Case Studies
MOLEC Case Studies
The MOLEC Electrical team have now finished the installation at HMAS Cerberus. At HMAS Cerberus we were required to build a new training simulator within existing Commonwealth facilities that enables the Royal Australian Navy to train their personnel on a ships diesel generation and electrical distribution system. MOLEC took this project on as a Design and Construct Contract and was required to emulate a RAN ship installation and as such comply with DEF(AUST) 5000-VOL 05 Pt 08 – Electrical System Requirements- Electrical Systems for RAN Combatant Ships and Submarines. To achieve this, MOLEC assembled a specialised team of recognised experts in their individual fields and have overseen the complete design and installation of the electrical system, fuel system, water coolant system, airflow and exhaust system and also a raised platform area to allow for ease of access to the generators for training purposes.
For the construction of the simulator we used five marine grade Kohler/ MTU diesel generator sets operated via three main switch boards. Load is simulated for training purposes using two Sepcho WAR series load banks, which are both resistive and reactive power.
The complete system can be controlled either manually via the control panels on the front of the MSB’s or automatically via the Human Interface Panel on each MSB or remotely over a network.
During March/April 2014 Molec Electrical Contractors has been involved in creating a power generation and distribution system intended for training environments for sailors in the Royal Australian Navy. This simulator will allow the sailors to familiarize themselves with the technology that they will be expected to use aboard ship.
The electrical system is designed for a split plant, split parallel and closed-loop ring mode operation that replicates a ship’s electrical
supply and distribution system. It consists of the following major items:
During March 2012, Molec Electrical Contractors were involved in the electrical upgrade to the Silo Electrical Services to comply with current standards for Goodman Fielder - Pampas.
The requirement of this project was to inspect the existing installation and formulate a turnkey solution to upgrade the designated plant to comply with current legislation while the facility remained in full production and preserving the protocols required to operate in a food preparation environment.
This installation works consisted with mainly all Steel Wire Armour and Intrinsically Safe cables for use in Hazardous Dust environments classified as Zone21 and Zone22 and integrating 24Vdc equipment with an existing PLC which operated on a 240Vac system.
Works also included the installation of pneumatic actuators in the classified hazardous areas in lieu of non-compliant electrically operated actuators and valves.
Part of these works included developing a plan to facilitate working at heights over shared trafficable areas requiring the passage of delivery vehicles in order to keep the plant in full production.
Oaky Creek Coal Seam Methane Power Station 6MW Expansion Oaky Creek North, QLD
Molec performed the following work on this project on behalf of Clarke Energy Australia
Australian Federal Police - Weston Data Centre Canberra - Emergency Generator Installation
Molec performed the following work on this project on behalf of Coote Energy:
Installation of Four 308 KVA Cogeneration plants for Sydney Water at Glenfield, Liverpool, Warriewood and Wollongong
Our hazardous area electrical contractors performed the following work on this project on behalf of Clarke Energy Australia/p>
Braemer Power Station - TwoSea Containerised 635kVA Emergency Diesel Generator Sets
Molec performed the following work on this project for Coote Energy:
EDL 45MW turnkey Coal Seam Methane Power Station Moranbah North QLD
Molec performed the following work on this project on behalf of Clarke Energy Australia