ILF-SPC-SRT-EL-806-0

THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN

MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINERAL
RESOURCES

Amman Strategic Reserve

Terminal for Petroleum Products
ELECTRICAL LV SWITCHGEAR
SPECIFICATION
07.11.2013

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Werner-Eckert-Str. 7, 81829 Munich,

GERMANY
Phone: +49-89-25 55 94 - 0
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+49-89-25 55 94 - 144
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REVISION

7.11.2013 Approved

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4.10.2013 Issue for Review

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23.09.2013 Issue for IDC

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1

GENERAL

1.1

Purpose of the Document

DEFINITION AND ABBREVIATION

2.1

Definition

2.2

Abbreviations

STANDARDS

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

5.1

Components and Equipment

5.2

Tagging

5.3

Wiring

5.4

Cable and Cable Laying

LOW VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR

6.1

Mechanical Requirements

6.1.1

Construction

6.1.2

Cable Termination

6.2

Electrical Requirements

10

6.2.1

Bus Bars

10

6.2.2

Operation Mode

10

6.2.3

Monitoring

10

6.2.4

Control Voltage

11

6.2.5

Overvoltage Protection

11

6.2.6

Protection Relay

11

6.2.7

Current Transformers

11

6.2.8

Outgoings for Consumers

11

PAINTING

12

INSTALLATION

13

TESTS

13

9.1

Workshop Tests

13

9.2

Site Tests

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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GENERAL

1.1

Purpose of the Document

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This specification defines the minimum requirements for the design, manufacturing, construction, installation, test and commissioning of low voltage switchgear in the new Amman Strategic Reserve Terminal for Petroleum Products.

DEFINITION AND ABBREVIATION

2.1

Definition
In the present document the following definitions were used. Their meaning is explained
in the table below.

2.2

Definition

Explanation

Client

MEMR - Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources

Engineer

The engineering company entrusted with the project

management and construction supervision of the project
(ILF Beratende Ingenieure GmbH, Munchen).

Contractor

The company or group of companies entrusted by the

Client with Engineering, Procurement and Construction of
the project.

Terminal

The whole terminal within the limits defined on the Station

Layout Plan.

Abbreviations
Abbreviation

Explanation

LV

Low Voltage

DC

Direct Current

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

API, NEC

American Petroleum Institute, National Electrical Code

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STANDARDS
The design, manufacturing, construction, installation, test and commissioning of LV
switchgear and related components shall be in accordance with the IEC/API and ISO
standards. Cables shall follow British standards.
The following standards shall be applied, at least:
API RP 540

Electrical Installations in Petroleum Processing Plants

API RP 500

Explosion proof equipment in hazardous areas to suit area

classification.

IEC 60364

Electrical Installations in Buildings

IEC 60269

Low-voltage fuses

IEC 60439

Low-voltage switchgear and control gear assemblies

IEC 60664

Insulation coordination for equipment within low-voltage

systems

IEC 60715

Dimensions of low-voltage switchgear and controlgear.

IEC 60947

Standards for low-voltage switchgear and controlgear

IEC 60529

Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)

As far as the energy provider or permits of other authorities require additional codes and
standards, respectively impose additional requirements, these are also part of the contract.
In the case of the conflict between the various codes, standards and order, the most
stringent of the requirements shall generally govern. The Contractor shall refer any such
conflict and any other matter, which requires further interpretation, to the attention of the
Engineer and Clients interpretation shall be final.
All conflicts between the requirements of this specification, contract documents, data
sheets, or drawings shall be referred to Engineer for clarification before proceeding with
the fabrication of the affected parts.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
The LV switchgear and related components have to be designed and constructed for
continuous operation at full load under the climatic and environmental conditions as described in the specification Design and Construction of Power Supply Systems.

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Main switchboards shall be installed inside buildings or shelters, installation in open outdoor locations shall be avoided

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

5.1

Components and Equipment

The Contractor has to take care that all components and equipment are selected considering easy maintenance, simple and quick diagnosis and long maintenance intervals.
All components and equipment shall be designed for continuous duty at rated load and
under the given climatic conditions. Standard industrial high performance systems and
components of suppliers standard lists shall be used as far as possible. Components
and equipment of same kind and type shall be selected for equivalent functions. The interchange ability must be guaranteed.

5.2

Tagging
All components, equipment and installations shall receive the respective tagging plates,
labels, etc., which have to be of extremely durable material resistant against the environmental conditions. Tagging plates or labels on fronts of enclosures shall be fixed with
screws.

5.3

Wiring
The wires shall be selected according to load, insulation level, function and operating requirements. The wires shall be adequately rated and equipped with fuses/circuit breakers
of adequate size.
The wiring colours and the minimum cross sections shall be according to specification
Design and Construction of Power Supply System.
The wiring shall be carried out solid and safe against damages. Wires shall be bundled
and fixed. The wiring shall be laid inside of wiring channels, preferably. If wiring channels
will be used, a spare of 20 % shall be foreseen for connection of future tanks.
All circuits and auxiliary contacts shall be terminated on terminal strips. Terminal strips
shall have at least 10 % spare terminals. If wires with different potential will be terminated on one terminal strip the respective terminals shall be separated by means of isolating
plates. The termination of multiple stranded wires has to be carried out by means of multiple core cable ends.

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Terminals shall be marked durable and easy readable, corresponding to the drawings.
Wires shall be marked on the termination of each wire with the number of the corresponding connection point.
5.4

Cable and Cable Laying

For connection between different cabinets of one switchboard or one distribution board
copper cables with PE/PVC insulation shall be used.
All cables shall be selected according to load, insulation level, function and operating requirements. The minimum cross section for power and signal cables shall be according
to specification Design and Construction of Power Supply Systems. Signal cables shall
be provided with copper screen.

LOW VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR

6.1

Mechanical Requirements
The low voltage switchgear equipment shall be industrial type, metal enclosed, with selfstanding or wall mounted cabinets. The switchgear shall be suitable for wall installation,
for back-to-back installation or wall mounted. The cabinets shall be equipped with hinged
doors, which swing out more than 90. The cabinets shall be accessible from the front
only with fix mounted units and devices, and shall be provided with a base frame of 200
mm height.
Wall mounted cabinets shall be equipped with cable glands. For distribution boards located in ventilated rooms, process rooms or outdoor areas, the cable glands shall only
be located at the bottom.
When the switchgear shall be suitable for indoor installation on false floor, the bottom
shall be covered with galvanized steel sheets with cable entry gap. The cable entries
shall be designed in a manner such that a sealing after cable laying is possible without
any problem. Further, each cover sheet shall be equipped with a grounding connection to
the steel frame of cabinet.
All nuts for fixing of components shall be welded on the steel structure or threads will be
cut in the steel structure. The use of self-cutting screws shall be avoided. Screws, nuts
and washers shall be galvanized or cadmium plated.
The cable termination compartments shall be located as close as possible to the glands
area. The cable termination compartments shall be sized in a manner such that an easy
cable laying is possible and all cables can be sufficient fixed.

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Construction
The distribution boards shall mainly consist of the following:

bus bars (copper) in the upper part of the cabinets

neutral bus bar (copper) in the lower part of the cabinet,

earthing bus bar (copper) in the lower part of the cabinet,

arrestors for all incoming feeders from the network and for bus bars,

terminal strips for power and control cables connection,

installation channels for internal wiring,

fix installed equipment, mounted on supporting frames and rails,

operation and supervision devices, mounted in the front door,

flexible wires protected with flexible pipes from fixed part to the front door,

documentation in pocket in the door.

Completion and wiring of the distribution boards shall be carried out according to the requirements.
For main switches on-load isolator switches shall be used, preferably. Outgoings to the
consumers shall be equipped with miniature circuit breakers (up to 63 A) or moulded
case circuit breakers. If necessary for special circuits, leakage current switches shall be
provided.
For external monitoring the respective potential free contacts shall be foreseen and shall
be wired on terminal stripe. In most of the cases the tripping of circuit breakers and leakage current switches shall be transferred, only. Other signals shall be provided according
to the requirements (e. g. lighting panels).
All live parts within the cabinets, which will be entered during normal routine maintenance shall be protected by means of suitable covers.
The distribution boards shall be designed under consideration of spare place of at least
20 % of the fully equipped boards for future expansion and additional adjustments.
6.1.2

Cable Termination
The cable termination compartments shall be run about the whole width of the cabinets,
shall only be accessible from the front and shall be separated against neighboring cabinets.
The cable termination compartments shall be equipped in a manner such that an easy
cable laying will be possible. For fixing of cables for cord grip the respective rails with
cramps shall be installed.

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The height of the cable termination compartment shall be 400 mm, preferably. For cable
termination terminals in the right cross-section shall be installed. Additional cable termination shall also be possible during the operation of the switchgear.
The cable termination compartments shall be equipped with terminals for power cables,
cables for control and signal voltage supply and cables for signal connection.
The terminals shall be selected according to nominal current and conductor cross section, but shall be at least for a conductor cross section of 4 mm and a nominal current of
16 A.
For signal connection, copper shielded or copper screened cables will be used. The
shields / screens of these cables must be adequately grounded.
6.2

Electrical Requirements

6.2.1

Bus Bars
The bus bars shall be selected according to the electrical requirements and shall be of highconductivity electrolytic copper.
The cabinets shall be equipped with bus bar systems consisting of 5 conductors. All bus bars
shall be located inside the bus bar compartment and shall have the same cross sections
throughout all cabinets. An additional PE bus bar shall be installed about the whole length of
the cable termination compartment.
The bus bars shall be equipped with an adequate number of earthing studs.

6.2.2

Operation Mode
Configuration for fixed mounted emergency diesel:
Under normal network conditions the switchgear will be supplied via the public network
feeder. In case of voltage interruption on the public network feeder the emergency diesel
generator switches by automatic change over device to the distribution board and started
automatically. After the emergency generator is ready for taking over the load, the essential loads will be fed via emergency generator. After the normal grid voltage is back, the
automatic change over device switch the generator supply back to normal grid and
switch the emergency generator off.

6.2.3

Monitoring
The control and monitoring shall be carried out via hardwired components with on/off
signals between the parts of the switchgear and from/to the station control system.
The Contractor may provide the switchgear with a programmable control and monitoring
system.

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6.2.4

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Control Voltage
The control voltage supply shall be 230 V AC UPS, protected by a B-16 A miniature circuit breaker situated in the UPS Distribution Board.

6.2.5

Overvoltage Protection
For protection against overvoltage from network side the incomers of switchgears shall
be equipped with overvoltage protectors. For all electronic devices inside the switchgear
additional overvoltage protection shall be provided.

6.2.6

Protection Relay
All protection relays shall be of the latest state-of-the-art technology, electronic type, programmable with displays of operating and set point values along with self-test facility, etc. visible without the need to open the door.
The relays shall be either arranged for panel installation behind the doors or integrated in
the circuit breaker.
The feed (public grid and emergency generator) shall be equipped with a three-phase,
under voltage and overcurrent time relay with continuously variable short-circuit trip (including time delay for relay protection coordination).

6.2.7

Current Transformers
The thermal withstand capability of the current transformers shall be based on a disconnection time of minimum 0.5 sec. in the outgoing feeders to consumers and minimum 1.0
sec. in the incomers.
The transformer shall have the following data:

Measurement

class 1.0 M 5

Protection

class 10 P 10

Secondary current

1A

Primary current according to the requirements

Cast-resin insulated, corona-free transformers shall be used. The current transformers

must withstand the dynamic and thermal short-circuit stresses. For protection and measurement separate cores shall be provided. Current transformer terminals shall be
equipped with short-circuiting links.
6.2.8

Outgoings for Consumers

For consumers the following switchgear outgoings shall be provided:

circuit breaker

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load isolator and load disconnector

miniature circuit breaker

miniature circuit breaker with Residual Current protective Device, RCD

The units shall be fixed mounted.

Molded case circuit breakers (MCB) can be used up to a size of 800 A.
In general the circuit breakers will be hand operated.
From all units the operating position on/off shall be transferred to the station control system. The fuses of main circuits shall be equipped with fuse monitoring. The trip of a fuse
shall be indicated on the unit/group and shall be transferred to the station control system.
In case of units for motors the trip shall be wired into the respective failure indication/status signal circuit.
Circuit breakers shall be provided for feeders with large power consumption or boards
where large motors are connected, to guarantee the selectivity of the distribution system
down to the consumer.
The circuit breakers shall be operable from the front of the cabinet.
The following signals shall be transferred to the station control system:

circuit breaker on/off,

Circuit breakers shall guarantee the selectivity of the distribution system down to the
consumer.
If the technical standard required an Residual Current protective Device, then circuit
breakers shall be installed with an Residual Current protective Device, RCD.
The signals of the miniature circuit breaker shall summarize to an appropriate group of
connected consumers. Following signals shall be transferred to the station control system:

circuit breaker on/off

PAINTING
All appropriate components and devices shall have a resistant, long term stable, high
quality painting. At least two layers have to be applied. Damages, caused by transport,
installation, cabling or commissioning shall be repaired in a way, that the original quality
is restored.
An additional painting at location of installation is not allowed.

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INSTALLATION
The delivery, installation and commissioning of the low voltage switchgear equipment
shall include, but is not limited to the following items:

transport to location of installation (if necessary storage), and the complete

mounting,

cable connections between the different parts of the switchgear

grounding and potential equalisation for the parts, including connection with
the next grounding bus bars,

termination of all cables at the DC power supply equipment,

commissioning of the functioning switchgears, including voltage feeding of

the bus bars and adjustment of all relays, protection devices, etc.,

briefing of the operation personnel in operation and maintenance during installation and commissioning phase and during a training on site.

The installation and as well the tests and the commissioning shall be carried out with
Contractors own staff and with own tools and measuring/test devices.

TESTS

9.1

Workshop Tests
All components of the factory assembled low voltage switchgear shall be tested completely and detailed in manufacturers workshop. All tests required by the codes and
standards as well as all manufactures tests have to be performed.
The test program for the work shop test has to be submitted at least 3 weeks prior to
start of the tests.
The following tests shall be performed, at least:

visual inspection

inspection of painting

test of all functions,

check of degree of protection,

check of safety protection measures,

electrical (loop)test of all wired circuits

mechanical operation test on all equipment,

operation test of the relays, releasers and measuring equipment,

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tripping of circuit breakers,

test of auxiliary electrical devices,

insulation and dielectric test,

compliance with the specifications.

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Detailed test protocols of all tests performed have to be submitted prior to installation.
9.2

Site Tests
The site tests shall include the following steps:

pre-commissioning (including loop testing),

commissioning and test on completion,

test runs

performance test.

The aim of the tests is to ensure the proper function of the complete scope of delivery.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For documentation requirements, shipping instructions, spare parts policy refer to document: Design and Construction of Power Supply Systems - Specification.

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