Mandate
- The primary mandate of ESD is to provide adequate, high quality, reliable and uninterrupted power required for various needs of the research activities and the infrastructural requirements of the centre. To meet this Electrical Services Division designs, construct, operate, maintain and upgrade Electrical transmission and distribution system keeping in mind the system reliability & safety.
- The division is also responsible for providing state of the art intercom telecommunication services to the plant site as well as for Energy conservation in the Electrical sphere through auditing and implementing various energy conservation measures.
Achievments
- Retrofitting Electro Mechanical relays with Numerical relays in CSS, NCSS-I, PDC-I, PDC-II, PDC-III, PDC-IV, RCL SS, GSB SS and CWS SS
- Commissioning of SCADA based substation monitoring system for CSS bus section A and PDC V substations.
- Commissioning of PDC-X 6.6 kV Indoor sub-station.
- Commissioning & integration of Phase-1 Grid-tied 340 kWp PV solar system at IGCAR parking area
- Commissioning of PDC-VII 11 kV Indoor sub-station.
- Up-gradation of RCL substation DG set & AMF panel.
- Revamping of PCC panel at RCL substation
- Commissioning of Pallavaram DAE Nodal facility 11 kV Indoor sub-station.
- Commissioning & integration of Grid-tied 60 kWp PV solar system at PDC-II substation building
- Commissioning & integration of Grid-tied 60 kWp PV solar system at PDC-VII substation building
- Retrofitting of 33 kV BOCB-4 with VCB at CSS.
- Commissioning & integration of Grid-tied 30 kWp PV solar system at ESG Annex building.
- Commissioning of PDC-IX 11 kV Indoor sub-station.
- Commissioning of PDC-VIII 6.6 kV Indoor sub-station.
- Implementation of energy efficient DC LED light fixtures and fans for Office buildings to improve service life without any major maintenance.
- Implementation of Lighting system with occupancy sensors for Lab/office building to conserve energy.
- Implementaion of Exhaust fan control with weekly Timers for Lab/office building to conserve energy.
- For System Improvement, Numerical Relay being developed by E& IG have been connected in 11 kV panel, CSS on a trial basis.
- For System Improvement, Rear door safety logics by mechanical interlocks have been implemented in CSS (Bus section - B). This will prevent the rear door to be opened without switching Off the CB and with drawing it out-side the cubicle.
Expertise
- ESD is a centralized facility having expertise in providing uninterrupted power supply by maintaining 33 kV Central Switching Station the nodal Sub-station between two generating stations, Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS), BHAVINI & Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) and end users, i.e., all DAE facilities at Kalpakkam. It functions as a nerve centre for electrical distribution network at IGCAR, Kalpakkam. It was commissioned in the year 1977 with single 33 kV Incomer from MAPS to feed off-site power requirements of FBTR and allied labs of the then Reactor Research Centre (RRC).
- It has expertise in power transmission systems and distribution systems. All 33 kV equipment like transformers, breakers, isolators, Current & Potential transformers etc are located in an outdoor switch yard. The switch yard is well designed with various protections like underground earth mat, blue metal stones to bring down step & touch potentials, lightning screen, surge diverters etc in line with Indian and International safety standards. The RCC structures carrying all the equipment have been slightly elaborated.
Infrastructure/Facilities
Cable Route Tracer
Relay Testing KIT-Megger
Relay Testing KIT-Omicron
Insulation Resistance Tester
Low Resistance Measurement Kit
TX Winding Resistance Measurement Kit
415V, 3PH, 400A Testing Transformer
Primary Current Injection Kit
AC-HI Pot Kit
Cables laid in RCC Trench
Replacement of 415 Volts, PCC at RCL Sub-station
Replacement of 415 Volts, PCC at GSB Sub-station, phase-2
Earth leakage current monitoring relay & Retrofitted LV panel for design block building
