Developing greener energy

Solutions for Hydro Power Plants

Your challenges l To improve the design of your sites to reduce investment costs l To reduce operating costs and provide a continuous electricity supply l To centralise operation across your sites

l Solutions for hydro power plants

Renewable, sustainable energy

Worldwide demand for electricity is rising constantly due in part to the increasing population and the global need for energy in industry and infrastructure. Electricity generated by hydro power offers the critical advantage of being a clean and renewable resource when compared with the alternative option of using increasingly scarce fossil fuels. Schneider Electric participates actively in other emission free and environment friendly power generation plants such as wind and solar photovoltaic plants.

Your commitment to satisfying demand

The construction of new plants is a direct response to the current energy challenges: > To provide a constant supply of electricity > To supply energy at fixed cost whilst maintaining an adequate operating margin > To be flexible so as to adapt quickly to peaks in consumption > To support an environmental approach

Our commitment to you

As an expert in automation and electrical distribution, we are your partner in implementing your projects right from the outset and over the entire life cycle of your installations. > In collaboration with you, we design suitable solutions by combining our knowledge of your industry, the exibility of our systems, the quality of our products and the strength of an international network. > Rest assured that our sustainable development policy will take care of your plant's energy performance.

Only 30%
of potential hydro power resources have been harnessed
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l Solutions for hydro power plants

Global control & monitorin solutions

Our solutions can be adapted for operation in all sizes of hydro power plant, ranging from micro (a few hundred kilowatts) to large (several hundred megawatts). Based on hierarchical architectures, our solutions combining Electrical distribution, Grid Connection and plant supervision meet the requirements of local control systems and remote management. They promote maximum productivity, facilitating control and maintenance by delivering greater operational safety. They are easy to implement in both new or modernised facilities alike.

Large hydro power plant

> 30MW

l Operating 365 days/year l Flexible, modular

architecture l Reliable and capable of offering a high level of dependability l Optimised plant management

Micro hydro power plant

< 1 MW

l Autonomous l Cost effective l Ready-to-use, easy to

integrate and set up l Remote management capability

ng and power protection

Small hydro power plant

1 to 30 MW
l On-demand production according

to peaks in consumption or the hydraulic power available

l l Easy to integrate, implement

and set up l Fully integrated Power & Control solution

l Optimum management across

multiple sites

l Solutions for hydro power plants

The world's leading energy management specialist

Our Power & Control solutions take account of the entire process, from on-site instrumentation to production optimisation and interfacing with ERP systems. Based on a collaborative approach for increased efficiency, they cover all your electrical distribution, energy production system management and automation and safety requirements.
Our commitment is guided by three key objectives: reduce consumption through active energy efciency solutions, promote renewable energy to achieve cleaner production, and optimize consumption by making eco-design products and equipment more widely available. Many of our easy-to-implement solutions can generate substantial energy savings and ensure rapid, quantiable return on investment. Each solution is developed through a 3-stage process involving the measurement and auditing of energy use, energy optimization and sustaining the level of performance of your installations. We provide a tailored response to your requirements and budget, drawing on a range of speed variation, reactive power compensation and control system technologies. What's more, you will benet from end-to-end project support from our teams of experts.

Our Collaborative platform offers: l High-performance tested and validated architectures l Transparent integration of equipment l Open connectivity with ERP* software tools
* Enterprise Resource Planning

10 to 30%
Schneider Electric is committed to reducing the energy bill and CO2 emissions of its customers by 10 to 30%
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PlantStruxureTM is a collaborative system that allows industrial and infrastructure companies meet their automation needs and at the same time deliver on growing energy management requirements. In a single environment, measured energy and process data can be analyzed and used to yield a holistically optimised plant.

Scalable
for changing times
From tens of I/O to hundreds of thousands, the scalability of our system means that you can start out small and grow as your requirements change.

Integrated
to reduce risk
The system is integrated inside, from devices to MES all of the system components are designed to work together with each other and with our chosen technology partners.

Flexible
because your process is unique
Our system supports the architectures that you need for your application. Single site, multiple sites, distributed control, local control, discrete, process, safety, batch all within the one system.

Collaborative
to increase efciency
Our system is open to exchange information with other plant and business software, and fosters an environment of collaboration by delivering the process information you need in the way that you like to see it.

Our greatest force never stops

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l Solutions for large hydro power plants

Your installation available 365 days a year

The level of electricity production must be maintained and guaranteed at all times as required by the Utilities Contracts Regulations. Control systems and electrical networks have to be designed for high performance and dependability. Our solution relies on a redundant hardware and software architecture.

Transparent redundant architectures

> Schneider Electric offers transparent, integral and scalable redundancy. The high degree of exibility means systems can be easily extended to avoid network failures and hardware faults. The result is a highly dependable optimised solution. > EtherNet/IP - the recognised industry standard network - provides a reliable, long-term solution for communication architectures requiring high levels of dependability. Communication adjusts easily to the level of dependability required, whether this is in terms of redundant network interfaces and/or media, self-healing bre optic rings or communication safeguards.

Wang Chun Yan

Site Operations Manager, China With a capacity of 1070megawatts, our facility creates a retaining reservoir of 450 square kilometres and 3.5billion cubic metres. It is essential that we have a reliable system operating constantly. Schneider Electric's HPPsolutions make sure of this. The high-dependability, redundant solutions developed for our plant mean we can deliver constant power quality, producing 6 billion kilowatt hours per year.

Installations available 24/7

> PLC redundancy avoids process downtime. In the event of a fault, there is a seamless, automatic changeover from the primary PLC to the standby PLC, which are both linked via a dedicated high-speed EtherNet/IP connection. Control system dependability can be enhanced by duplicating the I/O and the corresponding sensors and actuators.

19%

of the world's electricity production is generated by hydroelectric power

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l Solutions for large hydro power plants

For large-scale, complex hydro power plants, integrated Power & Control solutions are necessary to attain the desired level of performance. Such applications need to process a large amount of information exchanged between different parts of the plant. For this type of application, we supply dedicated HPP architectures and tools for the entire life cycle of a project, from design through to implementation, including modernisation.

H3 control architecture High availibility

99.99996%
is the reliability rate realised by a redundant architecture based on Modicon PLCs
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Modicon Hot Stand By architecture: a high-dependability solution

Tested and validated, the H3 architecture offers you numerous advantages:
> A high degree of reliability and stability

> Remote supervision and control frees up time

for engineers.

> The modular design of this architecture makes it

easy to upgrade the system in terms of functions, software and hardware.

> Operators can monitor and control all equipment

easily from a central workstation.

> Automatic start and stop sequences are

guaranteed for the turbine-generator unit in good conditions, thus extending its lifetime.

> In the event of failure, the turbine-generator unit

stops automatically. The operator can access all the necessary information remotely to determine the cause.

ModiconQuantum
> Remarkable calculation and permutation
performance

> Ever ready to take control with total

transparency

> Fault-tolerant system

Distributed control architectures: a exible solution

The infrastructure of hydro power plants demands greater exibility when setting up the process architectures. Because of the sheer quantity and variety of equipment involved - synchronisation module, injector control system, vibration control systems - connection to the central processing unit has to be simple.

> Our architectures are built around reliable, tested

industrial products which have been adapted for use in harsh environments.

> The decentralised supervisory system reduces

the number of technicians required on site.

> The modular nature of our solutions and

architectures facilitates expansion and modernisation of both the hardware and software alike.

> Distributed architectures are the perfect choice

for large installations, particularly when the plant comprises several turbine-generator units. Each unit is independent and controlled by a PLC and each sub-unit is connected to the SCADA system via an industrial network. This system allows the creation of reliable, exible solutions which can be adapted to any scenario depending on the number of units or devices to be connected.

> Communication between the PLCs and the

SCADA system is based on standard EtherNet/IP protocol for data exchange and synchronisation.

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l Solutions for small hydro power plants

Supervise your sites from a single point

Small HPP sites are often spread across a very wide area. The distance is determined by the head of water that is necessary to generate the optimum production power. This results in vast networks with very specic needs dictated by the remoteness of the sites, the limited communication networks, difcult and costly maintenance, and the availability of the electricity supply.

An ideal remote management system

All connections between remote sites are periodic and characterised by cyclical exchanges generated by the central control system on an operator request or an event:
> Transmission of data between remote sites and the central supervisory system (SCADA) > Communication protocols (IEC 870..., DNP3, Modbus, etc.) > Media (cable, radio, GSM, modem, Internet, etc.) > Management of time-stamped events, metering and data buffering in case of connection failures

Wen Liu
Project Department Nanjing NARI Automatic Control Co., Ltd. Schneider Unity Collaborative Automation Platform provides a complete control system solution for the hydro power plant. This system offers intelligence of design, convenience of operation, rapidity of data processing and larger processing ability. The openness and collaboration illustrates the new concept of the control system where programing, debugging and operation are combined. The system solution satises our requirements for reliability. It is a practical and expandable solution for a hydropower supervision and control system. It operates on a redundant and open conguration, which ensures that all the system technologies are advanced, the structure is correct and that it functions perfectly.

SCADA: a central point

(Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)

In view of the long distances between hydroelectric sites, integrated direct communication is the key to monitoring, setting up and maintaining such applications.
> Our offer features standard SCADA functions including scalability, recording, redundancy and diagnostics, as well as specic RTU functions such as IEC protocols and modem/time-stamped alarm/data management. Data can be exchanged easily in several common formats, including dBase, SQL and Oracle amongst others, for subsequent processing by ofce automation tools.

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l Solutions for small hydro power plants

Half of the world's hydro power plants generate less than 50MW per unit of capacity. Schneider Electric offers integrated, differentiated Power & Control solutions for small HPPs which will improve both their performance and dependability alike.

H2 control architecture - High-performance

Grid connection and power distribution

To connect the installation to the MV network and to supply power to the plant auxiliaires, we provide a complete electrical distribution solution from LV switchboards to MV cubicles and stepup transformers. This equipment is adapted to local standards and is specically designed to work together.
Main customer benets: > Enhanced continuity of service > Increased safety of people and assets > Fast and easy installation. Best in class LV and MV ranges: > Generator circuit breaker > Step-up transformer > Voltage and current transformer > Protection relay > LV circuit breakers > Busbar > MV Cubicles.
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Compact RTU: an all-in-one solution

The compact RTU is a typical example of an optimum solution for small power plants. It offers:
> Ready-to-use precongured applications > The ability to manage several turbine-generator units > Recording of measurements and events > RTU communication embedded in telemetry architectures based on a wide range of standard protocols, including IEC, Modbus and DNP3.

Turbine-generator unit control and supervision

> The Modicon M340 is able to manage complex turbine systems and, coupled with GPC module, the solution covers all functional aspects of the turbine-generator unit. Its a global solution for power and automation.

Access control and video surveillance

> Video security systems provide the images required to understand a given situation or to prevent vandalism, theft and other criminal offences. It not only helps speed up decision-making by providing an appropriate response, it improves the safety of both personnel and assets.

Modicon M340
> Compact - it can t in a small footprint. > Networked - the Modicon M340 features two USB ports, an
embedded web server and remote access capability via ADSL.

> Rugged - the "ruggedised" version supports an extended temperature

range. 100% certied, it exceeds the requirements of IEC standards.

7%

of global electricity production is supplied by small and micro power plants

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Invest in a sustainable solution

Micro hydro power plants represent a method of energy production which satises three main criteria for renewable energy - sustainable resources, respect for the environment and a production capability across a wide geographical area.

A truly customised solution

The majority of micro hydro power plants are managed by independent operators. Their priority is to ensure they have control and management equipment for their plant which offers:
> Ease of integration and implementation to create a global management system > On-demand reliability and dependability > Autonomous management of the control system > Simple diagnostics, on demand or by remote event-triggered alarms > Remote management via a web interface > A quick return on investment

A global solution
Our global Power & Control solution meets the requirements of micro HPP owners on all levels.
> The generator protection, grid connection, power metering and monitoring functions are assured by an autonomous GPC module connected to the remote management PLC. > The primary control unit in micro power plants is the PLC, which manages and monitors all plant parameters either locally or remotely. Easily congurable using a standard web browser, the PLC provides all the information relating to production, equipment status or the causes of any malfunctions. It sends alerts via GSM or allows you to view your plant via a webcam.

Bernard Mallet
CEO of Celaur Energies and operator of Chamalire-sur-Loire hydro power plant (France) As an independent electricity producer, I had to call upon several differently skilled specialists during the construction of our 400 kilowatt hydroelectric power plant. Schneider Electric was my one-stop shop for all electric equipments. I received a global solution encompassing the entire control system, the low and medium voltage electrical distribution, connection to the French electricity distribution network and the remote management capability. This approach allowed to optimise plant integrity and reliability.

Automation and electrical distribution equipment is integrated in a single solution

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l Solutions for micro power plants

A high performance remote management PLC

The W@de W325 module assumes the role of both RTU and controller.
> Data acquisition/timestamping/data logging: - Direct via I/O cards - Communication with third-party equipment (Modbus/ModbusTCP) > Alarm detection and transmission to SCADA and/or operators on duty > Control functions - Simple calculation formulae - IEC 61131 programming workbench (5 standard languages available) > Data presentation: built-in web-based HMI for conguration and operation (dashboards) > Telemetry and SCADA communication (incoming/outgoing calls) via standard protocols (Modbus with time-stamped functions, IEC 101, 104 or DNP3)

H1 control architecture Cost efcient

Low voltage generator protection and grid connection

> To optimise the installation ROI, Schneider Electrics electrical distribution solution is cost-effective and reliable. We provide LV switchboards for generator protection, step-up transformers and MV cubicles for transformer protection and grid connection.

> Complete modularity > Embedded Web server > Multiple communication ports > Straight-forward setup > Reliability > Multi-protocol

W@de W325

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l A complete range of dedicated services

Getting the best from your staff and your installations

Project management
Looking for commitment on our part for your modernisation projects and new plants? You can count on the experience and involvement of our teams and the support of our partners.
Using the specic tools we have developed (engineering and design software, migration tools and dedicated libraries), production shutdowns are restricted to the minimum. We help you improve the plant performance, proposing solutions for the modernization of your current control and electrical distribution systems and providing solutions for your new installations. And we can provide longer term support by: > handling design and deployment of a standardised solution and tools on a project that can be applied in other sites, > associating maintenance of the installed base with planned modernisation.

Advice and expertise

Need a new method, or skills on a point considered particularly important? Our experts and consultants offer to help you analyse what exists and to dene and deploy specic solutions.
For operation In operations or preventive maintenance, our tools and methods enable you to access accurate diagnostics from our systems: electrical distribution equipment, intelligent motor control centers, communication networks, speed drives, process control systems. In case of intervention, a detailed and commented report is provided following our technical visit. For modernisation and new projects > At pre-project stage, our consultants help you assess opportunities, dene solutions, estimate budgets and propose deployment techniques. With diagnostics, recommendations and results of feasibility studies, you validate and secure your project. > For project steering, our experts provide support in preparing specication studies (software standardisation, architecture diagrams, etc.), assistance on solution deployment and results checking.

50

Schneider Electric training centres worldwide

500

dedicated people for solutions in the world

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Maintenance contracts
Do you count on long-term reliability and performance of your installations? Lets build together your custom services contract.
Services pack or made-to-measure: > telephone support for priority access to our experts centre, > web access to benet from latest version software, > stock of our branded replacement parts on your installations or in our warehouses, > assurance of on-site assistance within a guaranteed time. We help you anticipate technical risks and perform essential modernizations by taking account of equipment obsolescence. It avoids penalizing production shutdowns. You control maintenance costs by optimised replacement parts stock management.

Replacement parts and repairs

Does your competitiveness depend on your reactivity to breakdowns and malfunctions? We can help you limit downtime periods.
From our stock we can supply you with tested and certied replacement parts compatible with your installed equipment. By contract you can stock on your installations replacement parts which remain as our remote stock until its effectively used. Finally, you have also available a strong distribution channel network, present worldwide, that opens to you another access point to our products.

Training
Does safety of your operation and plant performance depend on constant adaptation of the skills of your personnel? We can help you:
Identify your training requirements by systematic analysis of levels and functions of your teams, propose training modules covering your installed automation equipment, follow up acquisitions by ongoing training, offer training modules designed to suit your timing and locations. You have available over 50 training centres with high technology learning tools, professional trainers expert in both industry and teaching, standard or customised courses on-site or on our installations.

Our offers help you to

> Anticipate risks > Improve your performance > Keep control of your investments

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Electrical distribution solution for small hydro plants

> LV switchboard for generator
protection: Prisma or Okken

> Step-up transformer: Minera oil or

Trihal cast resin transformers

> MV cubicles for transformer

protection, grid connection and MV metering: RM6 (compact GIS), SM6 (modular AIS), MCset (high end AIS) and CBGS (high end GIS)

> Type-tested prefabricated kiosks:

Biosco

> Digital Sepam relays and ION

energy monitoring hardware and software systems

> Easergy T200 Remote Terminal

Unit for remote control and supervision capacitor banks: Varset

> Power factor correction and

Make the most of your energy

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