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Category 'Power Substation' - Technical Articles

Category “Power Substation” is dedicated to technical articles about a subsidiary station of an electricity generation, transmission and distribution system where voltage is transformed from high to low or the reverse using transformers. This also includes primary and secondary distribution, substation installation, testing and commissioning, erection and other important topics.

Energy and Power

The life of a power substation project: Design, construction, erection and commissioning

This technical article covers numerous substation project design elements, lists the steps of the construction process, and examines the environmental impacts and impact mitigation strategies for power transmission and distribution substation projects. Most projects suffer due to lack of capability…...

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Jan 16, 2023 | By

The life of a power substation project: Design, construction, erection and commissioning
Low Voltage

How to design the power supply for data centres and airports while megawatts of loads rise fast

The first choice for service and distribution voltage is almost always 480 volts. Why is that? Well, it’s because it’s traditional, it has a safe design and specifications are already written around 480 V. UPS and backup aggregate equipment are…...

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Dec 26, 2022 | By

How to design the power supply in data centers and airports while megawatts of loads rise fast
Low Voltage

Failure cases of LV/MV electrical equipment and what should have been done (to avoid them)

Generally, the useful life of power system components heavily depends upon the level of care given to them and their duty cycles. For example, a circuit breaker on mainly switching duty can last 40 to max. 50 years. The majority…...

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Dec 19, 2022 | By

Failure cases of LV/MV electrical equipment and what should have been done (to avoid them)
Low Voltage

Inside the Modern Digital Low Voltage Switchgear: Devices and Communications

Low voltage switchgear is one of the significant pieces of equipment utilized for power distribution in electrical systems of all types of process and chemical plants. There is a migration from conventional low-voltage switchgear to the current digital version due…...

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Dec 12, 2022 | By

Inside the Modern Digital Low Voltage Switchgear: Devices and Communications
Energy and Power

Grounding of mine power distribution systems

The application of electricity to the mining industry is a distinctive area of both mining engineering and electrical engineering. The difficult environment, the dynamic power loads, the cyclic and mobile operation and stringent safety requirements that characterize mining, all place… Read more

Nov 07, 2022 | By

Grounding of mine power distribution systems
Energy and Power

Learn how to interpret and design single-line diagrams (SLD) for complex projects

A complex project comprises loads ranging from small loads such as sockets and lights to higher loads like Air Handling Units (AHUs), Fan Coil Units (FCUs), motor pumps, and other high motor-driven loads. Loads connected to the project are gathered…...

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Oct 31, 2022 | By

Learn how to interpret and design single-line diagrams (SLD) for complex projects
Maintenance

The most common Gas-Insulated Switchgear (GIS) faults and a case of 220kV CB cubicle

Over decades since its inception, GIS switchgear demand is still prevalent in these present times due to its compact built, reliability, and maintenance advantages compared to conventional Air-insulated switchgear. Even the strong negative effect on the environment when its gas…...

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Oct 17, 2022 | By

The most common Gas-Insulated Switchgear (GIS) faults and how to perform investigation
Power Substation

How to prepare an enquiry for a power transformer: Design and tendering tips

Nothing is more crucial during the early phase of a transformer inquiry than a complete and explicit listing of all requirements that must be met from both the manufacturer’s and the user’s perspectives. The IEC standards include detailed requirements that…...

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Oct 10, 2022 | By

How to prepare an enquiry for a power transformer: Design and tendering tips
Power Substation

Procedures and activities during the design and tendering phase of HV project engineering

Before getting into the project engineering phase, power system planning with the focus on basic design aspects of main power system components must be performed. Based on recommendations resulting from various studies, the project engineering phase, mainly covers the design,…...

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Sep 26, 2022 | By

Procedures and activities during the design and tendering phase of HV project engineering
Low Voltage

The art of a low voltage switchgear design: The case study and practical experience

LV panels are metal-enclosed switchgear that provides a three-phase power distribution to supply electric power at voltages up to 1000 volts, current up to 10000 amps, and a frequency of 50HZ or 60HZ. LV panels are always connected at the…...

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Sep 19, 2022 | By

The art of a low voltage switchgear design: The case study and practical experience
Power Substation

Instructions for making specifications and selecting the main components of an HV substation

From the point of making specification, high voltage substation is pretty complex. There are dozen of substation equipment that must be specified and selected out of hundreds of manufacturers. This article will help a little bit with some fundamental instructions…...

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Sep 05, 2022 | By

Instructions for making specifications and selecting the main components of an HV substation
High Voltage

Tricks in designing and analyzing schematics and diagrams of high voltage substations

High voltage power substations are complex networks of power and control connections, represented by design elements like- Single Line Diagrams, layout and block diagrams, schematics, logic diagrams, schedules, and so many more. Wiring diagrams and schematics, in a sense, are…...

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Aug 08, 2022 | By

Tricks in designing and analyzing schematics and diagrams of high voltage substations
Protection

Breaker failure protection applications of modern numerical distance relays

Modern numerical distance relays are equipped with a wide range of protection features, including overcurrent, overvoltage, undervoltage, underfrequency, overfrequency, breaker failure, synchronism check, power swing blocking and tripping, pilot protection schemes, digital relay-to-relay communications capability, logic programmability, and sophisticated math… Read more

Aug 01, 2022 | By

Functional integration and advanced applications of modern numerical distance relays


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