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Check list for the individual equipment pre-commissioning in primary/Grid substation

Tender No: Date-

Project :

Contractor :

Sl Report enclosed
Equipment’s Test to be conducted Reasons if 'NO'
No
Yes No
1 Power
Transformer
1 Ratio test with ratio error at different tap
2 Magnetic balance test
3 magnetizing current measurement at supply voltage
4 continuity in Taps
5 Winding resistance measurement HV&LV
6 Open circuit and Short circuit test
7 Operation of RTCC and its transformer protection
8 AVR testing
9 Parallel operation
10 Fan operations ( phase sequence, mechanical,
labeling)
11 Thermometers checking and calibrating
12 All included transformer CT's.
13 Insulation and PI test
14 Vector group and Polarity test.
15 All indicating meters testing
16 Earthings, (value of Neutral and body earth)
17 Oil testing
**Note all the signals should be checked for its
Correctness for its ALARM, Interlock and SMK.

2 33KV circuit
Breaker
1 Timing test C-O-OC and time spread for the same
2 contact resistance
3 if SF6 type measurement of pressure bar
and its contact operation at various level
4 HV and IR test
5 Manual and Electrical operations
6 Spring charging motor checking and its time test
including current measurements
7 Local indications i.e. trip circuit supervision, spring
charge indication
8 DC current and voltage measurement for trip coil
and closing closing coil.
9 Heater and auxilary circuit operations
10 earthing
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11 Min/Max DC operation and timing for closing/opening

12 Check the operation/timing and measurement for
all the trip coils available.

3 33Kv CRP
panel
1 All wiring and functional checking
2 Operation of CB in remote and supervisory
3 Trip circuit supervision relay testing and its scheme
4 trip relay testing and its scheme
5 All isolation link for its proper functions
6 Annunciator indication for all the protection
operation signal from 33kv and 11Kv system.
7 Tariff meter calibration
8 All indication meter test
9 All Protection schemes
10 Protection relays and its test block and its external
Connection to its terminals.
11 Heaters, earthing and auxilary circuits
12 All Analog transducer and SCADA interposing relays

4 11KV
Switchgear
1 All CB timing test C-O-CO and time spread
2 trip coil and closing coil current measurements
3 spring charging motor current and time
4 conductivity test between two panel with CB
incorporated.
5 CB vaccum bottle test
6 CB functional checks manual and electrical
7 Scheme checking i.e. parallel operation, directional
relay operation changing groups.
8 Trip circuit supervision relay testing and its scheme
9 trip relay testing and its scheme
10 Tariff meter calibration
11 All indication meter test
12 Protection relays and its test block and its external
Connection to its terminals.
13 Heaters, earthing and auxilary circuits
14 IR, PI and HV Test
15 Control cable meggering and its values
16 Power cable IR, PI and HV test
17 All Protection schemes
18 All Analog transducer and SCADA interposing relays
5 CT testing CL- X protection
1) Magnetising characteristic beyond Knee point
2) Ratio test measure composite error at 50% valve.
3) IR and PI test
4) Burden test
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5) Polarity
6) Core identification
7) CT shorting and earthing provision
8) Single point earthing

CL-Protection
1) Ratio test measure composite error at 50% valve.
2) IR and PI test
3) Burden test
4) Polarity test
5) Proper ratio selection and core identification
6) CT shorting and earthing provision
7) single point earthing

Cl-metering
1) Ratio test measure composite error at 50% valve.
2) Burden test
3) Polarity test
5) Proper ratio selection and core identification
6) CT shorting and earthing provision
7) single point earthing
8) IR and PI test

6 VT Testing
1) Ratio
2) Polarity
3) Core identification
4) VT fuse and its continuity
5) VT terminals and its earthing connections
6) VT secondary protections and its indications
7) PI and IR Test for primary and secondary circuit.
8) Phasing check and phase sequence.

7 Protection
relays
Applicable to all relays
General-
1) All available binary input and output
2) Setting of time and date
3) Power supply current measurements
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4) DC pick up check for each relays

5) Binary input pick up check for each relays
6) Measurement of input parameter i.e. voltage and
current injected with displayed value and it error.
7) PU/DO ratio
8) Disturbance and event recorder display
9) Setting files

Overcurrent relays-
1) Starting current
2) Characteristic at 2, 5 & 10 times
3) Other function if enabled i.e. Open conductor
sensitive earth fault etc.
4) Verify all the binary output with the scheme

and routing through test plug

5) Verify all the binary input and CB status
Programmed.
6) High set pick up and timing

Directional relays-
1) starting current
2) Characteristic at 2,5 & 10 times
3) MTA (complete operating and non-operating zone)
4) min current & voltage sensitivity
5) Verify all the binary output with the scheme
and routing through test plug
6) Verify all the binary input and CB status
programmed.

Auto reclosure relay-

1) Verify all the binary output with the scheme
and routing through test plug
2) Verify all the binary input and CB status, initiation
inputs programmed
3) All time measurement i.e. closing, dead, reclaim
lockout and reset function and time.

Voltage relay-
1) pick up test
2) overvoltage timing test
2) Verify all the binary output with the scheme
and routing through test plug
3) Verify all the binary input and CB status
programmed.
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REF relay
1) Setting stabilising resistor if available
2) checking metrosil testing for V&I characteristic
3) Checking the relay for pick up on set voltage
4) Operating time
5) direct trip to 33Kv and 11kv CB
6) trip through master trip relay.
7) Verify all the binary output with the scheme
and routing through test plug
8) Complete stability and sensitivity

Differential relay-
1) Differential PU
2) Bias characteristic for all the slope
3) Harmonic restraint for HV and LV
4) Overfluxing feature
5) High set for both HV and LV
6) direct trip to 33Kv and 11kv CB
7) trip through master trip relay.
8) Verify all the binary output with the scheme
and routing through test plug
9) Verify all the binary input and CB status
programmed.
9) Complete stability and sensitivity

** note sensitivity and stability test should be performed

without shorting any of the side CT only reversal is
allowed, while each phase CT should be considered
for reversal during the test

Check sync relay

1)Measurements
2)Bus voltage, phase angle, frequency difference and
slip frequency
3)Line voltage,phase angle, frequency difference and
slip frequency
4)Dead bus, live line, dead line, live bus scheme
to be checked
5)Binary input, Binary output, LED etc.
6)pick up of Binary inputs.

Distance relay
1)Measurement each individual phase
2)Zone measurement for phase and earth fault reach
3)Timing test for each zone at 50% of reach
4)voltage supervision
5)SOTF
6)Additional characteristic if any
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7)Binary input, Binary output, LED etc.

8) pickup of Binary inputs.

Cable differential
1)Measurement individual phase
2)pick up each phase differential in loop back and
fibre connected to another parallel relay
3)timing test
4)fibre degradation measurement
5)dB measurement from the relay output and from
remote end relay
6) Binary input, Binary output, LED etc.
7) pick up of Binary inputs.

** note sensitivity and stability test should be performed

8 Capacitor
banks
1 Capacitance measurement for each cell
2 All the bank CT's and VT's testing
3 Unbalance relay testing for each stage
4 Overvoltage and under voltage protection check
5 Power factor controller check
6 Auto and manual operation
7 IR, PI and HV testing
8 door functional, heater and earthing checks
9 Station
Transformer
1 Ratio test at different tap and its error
2 Vector group
3 Magnetic balance
4 Magnetising current measurement
5 IR, PI test and earthing measurement i.e. Neutral
and body resistance.
6 oil testing
10 LVAC panels
1 functional checks of each MCCB's
2 incoming current & voltage protection testing
3 Tariff meter calibration
4 All indicating meter testing
5 Incoming MCCB protection testing
6 IR testing
7 Cable and control cable IR and PI test.
8 Tariff meter calibration

11 Batteries &
and Battery
Charger
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1 Battery charger functional check i.e.

1) changeover from Main to Spare
2) Auto and manual operation of Float and boast
3) Battery protection i.e. earth fault and its indication
4) Soft starting and its incoming and outgoing
current measurements

2 Batteries
1) Specific gravity of each cell
2) connection resistance test
3) Battery impedance test
4) charging and discharge cycle

12 Functional
and interlock
checks
1 With All the equipment energised with DC supply
required the operation i.e. opening and closing
of each CB should be performed and trip test.

2 Interlock between the 33Kv and 11Kv I/C and B/C

should be proven in all the operating mode

13 Auxilary test
1 All signal indication, command and control to SMK
Panel
2 All Analog signal from transducer to SMK
3 Fire alarm checks
4 identification and checking the fire zone
5 distribution board and circuit check
6 Substation earth test and its results.
7 Outdoor lights and its timer control panels
8 Surge and lightning arrestor.
9 Contact resistance at the 33Kv outdoor gantry
10 AB switch operations and its contacts
11 Complete IR and HV testing for 33Kv outdoor system
12 All required connection and interlocks should be
proved and required as per the specific substation
requirement
13 Energy meter calibration and its output pulse
measurements.
14 All signal indication, command and control to SMK
and SCADA will be tested from SMK to RTU.
15 Establish the connection from each protection
relay to Ethernet switch and demonstrate the
Communications for engineering station and time
sync from GPS.

13 Busbar
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protections
1 Individual components relays for each zone
a) Differential relay with voltage and current
measurements
b) CT supervision relay test
c) All the relays with contacts and binary input
healthiness and pick up current/voltage and timing
test
d) Protection relay to be checked from test plugs
then from terminal block
e) All the scheme of Busbar protection panel
including neutral earthing (single point verification)
f) Each feeder to check with secondary injection
for its polarity, burden and contribution to sensitivity

2 Busbar stability and sensitivity test for CT with

primary
injection >10% of the rated CT current. each feeder
to
be checked for sensitivity, primary operating current,
stability and CT supervision operation.

14 checks- 1) Verify all the rating as per the requirement and

approved specification and drawings
2) Protection relays, meters and IED are with the
latest software
3) All spare associated should be submitted
alongwith
test reports.
4) All wiring and scheme for DC control and trip
circuit
looping diagram should be provided.
5) All internal testing and scheme should be
conducted
after correction of associated wirings.
6) All associated auxilary relay in transformer, RTCC
panel, OLTC, marshalling, capacitor banks should be
checked and their report to be submitted for its
correctness.
7) All MFM and tariff meters accuracy should be
checked and their pulse measurement demonstrated.
8) All models and type of equipment employed should
be verified as per tender requirements.
9) 33kv and 11kv all interlock and inter trip
schemes to be performed and
demonstrated.
10) Any other test required to prove the functionality
of the system should be part of the activities
11) All drawing is modified and updated with red
marking on as bulit/commented approved stamped
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drawings
12) All Binary input of protection relay should be
checked
for pick up/drop values and drain current.
13) All auxilary voltage relay should be checked for
pick/drop off values and time.
14) Earth values for each portion
15) HV test for switchgear with HV -AC
16) HV test for cable with HV-DC