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Electrical Engineering

08/25/2013 1:52 PM

With due respect to all:

Can we make a 11kv automatic 3 or 4 steps PFI Plant without any risk. If yes, then I need BOQ of that if already working anywhere. Thanks

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08/25/2013 2:13 PM

NO!!! All power plants have risks. Anybody that tries to build one or part of one that doesn't already know and understand this will most likely create the most hazards. Particularly anyone who wants to include a Bachelor's Office Quarters as part of the plant. This will surely produce a Permanent Functional Impairment.

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08/25/2013 3:31 PM

For a different perspective from Redfreds:

YES!!! Power plants have no risks. 11KV is a voltage level that children can safely play with. I'm guessing that you want to fiddle with power factor. Just buy some capacitors at your local Radio Shack, connect em up and see what explodes. If your BOQ means Bill of Quantities, then I'd say get 10.

If BOQ is a typo for BBQ, then yes, there is the possibility of personnel becoming BBQ'd. But what is life without excitement?

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08/26/2013 1:22 AM

To the best of my knowledge In India installation ,operation and maintenance of 11 kV Substation is to be carried out by electrically qualified and licensed personal and as Per Indian Electricity rules and Indian Standards Specification for safety . It is not considered as child's play and children are not permitted to play in that restricted area( I feel you stated as light joke) Again Automatic power factor correction is to be done by proper study of the load and not to be installed by trial and error method by simply procuring capacitors. What actually PO wants is also not clear to me at least ( Sorry I cannot understand these shortcut language which the new generation use) .

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08/26/2013 3:29 PM

( I feel you stated as light joke)

Correct. The OP's question struck me as absurd. Doing any work around 11KV is not something that can be done without risk. A major part of engineering is evaluating risks.

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08/25/2013 3:47 PM

With due respect to you, do your own work.

People get paid lots of money to design power plants, regardless of the PFI, BOQ or the BMOC, AIW.

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08/25/2013 3:52 PM

No you cannot, but you can reduce the risks if you buy a properly designed system, have it installed by professionals and have suitably qualified and careful staff or contractors perform regular maintenance on it in a safe manner to a agreed-upon inspection plan.

That is about as low risk as you can realistically get.

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08/25/2013 9:28 PM

C'mon guys, he's asking if we can design a 4 step Power Factor Improvement (PFI) plant/system for him. Of course we can, as long as he can afford to pay us for the effort. Somehow I doubt his Bucket of Quarters will get him much of a Bill of Materials though. Next question please....

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08/25/2013 10:07 PM

This is not rocket science.

Some fundamental knowledge, basic education, experience, research or even a text book could give you the basics of design of power factor correction systems.

A web search yields 33,400,000 results on the subject.

Here's one.

Guide for the Design and Production of LV Power Factor Correction

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08/26/2013 1:49 AM

MV (medium voltage, which this system is) differs in various ways from LV. It is (or should be) limited to specially qualified persons only.

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08/26/2013 9:49 AM

Yes. This again comes into the category of "If you have to ask, you're not qualified."

There is no way the OP can do this safely. Qualified and authorized people do this to a tolerable level of risk all the time. They also get paid to do this work.

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Re: Electrical Engineering

08/26/2013 12:29 PM

Get the price and BOQ from any Capacitor bank manufacturers. Make it in to your format Then put it on your manager,s table stating that you have designed it. You will get promotion and salary increment

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