Cogeneration - Annual Black Start Compliance Test

The purpose of the 'black start' test is to ensure The Royal Melbourne Hospital city campus automatically changes-over to emergency power and maintains the essential hospital load on emergency generators, whilst the cogeneration operators start (both turbines) and switch the campus to 'island mode' (main grid isolation) powered by cogeneration. Note the cogeneration plant only covers buildings powered from substation A, B, D, & E. Substation C - WEHI / PMC / CSB / Anatomical Path are not covered

• Sequence:
  
  * Citipower > disconnects incomer No1 & No2 - (UPS areas are unaffected)
  * Emergency generators > start & pick up the essential load
  * Cogeneration plant > start turbine No1 ring-main one closed on load > start turbine No2 ring-main two close on load > 'island mode' > synchronize with grid
  * Emergency generators > shutdown into standby mode
  * Cogeneration plant > steam pressure returns to 850Kpa
  * Engineering > reset any tripped plant / equipment

• Site

• Prepared on

  Date

• Approval to and date established with cogeneration operator & Citipower operator

  Date

• Works notification to be sent to all city campus staff & partner groups - 1 week prior & the day before the test date

  Date

• Prepared by

Key Contact Information - Name & Contact number

• Facilities Manager - Control

• Engineering Manager - Control

• Plant Engineer

• Gencare Operator

• Cogeneration plant operator

• RWH Facility Operator

• Information Technology

• RMH Bed Manager.

• RWH Bed Manager.

TEST CANNOT COMMENCE UNTIL APPROVAL IS GIVEN FROM RMH BED MANAGER & RWH AFTER-HOURS COORDINATOR

• Date & Time of test

  Date

Sequence of events

• Approval to proceed - RMH

  Date

• Approval to proceed - RWH

  Date

• Switchboard > Public Address announcement - 'Planned code yellow site power test commencing'

  Date

Operation of UPS & emergency generators

• Citipower > Disconnect incomer No1 & No2

  Date

• Engineering > UPS functioning (ED / ICU / Theatre / Cardiology - 2W & 2B / Infectious diseases - 9E)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Engineering > Generators Start - No1, No2, No3, & No4?

  Date

• Emergency generators start?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• All loads transferred automatically?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Emergency generators - Holding load

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Confirm hospital operations on emergency power - RMH?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Confirm hospital operations on emergency power - RWH?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Operation of cogeneration plant

• Transfield > Turbine No1 - Start sequence commence

  Date

• Transfield > Turbine No1 - Online & maintaining load?

  Date

• Start up sequence successful?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Engineering > Confirm HV ring No1 holding load & auto BUS TIE rings

  Date

• Transfield > Turbine No2 - Start sequence commence

  Date

• Transfield > Turbine No2 - Online & maintaining load?

  Date

• Start up sequence successful?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Engineering > Confirm HV ring No2 holding load & generators on cool down off load

  Date

• Citipower > Close mains incomers No1 & No2 back on to the mains grid supply

  Date

• RMH > Confirm hospital status on mains power?

  Date

• RWH > Confirm hospital status on mains power?

  Date

• Switchboard > Public Address announcement - 'Planned code yellow site power test completed'

  Date

• Transfield > Confirm steam pressure at operating level 850Kpa

  Date

Plant Notes

• Successful start of emergency generators?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Number of unsuccessful attempts to start?

  Select Started on first attempt One Two Three

  • Started on first attempt
  • One
  • Two
  • Three

• Successful loading of essential equipment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Emergency power capacity adequate for critical service delivery?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Successful start of cogeneration?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Number of unsuccessful attempts to start?

  Select Started on first attempt One Two Three

  • Started on first attempt
  • One
  • Two
  • Three

• Successful transfer to island mode achieved?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Successful 'black start' test (test completed within one hour)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• All plant automatically reset?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• NOTES

Contingency Plans

• Essential services were maintained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• clinical services operated without impact?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• BCMP checked as valid?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Signatures

• Facilties Manager Signature

  Sign

• Engineering Operations Manager Signature

  Sign