SUPPLY OF CARRIER PROTECTION COUPLER TYPE NSD-50

(I) GENERAL :
Indoor PLCC Equipments are required for important 400KV,
220KV and 132KV Sub/station for Speech, Data Transmission,
Protection and Teleprinter Links.

(II) GENERAL REQUIREMENT :

The equipments shall be of latest components, technology and
highly reliable. The equipments offered must have been type tested.

(III) SCOPE OF SUPPLY :

Protection Couplers NSD-50 with three modules

shall be supplied along with fixing channel, required accessories
and the terminal blocks fully wired complete in all respect with
identification mark. The carrier protection shall be integrated with
carrier terminal by just inserting the modules in respective slots of
carrier terminal. You will have to impart free training of
protection coupler type NSD-50 along with ETL version
carrier equipments to at least 3 to 4 telecom engineers of
G.E.T.C.O to get acquainted with the technology for our new
incumbents.

(IV) SPECIFICATION :

The equipments to be supplied under this specification shall

function satisfactorily under tropical, hot, humid, salty and chemically
polluted climatic condition with adverse temperature condition. The
equipment shall be manufactured and tested as per latest national or
international standard (IS, IEC, CCITT, CIGRE, etc.) whichever is better.
This will be clearly brought out by the bidder. The equipments offered
shall confirm to, but not limited to following standards.

(1) IEC 495 - Single sideband Power Line Carrier Terminals.

(2) IEC 834-1/1988 - Performance & Testing of teleprotection

(Part-I) equipments of Power system - Narrow band
Command system.
(3) IEC 68-2-3/1969 - Environmental Testing Part-2 Tests section-3
Test Ca: Damp heat steady state.

In addition to the above, the carrier Protection coupler shall

be manufactured and supplied detailed as under:

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(IV)(A) TELE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT :

The bidder shall offer Teleprotection Equipment which works on

coded and un-coded signal principle for transmission/reception of
protection signal detailed as under. The equipment shall be suitable for;
connection to the Power line carrier terminal for remote end
tripping/blocking on permissive and Direct Tripping signals to be
transmitted through single PLCC Channel. The requirement is as under: -

(a) Teleportation Equipment with 4 commands.

It should be suitable for permissive and direct trip carrier aided

protection scheme.

The command should be either All coded

OR
Two coded + Two uncoded commands.

It should work in full-duplex mode for both 2/4-command versions.

The Tele-Protection Equipment shall have provision for: -

Requirement

Signal Condition Two Four

Inputs/Outputs Command Command
Equipment Equipment
No. of starting (D.C. Isolated 48V-
inputs 250V DC & <10 mA 2 4
No. of command inputs
Command O/P using DC isolated, N/O
solid state relays contact 250VDC, <2A 2 4
Command O/P for 2 N/O contact
unblocking outputs 250V DC, 10W 2 4
Alarm Outputs 250V D.C.150 Watts 4* 4*
Counters Separate for each Tx and Rx Commands
Power supply Working from PLC Terminal 48V DC
(+ 20% ,- 15%)

* 2 Common alarms, N/O OR N/C contact

1 Transmitter alarm, N/O contact
1 Receiver alarm, N/O contact

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The network protection signaling equipment shall not be only

insensitive to corona noise, but shall also remain unaffected by
impulse type noises which are generated by electrical discharge and
by the opening and closing of circuit breakers, isolators, earthing
switches etc. In the offer, bidder shall clearly explain as to what
measures have been taken to make the equipment insensitive to
corona noise, white noise and to impulse noise of amplitude larger
than the wanted signal and submit full test reports.
The equipment shall be unaffected by spurious tripping signals.
The Bidder shall submit proof as to how this is achieved satisfactorily.
The equipment shall be suitable for transmission of direct and
permissive trip signal for protection of power lines and Sub-station
Equipments. The equipment shall operate in the audio frequency
range in speech band (0 to 2000 HZ). The protection signaling
equipment shall be of solid-state design, modular in construction and
have a proven operating record in similar application over EHV systems,
with motherboard construction.
The carrier protection channels shall be engineered in such a
manner that time interval between receipt of a tripping/blocking
command from the protection relays on the transmit side by its
transmission over the carrier link, reception at the far end and giving of
the commands to trip relays at the distance end shall not exceed 20 msec
for permissive tripping and 30 msec. for direct tripping even for the
longest line section. Operating time lower than specified above may be
preferred provided they fulfill the requirements of security and reliability
as below & also meet the requirement of the standard IEC 834-1 first
edition 1988 & latest amendment if any.
For For
Permissive Trip Direct Trip
(Uncoded) (Coded)

False - Trip probability < 2x10-4 < 10-12

(Noise burst of any amplitude)

Fail to trip probability < 5x10-1 < 10-2

For S/N 6db in 4 kHz Band
(White Noise Measurement)
It may be emphasized that specified time, as mentioned above, is
composed of the following:
(a) Back - to - Back signal delay in Frequency shift or coded signal
protection equipment.
(b) Back - to - Back delay in PLC terminal.
(c) Delay in transmission line.

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(d) Operation time of inter posing relay, if any, frequency shift or

coding equipment.
It has to be ensured that under no circumstance protection channel
should share the power. Each protection channel shall be able to transmit
power for which system is designed. For example, a 20 W PLC terminal
shall transmit 20 watt (max) for protection channel alone in the event of
fault. Speech and superimposed data channels, in the same protection
terminal must get disconnected momentarily during the protection
signaling transmission.

The equipment shall be constructed such that in permissive line

protection system, operational reliability of the protection channel may be
checked over the carrier link from end to end and by means of a loop test.
It shall be possible to carry out the above tests from either end of the
carrier link. During healthy condition of the transmission line, the loop
test shall not initiate a tripping command. In the event of a system fault,
while loop test is in progress, protection signal shall over ride the test
signal. In the receiver section of Carrier protection signaling equipment
the FSK signal shall be converted in to the coded pulses (i.e Bit Pattern)
and evaluated digitally before giving final output command to tripping
relays or relay protection equipments to achieve high dependability and
security and also to provide reliability against false trip and loosing
commands even under adverse channel condition.

The equipment shall be complete with built - in Digital

counters for counting the number of trip commands sent and number
of trip commands received separately for each channel.

The equipment shall be mounted inside the Carrier Terminal and

shall be fully wired with, contactor units, tag blocks etc., and ready for
commissioning.

The bidder shall clearly indicate and describe the facility/items

provided in the equipment in details. Any ambiguity or omission will
mean that the particular facility or module etc., is not provided in the
equipment.

It shall meet the entire environmental requirement as that of carrier

terminal .

While transmitting protection signals the protection coupler shall

cut off the speech and other less important channels and thereby the entire

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power of carrier terminal should be made available for transmission of

protection signals.

It should be brought out that the protection equipment should

perform satisfactorily under noisy condition.
The bidder shall indicate the guaranteed technical particulars of the
equipment offered in Schedule - 'B'.

A Schedule of deviation shall be attached separately for

Teleprotection equipment in the form of Schedule - 'B/1'.

(V) CONFIGURATION:

The Configuration of Carrier Protection Coupler, Type NSD-50

shall have following different cards/prints.

• G4AA : DSP Module NSD 50

• G4AC : Interface NSD 50 ( 2 Modules)

PREQUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS :
1. The bidder shall be Original Equipment Manufacturer of the
Protection Coupler. The offered equipments should have been
designed, manufactured and tested as per relevant IS/IEC Standards
with latest amendments.
2. The bidder should indicate manufacturing capacity by submitting
fresh certificate of a Chartered Engineer (CE).
3. Equipment proposed to be supplied by bidder of similar or higher
rating shall be in service for a minimum period of THREE (3) years.
The Satisfactory performance certificate of corporate office of
respective utilities should be submitted.
4. The bidder should clearly indicate the quantity and single value
contract executed during last FIVE (5) years, for the offered
equipment.
The details of past supplies should cover,
i) Same rated equipment as Offered supplied to GETCO
(Erstwhile known as GEB).
ii) Higher rated equipment than Offered supplied to GETCO
(Erstwhile known as GEB).
iii) Same rated equipment as Offered supplied to other Utilities.
5. The bidder shall furnish the copies of type test reports for the Carrier
protection Coupler not more than FIVE years old. Equipment Offered
shall have all Valid Type Test Certificate from NABL accredited or

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International Laboratory. The Validity of Type Test report is 5 Years

from the Date of Type Test Report.
6. The bidder shall furnish the full technical details & drawings for the
Carrier terminal offered.
7. The bidder shall have the experience of at least 10 years of
manufacture & supply of similar type of Carrier terminals.
8. The bidder shall furnish the full details of the orders executed.
9. Any deviation shall be clearly indicated separately.
10. The GETCO reserves right to increase or decrease the quantity at
the time of placing the order.
11. The GETCO reserve right either to accept or reject any of the offers
Without assigning the reason.

(VI) TYPE TESTS:

Valid type test reports not more than 5 Years old performed for
following tests shall be submitted with the offer with all supporting result
sheets and reference documents with ‘List of Type Tests’ in Performa- X
Given here under.
Performa – X:

Sr.No. Test Description of Standard/ Test report No. Remarks

Equipment test conducted Clause & Name of test
laboratory
1. 2 3 4 5 6

• All tests of carrier terminal

• Insulation test
• Impulse withstand
• Power supply variations
• Interruption test
• LF disturbance emission
• Reverse polarity
• Transmission time
• Interference by discrete frequency
• Checking of alarm functions
• Security
• Dependability
• Interference by frequency deviation
• Multi command equipment

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(VII) Drawings:

Following Drawings shall be submitted with the offer.

• Module Layout For ETL 41+ NSD 50 : Unit Arrangement

• Cabinet Layout For ETL 41 + NSD 50
• Wiring Diagram For ETL 41 + NSD 50
• Cable Complete V9LB
• Cable Complete V9LC

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S C H E D U L E - 'B'
General Data and Guaranteed Technical Particulars
Teleprotection Equipment.
No. System Particular GTP of offered equipment
1. MAKE and Type of
Protection Equipment
2. No. of Commands:
- Uncoded
- Coded
- Altogether
3. Test signal frequency(Loop test)
4. Trip signal frequencies
5. Guard frequency
6. Command duration
7. Signal evaluation time
8. Nominal transmission times
Including PLC equipment
Delay & relay operating times
* Nominal transmission time for
- Uncoded
- Coded
9. Security:
False Trip Probability:
10. Dependability:
Fail to Trip Probability
For S/N of 6 dB :
11. Unblocking operating time
12. Power supply
13. Ambient condition
14. Transmitter Module:
• Level
- Guard signal PLC Pilot
Or separate guard signal
- Normal tripping signal
- Test signal
• Spurious signal suppression
• Signal boosting
15. Receiver Module
• Level
- Guard Signal
- Normal tripping signal
- Test signal

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S C H E D U L E - 'B'
General Data and Guaranteed Technical Particulars
Teleprotection Equipment.

No. System Particular GTP of offerred equipment

• Dynamic range
- Minimum level
- Maximum level
16. Guard Signal frequency
• Programmable
• Standard setting
17. Nos. & type of Alarm outputs
With voltage & current ratings.
18 Nos. & type of starting inputs
19. Nos. of type of command inputs
20. Method of tripping
21. Rated battery voltage and current
Rating
22. Nos. & type of command outputs
With voltage & current rating &
Operating time.
23. Nos. & type of unblocking outputs
With rated voltage, current limit &
Operating time.
24. Transmission time and command
Prolongation period for
- Permissive Trip
- Direct Trip
25. Trip Counters
- display type
- range
- Standby supply
Endurance

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S C H E D U L E ' B/1
(To be filled in and signed by the Tenderer)

Schedule of deviations from Technical Specifications for ____________.

We / I have carefully gone through the Technical Specification and

we / I have satisfied ourselves / myself and hereby confirm that our / my
offer strictly confirm to the requirements of the Technical Specification
except for the deviations given below :

Sr.No. Description Stipulations Deviation Remarks

in Offered
specification

___________________________________________________________
Signature :

Name of Authorized signatory of the company :

Name of the tendering Company

Date :
Place:

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SCHEDULE OF REQUIREMENTS OF ABB MAKE

NSD-50 PROTECTION COUPLER

Sr.No. Description Quantity

1. Protection coupler Type NSD-50, Nos.
Make: ABB suitable for four
command (with 3 modules)
transmission arrangement.

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