ENSTRA COLD STORE, SPRINGS
Medium and low voltage electrical reticulation –
Kuyper Electrical Services was appointed as Electrical Engineer Consultants to design and plan a multi-temperature 4100m² warehouse and refrigeration facility in Springs, Gauteng. The facility has the necessary docking stations and dock levellers to ease the loading of products. It also consists of an electrically operated rack storage system.
As part of the project, approximately 322m of MV cable was installed from the 6.6kV Enstra substation to the new 1000kVA transformer unit located outside the building. The transformer is remotely protected by means of a Buchholtz and temperature relays located on the transformer. The internal LV reticulation was done using LV Busbars to the Main LV and the Ammonia refrigeration plant electrical Distribution boards.
This facility boasts the latest in Ammonia Cooling technology, Li-iron Forklifts, LED lighting, and well-equipped office space.
Energy efficiency –
Power saving and monitoring hardware were installed in the electrical distribution boards.