Specification - PLCC & FOTE Jewar
Specification - PLCC & FOTE Jewar
Specification - PLCC & FOTE Jewar
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1.0 Power line carrier communication
1.1 General
The PLCC system shall be used to carry speech, protection and control signals, and
SCADA and computer data traffic. Interface connections shall be made directly with
telephone equipment and equipment handling data.
The PLCC system shall be suitably designed to work over the high voltage
overhead power transmission lines and shall comply with IEC 495. The system
shall operate satisfactorily under all power system switching and weather
conditions that may be encountered at any time. It shall be capable of operating
properly during its period of service.
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2.0 Standard
All the PLCC equipment covered under the package shall conform to the
requirements of the latest edition of the relevant IEC/IS Specifications or
equivalent National Standards. The IEC/IS Specifications and international
publication relevant to the equipment covered under this specification shall
include but not be limited to the list given below:
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2.1 Frequency planning
A frequency planning study shall be carried out by the Bidders such that the SNR
for various channels shall be as per IEC. For transposed lines, the signal
attenuation considered for frequency planning shall be justified through study
reports.
The frequency and output power of the PLCC system for protection shall be
planned such that the protection signal is received with full reliability even when
one phase is earthed or is an open circuit on the line side causing an additional
minimum loss of 6 dB.
It shall include separate carrier terminals of multipurpose type for speech and
protection purposes. All carriers/ terminals including those for protection shall be
suitable for point-to-point speech communication also.
The time intervals between receipt of a trip command on the transmit side, its
transmission over the carrier link, reception at the far end, and giving the
command to the trip relay at the distant end shall not exceed 20 msec. for
permissive inter-tripping and 30 m sec. for direct inter-tripping even for the
longest line section. The above timings are inclusive of operating time for auxiliary
relays and interposing relays, if any, included in the PLCC equipment.
For security reasons, each transmission line shall be protected by Main-I and
Main-II protections as given below:
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2.3 Power Line Carrier Terminal
As already indicated the information link shall be provided for speech protection
telex and data services.
The input and output parameters shall be in accordance with the recommended
values of IEC: 495 for an ambient temperature range of 0-55 0 C. The equipment
shall be capable of withstanding 55 0C for six hours continuously.
PLCC should use “the same hardware for Digital and Analogue mode of
Communication.
It should be software configurable at the site from analog mode to Digital mode.
In the input circuit of the PLCC terminal protective devices shall be provided in
the form of zener diodes or surge suppressers in order to eliminate any surge
transfer through the coupling device or the surge induced in the connecting path
of H.F. cable.
Sudden changes in input level to the receiver shall not cause false tripping. Fail-
safe devices shall be provided so that a malfunction in one unit or subassembly
cannot cause damage elsewhere in the system.
The PLCC set shall be designed to give a guaranteed performance from 0 deg. C
to 55 deg. C ambient temperature. The thermal capability of the equipment shall
be so designed that the equipment remains operational successfully up to 60
deg. C ambient temperatures. Any ventilation fans provided for the circulation of
air inside the cabinets shall conform to relevant Indian Standards.
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Protection fuses shall be provided in all important circuits and fuses shall be
as mounted to allow their easy inspection and replacement.
All test points shall be easily accessible. The carrier set shall be provided with
suitable supervision and alarm facilities.
PLCC terminals shall be housed in floor-mounting sheet metal cabinets, suitable
for mounting on concrete plinths as well as channel frames by means of nuts and
bolts.
The cable holes’ entry points of different sizes should be made and welded at
two points so that they can be easily removed at the site.
All the panels shall be protected against moisture ingress and corrosion during
storage. Panels shall be properly dried before they are installed and energized
All cabinets having PLCC terminals shall be provided with lamps, heaters,
hydrometers, cooling fans & door switches. Each panel shall be provided with
240 V AC single-phase sockets with a switch to accept 5 & 15A standard Indian
plugs.
The PLCC terminal equipment shall conform to type tests and be subjected
to routine tests as per IEC: 495 / IS / Latest PGCIL Practice.
c) Nominal carrier frequency band: 4 KHz for single channel sets. 8 KHz for twin
channel sets.
e) Nominal Impedance:
i) Carrier Frequency Side: 75 ohms unbalanced or 150 ohms balanced.
ii) VF side: 600 ohms.
iii) Return loss within the: shall not be less than 12 dB
f) Supply voltage: 48 V.D.C. (+ 15% - 10%) with +ve pole earthed. The PLC
terminal shall protect the short circuit of the output terminals of power supply
units to ensure that the unit is switched off from supply without causing any
damage to the power supply unit itself.
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g) Stability of carrier frequency: +/- 5 Hz from its nominal value.
h) Effectively transmitted speech: 0.3 to 3.76 KHz. and data signal frequency
band Should be within.
n) Noise performance:
Noise generated within the terminals. The weighted telephone noise level
measured at the speech output of a pair of PLC terminals without companders
shall not exceed -60 dBm. OP, measurement shall be carried out as per I.E.C.
specification No.495 of 1974.:
o) No. of ports per channel: 1 no. 2W/4W speech port and 4 nos. of data RS232
ports and 1 no. express channel speech port with a suitable telephone set for
analog mode and digital mode it should be 3 speech channels and 4 data ports (for
1200 Baud rate) in 8 KHZ band.
P) The PLC terminals shall be provided with emergency call facilities from the
carrier sets for point-to-point carrier communication and complete with a
telephone suitable for hanging inside the cabinet.
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r) Additional accessories (Dummy Load, testing cables, Laptop with necessary
software, etc.) wherever necessary are to be provided with the PLCC carrier such
that the Transmitter of the PLCC can be looped back to its Receiver to carry out
local testing of the PLCC terminal.
r) Necessary testing cables to be provided for tuning the Trans & receive filter
and doing other tests (like TX & Rx level, speech level, and Data testing) should be
provided along with each PLCC carrier to have the testing facility of PLCC at the
site.
The following tests shall be carried out during Pre FAT in the factory:
i) The carrier link shall be set up by connecting two terminals with an intermediate
circuit simulating actual worst conditions of maximum loss, white loss, and noise
spikes. The system shall perform satisfactorily for all combinations of inputs. This
test shall be carried out for a period of 3 days (Hot Test)
ii) Before and after the above test measurements of input and output values will be
made and the results shall satisfy the requirements indicated in IEC-495.
The bidder shall submit the guaranteed technical particulars of PLC terminals in
accordance with guaranteed technical particulars furnished separately.
It shall be possible for the subscriber at any of the stations to contact the stations
to contact subscriber at all other stations connected in the system as shown in the
specification drawing.
Each PLCC terminal for speech, as well as protection purposes, shall be provided
with a plug-in type service telephone and buzzer
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2.5 High Frequency Cable
High-frequency cable shall connect the coupling device installed in the switchyard to
the PLCC terminal installed indoors.
The cable shall be steel armored and its outer covering shall be protected against
attack by termites.
The impedance of the cable shall be such as to match the impedance of the PLCC
terminal on one side and that of the coupling device on the other side over the
entire carrier frequency range of 40-500 kHz.
The conductor resistance of the cable shall not exceed 16 ohms per Km at 200 C.
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2.6 LIST OF COMMISSIONING TESTS
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3.0 Fiber Optic Terminal Equipment
3.1 General
The fiber optic link shall be based on minimum STM-16-bit rate. The Bidder,
however can propose a system based on higher bit rate systems meeting the fiber
optic link budget requirements. One complete equipment meeting the
specifications requirement in lieu of the separate Fiber Optic Terminal Equipment
and Multiplexer may also be referred to. Mandatory spares for the offered
equipment should be available to the manufacturers.
This technical specification covers the 400kV, 220kV and 132kV requirements of
design, manufacture, works, packing, supply, transportation, transportation,
installation, termination, testing and commissioning, and documentation.
1) Fiber Optic Transmission System (FOTS) suitable for multi-point to multi- point
fiber optic network which can be designed for linear type/mesh type/ring type as
required including optical & electrical interfaces, DDF, racks, synchronization,
Network Management System (NMS) etc.
2) Multiplexer including Voice, data & protection cards to achieve simultaneous
transmission/reception of voice & data from/to one station to/from another two
three, or more stations.
3) All required cabling, wiring, and interconnections to the supplied equipment at the
defined interfaces. All the subscriber channels shall be terminated on the Main
Distribution Frame (MDF).
4) Integration with new DTPC equipment for carrier and tele-protection.
5) Integration with new EPAX.
6) Integration of fiber optic system with power system for power system protection.
The power system signal may be either electrical shall meet CCITT
Recommendation G.703-1 & G.703-6 or optical.
7) Installation of power supply system (48 Volt DC with positive ground) wherever
required.
8) C37.94 Optical interface for connecting to digital protection coupler /to provide
distance and differential protection. 4 no’s port optical interface card required as
per substation requirement.
9) This upper requirement is fulfilled, so consider PDH equipment with a controller
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card, FXO, RS232, E&M, and E1 interface card to be provided for suitable smooth
operation work.
3.4.1 Description
The proposed fiber optic communication network shall support the voice & data
communication requirements of RTUs, SCADA/EMS system Power system
protection, and other operational requirements. The communication system shall
provide data & voice connectivity across the various locations or connectivity of
RTUs with Control Centers (SLDC and Back up SLDC). The RTUs located at various
locations will report to the Control Center using IEC 60870- 5-101 or IEC 60870-5-
104 Protocol. The proposed communication system shall provide connectivity of
some RTUs over TCP/IP protocol using an Ethernet interface and other RTUs over
a serial interface. The offered communication System shall support the
communication requirements of RTUs and the SCADA system described in point-
to-multi-point and/or multipoint-to-multipoint configurations using Ethernet over
SDH.
The fiber optic network shall be based on the Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
having a bit rate of STM-16.SDH Equipment along with suitable interfaces and line
cards etc. Associated termination equipment system including E-1channel banks
and drop–insert multiplexer & subscriber line interface cards. System integration
of supplied sub-system and also integration with existing communication
equipment such as SDH etc.
SDH equipment is considered to be divided into three parts i.e. Optical interface
/SFP, Tributary card (Electrical tributaries such as E1 & Ethernet 10/100Mbps)
base equipment (Consisting of common cards, control cards, Optical base card, and
Power supply cards, sub-rack, cabinet, other hardware and accessories required
for installation of equipment i.e. everything besides optical interface/SFP and
tributary cards).
The Link performance for ES, SES, and BER for the fiber optic links shall
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correspond to the National Network as defined in ITU-T G.826.
The Bidder shall be responsible for connectivity between the FODP (to be provided
under a separate contract) and the Fiber Optic equipment. The Bidder shall
provide suitable patch-cords of suitable length as per requirement. However, min.
length shall be 10 m.
The patch-cord return loss shall be equal to or better than 50 dB and the insertion
loss equal to or better than 0.5 dB. The patch-cord length between the FODP and
equipment rack shall be suitably protected from abrasion, crush, or mechanical
damage otherwise by flexible conduits or equivalent.
The terms Subscriber Line Interface Cards and Subscriber Line Units have been
used interchangeably throughout the specification. Multiple configurations of SLUs
shall be required to provide subscribers to primary multiplexer Bank
interfacing for a variety of voice and data communications.
Digital Tele protection coupler used as one of the two teleportation channels on
the lines between the stations covered under the scope of PLCC supplier. Existing
FOTE Equipment was placed in the Substation control building where whereas
DTPC will placed in the SPR / Bay Control room (approximate distance will be 40-
50m). The connection between Existing FOTE and new FOTE equipment and each
DTPC shall be through Optical fiber. Necessary converter(s) for converting E1
signal to optical fiber at both ends along with FODP shall be in the scope of the
Bidder”. Proper interfacing of the DTPC with Existing FOTE equipment under this
tender shall be ensured by the bidder.
Further, it is confirmed that all drawings/data sheets/QAP/ type test reports shall
be submitted by Bidder for approval.
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The type tests conducted earlier should have either been conducted in an
accredited laboratory (accredited based on ISO / IEC Guide 25 / 17025 or EN
45001 by the NABL.
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Standards
The proposed system and accessories including Power equipment covered by this
specification shall conform to CCITT recommendations; it should also have a valid
TEC approval for ISDN connectivity. The equipment offered shall be of proven
design & performance.
Security
4.1 General
The proposed system shall be a fully hybrid system that supports both Time
Division Multiplexing (TDM) and IP Switching. They should be able to integrate
with public telecom network infrastructure (PSTN/ISDN) and legacy interfaces
(Like E&M). The system shall be fully modular and fully non-blocking type with
distributed architecture and should have provision for hot redundancy of the
main controller unit and power supply unit. The system should have an Auto
attendant (IVR), Voice mail, Call metering, and management software supplied
along with it.
The EPBAX will serve as a network node or terminating exchange for carrier
telephone, for the trunk dialing system on PLCC. It should handle both local and
long-distance traffic.
Electronic EPBAX of the latest design should be offered with suitable
programmable features such as using analog telephone & Laptop.
The electronic EPBAX offered should be capable of operating along with the
existing carrier terminals and existing EPBAX.
The EPBAX should be suitable for connection with new PLCC panel or existing
PLCC panel and Fiber Optic panel simultaneously over E&M, E1 trunk lines at
any station wherever required whatever be the make of PLCC panels and Fiber
Optic Panels.
The exchange should be of modular construction, housed in a sheet steel
cabinet, floor mounting type, and available for operation on 48V DC (+15% -
10%)/230VAC.
The EPBAX should employ TDM-PCM technology with a fully non-blocking
switching system. It should support a minimum of 24 local extensions and 8
E&M Trunk Lines.
Provision for a minimum 8 E&M Trunk Lines and 8 local extensions shall have
to be kept in the EPBAX for future use.
The EPBAX should be provided with conventional modern facilities like dial,
busy, ringing, ring back, and also additional tones such as carrier tones,
interrupted tones, etc.
In addition, the EPBAX must be equipped with priority within the exchange and
priority over Trunk Lines and Transit calls at the distant end.
The EPBAX should have Barred Access to Trunk Lines and Transit calls. The
EPBAX should be able to find 5 alternative switching routes other than the main
route.
The EPBAX must have both 2- 2-digit, 3-digit, 4-digit and 6-digit station-
numbering facility.
The EPBAX should be equipped with modern self-checking diagnostic and
monitoring facilities. Adequate protective devices should be incorporated
wherever necessary.
The work to be carried out under this specification shall consist of the supply,
delivery to site, installation, testing, commission, handover in approved working
order, and maintenance during the liability period of proposed EPPBX systems at
the proposed new substation in this project in accordance condition. The work
also covers commissioning new Systems.
The bidder shall take responsibility for the guaranteed continuous operation of
the complete system. The bidder has to indicate the different equipment offered
and submit the complete technical details of the equipment and accessories for
fulfilling the requirement.
At the new substation (Jewar S/s, Vashundhra S/s, Khaga S/s, and Varanasi S/s,
Tirwa S/S ), a telephone exchange (PABX) of 24 lines shall be provided for
effective communication among various buildings of the substations, remote end
substation and with control centers (SLDC).