FINNING Powerprofile
Customer: Balfour Beatty Engineering Services
Location: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Customer requirement: 12MVA standby power generation
Equipment: 6 x Cat 3516, 11 kV generator sets, 2 x Cat 3412
generator sets, C18 generator set, GEH220 generator set
Services: Planning, supply, design and build, installation,
commissioning, ongoing maintenance and service
Power Need
The new £560m super hospital in Birmingham will be the first new
acute hospital built in the city for 70 years. It will have 1105
beds and will replace the Selly Oak and the Queen Elizabeth
hospitals. Un-interrupted power supply in the event of a mains
failure is critical for a hospital. The sheer scale and complexity
of this project means that few organisations would be able to meet
the brief.
Solutions
This turnkey project involves providing 12MVA of standby power, the
high voltage switchgear, the power management system and the design
and erection of the energy centre, which will house the generator
sets.
Finning has project managed the entire scheme from initial
conception with the client through to design, construction and fit
out of the energy centre shell. This included sound attenuation for
the powerhouse and other plant areas, power management and controls,
10 Caterpillar diesel generator sets and associated ancillary
equipment as well as fully integrating the systems into the hospital
infrastructure. Housed within the new energy centre building are 6
high voltage (HV) generator sets, high voltage substations and
switchrooms, control rooms and operations facilities. Plus a further
4 low voltage (LV) sets installed in different locations in purpose
built plant rooms around the new hospital campus.
Results
In the event of a mains failure, the system will prioritise critical
loads; shedding and restoring power supplies as necessary. With 10
substations around the site, it can also reconfigure the HV ring
main so that power reaches critical areas in the event of a ring
circuit fault.
The Caterpillar HV generator sets are designed to synchronise with
each other onto a HV switchboard for onward distribution of power
around the site via a dual ring HV network.
The LV sets will operate as single units providing back up power to
substations not supported by the HV generators on the main hospital
ring. All equipment and systems have been
designed to provide N+1 functionality with back up systems in the
event of system failure. This ensures security of supply to the
critical areas of the hospital during utility outages.
Finning is also contracted to provide ongoing support for the
project after construction is complete, with a service agreement for
the energy centre which will also cover the existing plant on the
old hospital sites.
Email:
psmail@finning.co.uk
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