ALSTOM Grid Oy

FACTS
Jouni Mälkönen
Dec 2015
 Topics

New ALSTOM + GE JV Grid Solutions Business

Challenges
Mega in Electricity
Trends in Electricity Transmission
Transmission
FACTS Product News
ALSTOM FACTS Technology News
Summary

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Who turned off all the lights?
 So it has happened in the past…and will again

ITALY // SEPTEMBER 28, 2003

Italy's 2003 blackout affected almost all of the country's
57 million people.

GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, AND SPAIN // NOVEMBER 4,

2006
When German power company switched off a high-voltage line
across the River Ems in order to let a cruise ship pass, 10-15
million Europeans lost power

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 FACTS - When do we need these solutions?

Concerns Issues Solutions

Shunt compensation
Increase transmission Fast voltage control
capacity of existing lines MSC & MSR
• Mechanically Switched Capacitor
& Reactor
Reactive power SVC
• Static Var Compensator
Reduce losses control
STATCOM
• Static Synchronous Compensator
Power oscillation
Ensure grid code damping SYNCHRONOUS CONDENSER
compliance
Load flow control Series Compensation
Improve system stability FSC & TCSC & FSC with SSR
Harmonic control filter
• Series Capacitor applications
Improve quality of
FCL
energy Fault ride through • Fault Current Limiter

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 FACTS range – excellence in systems

STATCOM Series capacitor banks

SVC Synchronous Condenser

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Upgraded thyristor valve

 TCR Utility version with GLPS

 TCR Industrial version with
snubber energy
 TSC Utility version with GLPS

 Utility versions with 8 kV

thyristors disks, up to 5”
 Industrial versions with any
electrically triggable thyristor
6-8kV/level
 Up to 28 thyristor levels

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Some technical benefits

Smaller footprint
Dielectric frame allows more compact valve structure.

Ground level power supply

Valve itself is almost independent on network voltage conditions and it’s
ready for operation immediately when voltage exists.

Reliable coolant connections

Well proven running nut concept with PEX pipe and gasket to minimize
leakage issues.

Temperature measurement on each thyristor level

Self diagnostics & possibility to calculate overload capability

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New NPI – ADC - FACTS Control system
ADC – FACTS Control System

ADC – FACTS Control system represents state-of-the art technology for controlling modern and
complex power electronic devices for shunt and series compensation.

ADC delivers real-time performance in order to control and protect any connected equipment.

ADC platform is fully modular and scalable to any FACTS application.

The control system platform hardware is based on military-technology commercial-off-the-shelf

components. This provides increase life-time and reliability.

ADC is completely type-tested using strict utility standards.

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Utility STATCOM – Design principles
STATCOM – Design principles

The product design factor is an open-rack solution i.e. Valve will

be located inside a building.

Design is based on leading edge Modular Multilevel Converter

(MMC) concept utilizing HVDC MaxSine® Full Bridge Power sub-
modules.

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 STATCOM layout

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 MMC STATCOM layout

Step-down transformer
MSC

HF
filtering
Outdoor Cooling
assembly
MSR
Phase Reactors

Main building

Pre-charge
STATCOM layout
circuit

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Synchronous Condenser

When do we need it ?
 More Renewable energy  Provides additional
(which does not provide Short Circuit Power
necessary short circuit power (enhance grid strength and
and inertia to the system) support HVDC LCC converter
Synchronous operation at and near point of
Condenser connection)

 Shut down of existing

to
 Provide Inertia
Thermal and/or Nuclear support
power plants
transmission  Provides controllable
system Reactive power
(inductive or capacitive are
stability made by regulating excitation
 New HVDC LCC Links current)
(which need minimum short
circuit power ratio to be  Provides capability to
properly operated) ride through network
disturbances
(voltage support to grid during
voltage sags)

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 Cooling System
Product Overview Multiple options to suit application needs:
• TEWAC (Totally Enclosed Water-to-Air-Cooled)
• WP (Weather Protected)
• TEPV (Total Enclosed Pressure Ventilation)
• TEAAC (Totally Enclosed Air-to-Air Cooled)

Stator
• Vacuum Pressure Impregnation (VPI)
• Double layer lapwinding Exciter
• Full length slot wedges
• Corona resistant • Brushless or static design
• Stress grading • Eliminates synchronizing module
• Sealed winding (NEMA MG 1-20.18) • Simple speed sensing
• Conservatively rated diodes & SCRs

Rotor with Solid Integral Pole Tips

• Fewer loose components
• Improved mechanical stability
• No pole screw locking
• No differential thermal expansion problems

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Shunt Solution - Synchronous Condenser

2 types of project
Greenfield Conversion

 New synchronous condenser  Conversion of an existing generator

installation into synchronous condenser
• Modularised arrangement (from • Customized solution (case by case)
building integration to container
solution) • Optimised asset utilization
– Reuse of existing installation (generator,
building)
– Maintain possibility to convert back to
power generation operation

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Passive Damping Filter for SSR Mitigation

• Detunes resonance at subsynchronous • Adds positive/stabilizing series-resistance at

frequencies lower frequencies to mitigate SSCI (electrical
stability) issues
• Can eliminate both SSR stability and transient
torque amplification problems - Most effective • Four banks undergoing commissioning
for higher frequency torsional modes testing now in Scotland, for SPEN

• Severe SSR interactions require larger filters • First bank placed on line, remainder to be put
into service 2015/2016

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 TOPIC

Thank you
and
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Let’s keep the lights on!
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