Tes P 103.03
Tes P 103.03
Tes P 103.03
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This Engineering standard establishes criteria and defines factors for sizing battery chargers
intended to be used with stationary type batteries for substations and UPS applications in the
system of Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) under normal service conditions.
Proper sizing of the battery charger is necessary to ensure battery charging as per specific
requirements of the battery and DC auxiliary system.
2.1.1 The charger output DC voltage range shall be selected considering the float
and equalize voltages of the battery bank per respective TMSS and DC
auxiliary system per TES-P-119.30.
2.1.2 The ampere output rating of a 100% rated charger for substation application
shall be determined by the following equations:
Where
However the above calculated charger output current capacity shall not be
less than the total load requirements including future expected load plus the
charging factor times the battery ampere-hour capacity. The charging factor
shall be taken as 0.07 for lead acid batteries and 0.2 for nickel cadmium
batteries.
2.1.3 The substation chargers are sized as though the charge is delivered by a
constant current charger. The minimum required charging output as per the
above formula shall charge the battery to approximately 95% of its capacity
when a constant voltage charger is set to equalize mode.
The ampere rating of charger for UPS applications shall be based on kilowatt (kW)
requirements of the inverter, and determined by following formulae.
Load kVA × PF
• kW =
IE
kW × 1000
• Inverter Load (A ) =
EL
Where:
The ampere rating of the charger will be calculated by the following equation:
⎛ BIF × AHR ⎞
• A R = ⎜ Inverter Load + ⎟
⎝ RT ⎠
Say the lead acid battery size is of 320 AH on 8 hour basis (or 350 AH on 10 hour
basis).
Based on the sizing formula given in Clause 2.1.2 above and the parameters
indicated hereunder, the ampere output rating of the charger is determined as
follows:
As the above calculated AR is not less than the total continuous load including future
expected load plus 0.07 times the AHR (i.e. 1.1×15+0.07×350 = 41 Amps), hence
for the substations which have 320AH (or 350AH) lead acid battery as stated above,
a battery charger of 50 Amps rating shall be provided, subject to meeting the
requirements mentioned in clause 2.1.4.
3.2 The battery is sized per TES-P-103.02. Say the nickel cadmium battery size of 500
AH on 8 Hours basis (550 AH on 10 hour basis).
Based on the sizing formula given in clause 2.1.2 above and the parameters indicated
here under, the ampere output rating of the charger is determined as follows:
As the above calculated AR should not be less than the total continuous load
including future expected load plus 0.2 times the AHR (i.e. 1.1×24+0.2×550 =
137.4 Amps), hence for the substations which have 500AH (or 550AH) nickel
cadmium battery as stated above, a battery charger of 137 Amps or next rating
commercially avaiable shall be provided, subject to meeting the requirements
mentioned in clause 2.1.4.
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