Substation Layout: Design and Considerations
Substation Layout: Design and Considerations
Substation Layout: Design and Considerations
Electrical clearance
Earth clearance
Phase clearance (flash over)
Section clearance-safety clearance to conductors (min distance bt unscreened
live wires and work section. When screens are interposed, the distance is to
be taken as a taut string measurement around the edge of the screen)
Ground clearance- safety clearance to insulators (min distance bt insulators
and work section)
Work section (open type switchgear)
General Drawings
Drawings of electrical plant and machines shall include, where appropriate:
a. Overall dimensions;
b. Terminal point details;
c. Minimum clearances;
d. Design pressures and temperatures for plant or plant items subject to
pressure and temperatures higher than ambient; and
e. Insets, where necessary, to ensure every item of the assembly is clearly shown.
Requirements of Shop Drawings
• Detailed shop drawings shall be prepared covering all aspects of the works.
• The Designer shall review the shop drawings and any other technical
submissions
• to ensure that the proposed works comply with the design intent.
Electrical Drawings
• Electrical drawings for the installation shall be drafted in accordance with AS 1102
and shall include the following:
a. Single Line Diagrams showing:
− Bus rating and switchboard characteristics;
− Current transformer ratios;
− Circuit breaker and fuse current ratings; and
− Ratings of capacitors, resistors and any other electrical devices.
− Items shall be designated as per AS 3702;
b. Substation Layout drawing to scale;
c. Site Layout drawings to scale;
d. Cable schedules (if required);
e. Overall system diagrams, for communication and control systems
showing cable types and system components; and
f. Block cabling diagrams
As-Constructed Drawings
Provide “As Constructed” drawings that show as a minimum:
a. The final locations of cables, pits, cable joints etc;
b. Wiring diagrams for all equipment installed including termination
diagrams;
c. General arrangement drawings showing details of all equipment
installed; and
d. Any information as required facilitating operation and maintenance of the equipment.
e. The “As Constructed” drawings shall form the basis of the Operations and Maintenance
Manuals.
System Drawings
The designer shall prepare revised system documentation whenever an alteration is preformed to
the reticulation system or a new system is installed.
As a minimum the following documentation shall be provided in suitable hard copy and digital
format in accordance with the Defence requirements
a. Base HV single line diagram;
b. Base HV geographic layouts;
c. Substation/switching station schematics for all effected substations and
switching stations;
d. HV switchboards schematics for the main high voltage nodes such as
CEPS and ISS, and
e. LV distribution pillar schematics.
Key diagram of 11kv substation
Key diagram for 33kv substation
Key diagram of 66kv substation
Key diagram for protection
Key diagram for indoor substation
Reuse of scrap material