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TABLE O
OF CONTE
ENTS:
1.  INTR
RODUCTION 2 
2.  TECHNICAL DE
ESCRIPTIO
ON OF THE PLANT CO
ONTROL CA
ABINET 2 
2.1.  P
Physical de
escription off the cabine
et enclosure
e 2 
2.2.  C
Cabinet ma
ain devices 3 
2.2.1.  able logic conttroller (PLC) 3 
Programma
2.2.2.  Electrical protection and measurementt unit (optional) 4 
2.2.3.  Operator interface (HMI) 6 
2.2.4.  DC supply system
s 6 
2.2.5.  Cabinet Eth
hernet commu
unications 6 

3.  PLAN
NT OPERA
ATION BY MEANS
M OF HMI 7 
4.  MAIN
NS CONNE
ECTION CIR
RCUIT BRE
EAKER CON
NTROL 12 
5.  LOAD SHARING
G AMONG GENSETS WHEN ISL OPTIONAL )
LANDING (O 12 
6.  NTROL OF THE
CON T POWE
ER INTERC
CHANGED WITH
W THE MAINS (OP
PTIONAL) 13 
1
7.  CABINET ASSE
EMBLIES MAIN
M CHAR
RACTERIST
TICS 13 

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1. INTRODUCTION

This document describes the characteristics and functions performed by the plant cabinet
manufactured by GUASCOR POWER which can be supplied for generation plants with several
Guascor gensets installed (mandatory if the supply consists of more than 3 gensets, optional if the
supply consists of 3 or 2).
The cabinet is supplied with a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) and an HMI (Human Machine
Interface). The PLC is the main controller of the installation supplied by Guascor. It communicates with
the PLCs of each genset and carries out the logic and control functions to do the following tasks:
• Remote RUN/STOP of every Guascor genset of the installation.
• Remote configuration of the starting and interacting capabilities of the gensets.
• Remote configuration of each genset power set up and reactive power control generated by
the plant.
• Remote configuration and control of the operation of the plant gensets in case of islanding
(optional feature).
• Control and displaying of the overall electrical parameters of the electrical installation.
• Remote starting and stopping of the gensets.
• Control of the resynchronization of the plant in case of islanding and is demanded coupling
again to mains (optional feature).
• Control the power interchanged with the mains (optional feature).

2. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANT CONTROL CABINET

2.1. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CABINET ENCLOSURE

The power and control cabinet will be assembled from modular steel floor standing enclosures
properly coated, manufactured by leading brands. The dimensions will be height 2.100mm (2000mm
for the enclosure and 100 for the plinth), total wide 1000mm and 600mm of depth. The color will be
RAAL 7.035 or 7.032. With the lifting eyebolts the total height is a little bigger
The physical appearance of the cabinet is shown in the figures below. First it is shown a frontal view
and next a 3D view of the cabinet (the dimensions and details are shown for information purposes
only, subject to changes).

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2.2. CAB
BINET MAIN
N DEVICES
S
The cabine
et is supplie
ed with the following
f ma
ain devices
s installed in
nside.

2.2.1. Prog
grammable
e logic conttroller (PLC
C)
This is a sstandard commercial programmab
p ble logic controller as per IEC 61 131, which is responsible
for control the entire Guascor
G ins
stallation.
ped with the
It is equipp e following modules:
m
• Powe
er supply module
m for 24 VCC
• CPU module ressponsible fo
or the storag ecution the program.
ge and exe p
• Ethernet module ct the PLC tto the Ethernet networrk of the Guuascor installation
e, to connec
• Digita
al inputs an
nd outputs interface mmodules to exchange digital signaals with the e other gen
nset
conntrol cabinet modules, and other ccontrol syste
ems and field devices oof the plant.
• Analo
ogue modu
ules if neces
ssary.
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The PLC is program mmed to ca

arry out thee control and regulation functionns needed to control the
generation
n plant and the
t Guasco
or gensets.
• Mana
age all the alarms
a generated by a
all the gense
ets control systems.
s
• Mana
age the starting and sttopping of th
he gensets,, and the po
ower to be ggenerated by
b them.
• Colle ets and theeir auxiliary services, and
ect the maiin informatiion of the working of the gense a
manage their configuratio
c on.
• Manaage the info ormation re eceived fromm the electrrical protecttion unit (if present) that controls the
electrical grid of the plan nt and conttrol the resyynchronizattion operatioon over the e mains cirrcuit
bre
eaker (if thiss function is included in
n the Guasccor supply).
• Conttrol of the power
p interrchanged w
with the mains (if this function is included in
n the Guasscor
sup
pply).
The PLC ccommunicattes with other devices o net through 2 types of ccommunica
of the cabin ation buses:
• CanO
Open bus (w
with the pro
otection and
d measurem
ment unit)
• Ethernet connecction (with the
t HMI and
d the rest off the plant through an E
Ethernet sw
witch)

The HMI o only commu unicates witth the PLCC within this
s cabinet. All
A the inform mation about the genssets
and the pla
ant is colleccted by the PLC
P and is passed to the
t HMI tha at to be dispplayed.

2.2.2. Electrical prote

ection and measurem
ment unit (o
optional)
Optionally the cabine et can be supplied
s w
with a devic ce with the functions for the pro
otection of the
electrical g
grid of the plant.
p It is equipped
e wiith a display c be visuualized the main electrrical
y in which can
measurem ments.
The unit ha
as 2 parts, one
o installe
ed inside the
e cabinet an
nd a display
y to be instaalled on the cabinet doo
or.
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This unit ca
an trip the mains
m circuit breaker o
of the plant.
It can also
o close it byy carrying out
o if neede ed a resyncchronization
n of the pla nt to the mains,
m provid
ded
that there are voltage e measurements on b both sides of the brea
aker and thhe breaker has a clossing
release available to bee controlled
d by this sysstem.
This unit ca
an carry out the following function
ns:
• Main
ns connectio
on protectio
on functionss
• Electtrical measu
urements.
• ReSyynchronizattion
• CAN OPEN com
mmunication
n with PLC
The measu
urements ca
arried out and
a displaye
ed by the un
nit are:
• Volta
age (3 phas
ses)
• Curre
ent (3 phases)
• Activve power (kW
W)
• Reacctive power (kVar)
• Powe
er factor (co
os phi)
• Frequency (f)
• Enerrgy supplied
d by the gen
nerator (kW
Wh)
The protecction functio
ons performed by the u
unit are:
• Unde
er and overv
voltage (AN
NSI 27/59)
• Unde
er and overffrequency (ANSI
( 81m//81M).
• Mech
hanical overload (ANSI 32).
• Reve
erse power (ANSI 32)
• Overrcurrent (2 levels) (ANS
SI 51)
• Fast Overcurren
nt (<42 ms) (ANSI 50/5
51)
• High overcurren
nt (<350%) (ANSI 50)
• Curre
ent unbalan
nce (ANSI 46)
4
• Volta
age asymme
etry (ANSI 47)
4
• Vecto
or shift (ANSI 78)
• df/dt Rate of Ch
hange of Fre
equency, “R
ROCOF” (AN
NSI 81)
The alarmss and meas surements are availab
ble to the PLC
P by mea
ans of the C
CANopen communication,
and will be
e displayed in the HMI.

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2.2.3. Operator interface (HMI)

The cabinet is supplied with an operator dialogue panel which is a color graphical touch screen placed
on the cabinet door that works as a human-machine interface (HMI).
With this device the operator can display and control the whole generation plant from this single point
(although to a complete control and configuration of each genset it must be used the HMI of each
genset).

2.2.4. DC supply system

The cabinet has its own 24 Vdc supply system, consisting of:
• A rectifier and battery charger to generate dc power from the AC supply, supplying the normal
feeder 24VDC circuit for the cabinet
• A battery set of the same voltage (24 VDC) to provide the emergency 24 VDC supply.
• All of the protective devices required.

2.2.5. Cabinet Ethernet communications

The cabinet has an Ethernet switch which lets communicate the HMI and the PLC with the rest of
PLCs of the plant at the engine control cabinets supplied by Guascor.
This allows to display status and parameter variables of the gensets in the plant cabinet HMI, and to
carry out the plant control.
A typical Ethernet network layout is shown in the following figure:

In addition with the TCP/IP communication it is possible to carry out other OPTIONAL duties such as:

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• Remote warnings (by GSM or similar, OPTIONAL)

• Data exchange and plant control with a SCADA (OPTIONAL)

3. PLANT OPERATION BY MEANS OF HMI

The status of the Guascor gensets, its auxiliary services and the electrical grid can be displayed and
in many cases controlled by the cabinet HMI.
The HMI is color graphic touch screen placed on the cabinet door, programmed with a set of screens
to carry out all the desired functions.
It is possible that the specific screens programmed in a particular supply would differ from those
showed in this document but for illustrative purposes these screens are significant enough. The
details, such the number of the Guascor gensets in the plant, obviously may differ from the one
presented in the pictures showed next on this document, depending on the actual details of the
Guascor supply.
The HMI is supplied with several screens, that allow the operator to control the operation of every
Guascor genset in the plant.
For example, the next screen allows to operate each Guascor genset of the plant (the genset number
is selected at the upper part of the screen, for example in the next figure the genset selected is
number 1) and display most of the main parameters of its operation.

Also the genset auxiliary systems can be controlled from another screen:

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The status of the electrical grid can be displayed on another screen with a grid synoptic (the actual
synoptic displayed in a particular application will depend on the specific details of the installation and
may differ substantially from the one shown below, which is included for illustrative purposes only).

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It is available always an alarm status screen where are displayed all of the active alarms in that
moment. All of the plant alarms are displayed, either the alarms generated by each genset and the
alarms generated by the elements controlled by the plant cabinet.
It is displayed a description text of the alarm, the moment of its activation and the origin of the alarm.
It can be also displayed an historic alarm screen to display the alarms active and not active with the
amount only limited by the memory capacity of the HMI.

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When there is an active alarm, it can be visualized almost in any screen of the application on the
bottom part as follows:

There is a screen for each of the gensets supplied by Guascor for the plant, to display its main
parameters and the main parameters of the electrical grid and the mains connection as the shown
below (the example is for the genset number 1 in a 6 gensets plant):

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It can be programmed a daily working schedule for each genset:

4. MAINS CONNECTION CIRCUIT BREAKER CONTROL

If the installation is designed to work in islanding mode, the plant control cabinet can control a mains
circuit breaker if it is equipped with the appropriate closing and tripping releases. PLC operated volt-
free contact outputs can give the signals for the closing and tripping of the mains circuit breaker.
Re-synchronization is the operation by which a plant operating in islanding mode (disconnected from
the mains) connects again to the mains and it is an optional feature of the Guascor supply that can be
carried out by this cabinet.

5. LOAD SHARING AMONG GENSETS WHEN ISLANDING (OPTIONAL)

To carry out the load sharing among gensets with the same control system, when islanding, the PLC
of this cabinet will control the power to be generated by each genset.
Through the ethernet network of the plant, the gensets that share the load will exchange the needed
information with the plant control cabinet.

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6. CONT
TROL OF THE
T POWE
ER INTER
RCHANGED
D WITH TH
HE MAINS
S (OPTION
NAL)

The Guasccor supply can

c include
e the contro l of the pow
wer intercha
anged by thhe plant with
h the mainss as
an optiona
al feature.
The controol system off this cabine
et (PLC) ca
an give the opportune
o commands
c to the work
king gensetss to
export or im t desired power to th
mport only the he mains.

7. CABIN
NET ASSE
EMBLIES MAIN
M CHA
ARACTER
RISTICS

• Interior lighting with

w door microswitch.
m

• 2Ph+
+E 230Vac//16A sockett fed by the 400Vac au
uxiliary syste
em feeder.

• Air re
enovation with
w fan conttrolled by a thermostatt.

• All brranch circuiits protected

d against ovvercurrent and
a short circuit.

• The relays for control purpo

oses will incclude lockable test buttton and meechanical intterlock.

• Everry cable will be identifie

ed with plasstic labels, and
a ended in wiring endd ferrules.

Enclosure
e characterristics:

- Protection degree IP
P54

- Cable gla
and plate for entry of ca
ables and n
non protecte
ed active pa
arts

- Fan and vvent grille: IP54

I

- Steel she
eet thicknes
ss: 2mm.

- Epoxy po
olyester pow
wder coating
g finish with
h 50 microns thickness and painteed with RAL 7035.

- Enclosure
e labels eng
graved and fixed with rrivets or scrrews.

Working c
conditions::

- Indoor usse only

- Maximum
m ambient te
emperature: 40ºC

- Maximum
m continuous temperatu
ure over a 2
24h period: 35ºC.

- Minimum ambient te
emperature: -5ºC

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- Industrial environme
ent

- Pollution degree: 2

- Relative humidity low

wer than 50
0% for the m
maximum allowed
a temperature (440ºC) and lo
ower than 90%
9

for 20ºC

- Maximum
m altitude 10
000m

- Industrial EMC envirronment

Wiring:

- Minimum cross sectional area for

f power w m2
wires 2’5 mm

- Minimum cross sectional area for

f control a
and maneuv 5 mm2
ver wires 1’5

- Color cab
ble coding:

* Bla
ack for phas
ses

* Blu
ue for neutra
al and 24 Vc
cc circuits

* Yelllow/green - earth

* Red
d for powerr 230 Vac co
ontrol

* Ora
ange for inte
erlocking circuits from other cabin
nets

STANDAR
RDS:

EU Directivves:

- 73/23 CE
EE and 93/6
68/CEE (LV
V Directive a
and its modification)

CEE modified by 92/31//CEE (abou

- 89/336/C ut EMC)
- 98/37/CE
EE (about machinery
m sa
afety)
Standards:

- IEC EN 600204-1: Saffety of mach

hinery – Ele
ectrical equipment of m
machines. Part
P 1: Gene
eral
requiremen
nts.

- IEC EN 60 0439-1: Low w-Voltage sw

witchgear and
a controlg
gear assembblies - Part 1: Type-tessted
and partiallly type-tested assemb
blies.
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- IEC EN 60446: Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and
identification - Identification of conductors by colours or alphanumerics.

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