P&D Flashcards
When did The health and safety at work act 1874 become a law?
1st April 1990
what does regulation 4 cover?
quality of system construction suitability, quality and maintance and use of systems
what does regulation 5 cover?
to ensure that design specs are not exceeded in use
what does regulation 8 cover?
requirements for earthing of equipment and circuits
what does regulation 11 cover?
excess current protection in electrical circuits
what does regulation 13 cover?
precaution for working on ‘Dead’ equipment
what does regulation 14 cover?
when and when not to work in or near ‘live’ conductors
what does regulation 15 cover?
requirements for adequate working space, access and lighting
what is the definition of an electric shock?
the involuntary reaction of the human body caused by conducting an electrical current
what are the basic three causes of an electrical shock?
- equipment failure- equipment casing becomes live and lethal
- human failure- individual touches an exposed live terminal
- combination of both- human failure causes equipment failure
what are the main causes of accidents?
- pre-occupation
- ignorance or lack of skill
- over familiarity
- laziness
- fatigue
- physical hazards
- ‘horseplay’
what are the requirements for working on live equipment?
- only to be done if Engineering officer is satisfied there is to alternative
- personnel to be trained and briefed
- a safety number is to be present, trained on shock procedures
- avoid all direct contact with any circuit/component
- ensure that no direct contact is made with any earthed metal
- use insulated tools
- take care with equipment to not short the circuit
- wear ‘ Electrical workers gloves’
- wear insulated shoes/stand on rubber mat
- work on ‘live’ equipment not to go ahead is violent movement on ship
when work is carried out on ‘Dead’ equipment, how do you make sure is stays dead?
LOTO
what is the definition of high voltage?
where working voltage exceeds 1000 volts AC (RMS) or 1500 volts DC measured between 2 points
list all personnel involved when working with HV systems
- Authorising Engineer- MEO
- Authorised person- SR (WO2/CPO)
- Authorised person in Control - (CPO)
- Competent person
- HV Aware
list all documentation involved when working on a HV System
- Permit to work
- Sanction foe test
- limitation of access
- switching schedule
- isolation certificate
list some examples pf dangerous compartments on RN Ships
-paint store/inflame store
- aircraft hangers/ vehicle decks
- lox/gox plants
- certain workshops
- fuel stowage’s
what are the requirements for electrical installations in dangerous compartments?
- cable runs, not to be run through compartment unless unavoidable. cables to closer than 5 feet to the deck
- light fittings, must be flame proof
- portable lighting, low voltage
what are the safety precautions for taking equipemnt in electrical compartments?
- flameproof equipment is not to be opened up unless double pole switches are opened
- no high voltage test equipment is to be taken into the test compartment
how does the ingress coding letters work?
first numeral - 0-6 indicate the level of protection of persons and resistances to soild objects
second numeral - 0-6 indicate the level of protection against the ingress of water
what are the performance requirements for voltage in a generator ?
- rated voltage 450 volts
- variations under balanced loads less than 1%
- steady state voltage between 57hz and 63hz to be within 1% of 450 v
- transient voltage variation, max 7.5% for 25% load going off and and 15% M load going on
-time recovery to within 1% of the final voltage - harmonic content line voltage at no load 2% of nominal
what are the performance requirements for frequency in a generator?
- nominal frequency 60 Hz
- steady state frequency variation from no load load full to load
- transient frequency variation 25% load chnages +or - 2.5% for mechanical governors, - or + 1.5.5 for ele
- time recovary for transients within 1% for mechanical governos and 0.2% for electric governors is 2 secs
state and explain the formula for generator frequency output
f=np/60
f= frequency
p= no of pole pairs
n= prime mover speed
list the Advantages of brushless generators
- smaller in size
- less maintenance
- no rubbing parts
what is the disadvantage of a brushless generator?
slower in response than the conventional generator to load changes
What will happen in a open circuit diode condition?
- gen voltage output will fall and AVR will compensate
- resulting in extra strain on the remaining diodes
- gen should be offloaded within 30 mins
what will happen in a short circuit diode condition?
- will cause an overload of AC exciter resulting in further damage
- gen voltage output will collapse due to loss of field current in exciter
- supply breaker should open, under voltage protection
- danger of over heating
explain how cooling to generators is provided
- closed air circuit water cooler
- achieved by a shaft mounted impeller, circulating internal air across the cooler tube stack and gen continuously
- gen temp is maintained constant by adjustments of the cooling water flow rate
- the cold air temp should be maintained 5 degrees above ambient
in the vent of the air cooler of a gen failure, what can be done to keep it cool?
the vent flaps may be opened to allow free flow of compartment air across the gen
what daily checks are done on a generator?
- bearings and casing not overheating
- gen air temp with in limits
- no sign of leaking of air cooler
- no undue noise or vibration
- no apparent defects at permanent magnet generator drive belt
- no diode failure warning light
what monthly checks are to be done on a generator?
- carry out VA and record readings
- condition monitor all bearings
- check for water in generator
- clean vent grills and emergency cooling flaps
explain the function of an AVR
- maintain a constant voltage at the terminals of the ships main gen, to - or + 1% of nominal voltage
- load range from 0-full when gradually applied to the gen
- restore terminal voltage to within 1% of set voltage
- voltage changes not exceed 15% when load increased, 7.5% when decreased
what are the reason for the specific characteristics of the AVR response curve?
- reduces short circuit voltages
- prevents damage
- prevents damage to mechanical parts
what are the nine plug in units for an AVR set up? explain what they do.
MK168P low voltage power supply - provides stabilized and regulated +24 VDC and +15/-14 vDC for all low voltage applications within the AVR
MK28 CU Output control unit - provides the firing pulses for the MOSFETS
MK169P output power amplifier- the 4 MOSFETS array for excitation field current control
MK41 MU monitoring unit - to ensure all parameters are within tolerance
MK1 PN - protection unit- providing the system shut down facility should any fault condition arise
mk17 filter unit- improves HF 160 hz supply and incorporates the 168 low power unit for DC power rail supplies
mk1 EC excitation contactor- to connect the improved 160 Hz supply to the MOSFETS providing auto excitation control from the MK169P 24 VDC output
MK 1 UF interface unit - provides various voltages and frequency signals for several modules within the AVR
MK1 CN Compensation unit - compare the actual volts against the desired volts to produce an error output
explain the brushless generator start up sequence
-prime mover comes to speed
-rotating the shaft
- belt/shaftdriven PMG supplies 115v 1600hz to AVR
- Avr supplies variable DC supply to AC exciter
- AC EMF induced in Exciter rotor
- AC converted to DC by rotating rectifier and supplied to main gen rotor
- rotating mag field created around main gen rotor
- EMF induced in main gen stator
- sample fed to AVR to regulate the excitation voltgae
explain how voltage regulation happens while a generator is running
- load applied to gen
- terminal voltage drops
- volt drop sensed at comparator
- error signal increases
- MOSFETS output increases
- DC level output increases
- AC EMF to rectifier increases
- DC to main rotor windings increases
- main rotor winding magnetic flux increases
- induced EMF in the stator windings increases
- terminal voltage rises
- increased magnetic flux with in the generator gives rise to greater internal magnetic resistance which slows machine down
- machine slows down governor will increase prime mover speed to maintain correct frequency
what dose the MK 1 protection unit provide protection for ?
- over voltage
- under voltage
- parallel gen fault
- open circuit rotating diode failure
- short circuit rotating diode failure
- low frequency or speed
what two conditions must ships generators still maintain terminal voltage within certain limits?
steady load - must be maintinaed within + or - 1% of nominal output
transient load - increase load - or + 15 % and decrease load + or - 7.5%, AVR must recover to within 1% in 1 sec
when would generator load trials be necessary?
- if prime mover, AVR, exciter, generator rotor or start has been changed, had major repairs or had a huge over haul
- after modification to switchboard wiring
what are the requirements needed to carry out load test?
- a load barge or dockside load test facility
- a high speed pen recorder, laptop computer or new data acquisition recorder
- the generator isolated from the distribution system
- trails from D346
What are the different types of tests in generator trails ?
- insulation resistance hot and cold
- heat run
- speed control
- voltage control
explain how insulation resistance hot and cold tests are done on generators
- min insulation value of 1 Megaohms for stator, field coils of exciter and armature
- 0.1 megaohms is acceptable for rotor gen windings.
- readings to be taken when generator is still hot on completion of trial