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…...
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Sep 05, 2022 | By Edvard Csanyi

How to avoid unnecessary replacement of a switchgear by limiting short-circuit fault current
Short-circuit fault current limiters come in a variety of kinds for use in low, medium, high, and extra high voltage systems. Some have been in service for many years, such… Read more
Aug 29, 2022 | By Edvard Csanyi

Inside the power grid collapse and measures for preventing voltage instability and loss
The problem of voltage stability and voltage collapse has been studied and investigated for some decades now. A number of incidents have appeared around the world and some intensive work… Read more
Aug 15, 2022 | By Edvard Csanyi

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… Read more
Aug 01, 2022 | By Edvard Csanyi

Secrets and warnings in operation and maintenance of a Gas Insulated Substation (GIS)
After its inception in the mid-1960s, GIS technology has become a remarkable success over a wide range of high voltage applications up to 800 kV. Reliable operation and compact size…...
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Jul 11, 2022 | By Bishal Lamichhane

Shunt reactor fundamentals: Connections in the substation, switching and protection practice
Due to changes in the generation and load structure, the transmission and distribution networks are always encountering new challenges. Many regions, for example, are gradually changing their power networks, such… Read more
Jun 20, 2022 | By Edvard Csanyi

Hints for a good design of an optical communication system for a transmission line network
Communication networks are an integral part of interconnected transmission lines in a power grid, analogous to the spinal cord for control signal and information exchange among substations, data hubs, and…...
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May 09, 2022 | By Bishal Lamichhane

Capacitor banks protection, cautions and maintenance tips
It would not be wrong to say that humanity has never consumed so much electricity, and to make the paradox bigger, there is still a lack of energy. The sharp…...
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Apr 04, 2022 | By Rahmatullah Alam

Design overview and optimization of 132/33 kV substation switchgear and protection systems
The step-down substations make up for more than 80% of total grid substations and are the focal point of sub-transmission and distribution systems. Usually, HV substations within the power transmission…...
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Mar 21, 2022 | By Bishal Lamichhane

The essentials of necessary auxiliary relays in tripping and control applications
Tripping circuit breakers and operating alarms in control and protection applications usually require more than one relay contact. Tripping relays are used to multiply the number of contacts available, provide… Read more
Feb 28, 2022 | By Edvard Csanyi

Parameters of generators, transformers, lines and cables for vars, voltage and loads control
For a power system to operate efficiently and securely, the importance of the correct and coordinated provision and control of reactive power cannot be overemphasised. It is necessary to examine… Read more
Jan 31, 2022 | By Edvard Csanyi

Eight most damaging overvoltages in industrial systems (root causes and prevention)
Electric insulation in energized systems is continuously under stress. Electric systems are subject to disturbances of many types which unavoidably produce overvoltages. However, the application engineer has at his command… Read more
Dec 20, 2021 | By Edvard Csanyi

Guidelines for HV substation designers to properly analyze, size and select equipment
Irrespective of the voltage level and capacity of any substation, the numbers of equipment and their size are usually the major factors in determining the overall capital cost of substations…....
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Dec 13, 2021 | By Bishal Lamichhane

How to modernize a power system while carrying the cost (examples of existing plant)
Existing power systems are often modernized although there is no expansion involved at the moment. The switchgear may be obsolete, representing a real hazard to the operating personnel and property…. Read more
Dec 06, 2021 | By Edvard Csanyi

On-load tests you MUST perform during the switchgear commissioning process
On-load tests constitute the final activity in the commissioning process of low voltage or medium voltage switchgear. They are carried out immediately after the newly installed equipment is energized from… Read more
Nov 22, 2021 | By Edvard Csanyi
