ETAP
Thomas Sunny Paul
Substation/Transmission Design Engineer
Al Khobar ,Eastern Province - Saudi Arabia
Summary
Resourceful Electrical Engineer offering 9 -year background developing and designing Air Insulated and Gas Insulated Substation, Underground and Over Head Transmission Systems of 33 kV to 380 kV voltage levels. Comfortable in handling multiple projects simultaneously with little to no supervision.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Electrical Engineer
National Grid - Saudi Electricity Company
Dammam , Eastern Province
10.2015 - Current
- T&D design engineer responsible for design and review of 115kV/132kV Substation and Under Ground Transmission System Projects of Saudi Electricity Company (National Grid-Engineering and Design Department- Eastern Operating Area)
- Preparation of Project Technical Specifications & Scope of Work (PTS & SOW)
- Design and Review of AIS and GIS Substation Physical Layout
- Feasibility Study for Greenfield and brownfield Substation and Underground cable projects on request from Network Planning Department-National Grid
- Design Review of 115kV Underground Cable projects and Substation Modification (AIS/GIS), Transition Areas - pertaining to UG projects
- Technical Review of equipment during bidding stage
- Grounding Design Calculation using CYME Grid, Study of Cable Ampacity using CYME Cap 7.0 Rev 01, , ETAP 19.5. Proficient in PLS-CADD, knowledge in Microstation and ProjectWise.
- Review of Reports done in CDEGS, Familiar with Load flow/short circuit studies in PSS-E, ETAP and MATLAB
- Review and verification of Induced Sheath Voltage Calculations, CT/PT sizing
- Calculation (Metering), Cable Sizing Calculation, NLR, SVL Selection, Battery Sizing Calculation, Distributed Temperature Sensing, AC/DC Breaker Sizing Calculations, Relay and Control, Synchro check, AMI Panels
- Witnessing Factory Acceptance Tests for 115kV Power Cables
- Organize or attend design review meetings and site visits involving Clients and Contractors, coordinating with various departments in NG as follows but not limited to Network Planning, Survey and Right of Way, Procurement Telecommunication, Protection, SAS-SCADA, HV and EHV Projects, Testing & Commissioning
- Review of Pre-qualification documents
- Knowledge in IEC,IEEE, CIGRE-ELECTRA, SEC- National Grid Standards, EPRI Color books,NFPA.
Substation Design / UG Transmission Line Engineer
SATECH
Dammam , INDIA
06.2013 - 10.2015
- Design of Substation physical layout, OH-UG Transition area layout and cable arrangement
- Underground/Over Head Transmission Line Design (33kV to 380kV)
- Lightning surge protection studies, Grounding grid design-IEEE 80
- Experienced in Protection of Transmission Systems which includes CT/VT sizing, Relay setting calculations- distance protection, Bus Bar protection
- Experienced in Cable sheath bonding techniques like single point bonding, Cross bonding, continuous cross bonding
- Transmission line design using PLS CADD/Manual Method
- Sag Tension Calculation using sag 10 software
- Sequence impedance Calculation using ASPEN line constants program and manual method
- Design of cable sheath bonding scheme based on Ampacity/Induced Sheath Voltage Calculation
- Cable Pulling Tension Calculation
- Hands on experience in PLS CADD, Micro station, AutoCAD, SAG 10, ASPEN Line Constants and Calculations in MS EXCEL
- Communication System design- OPGW and U/G Fibre Optic Cable Laying
- Communication- OPGW
- OHTL - Clearance calculations - Mid Span Clearance , Shielding Angle, Structure height
- Verification of Route Plan , Plan Profile , Sections (Concrete Encased Duct Banks,
- Direct Buried, Direct Buried Trenches, Horizontal Directional Drilling)
- Finalizing the Section Length considering the constraints (Cable reel length , route of the cable)
- Selecting Stations for straight joints and sectionalized joints (link boxes)
- Sheath Voltage Limiter selection (check for adequacy)
- Confirming the drawings according to SEC Standards
Education
Masters - Electrical Engineering (Power)
King Fahd University of Petroleum And Minerals
Dhahran - Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia 01.2019 - 07.2023
Post Graduate Diploma in O&M of T&D Systems - Transmission And Distribution
Central Board of Irrigation And Power
New Delhi - India 05.2012 - 10.2012
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Anna University
Chennai - India 04.2007 - 04.2011
Higher Secondary Certificate -
Don Bosco Higher Secondary School
Kerala -India 04.2001 -
Skills
Substation Design and Design Review
UG and OHTL cable Design and Design Review
Design calculations and load flow studies
Feasibility Study
Accomplishments
- PROJECTS (ONGOING)
- Feasibility Study - Intertie between Half Moon BSP - Dhahran Home Ownership BSPs
- Feasibility Study - Intertie between Half Moon BSP - Dhahran Home Ownership BSPs
- Design Review - Conversion of 115kV OHTL to UG cable in Al Qaddissiyah - Al Hassa Home Ownership Substations
- Feasibility Study - Power supply to 132/33kV Substations for housing Projects of Ministry of Defense
- PROJECTS (COMPLETED)
- Preparation of SOW & PTS - Intertie between North Dammam- Ferdous 380 kV BSPs
- Preparation of SOW & PTS - Intertie between Doha - Ferdous 380 kV BSPs
- Preparation of SOW & PTS - Power Supply to Dammam Industrial City -3 115/13.8kV Substation -2
- Preparation of SOW & PTS - Power Supply to Dammam Industrial City -3 115/13.8kV Substation -1 (OHTL+UG)
- Preparation of SOW & PTS - Power Supply to Armed Forces Housing 115/13.8kV Substation
- Feasibility Study - Reinforcement Interconnection Reliability Intertie between Doha - Ferdous 380 kV BSPs
- Feasibility Study - Reinforcement Interconnection Reliability Intertie between North Dammam - Qatif 380 kV BSPs
- Feasibility Study - Power Supply to Avenues Al Khobar
- Power Supply to KFUPM 115/13.8 kV S/S 3 In Dhahran Area
- Re-routing 115 KV cable on road intersection TS2/TS6 at Jubail-Royal Commission Project
- Al-Awamia 115/13.8 kV Substation #2 -Substation
- Conversion of 115 kV OHTL to UG Cables Kilabiyah/Shoaba 115/ 13.8kV S/S in Al Hassa
- Aziziyah 115/13.8kV Substation # 3- U/G Underground Cables Portion
- 4C 115/13.8kV Substation In Second Dammam Industrial Estate - Substation
- DIE 115/13.8kV Substation 4C In 2nd DIE- U/G Cable Portion
- Khalidiyah #2 115/13.8kV Substation In Al-Hassa - U/G Cable Portion
- 4B 115/13.8kV Substation In Second Dammam Industrial Estate - U/G Cable Portion
- Power Supply To National Guard 115/13.8kV Substation #2 In Dammam - U/G Cable Portion
- Al-Awamia 115/13.8 kV Substation #2- U/G Cable Portion
- Faisaliah 115/13.8 kV Substation #2 - U/G Cable Portion
- Integration of Jubail Residential 380/230/115kV BSP To The Existing 115kv Network- U/G Cable Portion
- Power Supply To Dhahran Residential Development 115/13.8 kV Substation- U/G Cable
- Portion
- Power Supply To Dhahran Home Ownership 115/13.8kV Substations - U/G Cable Portion
- Integration of Doha BSP to Existing 115/13.8kV Network - U/G Cable Portion
- Qatar Road 115/13.8 kV Substation
- Diversion of 44BC Substation from Berri P/P to Jubail-2 230/115/34.5 kV Substation-1
- Conversion of 115kV OHTL between Masoudi/Andalus/Khaldiyah to U/G Cable in Al-Hassa
- Conversion of Hameediyah/Abu Ghanimah & HIE / Al Uyun 115kV OHTL to U/G Cable in Al-Hassa
Additional Information
Currently preparing for NCEES –USA PE - POWER Examination to be taken on 25 th August 2022
Affiliations
Engineer Certificate
License 174236 – Saudi Council Of Engineers - Saudi Arabia
Associate Member
License AM181766-6 – The Institution of Engineers - India
Software
CYMCAP, CYMGRID
PSS-E
MS EXCEL
PLS CADD
ASPEN Line Constants
Certification
NCEES –USA FE-Electrical and Computer Exam
Interests
Language Translation
Timeline
NCEES –USA FE-Electrical and Computer Exam
03-2021
Masters - Electrical Engineering (Power)
King Fahd University of Petroleum And Minerals
01.2019 - 07.2023
Power System Engineering – IIT – Kharagpur, India
01-2018
Advances in UHV Transmission and Distribution – IISc- Bangalore- India
01-2017
Electrical Engineer
National Grid - Saudi Electricity Company
10.2015 - Current
Substation Design / UG Transmission Line Engineer
SATECH
06.2013 - 10.2015
Post Graduate Diploma in O&M of T&D Systems - Transmission And Distribution
Central Board of Irrigation And Power
05.2012 - 10.2012
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Anna University
04.2007 - 04.2011
Higher Secondary Certificate -
Don Bosco Higher Secondary School
04.2001 -