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INSTRUMENTATION CABLE, CONTROL & POWER SUPPLY CABLE,

INTERNAL WIRING AND ELECTRICAL FIELD CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL

General requirements

 All cables including special cables, internal wiring and electrical field construction material shall
conform to this specification, Employer approved detail engineering drawings & documents and
the latest edition of the relevant standards & guidelines. The Bidder shall furnish all material and
services required for the completeness of the work identified in his scope as per this specification.

 The Contractor shall supply, erect, terminate and test all instrumentation cables for control and
instrumentation equipment/devices/systems included under Contractor's scope and ensuring
completeness of the control system.

 Any other application where it is felt that instrumentation cables are required due to
system/operating condition requirements, are also to be provided by Contractor.

 Other type of cables like fiber optic/co-axial cables for system bus, cables for connection of
peripherals etc. (under Contractor's scope) are also to be furnished by the Contractor.

 Contractor shall supply all cable erection and laying hardware from the main trunk routes like
branch cable trays/sub-trays, supports, flexible conduits, cable glands, lugs, pull boxes etc. on as
required basis for all the systems covered under this specification.

 Wherever the quantity has been defined as on as required basis, the same are to be furnished by
contractor on as required basis within his quoted lump sum price without any further cost
implication to the Employer.

SPECIFICATION OF INSTRUMENTATION CABLE

Common Requirements

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Specific Requirements

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Note: Heat resistant instrumentation cable shall have same specification as of G/F type instrumentation
cable as specified above, except that insulation and outer sheath material shall be Teflon and cable shall
be suitable for continuous operation at 205 Deg. C.

SPECIFICATION OF OPTICAL FIBER CABLES (OFC)

Optic Fiber cable shall be 4/8/12 core, Electrolytically chrome plated corrugated steel taped (ECCST),
fully water blocked with dielectric central member for outdoor/indoor application so as to prevent any
physical damage. The cable shall have multiple single-mode or multi-mode fibers on as required basis
so as to avoid the usage of any repeaters. The outer sheath shall have Flame Retardant, UV resistant
properties and are to be identified with the manufacturer’s name, year of manufacturer, progressive
automatic sequential on-line marking of length in meters at every meter.

The cable core shall have suitable characteristics and strengthening for prevention of damage during
pulling viz. Dielectric central member, Loose buffer tube design, 4 fibers per buffer tube (minimum),
Interstices and buffer tubes duly filled with Thixotropic jelly etc. The cable shall be suitable for a
maximum tensile force of 2000 N during installation, and once installed, a tensile force of 1000 N
minimum. The compressive strength of cable shall be 3000 N minimum& crush resistance 4000 N
minimum. The operating temperature shall be – 20 deg. C to 70 deg.C

All testing of the fiber optic cable being supplied shall be as per the relevant IEC, EIA and other
international standards.

Bidder to ensure that minimum 100% cores are kept as spares in all types of optical fibre cables.

Cables shall be suitable for laying in conduits, ducts, trenches, racks and under ground buried
installation.

Spliced / Repaired cables are not acceptable.

Penetration of water resistance and impact resistance shall be as per IEC standard.

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SPCIFICATION OF LT POWER SUPPLY CABLES

All standards, specifications and codes of practice referred to herein shall be the latest editions including
all applicable official amendments and revisions as on date of opening of bid. In case of conflict between
this specification and those (IS: codes, standards, etc.) referred to herein, the former shall prevail. All
the cables shall conform to the requirements of the following standards and codes:

IS: 1554 - I PVC insulated (heavy duty) electric cables for working voltages upto and including 1100V.
IS: 3961 Recommended current ratings for cables
IS: 3975 Low carbon galvanized steel wires, formed wires and tapes for armouring of cables.
IS: 5831 PVC insulation and sheath of electrical cables.
IS: 7098 (Part -I) Cross linked polyethylene
insulated PVC sheathed cables for working voltages upto and including 1100V.
IS: 8130 Conductors for insulated electrical cables and flexible cords.
IS: 10418 Specification for drums for electric cables.
IS: 10810 Methods of tests for cables.
ASTM-D -2843 Standard test method for density of smoke from the burning or decomposition of
plastics.
IEC-754
(Part-I) Tests on gases evolved during combustion of electric cables.
IEC-332 Tests on electric cables under fire conditions. Part-3: Tests on bunched wires or cables
(Category-B).

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

The cables shall be suitable for laying on racks, in ducts, trenches, conduits and underground buried
installation with chances of flooding by water.

All cables including EPR cables shall be flame retardant, low smoke (FRLS) type designed to withstand
all mechanical, electrical and thermal stresses developed under steady state and transient operating
conditions as specified elsewhere in this specification.

Aluminium conductor used in power cables shall have tensile strength of more than 100 N/ sq.mm.
Conductors shall be stranded.

XLPE insulation shall be suitable for a continuous conductor temperature of 90 deg.C and short circuit
conductor temperature of 250 deg C. PVC insulation shall be suitable for continuous conductor
temperature of 70 deg C and short circuit conductor temperature of 160 deg. C.

The cable cores shall be laid up with fillers between the cores wherever necessary.

It shall not stick to insulation and inner sheath. All the cables, other than single core unarmoured cables,
shall have distinct extruded PVC inner sheath of black colour as per IS: 5831.

For single core armoured cables, armouring shall be of aluminium wires/ formed wires. For multicore
armoured cables, armouring shall be of galvanized steel as follows:

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Calculated nominal dia. of cable under armour Size and Type of armour

Upto 13 mm 1.4mm dia GS wire

Above 13 & upto 25mm 0.8 mm thick GS formed wire / 1.6 mm dia
GS wire

Above 25 & upto 40 mm 0.8mm thick GS formed wire / 2.0mm dia

GS wire

Above 40 & upto 55mm 1.4 mm thick GS formed wire /2.5mm dia
GS wire

Above 55 & upto 70 mm 1.4mm thick GS formed wire / 3.15mm dia

GS wire

Above 70mm 1.4 mm thick GS formed wire / 4.0 mm dia

GS wire

The aluminium used for armouring shall be of H4 grade as per IS: 8130 with maximum resistivity of
0.028264 ohm mm2 per meter at 20 deg C. The sizes of aluminium armouring shall be same as indicated
above for galvanized steel.

The gap between armour wires / formed wires shall not exceed one armour wire / formed wire space
and there shall be no cross over / over-riding of armour wire / formed wire. The minimum area of
coverage of armouring shall be 90%. The breaking load of armour joint shall not be less than 95% of
that of armour wire / formed wire. Zinc rich paint shall be applied on armour joint surface of G.S.wire/
formed wire.

Outer sheath shall be of PVC as per IS: 5831 & black in colour. In addition to meeting all the
requirements of Indian standards referred to, outer sheath of all the cables shall have the following
FRLS properties.

(a.) Oxygen index of min. 29 (as per IS 10810 Part-58).

(b.) Acid gas emission of max. 20% (as per IEC-754-I).
(c.) Smoke density rating shall not be more than 60 % (as per ASTMD-2843).

Cores of the cables shall be identified by colouring of insulation. Following colour scheme shall be
adopted:

1 core - Red, Black, Yellow or Blue

2 core - Red & Black
3 core - Red, Yellow & Blue
4 core - Red, Yellow, Blue and Black

For reduced neutral conductors, the core shall be black

In addition to manufacturer's identification on cables as per IS, following marking shall also be provided
over outer sheath.
(a.) Cable size and voltage grade - To be embossed
(b.) Word 'FRLS' at every 5 metre - To be embossed
(c.) Sequential marking of length of the cable in metres at every one metre
-To be embossed / printed

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The embossing shall be progressive, automatic, in line and marking shall be legible and indelible. For
EPR cables identification shall be printed on outer sheath.

All cables shall meet the fire resistance requirement as per Category-B of IEC 332 Part-3.

Allowable tolerances on the overall diameter of the cables shall be +\-2 mm maximum, over the declared
value in the technical data sheets.

In plant repairs to the cables shall not be accepted. Pimples, fish eye, blow holes etc. are not acceptable.

Cable selection & sizing:

Cables shall be sized based on the following considerations:
(a) Rated current of the equipment.
(b) The voltage drop in the cable, during motor starting condition, shall be limited to 10% and during
full load running condition, shall be limited to 3% of the rated voltage.
(c) Short circuit withstand capability
This will depend on the feeder type. For a fuse protected circuit, cable should be sized to withstand
the let-out energy of the fuse. For breaker controlled feeder, cable shall be capable of withstanding
the system fault current level for total breaker tripping time inclusive of relay pickup time.

Cable lengths shall be considered in such a way that straight through cable joints are avoided.

All Cables shall be of armoured type.

All LT power cables of sizes more than 120 sq.mm shall be XLPE insulated and sizes shall be of
1Cx150, 1Cx300, 1Cx630, 3Cx150 & 3Cx240 sq.mm. However for cable sizes up to 120 sq.mm both
XLPE insulated & PVC insulated LT power cables are acceptable.

Same cable sizes to be used for same type & rating of motor i.e. if there are three pumps for one
application, all three pumps motor should be provided with same cables sizes.

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Type Tests

The reports for the following type tests shall be submitted for one size each of LT XLPE and LT PVC
Power cables. Size shall be decided by the employer during detailed engineering:

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LT CONTROL CABLES

All standards, specifications and codes of practice referred to herein shall be the latest editions including
all applicable official amendments and revisions as on date of opening of bid. In case of conflict between
this specification and those (IS : codes, standards, etc.) referred to herein, the former shall prevail. All
the cables shall conform to the requirements of the following standards and codes:

IS :1554 - I PVC insulated (heavy duty) electric cables for working voltages up to and including 1100V.
IS : 3961 Recommended current ratings for cables
IS : 3975 Low carbon galvanized steel wires, formed wires and tapes for armouring of cables.
IS : 5831 PVC insulation and sheath of electrical cables.
IS : 8130 Conductors for insulated electrical cables and flexible cords.
IS : 10418 Specification for drums for electric cables.
IS : 10810 Methods of tests for cables.
ASTM-D –2843 Standard test method for density of smoke from the burning or decomposition of
plastics.
IEC-754 (Part-I) Tests on gases evolved during combustion of electric cables.
IEC-332 Tests on electric cables under fire conditions. Part-3: Tests on bunched wires or cables
(Category-B).

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
The cables shall be suitable for laying on racks, in ducts, trenches, conduits and underground buried
installation with chances of flooding by water.

All cables including EPR cables shall be flame retardant, low smoke (FRLS) type designed to withstand
all mechanical, electrical and thermal stresses develop under steady state and transient operating
conditions as specified elsewhere in this specification.

Conductor of control cables shall be made of stranded, plain annealed copper.

PVC insulation shall be suitable for continuous conductor temperature of 70 deg C and short circuit
conductor temperature of 160 deg. C.

The cable cores shall be laid up with fillers between the cores wherever necessary. It shall not stick to
insulation and inner sheath. All the cables, other than single core unarmoured cables, shall have distinct
extruded PVC inner sheath of black colour as per IS: 5831.

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For multicore armoured cables, the armouring shall be of galvanized steel as follows:
Calculated nominal dia
of cable under armour Size and Type of armour
Up to 13 mm 1.4mm dia GS wire
Above 13 upto 25 mm 0.8 mm thick GS formed wire / 1.6 mm dia GS wire
Above 25 upto 40 mm 0.8mm thick GS formed wire / 2.0mm dia GS wire
Above 40 upto 55mm 1.4 mm thick GS formed wire/2.5mm dia GS wire
Above 55 upto 70 mm 1.4mm thick GS formed wire / 3.15mm dia GS wire
Above 70mm 1.4 mm thick GS formed wire / 4.0 mm dia GS wire

The gap between armour wires / formed wires shall not exceed one armour wire / formed wire space
and there shall be no cross over / over-riding of armour wire / formed wire. The minimum area of
coverage of armouring shall be 90%. The breaking load of armour joint shall not be less than 95% of
that of armour wire / formed wire. Zinc rich paint shall be applied on armour joint surface.

Outer sheath shall be of PVC as per IS: 5831 and grey in colour. In addition to meeting all the
requirements of Indian Standards referred to, outer sheath of all the cables shall have the following
FRLS properties.
(a.) Oxygen index of min. 29. (As per IS 10810 Part-58)
(b.) Acid gas emission of max. 20% (As per IEC-754-I)
(c.) Smoke density rating shall not be more than 60% during Smoke Density Test as per ASTMD-2843.

Cores of the cables of upto 5 cores shall be identified by colouring of insulation. Following colour
scheme shall be adopted.
1 core - Red, Black, Yellow or Blue
2 core - Red & Black
3 core - Red, Yellow & Blue
4 core - Red, Yellow, Blue and Black
5 core - Red, Yellow, Blue, Black and Grey

For cables having more than 5 cores, core identification shall be done by numbering the insulation of
cores sequentially, starting by number 1 in the inner layer (e.g. say for 10 core cable, core numbering
shall be from 1 to 10). The number shall be printed in Hindu-Arabic numerals on the outer surfaces of
the cores. All the numbers shall be of the same colour, which shall contrast with the colour of insulation.
The colour of insulation for all the cores shall be grey only. The numerals shall be legible and indelible.
The numbers shall be repeated at regular intervals along the core, consecutive numbers being inverted
in relation to each other. When the number is a single numeral, a dash shall be placed underneath it. If

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the number consists of two numerals, these shall be disposed one below the other and a dash placed
below the lower numeral. The spacing between consecutive numbers shall not exceed 50 mm.

In addition to manufacturer's identification on cables as per IS, following marking shall also be provided
over outer sheath:
(a.) Cable size and voltage grade - To be embossed
(b.) Word 'FRLS' at every 5 metre - To be embossed
(c.) Sequential marking of length of the cable in metres at every one metre - To be embossed / printed.
The embossing / printing shall be progressive, automatic, in line and marking shall be legible and
indelible. For EPR cables identification shall be printed on outer sheath.

All cables shall meet the fire resistance requirement as per Category-B of IEC- 332 Part-3.

Allowable tolerances on the overall diameter of the cables shall be +\-2 mm maximum over the declared
value in the technical data sheets.

In plant repairs to the cables shall not be accepted. Pimples, fish eye, blow holes etc. are not acceptable.

Cable selection & sizing

Control cables shall be sized based on the following considerations:

(a) The minimum conductor cross-section shall be 1.5 sq.mm.
(b) The minimum number of spare cores in control cables shall be as follows:
No. of cores in cable Min. No. of spare cores
2C, 3C NIL
5C 1
7C-12C 2
14C & above 3

Cable lengths shall be considered in such a way that straight through cable joints are avoided.

All Cables shall be of armoured type.

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INSTRUMENTATION CABLE INTERCONNECTION AND TERMINATION
PHILOSOPHY

The cable interconnection philosophy to be adopted shall be such that extensive grouping of signals by
large scale use of field mounted Group Junction Boxes (JBs) at strategic locations (where large
concentration of signals are available, e.g. valves limit & torque switches, switchgear) is done and
consequently cable with higher number of pairs are extensively used. The details of termination to be
followed are mentioned in the given Table A.

TABLE A: CABLE TERMINATION TO BE FOLLOWED

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Notes:

1. Normally 10% spare cores shall be provided when the numbers of pairs of cables are more than
four pairs, except for pre-fabricated cables which shall be as per manufacturer’s standard.
2. For analog signals, individual pair shielding & overall shielding & for Binary signals, only overall
shielding of instrumentation cables shall be provided.
3. * For high temperature applications only.
4. For connection between field/JB and DDCMIS marshalling cabinet Minimum 4 pair
instrumentation cable shall be used.
5. All the spare cores of instrumentation cable have to be terminated in Marshalling cabinets/ DCS
panel end.
6. Not used.

TERMINAL BLOCKS:

Terminal blocks shall be rail mounted/post mounted, cage clamp type with high quality non-flammable
insulating material of melamine suitable for working temperature of 105 deg.

The terminal blocks in field mounted junction boxes, temperature transmitters, instrument
enclosures/racks, etc., shall be suitable for cage clamp connections. The terminal blocks in Control
Equipment Room logic/termination/marshalling cubicles shall be suitable for post mounted cage clamp
connection at the field input end. The exact type of terminal blocks to be provided by the Bidder and
the technical details of the same including width etc. shall be subject to Employer’s approval.

All the terminal blocks shall be provided complete with all required accessories including assembly
rail, locking pin and section, end brackets, partitions, small partitions, transparent covers, support
brackets, distance sleeves, warning label, marking, etc.

The marking on terminal strips shall correspond to the terminal numbering on wiring diagrams. At least
20% spare unused terminals shall be provided everywhere including local junction boxes, instrument
racks/enclosures, termination/marshalling cabinets, etc. All terminal blocks shall be numbered for
identification and grouped according to the function.

Engraved labels shall be provided on the terminal blocks.

The terminal blocks shall be arranged with at least 100 mm clearance between two sets of terminal
blocks and between terminal blocks and junction box walls.

INTERNAL PANELS/ SYSTEM CABINETS WIRING

Internal panel/cabinet wiring shall be of multi-stranded copper conductor with FRLS PVC insulation
without shield and outer sheath meeting the requirements of VDE 0815.

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All internal wires shall be provided with tag and identification nos. etched on tightly fitted ferules at
both ends. All wires directly connected to trip devices shall be distinguished by one additional red
colour ferrule.

All external connection shall be made with one wire per termination point. Wires shall not be tapped or
spliced between terminal points.

All floor slots of desk/panels/cabinets used for cable entrance shall be provided with removable
gasketed gland plates and sealing material. Split type grommets shall be used for prefabricated cables.

All the special tools as may be required for solder less connections shall be provided by Bidder.

Wire sizes to be utilised for internal wiring.

(i) Current (4-20 mA), low voltage signals (48V);

Ammeter/Voltmeter circuit, control switches etc.
for electrical system. 0.5 Sq.mm.

(ii) Power supply and internal illumination. 2.5Sq.mm. minimum (shall be as

per load requirement).

INSTRUMENTATION CABLE INSTALLATION AND ROUTING

All cables assigned to a particular duct/conduit shall be grouped and pulled in simultaneously using
cable grips and suitable lubricants. Cables removed from one duct/conduit shall not be reused without
approval of Employer.

Cables shall be segregated as per IEEE Std.-422. In vertically stacked trays, the higher voltage cable
shall be in higher position and instrumentation cable shall be in bottom tier of the tray stack. The
distance between instrumentation cables and those of other system shall be as follows:

From 11 kV/6.6 kV/3.3 kV tray system - 914 mm

From 415V tray system - 610 mm
From control cable tray system - 305 mm

Cables shall terminate in the enclosure through cable glands. All cable glands shall be properly
gasketed. Sealing (to prevent ingress of dust entry and propagation of fire) shall be provided for all floor
slots used for cable entrance. Compression cable glands (double for armoured and single for other
cables) shall be provided.

The cables emanating from redundant equipment/devices shall be routed through different paths. The
above segregation of cables & wiring for redundant equipment’s/devices shall be in accordance with
IEEE-Std-422.

CABLE LAYING AND ACCESSORIES

CABLE LAYING

1 Cables shall be laid strictly in line with cable schedule.

2 Identification tags for cables.

Indelible tags to be provided at all terminations, on both sides of wall or floor crossing, on each
conduit/duct/pipe entry/exit, and at every 20 m in cable trench/tray.

3 Cable tray numbering and marking.

To be provided at every 10m and at each end of cable way & branch connection.

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4 No jointing is permissible for Instrumentation cables. For other cables jointing for more than 250
Meters run of cable shall be permitted.

5 Buried cable protection

With concrete slabs; Route markers at every 20 Meters along the route & at every bend.

6 Segregation (physical isolation to prevent fire jumping)

All cable associated with the unit shall be segregated from cables of other Units.

Interplant cables of station auxiliaries and unit critical drives shall be segregated in such a way that not
more than half of the drives are lost in case of single incident of fire.

7 Cable clamping

All cables laid on trays shall be neatly dressed up & suitably clamped/tied to the tray. For cables in
trefoil formation, trefoil clamps shall be provided.

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