Filling Liquid Cooling Unit on ABB Drilling Drives, Electrical

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Document Version: D00
Effective Date: 30th December 2011


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Copyright 2009 Pacific Drilling Unpublished Work; all rights reserved.
Revision History
Vers.
No. Effective Date Description Prepared by Reviewed by Approved by
D00 30/12/11 Filling the Liquid Cooling System for the ABB
Drilling Drives
D Spinks ET Chief ET
Grigory Bzhitov


Purpose

Filling the Liquid Cooling System for ABB Drilling Drives

Inputs
1 Person in Charge
a) ET
2 Minimum Manning Requirement
a) ET
3 Required Equipment
a) Hand Tools
b) Bucket and rags
c) Pump and hose fittings
4 Safeguards and Associated Documents
a) Proper PPE
b) Toolbox Meeting
c) Task Risk Assessment
d) Barrier off working area
5 Safety Risks
a) Person not fully understanding his task
b) Pinch Points
c) Bad Communication
d) Water Leakage and spillage

Working on Ballast Valves, Electrical
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Effective Date: 23 November, 2010


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6 Permit Requirement
Permit to Work required as critical equipment

Actions
7 Preparations
a) Gather and inspect all tools required for the job.
b) Hold Pre-job safety Meeting
c) Erect Barriers around work area
d) Test communications between parties involved and advise Drillers you are about to commence
work
e) Insure all personnel involved understand the duties
8 Procedures (Reference to the drawing and photos below).
1. Open the valves at the inlets and outlets of the pumps.
2. Check that all shut-off valves in this and in the inverter and diode supply cabinets are open.
3. Connect the filling hose to the fill/drain coupling in the lower part of the LCU cabinet.

4. Lead the bleed hoses to buckets.
5. Open the bleed valves (also from other cabinets). NOTE only if topping up from new or after an inverter
replacement. When Topping up due to low pressure DO NOT Open Bleed valves as pressure will be lost.
6. Open the fill/drain valve V310.

Filling Liquid Cooling Unit on ABB Drilling Drives, Electrical
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7. Fill in the system.
8. Control the base pressure to 1...1.5 bar by flowing water from the fill/drain coupling. Monitor pressure on gauge PI-
204
9. When there is sufficiently coolant in the piping, water begins to overflow from the bleed hoses. Drain a little water
before closing the bleed valves.


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9 Clean Up
a) Gather all tools used during operation and return them to their dedicated storage place, ensuring
that they are clean and ready to use for the next job.
b) Clear up any spillage with rags and bucket. Ensure no leaks on the system.
c) When applicable sign of the Permit-to-Work and return the permits to the bridge.
10 Lessons Learned
a) What went well?
b) What needs improvement?
c) Report outcome item b) to Rig Manager in daily operations call.