 15 kV;

Continuous current rating : 630 A;

Short circuit-breaking capacity : 12.5

kA.

Rated power frequency withstand voltage : 50kVrms

Impulse withstand voltage : 125 kVp

System frequency : 50 Hz; + 1.5

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Number of phases : 3;

Insulation medium : Solid dielectric

Operating mechanism :Magnetic actuator

Ambient temperature (minimum) : 5 °C;

(maximum) : 50 °C;

Max. relative humidity. : 100%

Construction:-

The recloser shall consist of a stainless steel mechanism cabinet,

containing three-phase assemblies of vacuum interrupters and shall be of
light weight construction.

The mechanism cabinet shall house three maintenance-free magnetic

actuators, which provide the required force to open and close the
vacuum phase assemblies. There shall not be any requirement of external
energy for holding the position CLOSE or OPEN. The use of HV/LV solenoids
is not acceptable.

SF6 or oil is not acceptable for interruption or insulation purposes.

The unit shall be designed for minimum10,000 mechanical or full load

breaking (630 A) open/close operations.

Provisions shall be included for electrical close, and electrical and manual
trip.

Each pole of the recloser shall be identical to allow complete

replacement of any individual pole, without disassembly or replacement
of the other poles. All parts must be field replaceable.

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Mechanism:-

The mechanism shall utilize low energy requirement, three direct drive
magnetic actuators capable of fast opening and closing operations with
0.2 second delay. Actuator should not require any operating power to
hold the unit in either open or closed condition. The use of one magnetic
actuator to drive the vacuum bottles through multiple linkages is not
acceptable. A rechargeable battery in combination with a tripping
capacitor, allowing fast multiple open-closed-open operations, must
power the magnetic actuator.

Design shall permit multiple operations after loss of primary control voltage
to allow dead line operation. Inbuilt Battery bank should provide back-up
up to 48 hours in case of failure of 240V AC control supply.

240V AC supply will not be provided externally by purchaser. For the

same, Manufacturer/supplier has to make the arrangement of tapping
supply from HT line and providing 240V AC supply to control cabinet with
the help of Control Transformer of adequate rating.

Solid Dielectric Insulation:-

External Creepage from phase to ground shall be minimum 960 mm &

phase to phase shall be minimum 1160 mm for meeting the dielectric
requirements even in very heavily polluted environment. Use of boots or
screw on bushings to meet Creepage is not acceptable.

Current Sensing:-

1. Three encapsulated sensors (one set for each phase) shall be

provided for current & voltage sensing for protection purpose. Any failure
in external CT/PTs may disturb the protection offered by breaker, therefore
externally mounted current transformers (CTs) & Potential Transformers

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(PTs) are not acceptable for protection purpose. Embedded sensors are
must for this purpose.

2. The current sensors shall be designed not to saturate up to the full

interrupting rating of the unit.

Battery Backup/UPS:-

The control cabinet is to include a sealed battery, capable of providing

48-hours of carryover upon loss of AC source power. During this period, the
battery shall be capable of providing up to 100 open and close
operations.

The battery must be charged by a temperature compensated charging

circuit, allowing the battery to charge at an optimal rate, extending
battery life. The battery charger must be an integral component in the
control, allowing the battery to be remotely monitored and tested.

In addition to remote testing, the unit shall be capable of selecting

periodic (programmable) automatic battery tests.

The control unit AC power input must have integrated high-energy surge
protection (per IEEE C62.41) and line fuse to protect the control from
incoming line surges. The integrated power supply must have a staged
shutdown feature to protect the electronics during extreme temperatures.

Batteries must be able to be charged in 12 hours when used with 12 AH

battery and without auxiliary power use.

A built-in isolated 12/24 VDC fused auxiliary output for powering

radios/modems shall be provided.

The integrated un-interruptible power supply (UPS) shall accommodate

AC or DC inputs and operate over the following ranges:

High - 85-265 VAC or 250 DC

Low - 50-100 VAC or 125 VDC

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Control equipment

Control cabinet:-

The control for the Autorecloser shall be through a high end numerical
relay having inbuilt UPS and power control electronics Cabinets that
houses equipment for protection and control and shall be mounted
independently of the AR. Cabinets shall be adequately sealed and dust
protected and shall be internally treated to prevent moisture
condensation. The degree of protection shall be suitable for Outdoor
installation.

The door of the cabinet shall be fitted with a robust fastening

arrangement that is capable of being secured by a padlock.

Protection characteristics:-

The control must have the following protective features:-

• Four protection selections for phase and ground over currents,

51P & 51N (slow curve), 50P-1 & 50N-1 (fast curve), 50P-2 & 50N-2 (low set
instantaneous) and 50P-3 & 50N-3 (high set instantaneous). Each curve
must be capable of being individually enabled, disabled or be capable
of sending the recloser to lockout for each step in the Reclose sequence.

• Three independent protection groups shall be provided. Change

in configuration of any protection group shall not affect configuration
setting of other or active group.

• ANSI, IEC, User Programmable and Recloser curves shall be

provided.

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• Each curve shall be capable of being shifted vertically (time

delay) or horizontally (pickup multiplier), or modified with a curve adder
and definite time adders.

• Directional protection and alarm

• Under and over voltage protection and alarm (Single and three-
phase)

• Under and over frequency protection and alarm.

Over-current function:-

Delayed protection operation shall be possible by selecting an IDMTL

protection element with normal inverse (NI), very inverse (VI) or extremely
inverse (El) curve.

Rapid protection operation shall be possible by selecting a fast curve or

instantaneous protection element.

A High Set Instantaneous element with a selectable time delay shall be

provided.

A cold load pick-up (CLP) feature shall be provided that allows user
selectable modification of protection element characteristics under
conditions of system energisation. The CLP function may be provided in
one of the following two ways:

The instantaneous O/C element and the Low Set Definite Time O/C
element could be blocked for the CLP time duration; and

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The pick-up current setting of the IDMTL O/C element and the Low Set
Definite Time O/C element may be modified with a settable factor to
increase the pick-up current of these elements for the CLP duration. The
instantaneous O/C element should be blocked for this time.

Sensitive earth fault (SEF) function:-

Sensitive earth fault (SEF) detection (current range 3-120A) shall be

provided.

Delayed protection operation shall be possible by selecting a definite

time protection element with time delay in 1s steps.

Directional Protection:-

Directional Protection to enable close loop Automation and paralleling of

Transformers in future. This feature allows the Autoreclosers to be used for
looped network if incorporated in future. This feature can be enabled or
disabled at any time. This feature is required whenever the alternate
source is added in future.

Computing apparent Distance to Fault:-

Patented algorithm shall estimate fault impedance and compute

apparent distance to fault. It shall also work in background mode to
maintain protection integrity.

Sag and Swell Detection for Transient Stability and other Quality
Parameters:-

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The data of different power quality functions captured as waveforms, The

feature shows at a glance the effectiveness of the power supplied to the
end users with parameters such as voltage rise, drop, power factor etc.

Metering:-

The control must have the following metering capabilities:

• Current - phase and neutral

• Voltage - phase-phase and phase-neutral

• kWs - single and three-phase

• kW-hours - single and three-phase

• kVARs - single and three-phase

• Power factor

• Frequency

• Positive, negative and zero sequence current

• Positive, negative and zero sequence voltage

• Load profile, current, voltage and power

As far as the metering with the help of inbuilt sensors is concerned, in case
of failure of external metering CT/PTs, all current and voltage values must
be accurate to within ± 1%, and power values accurate within ± 2%.

The controller shall have load profile feature that stores historical load
data. User-selectable load profile data sampling of 5, 15, 30, 60 minute
time interval which will store the data at least for 40 days.

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All data can be downloaded on-site or remotely through communications

interface. It shall also provide assignable phases for easy phase selection
and selectable power flow.

Auto-Reclose operation parameters:-

The Number of sequential trips to reach lockout shall be selectable to be

either 1, 2, 3 or 4.

Reset times shall ideally be separately selectable for SEF and the
combination of over-current and earth fault functions. The reset time shall
be selectable from 3s to 200s with increment 1 sec.

Dead times shall ideally be separately selectable for SEF and the
combination of over-current and earth fault functions. The dead time
between each successive recloser shall be independently selectable from
instantaneous and from a minimum of 0.1s up to a maximum of 200s for all
reclosings.

A close instruction initiated locally or remotely during a dead time shall

result in lockout if the fault is still present upon closure.

‘HOT LINE TAG’ function shall allow the AR controller to be set in the
following modes:

Remote:- In this mode a local operator can trip the AR and change the
mode. A remote operator can trip or close the AR and change
configuration parameters. All reporting functions are active.

Local:- In this mode a local operator can trip and close the AR and
change configuration parameters. Only monitoring functions are
available to remote operators.

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All local controls and indications shall be accessible in adverse weather

condition.

The AR shall be provided with external levers to permit manual operation,

using an insulated operating stick, to open & lockout the AR from ground
level. Where these operations can be performed at the control cabinet, it
shall only be necessary to provide a mechanical means to open and
lockout the circuit breaker using an insulated operating stick.

Control Features:-

The control must have the following pushbuttons with indicating LEDs:-

• Open

• Close

• Remote Blocked

• Reclose Blocked

• Alternate Settings

• Ground Blocked

• Hot Line Tag

The following indicating LEDs are required:-

• Overcurrent Pickup, with Phase and Ground Indication

• Lockout

• Unit Status

• Two User Programmable LEDs.

The following user interface is required:-

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• A two line display that constantly shows metered currents under

normal conditions

• After a trip or lockout, the display must read the phase currents,
tripping element and distance to fault

• A six button keypad for navigating the control menu

• All protective functions, data records, metered values are to be

accessible and configurable through the front panel

• Any protective setting or deletion of record data will require the

use of a four digit password.

• When recloser is closed, a countdown timer shall display the reset

time on the front display

The AR controller shall contain a real time clock (with leap year support)
that can be set both locally and remotely.

A facility for selecting all the protection, operating and communications

characteristics shall be locally available in the control cabinet. Optional
password protection against unauthorized changes shall be available.

Non-volatile memory storage shall be sized to store the following minimum

data. All operating, protection and communications parameters.

An event record containing at least 1000 events (a protection event is

defined as all operations in a sequence until successful sequence reset or
lockout). The actual number available shall be stated in the tender
documentation. Minimum 1000 event logs should be stored in the device
/ laptop / relay controller.

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Tele-control requirements

The AR controller shall detect and report disconnection of the control

cable between the controller and AR.

It shall be possible to operate AR, change the active protection group,

turn Auto-Recloser capabilities ON/OFF and turn E/F and SEF ON/OFF
remotely. This functionality shall be subject to the limitations of the
selected protocol.

Communications

As a minimum, two independent RS-232 communication ports that allow

for simultaneous operation shall be provided to be used to upload the
non-volatile data to and from a personal computer.

Applicable Standards:-

The recloser and its control must be designed and tested to meet the
following standards:

• ANSI/IEEE C37.60 –1981: American National Standards Requirements

for Overhead, Pad mounted, Dry Vault, and Submersible Automatic
Circuit Reclosers and Fault Interrupters for Alternating Current Systems

• ANSI/IEEE C37.60 –2003: American National Standards Requirements

for Simulated Surge Withstand Tests, Overhead, Padmounted, Dry Vault,
and Submersible Automatic Circuit Reclosers and Fault Interrupters for
Alternating Current Systems

• ANSI C37.61/ IEEE 321-1973: IEEE Standard Guide for the Application,
Operation and Maintenance of Automatic Circuit Reclosers

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• ANSI/IEEE C37.90.1-1989: American National Std. Guide for Surge

Withstand Capability Tests.

• ANSI/IEEE C37.90.2-1993: IEEE Trial-Use Standard Withstand

Capability of Relay Systems to Radiated Electromagnetic Interference
from Transceivers

• ANSI C37.85–1989: American National Standard Safety Requirement

for X-Radiation Limits for AC High-Voltage Power Switchgear

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