9257M-100-CN-1621-002 Rev. A

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RASGAS PROJECT NO. : RGCP-256

TPME PROJECT NO. : 9257M-100

NEW OPERATIONS OFFICE BUILDING (NOOB)
RASGAS CONTRACT N CT/RG16/G103/05
TECHNIP CONTRACT N 9257M

CALCULATION FOR LOW VOLTAGE CABLE SIZING

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CONTENTS
1. GENERAL......................................................................................................................4
2. PURPOSE......................................................................................................................4
3. DEFINITIONS & ABBREVIATIONS...............................................................................4
3.1 DEFINITIONS.....................................................................................................4
3.2 ABBREVIATIONS ..............................................................................................5
4. APPLICABLE CODES & STANDARDS.........................................................................6
4.1 RASGAS STANDARDS .....................................................................................6
4.2 PROJECT DOCUMENTS ..................................................................................6
4.3 INTERNATIONAL CODES AND STANDARDS.................................................6
5. ATOMOSPHERIC SERVICE CONDITIONS..................................................................7
6. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DETAILS ................................................................................7
7. VOLTAGE GRADE OF CABLES ...................................................................................7
8. MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM CABLE SIZE ......................................................................7
9. CABLE INSTALLATION.................................................................................................7
10. SIZING CALCULATIONS...............................................................................................8
11. CABLE DATA.................................................................................................................8
11.1 CONTINUOUS CURRENT CARRYING AMPACITIES......................................8
11.2 CORRECTION FACTORs..................................................................................8
11.3 RESISTANCE AND REACTANCE OF CABLES ...............................................9
11.4 SHORT CIRCUIT withstand capacity.................................................................9
11.5 VOLTAGE DROP CALCULATION...................................................................11

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APPENDIX 1 - RESISTANCE AND REACTANCE OF CABLES (1 PAGE).................................13

APPENDIX 2 - SHORT CIRCUIT RATING OF CABLES (1 PAGE).............................................14

APPENDIX 3- CABLE SELECTION CHART FOR MOTOR AND POWER FEEDER (6 PAGES)
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1. GENERAL
RasGas (RG) has awarded TECHNIP (TP) for the Front End Engineering & Design
(FEED) of New Operations Office Building (NOOB) in Ras Laffan Industrial City, in
the State of Qatar.
The objective of this Project is to carry out Engineering, Procurement and
Construction of a New Operations Office Building located west of the existing
RasGas plant fence in the area just south of the New Maintenance Workshop
Building.
The building is required to provide a sufficient number of offices and auxiliary rooms
required for the current RasGas site development incorporating operating plans for
RL, RL II, RL III, He, and AKG.
Under the project, the FEED for the Building shall be carried out by Technip- Abu
Dhabi, who is the FEED EPC CONTRACTOR for RG.
2. PURPOSE
This document defines the technical basis, parameters and criteria used for
determining the required sizes of electrical Low Voltage Cables for the New
Operation office building to be installed for Rasgas at state of Qatar.
3. DEFINITIONS & ABBREVIATIONS
3.1 DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this document, the words and expressions listed below shall have
the meanings assigned to them as follows:
PROJECT : NEW OPERATION OFFICE BUILDING (NOOB)
COMPANY : RASGAS
FEED
CONTRACTOR
: TECHNIP France Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
EPC EPC CONTRACTOR who will carry out all the required
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CONTRACTOR
:
Detailed Engineering, Procurement , Installation /
Commissioning under a separate EPIC CONTRACT to be
assigned (Project Stage II)
SUB-
CONTRACTOR
: Entity, COMPANY or group of companies entrusted by the
EPC CONTRACTOR to perform part of the PROJECT
VENDOR
:
Means any and all persons, firms, partnerships, companies,
bodies, entities or a combination thereof including Sub-
VENDORs, who are providing Equipment, material and
services to perform duties specified by EPC
CONTRACTOR.

3.2 ABBREVIATIONS
For the purpose of this document, the words and expressions listed below shall have
the meanings assigned to them as follows:
ABBREVIATION : FULL DESCRIPTION
AC : Alternating Current
CB : Circuit breaker
FLC : Full Load current
EPC : Engineering Procurement and Construction
FEED : Front End Engineering & Design
Hz : Hertz
IEC : International Electrotechnical Committee
kA : Kilo ampere
kV : Kilo Volts
LV : Low Voltage
MVA : Mega Volt Ampere
NOOB : New Operation Office Building
GSWA : Galvanised Steel Wire Armoured
UPS : Uninterruptible Power Supply
XLPE : Cross Linked Poly Ethylene
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4. APPLICABLE CODES & STANDARDS
4.1 RASGAS STANDARDS
Rasgas project specification indicated below shall form a part of this technical
specification
Doc. No: Document Title
RGX-S-91-1380-003 : Electrical requirement for building
RGX-S-91-1382-005 : Low Voltage cables
4.2 PROJECT DOCUMENTS
Doc.No Description
9257M-100-ACT-16-05 : Design basis memorandum
9257M-100-JSS-1600-001 : Specification for building electrical
9257M-100-JSS-1621-002 : Specification for LV Power and Control Cables
9257M-100-SP-1621-002 : Data sheet for LV cables
4.3 INTERNATIONAL CODES AND STANDARDS
The following codes and standards shall be applied. Any deviations or conflicts shall
be reported in writing and shall require prior approval.
IEC 60364 Part 5-52
: Selection and erection of electrical equipment
wiring system
IEC 60228 : Conductors of insulated cables
Should any conflict arise between the various codes and standards, the following
ranking precedence shall apply. However, EPIC CONTRACTOR shall identify the
conflict and bring it to the attention of COMPANY with suitable recommendation.
Qatar National Standards.
COMPANY engineering standards applicable to this project
Other International Standards
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5. ATOMOSPHERIC SERVICE CONDITIONS
Atmospheric & site conditions are as follows
Ambient Temperature : 49 C Max / 4 C Min
Relative Humidity : 90%
Direct sun shine Temperature : 82 C
Atmospheric conditions : Dusty, Sulphurous, Corrosive, as
commonly encountered in petrochemical installations in close proximity to sea.
Altitude : Less than 1000m
6. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DETAILS
LV Supply Voltage 415V
Frequency 50Hz
System Earthing Solidly Earthed
7. VOLTAGE GRADE OF CABLES
Low Voltage cables shall be rated for 600/1000 volts.
8. MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM CABLE SIZE
Minimum cross section of cable shall be 4 Sq.mm.
Maximum cross section of multicore cable shall be 185 Sq.mm.
Maximum cross section of single core cable shall be 630 Sq.mm. (Single core cable
shall be used where 2 runs of 185 Sq.mm. multicore cables is not sufficient).
9. CABLE INSTALLATION
The methods of cable installation shall be as per Design basis memorandum,
9257M-100-ACT-16-05 and Specification for Building electrical, 9257M-100-JSS-
1600-001.
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10. SIZING CALCULATIONS
LV cables shall be sized in accordance with the following criteria and the relevant
standards listed in this document.
Short circuit withstand capacity for a specific duration.
Admissible current ampacity of cables considering derating factors.
Admissible voltage drop.
11. CABLE DATA
11.1 CONTINUOUS CURRENT CARRYING AMPACITIES
The current carrying capacities for XLPE multicore cables as per IEC 60364-5-52,
Table A.52-5 and Table A52-12 are used for calculation with the following
parameters
Ambient air temperature : 49C
Ground thermal resistivity : 1.2C.m/W
Ground temperature : 40C
Depth of laying : 0.8m
Max. Conductor Operating temperature : 90C
11.2 CORRECTION FACTORs
Tables A.52-14 to A.52-18 in IEC 60364 Part 5-52 give the various Correction
Factors under different conditions like variation of Ground temperature, Soil thermal
resistivity, grouping of cables and Variation in Ambient temperature.
Based on the installation conditions, the following derating factors have been
considered.
For LV cables laid in ground as per IEC 60364-5-52
a Rating factor for ground temperature of 40C (Table 52-15) Kt =0.85
b Rating factor for soil thermal resistivity of 2.5 K.m/W (Table
52-16)
Ks =1.00
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c Rating factor for direct burial at a depth of 0.8 metre (Table
52-16)
K1 =1.00
d Rating factor for grouping of cables (6 cables with 0.125m
spacing) (Table 52-18)
Kg = 0.6
e Overall admissible ampacity correction factor Df = Kt X Ks X K1 X Kg = 0.51

For LV cables laid in ground as per IEC 60364-5-52
a Rating factor for ambient temperature of 49 C (Table 52-14) Kt =0.82
b Rating factor for grouping of cables (7 cables touching) (Table
52-17)
Ks =0.73
c Overall admissible ampacity correction factor Df = Kt X Kg = 0.6
11.3 RESISTANCE AND REACTANCE OF CABLES
The Appendix 1 gives the resistance and reactance of various sizes of cables
which is part of IEC 60228 and manufacturers data respectively.
11.4 SHORT CIRCUIT withstand capacity
MINIMUM CROSS SECTION OF CABLE, BASED ON SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT
The cable short circuit current capacity is evaluated as
+
+
=

0
1
2 2
2
log
e SC
T
S K
I

Where
I
sc
= short circuit current (r.m.s) in Amp
T = duration of short-circuit in seconds
K = Constant for the material of conductor
S = area of conductor in mm
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1
= final temperature in C
0
= initial temperature in C
=
reciprocal of the temperature coefficient of resistance of conductor
in C at 0C
The constant K and for copper cables and
1
and
0
for Copper / XLPE cables
are:
K = 226
= 234.5
1
= 250C (for XLPE cable)
0
= 90C (for XLPE cable)
On substituting the above values in the given formula, the short circuit currents for
Copper, XLPE cables shall be given as:
T
S
I
SC

=
143

And minimum cross section shall be derived as follows,
143
T I
S
SC

=
Based on the above, the short circuit withstand of cables shall be calculated based
on switchboard short circuit rating and fault clearing time as below:

Item Description Short
Circuit
Current
level (kA)
Short
Circuit
Duration
(sec)
Minimum
Cable Size
(sq.mm)
415V incomer 80 0.5 400
Notes:
1) Short circuit current level means rated interrupted current of each switchgear
2) Short circuit duration is determined as follows:
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415V Incomer
= Relay (51) operating time + CB interrupting time + allowance
= 0.2 sec. (10 cycle) + 0.08 sec (4 cycle) + 0.2 sec. (10 cycle)
= 0.48 sec (0.5 sec selected for cable sizing)
The Copper, XLPE cable size required for various short circuit current and clearance
times are tabulated in Appendix -2.
Incomer connected to transformer rated 1 MVA and above shall be connected
through suitably rated busduct.
11.5 VOLTAGE DROP CALCULATION
ALLOWABLE VOLTAGE DROP
The following are the permissible voltage drop as per Design basis memorandum,
9257M-100-ACT-16-05.
Cable between transformer and switchgear fed by the transformer 0.5%
Cable between switchgear and local distribution panels 1.0%
Cable between LV switchgear and LV Motor 5.0%
Cable between LV switchgear and LV Loads 4.0%
Cable between switchgear and lighting panel fed by the switchgear 1.0%
Cable between lighting panel and farthest lighting fitting fed by the lighting
panel
4.0%
Outgoing feeders from AC UPS 4.0%
Transient voltage variations occurring during starting or re-acceleration of a motor or
group of motors shall be limited to
Not more than 15% from rated equipment voltages at equipment (motor)
terminals for LV equipment.
Not more than 10% from the rated voltages at switchgear bus bars.

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VOLTAGE DROP
( ) L I XSin Cos R
x n
V . . .
1000
3
+ = (For 3 phase loads)
Where
V = Voltage drop in volts (v)
L = Length of cable in metres
n = Number of cables running in parallel per phase
R = Resistance in Ohm/km @50Hz
X = Reactance in Ohm/km @ 50Hz
l = Load current in Amps
Cos = Load Power factor
CABLE SELECTION
Breaker operated feeder cables shall be selected based on short circuit rating, Full
Load Current (FLC) and permissible voltage drop.
Cable selection feeder chart for 415V motor feeder and power feeder is provided in
Appendix-3.

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APPENDIX 1 - RESISTANCE AND REACTANCE OF CABLES (1 PAGE)

CALCULATION FOR ELECTRICAL LOW VOLTAGE CABLE
SIZING

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APPENDIX 1
RESISTANCE AND REACTANCE OF LV, XLPE CABLE:
Resistance
(Ref. Table II, column-8 of IEC
60228)
Reactance at 50 Hz
(Ref. Cable Manufacturers
catalogue)
R in ohm/km
Nominal area
of
Conductor
(mm
2
)
20C 90C (ref. Note 1)
mH/km
L
Ohm/km
X (2)
2.5 7.41 9.50 - 0.105
4 4.61 5.91 - 0.098
6 3.08 3.95 - 0.094
10 1.83 2.35 - 0.088
16 1.15 1.47 0.118 0.084
25 0.727 0.93 0.112 0.083
35 0.524 0.67 0.107 0.081
50 0.387 0.50 0.104 0.080
70 0.268 0.34 0.101 0.079
95 0.193 0.25 0.098 0.077
120 0.153 0.20 0.096 0.077
150 0.124 0.16 0.096 0.077
185 0.0991 0.13 0.096 0.077
240 0.0754 0.10 0.094 0.077
300 0.0601 0.08 0.093 0.077
400 0.0470 0.06 0.093 0.076
500 0.0366 0.047 0.093 -
630 0.0283 0.036 0.090 -
800 0.0221 0.0283 0.092 -

Notes: 1) The temperature correction factor for copper conductor
=
t + 5 . 234
5 . 254
(Ref. IEC 60 228, Cl. 6)
= 0.78 (t = for 90C)
2) X can be derived by the formula
X = L.2f / 1000 (where f = 50Hz)
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APPENDIX 2 - SHORT CIRCUIT RATING OF CABLES (1 PAGE)

CALCULATION FOR ELECTRICAL LOW VOLTAGE CABLE
SIZING

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APPENDIX 2
SHORT CIRCUIT RATING OF CABLES
The below chart is prepared based on the clause 9.2 of this document.
Short
Circuit
current in
ampere
Cu, XLPE cable Size in sq.mm for durations
0.01
sec.
0.025
sec.
0.050
sec.
0.100
sec.
0.200
sec.
0.250
sec.
0.500
sec.
1.000
sec.
80000 70 95 150 185 300 300 400 630
70000 50 95 120 185 240 300 400 500
60000 50 70 95 150 240 240 300 500
50000 50 70 95 120 185 185 300 400
40000 35 50 70 95 150 150 240 300
31500 25 35 50 70 120 120 185 240
25000 25 35 50 70 95 95 150 185
15000 16 25 25 35 50 70 95 120
10000 10 16 16 25 35 35 50 70
5000 6 6 10 16 16 25 25 35
2500 2.5 4 4 6 10 10 16 25

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