Attachment-4

1 Motor Starter Panel i. Direct on line starter

a) Starters shall be solenoid operated, air break, heavy-duty

type with non-bouncing silver alloy contact and suitable for
direct on line starting of motors.
b) The DOL starter shall be rated for 900o/o normal
starting and inrush current.
c) The DOL starter shall be capable for 15 nos. of starts per
hour without any requirement of time interval.
d) All parts of DOL starter shall be interchangeable with
similar parts.
e) The starter shall be used for uninterrupted duty as well as
intermittent duty.
f) The thermal over load relay with single phase preventor
feature shall be ambient temperature compensated three
elements type. The resetting of relay shall be possible with the
compartment door closed. The relay shall be either directly
connected or CT operated depending on the rated current of the
motor. CT, if required, shall be supplied and fitted in by the
supplier.
g) Each starter shall be provided with push buttons for starting/
stopping/test and ON-OFF and fault trip indicating lamps on
the panel front. Push buttons shall not be of less than 1OA
rating at 230 V, AC.
h) Solenoid coil of starters shall be suitable for operation at
230 V+/-10%, single phase 50 Hz power supply.
i) Starters shall be furnished complete with control fuses,
control wiring etc., as specified.
j) The single phase preventer shall preferably be a part of
Thermal overload relay otherwise separate SPRR shall be
provided.
k) Starting/ stopping of motor shall be possible from field,
panel, process trip, future interlock and from remote station
control panel. Accordingly feedback signals command like
selection (Local/Remote/Field), Running/Trip, Start/Stop
command etc. shall be extended to owner's PLC system
(control panel) through potential free contacts provided in the
feeder and extended upto marshalling cubicle.
1) Supply to space heater of Motor (rating above 30 KW) shall
be given from motor feeder itself through a pair of NO & NC
contacts. Interlocking of space heaters shall be provided such
that space heater is automatically ON when Motor is stopped
and OFF when Motor is running.
m) Contactors controlling the motor feeder shall be selected as
per Type 2 coordination chart and shall have a rating of at least
125% of the maximum continuous rating of the connected
motors.
n) Protection for Motors : The protections shall be provided for
the motors:
a. Against short circuit.
b. Against over load.
c. Against single phasing.

ii. Soft Starter

a) Soft starter, wherever specified shall be provided for motor

starting.
b) Starters shall be compact, simple to use with a solid state
controller suitable for direct on line starting of motors.
c) The soft starter shall be rated for 400°/o normal starting
and inrush current.
d) The soft starter shall be capable for 15 nos. of starts per
hour without any requirement of time interval.
e) All parts of soft starter shall be interchangeable with
similar parts.
f) It shall be the best model available with the soft starter
manufacturer having all latest features.
g) Exhaust fans & louvers shall be provided for heat
dissipation in the soft starter panel.
h) Each soft starter feeder shall have an in-built by-pass
contactor in addition to main contactor such that the soft starter
does not carry the full load current during the normal operation
of the motor and motor protection shall be made available in
bypass mode also.
i) A separate by-pass contactor and over load relay with SPP
protection is also to be provided which shall be used to by-pass
the soft starter in case of any fault with the soft starter.
j) Main Contactor and by-pass contactor should be of same
rating, and shall be selected as per Type 2 coordination chart
and shall have rating at least 125% of the maximum
continuous rating of the connected motors.
k) The resetting of over load relay shall be possible with the
compartment door closed through a push button.
1) Semiconductor fuse link shall be provided as per the
Manufacturers recommendation to achieve type-2
coordination.
m) The starter shall be used for uninterrupted duty.
n) It should have the alphanumerical display of faults etc.
o) The starter shall have built-in pump control feature, which
shall reduce surges in the pumping system during starting and
stopping of the pump by smoothly accelerating and
decelerating the motor, at a selectable rate. Pump characteristic
curves shall be furnished to the vendor during commissioning
to do necessary settings so as to match the starting
characteristics of the motor with that of pump.
p) Each starter shall be provided with push buttons for starting
I stopping I reset from the panel and ONOFF and fault trip
indicating lamps on panel. Push buttons shall not be of less
than 1OA rating at 230 V, AC.
q) 2 no. NO + NC spare contacts shall be provided in soft
starter ON/OFF condition.
r) Starters shall be furnished complete with control fuses,
control wiring etc. as specified.
s) Starting/stopping of motor shall be possible from field,
panel, process trip, future interlock and from remote station
control panel etc. Padlocking to be provided to stop push
button of panel. Accordingly feedback signals/ command like
selection (Local/Remote/Field), Running/Trip, Start/Stop etc.,
shall be extendable to owner's PLC system (control panel)
through potential free contacts provided in the feeder and
extended upto marshalling cubicle.
t) Supply to space heater of Motor (rating above 30 KW) shall
be given from motor feeder itself through a pair of NO & NC
contacts. Interlocking of space heaters shall be provided such
that space heater is automatically ON when Motor is stopped
and OFF when Motor is running.
u) Protection for Motors: Unless otherwise specified,
following protections shall be provided for all motors:
a. Against short Circuit
b. Against over load
c. Against single phasing.
v) Vendor shall arrange to depute representative of
manufacturer of soft starter for trouble shooting &
commissioning of soft starter at site, without any extra cost to
Owner.