Saft Provides Backup Power for Wafa Oil Field

CEG Elettronica Industriale Spa of Italy has installed 50 Saft rechargeable industrial nickel-cadmium battery systems worth around one million Euros to provide backup power for critical electrical substation and energy distribution systems at the Wafa oil field project in Libya.

The project required batteries of varying capacities to support critical 110VDC and 110/220VAC UPS power supplies for substations and power distribution systems.

For the 110VDC power backup batteries Saft has supplied SBM cells. Four of the batteries, each comprising a parallel string of 92 SBM 369-2 cells, provide up to three hours of autonomy.

For the 110/220VAC UPS systems Saft has supplied SBM, SLM or SBL cells according to the specific requirement. Two of the batteries, each comprising a parallel string of 92 SBM 625-1 cells, can support 40kVA for 30 minutes followed by 30kVA for 90 minutes.