SPECIFICATION OF SF6 GAS EVACUATING,
FILTERING, DRYING, STORAGE AND FILLING PLANT
for GIS Substation
The SF6 GAS maintenance Unit shall be of compact and robust construction and
design having full automatic & manual functions. The Unit shall be portable type,
mounted on a base frame provided with durable and long lasting castor wheels
for easy and convenient movement of the unit to different switch gear locations
in a Sub-Station. The Unit shall also be provided with suitable lifting eyes for
transportation from one side to another.
STORAGE TANK :
Storage of SF6 must be carried out in liquid form only.
A suitable pressure storage tank for storing SF6 gas in liquid form shall be
provided. It shall have a Storage volume of 600 Ltrs.
The construction of the Storage Tank shall be as such that it can store gas in
liquid form at 50 bar.
DRY RUNNING TYPE COMPRESSOR :
The compressor shall be oil free design and shall be dry running type. It
shall be maintenance free with air cooled fan & motor and rated at
minimum 17 m3/hr.
VACUUM PUMP :
A Rotary Vacuum Pump shall be provided on the plant for the extraction of
AIR. It shall have a suction capacity of 100m3/hr. and shall be capable of
attaining final vacuum (absolute pressure) of less than 1mbar.
SUCTION PUMP :
An oil free Suction Pump to be provided for recovery of SF6 Gas of capacity
35m3/h to attain final vacuum of <1mbar.
FRONT PANEL :
The Front Panel to Be touch screen 10ˮ with a mimic diagram to appear during
every operation to show the flow of gas and air.
FILTERS :
Dry type filter (s) Shall be provided in the SF6 Gas circuit so as to extract the dust
particles and other abrasive components from the gas.
One pre filter unit combined with moisture filter complete with molecular sieve
filling, two dust filters shall be provided.
POWER SUPPLY :
The input supply shall be providing to machine is either 3ph, 415V,50Hz,AC.
The unit shall be equipped with a phase Sequence Relay for ensuring the
correct sequence of rotation of the compressor / Vacuum Pump.
HOSE PIPES :
Two Nos, Stainless steel wire braided flexible hose pipe each of 6 Mtrs, long
equipped with necessary couplings at both ends shall be provided.
One storage connection hose with connections to different bottles with ball
valve to be present.