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Specification for a Ship based PFE system

PFE24SB/399

Title: Design Specification for a SB PFE system

Document Number: 80713-1

APPROVAL
Issue A B
Date 03/04/08 04/09/08
ECN Number I-1142 5466R
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Contents
1. Introduction.......................................................................................................... 4
2. Scope .................................................................................................................. 4
3. Glossary .............................................................................................................. 4
4. Definition of Terms .............................................................................................. 4
5. Associated Documents ........................................................................................ 5
5.1. Internal Documents ...................................................................................... 5
5.2. Generic Specifications.................................................................................. 5
6. System Configuration .......................................................................................... 5
7. Power input ......................................................................................................... 6
8. HV Output Electrical Specification ....................................................................... 6
8.1. Power output ................................................................................................ 6
8.2. Voltage ......................................................................................................... 7
8.3. Current ......................................................................................................... 7
8.4. Polarity ......................................................................................................... 7
8.5. Voltage Regulation ....................................................................................... 7
8.6. Current regulation......................................................................................... 8
8.7. Ripple ........................................................................................................... 8
8.8. Temperature Co efficient .............................................................................. 8
8.9. Stability ......................................................................................................... 8
9. General specifications ......................................................................................... 9
10. Equipment Summary ....................................................................................... 9
10.1. General ..................................................................................................... 9
10.2. System Management Terminal ............................................................... 10
10.3. Test Load ................................................................................................ 11
11. Mechanical Details ......................................................................................... 12
11.1. Approximate weights .............................................................................. 12
Appendix 1 Mechanical dimensions.......................................................................... 14

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1. Introduction
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This specification defines the basic specification of the PFE24SB/399 ship based
PFE system. The system is designed to provide 24kWatts i.e. 12kV at 2A. The
PFE will use the Spellman High Voltage Electronics SR6 Series of high voltage
power supplies to derive the high voltage source and provide “redundancy” of the
power converters. The control and monitoring functions of the system will
normally be met by using the custom designed System Management Terminal
(SMT) which incorporates an software based ‘chart recorder’ as well as the
alarms, trips and ramping up and down functions. The system will also allow for
monitoring on the master SR6 unit and, when necessary, controlling of the
system by the master SR6 unit thus providing redundancy within the control. The
complete system provides for a 26.6kWatt capability using the four SR6 power
supplies with constant power performance over the range 9kV to 12kV. This
allows for the system to be operated at reduced numbers of units and achieving
the redundancy in the unlikely event of a failed SR6 unit. To ensure the test load
is not run at over the power level of 24kWatts the test load includes a power
limiting circuit.

2. 1 Scope
The purpose of this specification is to define the requirements for the unit against
which the product will be designed. The draft document is intended to
communicate the intentions of the design team to other parts of the company and
customers, for feedback and comment. The issued specification will be used to
verify the design and form the basis for datasheets and marketing documentation.
3. 2 Glossary

SB - ship based
PFE - power feed equipment
SMT - system management terminal
OVP - over-voltage protection
OCP - over current protection
CTC - cable termination cabinet

4. 3 Definition of Terms
a) Within the scope of the specification the word “shall” is used as an
imperative, i.e. the following text is a mandatory requirement.
b) Within the scope of the specification the word “will” is used to indicate that the
following text shows a high priority, but non-mandatory, requirement.
Deviations from such requirements will be permitted only by a change of
specification.
c) Within the scope of the specification the word “should” is used to indicate
that the following test is advisory. Deviations from such requirements will be
permitted after justification but will not require a change in specification.

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d) Within the scope of the specification the phrase “Normal Operating Conditions”
is used to define conditions under which the power supply will meet full rated
performance.
e) Within the scope of the specification the phrase “Abnormal Operating
Conditions” is used to define conditions under which the power supply will
continue to operate, but certain performance criteria may be degraded.

5. 4 Associated Documents
5.1. 10 Internal Documents

80689-1 SMT for PFE SB specification

5.2. 11 Generic Specifications

5.2.1. Safety
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EN60950 Safety of Information Technology Equipment

5.2.2. EMC 26

EN 55011 /CISPR 11 Limits and Methods of Measurement of RFI

Characteristics of Industrial , Scientific and Medical Apparatus.

IEC 801-1 Electromagnetic compatibility; general introduction

IEC 801-2 Electrostatic discharge requirements

IEC 801-3 Radiated electromagnetic field requirements

IEC 801-4 Electrical fast transient requirements

6. 5 System Configuration

The basic system configuration consists of three racks:-

Rack 1: Power Feed - High Voltage Generators

Clamp/Safety Chassis
Master SR6
Master/Slave SR6
Master/Slave SR6
Master/Slave SR6

Rack 2: Secondary Rack

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System Management Terminal (SMT)

Patch Panel
Autotransformer

Rack 3: Load rack

24kWatt Test Load

7. Power input

In order to cope with different 3 phase supply voltages, the equipment will be
supplied with an Auto Transformer with selectable primary tappings of
380/415/440V. A single phase 230VAC will be derived from the autotransformer
to supply the test load fans and the SMT. Monitoring of input voltage per phase
and Input current per phase is supplied via suitable output connectors on the
autotransformer cabinet.

The power input required is 35kVA, current drawn at full load is 40Amps/phase
maximum, with a 100Amp circuit breaker requirement. The total heat dissipation
at full output power for the PFE and test load combined is 29kWatts.

8. HV Output Electrical Specification

8.1. 12 Power output

24kW maximum.

The table below shows the levels of output current and voltage for the
number of SR6 units. The following are some of the operating
configurations (based on 24kWatts) of the system ensuring operation at
1.6Amps and 2.0Amps:

Output Voltage Output Current Configuration

1 0 – 12kV 2.0A 1 Master, 3 Slaves
2 0 – 12kV 1.6A 1 Master, 2 Slaves
3 0 – 10kV 2.0A 1 Master, 2 Slaves
4 0 – 5kV 2.0A 1 Master, 2 Slaves

Note : These configurations can be operated via both the SMT and the
master SR6. See table in section 8.3 for maximum output current.

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8.2. Voltage
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The output voltage is linearly controllable across the range from zero to a
maximum 12kV with 9.6kV at full current and 12kV at full output power.
Local voltage control is possible via 10-turn potentiometers fitted on the
Master SR6 and remote control via the touch screen on the SMT giving a
resolution of better than 0.1%.

8.3. 14 Current

The output current is linearly controllable across a range from zero to

continuously rated maximums as shown with multiples of SR6's:

No of SR6 modules 5kV 10kV 12kV

1 0.66A 0.66A 0.55A

2 1.28A 1.28A 1.10A
3 2.00A 2.00A 1.65A
4 2.64A 2.64A 2.20A

Local current control is available via 10-turn potentiometers fitted on the

Master SR6 and remote control is via the touch screen on the SMT giving
a resolution of control over the complete output current range to 1mA.

Note : The PFE is capable of operating in either Constant Current or

Constant Voltage mode as required by the operator.

8.4. Polarity
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The complete system will be capable of being reversed in polarity by

simply altering the position of a plug-in module at the rear of each SR6 and
the safety/clamp chassis after powering down of the system. The system
is protected until all the polarity modules are set correctly. The method to
select the configurations and the polarity change will be of rugged
construction and easily carried out. The selected polarity of each of the
three chassis will be displayed on the Master chassis front panel and the
system polarity will be shown SMT.

8.5. 16 Voltage Regulation

Load: 0.01% of full voltage for full load change

Line: +/-0.005% of full voltage +500mV over specified input range

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8.6. 17 Current regulation

Load: 0.05% of full current for any voltage change

Line: +/-0.05% of full current over specified input range

8.7. 18 Ripple
<0.25% pk-pk of maximum output, voltage or current regulated.

8.8. 19 Temperature Co efficient

< 100ppm oC-1

8.9. 20 Stability
Typically <0.02% per 8 hrs, at constant temperature after 1 hour warm
up.

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9. 6 General specifications

a) Digital Displays for both voltage and current is provided on the SMT and the
Master SR6 derived directly from the PFE output with an accuracy of better
than 0.5%. Test points are also provided on the Master SR6 front panel for
both current and voltage, to enable these to be measured with an external
high impedance meter and shall be scaled so that 1.20V = 12kV for voltage
and 0.1V = 1A for current.

b) The reversible Safety/Clamp Chassis is used in all configurations. The

Safety/Clamp Chassis includes the high voltage protection diodes and the
emergency output shorting relay. The output connector (15kV Lemo) and
earth return connection will be mounted on the rear of the clamp chassis.

c) The Master SR6 will incorporate a ramp up facility, the Ramp Rate controlled
by a front panel mounted potentiometer covering the similar range to the
SMT ramp rates with minimum ramp time of <6 minutes, while the maximum
ramp time is >48minutes.

d) There will be an Emergency Stop Button on the Master SR6 Unit and SMT.
There will also be contact points available on a terminal at the rear of the
main cabinet where further Emergency Stop circuits can be added.

e) Indication of Voltage and Current will be shown on the Master SR6 by 3½

Digit panel meters. The voltage shown will be the true output voltage and the
current will be the total current drawn by all the SR6's.

f) The Master Unit Front Panel will provide adjustable Over-voltage Protection
(OVP) and Over-current Protection (OCP) with test point terminals to
calibrate these settings.

g) The PFE has the capability of operating in either Single or Double End Feed
mode.

h) Each SR6 can be configured as either a master or slave to provide the

capacity of operational redundancy.

10. 7 Equipment Summary

10.1. General
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The PFE will be supplied in enclosed racks with shelves to hold four SR6s,
and a Clamp Chassis. The SMT is to be used for normal operation of the
Power Feed and can be supplied to run either in the secondary rack or run
remotely up to 75m away. The Master Spare Unit will provide a back up in

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case of failure of the main PFE Master Unit and installed in the secondary
rack.

The equipment is supplied such that the cooling fans permit continuous
running at the temperatures stated. In the event of a cooling fan failure, a
facility is provided to activate an alarm output. The equipment will self
protect and shutdown the PFE should the temperature rise above a
predetermined level. The customer should ensure that the ambient
temperature does not exceed 30°C.

A Patch Panel will be supplied with 15kV rated Lemo connectors

connected to the SR6's, the test load, CTC and local and system Earths.
Jumper leads will allow interconnection as required for PFE to Dummy
Load or to any one of the CTCs (currently only specified as 1 off) and for
the Ships Anode to Ground(Ships Hull Earth). Included in the Patch Panel
is the connectors for low voltage power supply (2 connectors) and the DC
Patch Panel connectors(6 off). The Patch Panel to be installed in the
secondary rack.

10.2. System Management Terminal

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The SMT incorporates the features to control and monitor the PFE via a
touch creen interface. Alarms will be fitted with a mute override facility and
there is an emergency stop button included on the front panel. In addition
to these features there are ramp Up/Down controls to allow control of the
voltage at a set rate determined by the operator at rates up to 10,000V per
minute. Polarity indication is also displayed

The SMT can be fitted within the Power Feed Equipment Rack or run
remotely and supplied with a remote control cable of up to 75metres in
length. The basic facilities available on the SMT comprise the following:

a) HV Switch ON/OFF.

b) Voltage control from either manual or autoramp controls and Current

control from manual control.

c) Digital meter indication of output volts to 1 Volt definition and output

current to 1 mAmp definition. A two stage alarm/trip system for both
line current and line voltage giving an audible alarm from the first
preset level and a PFE output adjustable trip up to 10% for the second
preset level. There is indication of status of trips and alarms as well as
adjustment for both line current and line voltage.

d) Output Voltage polarity indication prior to HV switch on.

e) An ‘electronic’ chart recorder which will record line output current and

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line output voltage.

i) Line output current,

ii) Line output voltage
iii) Percentage voltage variation(0±20%)
iv) Percentage current variation(0±10%).

This recorder is capable of displaying real time measured data on the

touch screen and can save data onto a USB memory stick. The data
saved can imported into Excel or other spreadsheet packages to allow
processing on a PC.This also allows a PC to display waveforms on its
screen and print out the waveforms.

f) Continuous monitoring of the Power Feed Rack Temperature.

g) Deviation monitoring of the set levels of both current and voltage on

edgewise meters.

10.3. Test Load

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The test load will be an active solid state design allowing the load to be
dynamically varied using manual front panel control or remotely allowing
input voltages from 750V to 12,000VDC. The power is dissipated in
element cards fitted into a backplane at the rear of the unit. These element
cards consist of FET’s fitted to aluminium based printed circuit boards.
This arrangement allows optimum transfer of power into a cooling air flow
of approximately 1m3/second. The FET’s are arranged in a fault tolerant
series parallel configuration where a single failure on an element card will
not result in complete failure of the load. The dummy load is provided with
air cooling by a fan and if the fan should fail this will result in a shut down
of the dummy load to a safe condition.

The maximum load current is limited to 2.5Amps with a maximum input

voltage of 12kV where the input power is limited to 24kWatts by tripping of
the Power Feed. Manual control of the dummy load impedance is achieved
using a front panel digital potentiometer or can be remotely controlled
using a 0 to 10VDC input signal. The front panel has the following controls
and indicators:

Power on Indicator
Fan on Indicator
Over temperature Indicator
Emergency stop Switch/Indicator
Impedance control 10 Turn Digidial

The exhaust air temperature is a maximum of 20°C above ambient under

full load conditions. The air intake has a washable filter.

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PFE Operation and control modes

The Control of the PFE can be by any of the following methods:

l.) Remote /Manual Control - The SMT to control up to four SR6's, with one SR6
configured to Master mode and the others as Slaves.

2) Local/Manual Control - A front controlled Master to control itself and up to three

other SR6's configured as Slaves.

11. 8 Mechanical Details

The mechanical configuration is three racks, where the maximum dimensions

are:

Rack 1 1760mm height x 600mm width x 800mm depth

Rack 2 1464mm height x 600mm width x 800mm depth
Rack 3 915mm height x 600mm width x 800mm depth

Refer to appendix 1 for mechanical outline.

Deck mounting details are also shown in appendix 1.

Various options are available to duct hot air out of the PFE cabinets however
extraction of air out of the room in which the PFE is mounted is the
responsibility of the customer.

The cabinets are of proven all steel construction suitable for shipborne use.
The cabinet colour is normally two tone grey RAL 7035 and RAL 7036 but
other options are available.

11.1. Approximate weights

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Rack 1 - Consisting of:

SR6'sX3081 4 off at 40kg each = 160kg

Clamp Chassis 45kg
Fan 10kg
Rack 85kg

Rack 1 total 300kg

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Rack 2 - Consisting of:

System Management Terminal 15kg

Patch Panel 10kg
Rack 75kg
Autotransformer 225kg

Rack 2 total 325kg

Rack 3 - Consisting of:

24kWatt Test Load 100kg

Rack 55kg
Rack 3 total 155kg

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HOT AIR EXPELLED

FROM TOP
POWER FEED
CABINET

CLAMP
CHASSIS

MASTER
* SMT

SLAVE
DOOR
176 PATCH
PANEL
146
SLAVE

SLAVE DUMMY 91

AUT
TRANSFORMER

60 60 60

80
* Can be positioned remotely and a blank panel in place.

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600 REF 600 REF 600 REF

115 370 115 370 115

115 370 115

115
570
115
150
MIN POSITION OF FIXING POINTS

TOLERANCE ON ALL DIMENSIONS ±3mm

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