Federal Electricity & Water Authority

Water Directorate
Asset Management Department

STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS
FOR WATER WORKS

TECHNICAL TERMS

Chapter – 4
Engineering Specifications
[B-Electrical System]

ES10-LOW VOLTAGE [LV] CAPACITOR BANK

Client: FEDERAL ELECTRICITY AND WATER AUTHORITY (FEWA)

Project: STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR WATER WORKS

Engineer WATER DIRECTORATE / ASSET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

Title: Technical Terms / Chapter-4 / Engineering Specifications / B-Electrical System

WAM ES10-LOW VOLTAGE [LV] CAPACITOR BANK

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TABLE OF CONTENT

1. GENERAL
2. STANDARDS APPLICABLE
3. CAPACITIES, RATINGS, SIZES, QUANTITIES AND MATERIALS
4. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
5. DETUNED REACTORS/HARMONIC FILTERS
6. POWER FACTOR REGULATOR
7. TESTS
7.1 Type Tests
7.2 Routine Tests

Client: FEDERAL ELECTRICITY AND WATER AUTHORITY (FEWA)

Project: STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR WATER WORKS

Engineer WATER DIRECTORATE / ASSET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

Title: Technical Terms / Chapter-4 / Engineering Specifications / B-Electrical System

WAM ES10-LOW VOLTAGE [LV] CAPACITOR BANK

Office: DUBAI Order: Document: MWA_PRO_07/WAM-04-ES10 Rev: OCT/2014 sheet: 2 of: 5

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POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CAPACITORS (PFCC)

1. GENERAL

The scope of these specifications is for design, manufacture, testing at manufacturer works,
supply, erection, testing, commissioning, performance and reliability confirmation, warranty
confirmation of the complete capacitor bank, which are required to be provided under the scope
of this tender contract.

The scope of work and the equipment to be provided shall be as given in Chapter-2, Specific
Requirements of the Project of this Volume-2 and the performance guarantees and technical
particulars given in Volume-3 Technical Schedules and Drawings.

It is not intended here to describe the design, arrangement or installation, or to specify each and
every component required for the completeness of the equipment or to select each material for
safe and reliable operation of the proposed equipment. In general the equipment shall be
complete in all respect with its components and accessories.

2. STANDARDS APPLICABLE

The capacitors shall be designed, manufactured, tested, installed and commissioned

generally in accordance with the latest revision of IEC 60871 or equivalent standards.

One copy of such standards shall be furnished along with the Tender.

Unless otherwise stated in these specifications, the general requirements shall be in accordance
with the General Specifications as given in Chapter-3 of this Volume-2 and shall be applicable to
all the equipment of the similar type and size.

3. CAPACITIES, RATINGS, SIZES, QUANTITIES AND MATERIALS

The capacities, ratings, sizes, quantities and materials specified in chapter-2, specific
requirements of project and in this specification are to be considered as the minimum
requirement to be provided. It is the responsibility of the contractor/manufacturer to determine the
required capacities, ratings, sizes and quantities and select the appropriate material based on the
guidelines given in the following specifications.

If the evaluated requirements are higher than the minimum requirement, if specified in chapter-2,
specific requirements of the project of the volume-2, or in the following specifications then the
required capacity/ratings/size/quantities/equipment shall be provided. If the evaluated
requirements are less than the minimum requirements, then the minimum requirements shall be
complied.

Any discrepancy in capacities, rating, sizes, quantities and materials specified at Chapter-2,
specific requirements of the projects in the following specifications, then the requirements given
at specific requirement of the project shall prevail. Similarly any discrepancy in capacities,
ratings, sizes, quantities and materials specified in the following specifications and in Chapter-3
General Specifications, then the requirements given in this specification shall prevail.

Client: FEDERAL ELECTRICITY AND WATER AUTHORITY (FEWA)

Project: STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR WATER WORKS

Engineer WATER DIRECTORATE / ASSET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

Title: Technical Terms / Chapter-4 / Engineering Specifications / B-Electrical System

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 4. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS

a) The Power Factor Correction Capacitors (PFCC) shall be provided to improve the
overall power factor of the pumping station equipments to 0.95 or more lagging to
meet FEWA regulations.
b) PFCC shall be designed and manufactured for automatic operation employing multiple
steps and protection devices and the like shall comply with BS EN 60439.
c) Power Factor Correction Capacitors shall be self-healing type confirming to BS EN
60831.
d) PFCC and all other components that form part of the power factor correction
equipment’s shall be housed in a minimum FORM 2 enclosure or form 4 enclosure as
per the approval.
e) The enclosure shall be of equal height of MCC and located adjacent to the MCC or at
other suitable location within the MCC room.
f) Power factor correction capacitors shall be modular in design, highly reliable, dry, self -
healing metalized polypropylene film element, fully encapsulated in plastic housing.
g) Capacitors shall have low losses (typically less than 0.5 watts per KVAr),
h) Capacitor shall be fitted with overpressure disconnect device and a wire wound
discharge resistor sized to automatically discharge the capacitor to less than 50 volts in
less than one minutes.
i) Capacitors shall be used with capacitor rated duty contactors specifically designed for
switching of capacitive current.
j) Each capacitor step shall be protected by quick fused disconnect type switch fitted with
recommended HRC fuses disconnecting all the 3 phases simultaneously.
k) HRC fuses shall have built-in blown fuse indicator feature.
l) PFCC enclosure shall be fitted with forced ventilation fan and louvers, if necessitated. IP
rating in the case of forced ventilation shall be maintained to IP43 minimum.
m) It shall be ensured to isolate the PFCC equipment completely in case alternate source of
power supply using generator set is employed.
n) PFCC enclosure shall be sized to accommodate an additional step of equal rating in the
future if so necessitated.
o) Capacitor shall be designed to carry 135% of rated current and 110% of rated voltages
continuously at 50 degree C.
p) Internal wiring within the PFCC enclosure shall be fire-retardant to 105 degree C.

5. DETUNED REACTORS/HARMONIC FILTERS

a) Anti-resonance reactor detuned or filters deemed necessary to reduce the harmonic

content shall be provided in accordance with the regulation of the FEWA.
b) Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) of voltage at point of common couplings shall adhere to
IEEE Harmonic Standard 519-1992.

6. POWER FACTOR REGULATOR

a) The minimum number of capacitor switching steps shall be four (4) as far as practically
possible for smaller rating capacitor banks and between 6 to 12 steps for others. The
capacitors’ KVAr shall be so chosen to provide maximum programming flexibility for
switching sequence in order to maintain the power factor within the set limits for most of
the operating time.

Client: FEDERAL ELECTRICITY AND WATER AUTHORITY (FEWA)

Project: STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR WATER WORKS

Engineer WATER DIRECTORATE / ASSET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

Title: Technical Terms / Chapter-4 / Engineering Specifications / B-Electrical System

WAM ES10-LOW VOLTAGE [LV] CAPACITOR BANK

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 b) An alphanumerical LCD, micro-processor based automatic power factor correction
regulator shall be provided to control steps and display measurement of the following:-
i). Power Factor
ii). No. of steps connected
iii). Step connection and disconnection time
iv). Actual current
v). Reactive current
vi). Active power
vii). Reactive power
viii). THD voltage
ix). Alarm conditions as listed below

c) The regulator shall have built-in alarm relay for remote indication and following alarm
conditions locally:-
i). Low power factor
ii). Abnormal power factor
iii). Leading power factor
iv). Overcurrent
v). Overtemperature
vi). Overvoltage
vii). THD high
viii). Capacitor overload etc.

d) The regulator shall provide facility to manually energize/denergise capacitor steps for
the purpose of testing and verification of required/set power factor.

7. TESTS

7.1 Type Tests

Type test reports for following tests performed on Capacitor unit as per IEC
60871, where applicable, shall be submitted.

(a) Thermal stability test

(b) Capacitor loss tangent (tan delta) measurement at elevated temperature
(c) A.C. voltage test between terminals and container
(d) Lightning impulse voltage test between terminals and container
(e) Short-circuit discharge test

7.2 Routine Tests

Routine tests shall be carried out in accordance with IEC 60871 on all capacitors
and these shall include the following tests, but not necessarily be limited to them :
(a) Capacitance measurement
(b) Capacitor loss tangent (tan delta) measurement
(c) Voltage test between terminals
(d) A.C. voltage test between terminals and container
(e) Test of internal discharge device
(f) Sealing test.

Client: FEDERAL ELECTRICITY AND WATER AUTHORITY (FEWA)

Project: STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR WATER WORKS

Engineer WATER DIRECTORATE / ASSET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

Title: Technical Terms / Chapter-4 / Engineering Specifications / B-Electrical System

WAM ES10-LOW VOLTAGE [LV] CAPACITOR BANK

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