LOY YANG B POWER STATIONMorwell, Victoria, Australia A Case Study on KRONE Industrial Wiring Products Scope: Application of KRONE terminal modules within the Instrumentation and Control
Trang 1LOY YANG B POWER STATION
Morwell, Victoria, Australia
A Case Study on KRONE Industrial Wiring Products
Scope: Application of KRONE terminal modules within the Instrumentation
and Control Wiring System of Loy Yang B Power Station Date: February 1996
Prepared by: Martin Breiesser, Sales & Marketing Engineer
Power & Control Division, KRONE (Australia) Technique Pty Limited
Trang 2Project Background
In 1986, the State Electricity
Commission of Victoria (SECV)
commenced the initial design of the
Loy Yang B power station at Morwell
– in the coal rich Latrobe Valley in
Victoria, Australia
The SECV had excellent experience
with the KRONE terminal modules,
used in the telephone distribution
systems at the older Loy Yang A
power station This prompted them
to research the use of KRONE
modules in the instrumentation and
control system of Loy Yang B
During the planning stage, Mr
Chapman of the SECV Cabling and
Layout Section and Mr Kerr of
KRONE (Australia) co-developed a
new range of products The new
products were to accept the cable
types that the SECV were planning
to use and withstand the harsh
environmental conditions of a coal
power station
Previously, all cable terminations for
this area had used traditional screw
type, DIN-rail mounted terminals
(Typically Weidmüller/Klippon
-SAK2.5, SAKR2.5 and SAKT2)
The SECV’s recommendations for the
Loy Yang B specification requested
that: “Industrially standard practice
using commercially standard material
is recommended for all applications
where possible Terminations are
subject to the same constraint to
reduce on-site labour and material
costs where possible.”
With this recommendation in place,
KRONE (Australia) worked with SECV
over the following two years to
develop a complete system concept
for control and instrumentation
wiring
During this time, KRONE had to
convince the engineers, specifiers
and installers at all levels that the
KRONE Insulation Displacement
Connection technology (LSA Plus)
was completely suitable for this
application The major objections
presented to KRONE were overcome
by the development of the Instrumentation Module (accepts up
to 0.9mm2cable) and the KRONE LSA to Screw Module The development of the “S” Tool, to correctly insert and cut the wire was also critical
By 1988, all parties were satisfied with the KRONE system and the specification for cabling was released, nominating LSA Plus terminal modules and associated products
Construction of Loy Yang B commenced in 1990 and the power station was commissioned on-line in
1994
Specifications
Loy Yang B Power Station Constructed by SECV, now owned and operated by Mission Energy
Output: 2x500MW Generators Fuel: Brown coal
Cabling Details: Over 250,000
terminations completed in KRONE LSA Plus technology (turbine house and boiler)
Typical operating voltages 24V and 48V DC
Cabling Contractors: Station and
Boiler cabling contracts installed by Siemens Ltd, Australia
Control Equipment: Bailey Control
and Siemens Ltd, Australia
Cable Details: Multipair
instrumentation cable 2-100 pairs (B50 Procon) manufactured by MM Cables, Australia
Cable strandings: copper 1/0.64,
1/0.9, 7/0.2, 7/0.25, 7/0.30 and 7/0.50
Cable Marshalling Cubicle (CMC)
Cable Route
= KRONE terminal modules installed
Cable Marshalling Cubicle (CMC)
Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
Main Processor
PC/Terminal Man/Machine Interface
Cable Junction Box (CJB)
Instrumentation Junction Box (IJB)
Fig 1: Overview of Instrumentation and Control Cable Marshalling System
Trang 3Cable Marshalling Cubicles
Cable Marshalling Cubicles (CMC)
are designed to marshal
instrumentation cables within the
unit control equipment rooms and
the station control equipment room
The outgoing field cables were
terminated on the bottom side of the
KRONE modules and routed through
the PVC cable ducting
The incoming cables enter through
the top of the enclosure, through the
stand-off brackets and into the rear
of the KRONE backmount frame
The size of the stranded Multipair
instrumentation cable used was
0.5mm2(7/0.30)
The CMC enclosures were specifically
designed by KRONE to maximise the
space savings The cubicle design is
based on the KRONE 600 pair wall
mounted distribution frame with the
jumper ring bars replaced by slotted
PVC cable duct
The contract specified 42 CMC’s to
be installed:
•turbine house cabling 32
•boiler cabling .10
Cable Junction Boxes
Cable Junction Boxes (CJB) are intended for mounting close to major plant items
The CJB’s are used for the connection of small local cables and for marshalling into groups of terminals, separated adequately for differing levels of circuit voltages
The CJB is normally connected to the CMC via a large multicore
instrumentation cable, up to 100 pairs, and to the IJB by multicore instrumentation cable, from 2-20 pairs (usually 0.5mm2, 7/0.30)
The contract specified 176 CJB’s to
be installed in Loy Yang B
•turbine house cabling 120
•boiler cabling 56
Instrumentation Junction Boxes
In the Instrumentation junction Boxes (IJB), sensors, limit switches,
thermocouples and other field devices are directly connected to the plant control circuitry
Often the field devices have very small cables fitted and it is at the IJB that they are interfaced with larger multicore cables such as 2, 4 and 8 pair Often 2.5mm2(7/0.67) cable is used for voltage drop protection The IJB is normally connected to the CJB via multicore instrumentation cables (usually 0.5mm2, 7/0.30) from 2-20 pairs
At the time Loy Yang B, was being constructed, KRONE did not have a product suitable to terminate LV power cable up to 2.5mm2 Since then, KRONE has launched a range of terminal modules,
specifically designed for LV applications (up to 500V) Today, KRONE can offer the TERMINATOR™ System - capable of terminating 0.34 to 2.5mm2wires
CMC enclosures designed by KRONE to maximise space savings
CJB equipped with KRONE Instrumentation Modules and 27-Way Backmount Frames
Trang 4Multicore cable drain wires terminated at top of CMC Layout of KRONE backmount frames and PVC cable
ducting in CMC
Multicore instrumentation cables entering CMC from
cable ladder CMC wiring installation by Siemens tradesman
KRONE Products Used at Loy Yang B Power Station:
Instrumentation Terminal Modules 6468 2 008-00 6864 2664
Side Mounting Label Holders 6462 3 118-00 6992 2704
Pair Commoning Module 6462 2 014-00 .128 40
Backmount Stand-Offs 6460 3 004-01 512 160
27 Way Backmount Frames 6455 2 034-01 .220 112
66 Way Backmount Frames 6450 3 009-00 .128 40
15mm Label Holders 6092 2 012-06 .128 40
Test Module with Test Cord 6037 2 011-01 32 10
Trang 5The KRONE Advantage;
Cost Savings, Reliability and
Flexibility
It is easy to highlight the immediate
benefits that the KRONE LSA Plus
System offers; ie increased
productivity which leads to reduced
installation costs
But the KRONE Insulation
Displacement Connection (IDC)
technique also offers long-term
benefits such as:
• Vibration resistance
• Gas tight, corrosion proof
connections
• Mistake proof system
• Test access*
• Patching*
• Circuit isolation*
• Plug-in overvoltage protection*
*Note: without the need to remove
terminated wires.
Following is a summary of savings
achieved during the construction of
the Loy Yang B power station
All figures quoted are approximate
and are in Australian Dollars The
costs are based on the best available
information at the time of printing
(One KRONE terminal module is
equivalent to 20 through type screw
terminals.)
Floor Space Reduction:
Cost per m2(1988) $5,000 Space savings .45m2
Cost Savings AUD $225,000
Time savings:
per 20 terminations 9 min 380,000 terminations .2,850 hrs
at $35.00 per hour .$99,750
Savings AUD $99,750
Increased Long-term Reliability and Flexibility:
Cost Savings $$$
Time savings of up to 41% are achieved with the KRONE system
Purchase Cost Savings:
KRONE instrum module $10.35
20 screw terminals .$15.00 Savings/20 terminations $4.65
$2.65 x 9696 modules $45,086
Savings AUD $45,086
Estimated Savings
Achieved by Using KRONE
Equipment:
Short-term:
AUD $370,000
Long-term: $$$
Wire wrap
Time Savings 7%
41%
Screw type
KRONE LSA Plus
Advantage 11:
Reduced Installation Time
Time and motion study was conducted by SECV to compare KRONE LSA Plus with other connection techniques
The time to complete 20 terminations (incl cable preparation) was:
• Wire wrap 27 min
• Screw type 25 min
• KRONE LSA Plus 16 min KRONE’s unique mounting system reduces installation time even further
as no end clamps or end plates are required
Advantage 22:
Reduced Purchase Cost
The SECV found the KRONE terminal modules to be very price competitive when compared to screw terminals
of good quality
Furthermore, there is no need to purchase end plates or end clamps
Advantage 33:
Reduced Floor Space
Customised cabinets were designed
to take full advantage of the high density design of the KRONE modular system
It is estimated that the required floor space was reduced by 45m2
Advantage 44:
Increased Long-term Reliability & Flexibility
The long-term reliability and flexibility of the KRONE system will continue to save the operators of Loy Yang B Power Station time and money over many years
Trang 6KRONE Insulation Displacement
Connection (IDC)
The principle of the KRONE LSA-PLUS ® contact with
the 45 O layout:
QGas-tight, self cleaning contact
QFast, simple installation
QConstant contact reliability for 15 years or more
QWorldwide use in telecommunications, data and
electrical networks
How does KRONE LSA-PLUS ® work?
It’s simple!
The multi-function LSA-PLUS®based insertion tool
presses the wire between the flexible jaws of the
contact slot The edges of the slot cut through the
insulation and notch the conductor at two opposite and
offset points, without reducing the cross-section area of
the conductor
Material displacement of the copper conductor and
torsional and restoring forces of the contact jaws lead to
two permanent, gas-tight contact areas
During the insertion process, the insulation is gripped in the plastic ribs of the LSA-PLUS®terminal module, protecting the contact point against vibration and tensile stress
At the same time the integrated scissors cut off the excessive wire length
The result:
A wire is connected in one single operation; it couldn’t
be any simpler, any safer or any quicker
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• Voice & Data Modules 0.4 - 0.8 0.12 - 0.5 26 - 21 150V
• Profil Series 2 Modules 0.65 - 0.9 0.33 - 0.64 22 - 20 150V (Instrumentation Modules)
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