ELECTRICAL TESTING AND AUTOMATION DIVISION MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT

MONTH: December YEAR: 2006 / Page No. 3 of 9

I.  ET & A METERING / PROTECTION / TESTING / COMMISSIONING SECTION.

  1. PERFORMANCE INDICES: -

Sr. No. / INDICES /
This month Dec 06
/ Dec 05 / YTM- FY 07 / YTM- previous year / Target
1 / Protection Performance Index (%) / 98.73 % / 98.51 % / 98.86 % / 97.87% / 98.8 %
2 / Protection Diagnostic testing Index (%) / 3.52 % / 4.0 % / 44 % / 52 % / 75 %
3 / Equipment Diagnostic testing Index (%) / 6.55 % / 6 % / 39 % / 40 % / 75 %
4 / Energy meter Diagnostic testing Index (%) / 48.77 % / 27.47 % / 48.77 % / 27.47 % / 100 %
6 / External Customer Complaint Resolution Time (Avg.) in Days / 5.0 / 1.93 / 2.3 / 3.6 / 3.00
7 / Customer Complaint Satisfaction Index (on the scale of 0 – 5) / 4.47 / 4.48 / 4.47 / 4.62 / 4.60

B.  ACCEPTANCE TESTING IN THE ET & A LAB:-

EQAG LAB / TOTAL / ACCEPTED / REJECTED / REMARKS
No. of Relays/jobs Tested in Relay Lab. / 11 / 10 / 1 / ABB make DC - DC Converter
No of Meters in Meter Lab. / 0 / 0 / 0
No. of CT / PT tested in HT Lab. / 3 / 3 / 0
No. of Instruments Tested in HT/ RLY Lab. / 5 / 3 / 2 / Eltel make DLRO & Eltel make Cap & Tan Delta set
No. of Oil Sample Tested in Oil Testing Lab. / 18 / 18 / 0
Calibration of Testing instruments / 4 / 2 / 2 / Eltel make DLRO & Eltel make Cap & Tan Delta set
  1. MAJOR COMMISSIONING: -

1 / Energy Meters Commissioning / Meters /
Commissioned In this month
/ Cumulative up to this month
Whole Current / 0 / 3

CT Based

/ 3 / 53
Trivector / 0 / 26
2 / Consumer Sub Stations Commissioning / ·  HLL: 4 way RMU.
3 / Equipment Commissioning. / ·  Vikhroli: a) New ABB make, 22KV, 10 MVAR Cap-Bank-1.
·  Dharavi: a) 22KV BEST feeder-1 ( Mahim Causway-4) Breaker +CT+PT retrofitted.
·  Carnac: a) 33kv Feeder 9 breaker used for BEST Mumbadevi 3 feeder – Feeder taken on 33kv breaker after necessary tests of breaker, protection and metering circuits. b) 33kv B.S. 1 spare feeder test charged after changing the gaskets with all necessary pre-commissioning checks.
·  Trombay-A: a) Replacement of 22 kV N-S Tie bkr. Kept Ready for test charging. b) commissioning of Ammeters on 22 kV bays.
·  Trombay-B: a) New ABB make CT commissioned on A phase of TC# 5
·  Bhira: a) DT-3 22 SIEMENS KV Breaker + 22 KV Polycrete CTs. b) 110 KV unit-6 testing after pole overhaul of all ‘3’ poles. c) BD-7 Breaker after Mechanism overhaul.
·  Khopoli: a) SCADA Energy Meters for for 22 KV Pipe line + 22 KV ST-3. b) 22 KV B phase CT ( Jyoti make ) for Kundli Phase-2 TR-1 at Kundli. c) 100 KVA , 22/0.415 KV Lighting Transformer at Shirwata. d) New Sensor for Unit-9 Excitation & implementation of 2/2 logic for excitation trip on low air flow. e) Unit-9 Complete testing along with ABB after Major ovehaul. Rotor was taken out for cleaning & Megger value improvement
4 / Protection System / relays Commissioning. / ·  Salsette: a) TS1 and TS2 Distance relay commissioning -
5 / Metering activities / ·  02 BEST feeders (01 at Carnac & 01 at Dharavi) retrofitting job completed.
·  Meeting with IBM group regarding Automatic Meter management and use of new IT technologies for condition monitoring.
·  No of meters re-programmed for TOD as per MERC directive: Meter reprogramming for TOD as per new tariff order Eleter Meters - 60 nos., Secure Meters - 125 Meters, Spectra Meters - 67, L&T TVM - 143 nos., L&T BVMs – 476.
·  32 No. of Spectra meters (with communication defect) are replaced.
·  SAP trials to include TOD changes in billing. New Register Groups created for TOD feature.
·  Total no. of Consumer complaints /YEL Meter reader's discrepancy attended during the month: 45 nos.
·  Mr. S.G.Joshi and BEST Engineer visited Elster factory for BEST feederwise meter inspection.
  1. MAJOR OCCURRENCES & INVESTIGATION: -

DIVISION / OCCURRENCES / INVESTIGATION
Consumer s/s / ·  Western Sector (BARC): On 17.12.2006, 1250 KVA Transformer, Transformer tested OK. Oil DGA did not indicate any fault gas. Devices and VIP-30 trial was also found Ok. Hence transformer taken into service.
Dharavi R/S / ·  On 16.12.2006, DT-5 tripped on differential protn - LT side( 22KV ) A-ph cable found faulty. As per cable deptt. , the cable has moisture ingress.
·  On 20.12.2006. DT-5 tripped on differential protn - Flash-over across isolator insulator in the LT switchgear.
Saki / ·  On 01.12.2006, 22 kV GOD A/R scheme - 22 kV cable fault was for very short time of low intensity during cable fault and the cable remained open circuited although the cable was charged from Tata end.
Trombay-B / ·  On 10.12.2006, GTG & STG tripped during start/ stop operation of EBOP - During start operation of EBOP, a voltage dip upto 153 V for 30 msec was observed on 220 V DC C Bus. Exact cause could not be established
·  On 10.12.2006, During unit -7 tripping, SFC fault appeared & was not getting reset - 6.6 KV breaker position feedback to SFC was lost.
·  On 22.12.2006, Unit # 6 PSS fault appearing - A Schmitt trigger in PSS signal monitoring circuit is suspected to be mal operating.
Trombay-A / ·  On 25.11.2006, 110 kV Trombay – Parel # 1 tripped at Trombay end along with Trombay- Parel # 4 for fault on Trombay- Parel # 4 – Carrier receive remained paralleled at Trombay for TP # 4 and TP # 1. CR ckt modified.

E.  FAULTS / ABNORMALITIES DETECTED DURING DIAGNOSTIC TESTING:-

Total No of faults detected. : - 05 nos.
Significant Defects Detected::-
Parel: a) Emergency trip mechanism defective - Mechanism attended and checked ok. b) Tr. 5 O/L trimming relay- output contact defective - Relay replaced with a spare relay.
Grant Road: a) Bus cplr synchrocheck scheme – DC-DC converter defective - converter replaced with a spare one.
Chembur: a) 22 kV spare breaker aux contacts not matching with existing bkr - Wiring to be modified.
Ambernath: a) 22 KV PT#1 ,Y phase HT fuse metallic cap found loose. Also discolouration of fuse observed - Y phase fuse replaced.
Bhivpuri: a) While testing TRPH U#8 generator rotor, it’s rotor IR was found fluctuating between 50 Kohms to zero Ohms.Further investigation revealed presence of dead ground in rotor leads connected between rotating diode & rotor winding.This machine has brushless excitation - Defective leads replaced by new leads. IR of rotor : 50 MOhms

F.  FACTORY ACCEPTANCE TEST / THIRD PARTY INSPECTION:-

Sr. No. / FACTORY / DIVISION / EQUIPMENT & FINDINGS / LEARNINGS
1. / Tarapur / SRP: Inspection of Samarth Nagar Tansformer repairs.
2. / Dharia Swgr / SRP: Inspection of new LT panel for ILFS.
3. / Siemens, Aurangabad /

VAS: 03 nos ,145 KV bkr inspection on 23/12/06

G.  COST SAVING :-

Relay Lab : Rs. 6000/- (ABB make TSR relays - 2 nos., & ABB make O/V relay Type USX 115)

HV Lab: Rs. 1000/- (Metrohm make 5 kV Megger )

H: - COST OF POOR QUALITY / REWORK

Division

/ Description of poor quality / rework / No. of man hours spent

I: - NDB PARAMETERS

New

/ Different / Better
Metering: For the first time TOD programming has been activated in all types of Meters to comply with new tariff order. The TOD slots adopted are in line with MSEB & REL

J.  MAN POWER DEVELOPMENT / ADMINISTRATION:-

II.  SCADA SECTION

A: - PERFORMANCE INDICES

INDICES /
This month Dec 06
/ Dec05 / YTM- FY 07 / YTM- prev. year / Target
Availability Index (%)
Overall
T&D
LDC / 98.98%
98.14%
99.82%
/ 81.68% / 99.49 % / 85.24 % / 99.6 %
SCADA system not available for operations / Date / No of Hours / Reasons and action taken
1. 
2.
3 / Dharavi
Bhira
Khopoli
Salsette / 16-Dec-06
08-Dec-06
SAT in progress
11-Dec-06 / 10 Hrs 45 mts
04 Hrs
24 Hrs / ·  External Hard disc failure. Restarted the system after software repairs
·  Data base corruption. Backup restored and system brought on line.
·  Master Replacement work in progress.
·  Both external hard discs failed System brought on line by reconfiguring spare disc.

B: - COMMISSIONING & OTHER ACTIVITIES

Station / Location / Equipment / Scheme /
Condition based Maintenance / ·  Backups-60% completed
·  Maintenance-40% completed /
Salsette / ·  Configuration of 4 Nos additional Ports in Salsette D 200 RTUs for connectivity to New Master at LD carried out and tested with existing Master.
Distribution Automation / ·  Site Validation Checks for Borivali Distribution Automation commenced & completed for 10 stations after shifting the Work Station to Borivali.
Kolshet / ·  Configuration of 2Nos additional Ports in Kolshet D 200 RTUs for connectivity to New Master at LD carried out and tested with existing Master.
LDC / ·  Walwan MSEB tie point Energy meter data made available to LD on local PC through Fibre optic data channel.
C: –MAJOR FAILURES, PROBLEMS & INVESTIGATION

A total of 20 Calls were attended in December2006. NELCO Engineers were associated for attending to 6 calls with TPC Engineers, 7calls were attended by only NELCO and 7 calls were attended by TPC.

Dharavi / SCADA not available / 04-Nov-06 / Dharavi SCADA System was down due to external Hard disk problem. The Sybase server was then externally started & the system was normalised
Salsette / SCADA not available / 11-Dec-06 / Failed due to external hard disc failure. Spare disc configured to bring up the system
Bhira / SCADA not available / 08-Dec-06 / Failed due to data base corruption. Back up restored and system normalised

D: - TRAINING / INSPECTIONS / DEPUTATION / SEMINARS / GENERAL TOPICS ETC.

Ms Deepa Joshi attended a programme on GIS supported Network Planning Analysis & Assessment organised by ESCI, Hyderabad from 11th Dec to 15th Dec 2006.

DATE: 03-01-07

Sr. Mgr (SCADA)

CC: - SECTION HEAD - EQAG.


III. EQAG COMMUNICATION SECTION

MONTH & YEAR – December 2006

1. COMMUNICATION AVAILABILITY: -

Communication System Indices / December 2006 (%) / December 2005 (%) / Achieved for FY 2007 / Target for the FY 2007
Protection Channels / 97.99 / 100 / 99.70 / 99.9
Data channels / 98.45 / 99.91 / 99.30 / 98.0
Voice system / 98.77 / 99.98 / 99.22 / 99.0

% availability =

Jobs that had taken more time than the standard time
Availability Figure / System / Channels affected
1 / Protection 97.99% / Fibre Optic communication between Trombay and Parel was not available for 252 hrs
2 / Data / Nil
3 / Voice / Nil
2. MAJOR INVESTIGATION & OCCURRENCES: -
Date / Division / Station / OCCURRENCES / INVESTIGATION
13 December 2006 / Trombay/Parel / OPGW cable fault on Trombay Parel FOP link at Sewri Tower . Fiber was re-spliced .
During Failure ,Trombay Carnac 110 kv line Distance protection was taken in service by transferring the communication channel for TC1,2,3 on alternate fiber optic link. (i.e. through Carnac _Trombay FOX U)

3.  COMMISSIONING / PROJECT ACTIVITIES : -

Date / Description
6, 7 Dec 2006 / User training for new Telephone exchange provided at Carnac .
20 – 23 Dec 2006 / SAT & User training completed for Chembur, Vikhroli, Technopolis, Malad & Kolshet.
5th Dec 2006 / Fiber optic multiplexer ( Ebang make ) installed between Salsette & Kalwa .New telephones extensions provided to MSEB Kalwa ( 220 kv control room & SLDC ) from TPCL exchange at Salsette .
21st Dec 2006 / Data Channel provided from Walwhan to Trombay LD for monitoring Power interchange at MSEB Tie point at Walwhan.
15 Dec 2006 / VHF sets were tested /repaired & additional sets were provided to Fire & Security Department for co-ordination of Trombay 50 year Anniversary Function.

4.  RETROFITTING JOBS: - NIL

Date / Division / Description

5.  BREAKDOWN MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES : -

Date / Division / Description / Resolution time
4th Dec 2006 / Kalyan Salsette / Kalyan SMS data was failing intermittently. This was due to loose contact in the wiring at Salsette Fox 20 / 34 hrs
20th Dec 2006 / Lonavla / Short circuiting in Lonavala FOX U panel .The mother board of the FOX U chassis got short circuited & was burnt due to lizard entering the panel .The mother board will have to be replaced . / 264 hrs

6.  PREVENTIVE MAINTAINANCE ACTIVITIES. NIL

Date / Station / Link / Description
20th Dec 2006 / Khopoli ,Walwhan / PM was carried out for FOX U panels at Walwhan & Khopoli.

7.  Preventive Maintenance Completion Percentage

Percentage completion of PM for April 2006 – March 2007.
System / April 05-March 06 / Till Last Month / Till end of this month
Fibre Optic / 37.10 % / 0 % / 3.23%
Microwave / 25 % / 80.00 % / 80.00 %
PLCC / 56.25 % / 0.00 % / 0.00 %
Total / 38.30 % / 12.77% / 14.89

Condition based maintenance for FOP, MW, PLCC initiated from October 2006.

A)  8. ADMINISTRATION AND MAN POWER DEVELOPMENT.

Date / Name / Description

B)  9. COST OF REWORK FOR POOR QUALITY OF RECEIVED MATERIAL / EQUIPMENT.

Station Wise Diagnostic testing Index 2006 - 2007