Operation and maintenance training of Vina

Kyoei SVC

Ilkka Salomaa
1/6/2015

Vina Kyoei SVC

Agenda

Principles of the SVC control

SVC Main Components

HMI information/operations

Maintenance

Principles of the SVC control

The main purpose of the SVC is to reduce
Voltage fluctuation
Flicker phenomena
The need for additional reactive power
Rapid changes in reactive power
Harmonics
Unbalanced loads

Principles of the SVC control

Operation of SVC
SVC consists of protection system and control system
Reactive power control has two main functions
Reactive power of the furnace is compensated
separately for each phase. This is done with a fast
open loop control.
Slower closed loop integrator controller
compensates any longterm reactive power offsets
in the point of common coupling.

Agenda

Principles of the SVC control

SVC Main Components

HMI information/operations

Maintenance

SVC main components

Control and protection system

Thyristor controlled reactors (TCR), dynamic
inductive power
Harmonic filters, static capacitive power
Control- and protection system
Cooling unit

SVC main components

Single line of SVC

SVC main components

Thyristor controlled reactors TCR & damping
reactors
Thyristor valves

SVC main components

Cooling unit

SVC main components

Filter banks (2nd, 3rd & 4th harmonic filters)
2nd filter damping resistors

SVC main components

Protection & control system

Protection cubicle
Two control cubicles
Valve base cubicle

SVC main components

SVC field switchgear

Circuit breakers
Disconnectors
Earthing switches

Agenda

Principles of the SVC control

SVC Main Components

HMI information/operations

Maintenance

HMI information/operations
Mainpage

HMI information/operations
Header (common for all pages)
System information
Active/unacknowledged SVC Alarm
HMI program alarm (for example: Connection
problems with the field devices)

Footer (common for all pages)

HMI page navigation
Login/Logout engineering level user
Can modify SVC control parameters. During
warranty period only Alstom personnel is allowed
to change the parameters.
Print screen. Prints the current screen to a PDF file.
Shutdown HMI

HMI information/operations
Main page
Information
All CT/VT measurements of the SVC.
Calculated reactive/effective power information
Position statuses of the SVC/EAF/LF switchgear
SVC main statuses
SVC control place (HMI or Remote)

Control
SVC start / stop
Trip acknowledgement
Toggle SVC CB control manual / automatic

HMI information/operations
Push-button control panel

Information

SVC main statuses

Control
SVC automatic start / stop
Trip acknowledgement
Toggle SVC control remote / local (HMI)

HMI information/operations
Alarms

HMI information/operations
Alarms
Information
Shows the currently active or unacknowledged
alarms of the SVC.
Timestamp and alarm severity included

Control
Acknowledge alarms, either one by one or all the
alarms on the page.
Inactive, acknowledged alarms are removed from the
list.

HMI information/operations
Summary (Event list)

HMI information/operations
Summary (Event list)
Information
Shows all alarms and events of the SVC.
Both ON- and OFF timestamps are shown on the
same line

Control

It is possible to print out a list with more

sophisticated filtering (specific time interval, name,
severity).

HMI information/operations
Cooling

HMI information/operations
Cooling
Information
Cooling unit main statuses from control systems.

Control
Start/stop cooling system

HMI information/operations
Maintenance page

HMI information/operations
Maintenance
Information
VME running time. Time since the PLC of the system
was last restarted
VME processor card CPU usage
Ethercat fieldbus binary inputs/outputs statuses
Ethercat fieldbus diagnostics
Ambient temperature measurements

Control
Reset errors on Ethercat IO-devices

HMI information/operations
Valve base diagnostics page

HMI information/operations
Valve base diagnostics
Information
Valve base system configuration
Thyristor level statuses
TCR valve alarm, trip and firing statuses

Control
Acknowledge TCR faults

HMI information/operations
Communication

HMI information/operations
Communication
Information
Representation of the different communication
interfaces related to SVC.

HMI information/operations
Startup help (SVC ready to run
conditions)

HMI information/operations
Startup help (SVC ready to run conditions)
Information
Requirements to achieve SVC ready to run
conditions, and their current statuses (red/green
lines).

HMI information/operations
Trends

HMI information/operations
Trends
Information
All SVC measurements can viewed as trends.

Control
All regular trend management tools are available for
use (x- and y axis scaling, trend colours etc.)
User can create different views of set measurements
and save the views for future use.

Agenda

Principles of the SVC control

SVC Main Components

HMI information/operations

Maintenance

Maintenance
Safety instructions in any
maintenance
Before any maintenance
operation, make sure that all
HV components are
disconnected and grounded,
and auxiliary power supplies
are of
More information in
Instruction manuals Vol. 1
section 01: GENERAL
Before SVC can be started
outdoor HV area gates and
indoor thyristor compound
gate must be closed and
locked.
Refer document Vol. 5.
section 01: GENERAL: SVC
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Training

Maintenance
01: HV Capacitors
Must be checked first
1 to 3 months after
commissioning and
after that once a year
wires and electrical
connections
functioning of the
protective system
tightness of the
capacitors using
torque table
can be cleaned
with mild
detergent and
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water

Maintenance
02: Reactors
Must be checked once
a year
can be cleaned
with mild
detergent and
water (max
P=35bar)
damages in the
paint can be fixed
by proper quality
of paint
if the reactor is
exposed to high
pollution, make
sure to clean it
often enough
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Maintenance
03: Current and
voltage
transformers
Must be checked once
a year
wires and electrical
connections
functioning of the
circuit
tightness of
transformers
can be cleaned
with mild
detergent and
water
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Maintenance
04: Resistors
Must be checked first
3 months after
commissioning and
after that once a year
contamination
must be wiped off,
using duster and a
rapidly evaporating
thinner. (DO NOT
USE WATER)
live parts or banks
must be blown by
air

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Maintenance
05: Disconnectors
Must be checked first
3 months after
commissioning and
after that once a year
contamination must
be wiped off, using
duster and a rapidly
evaporating thinner.
(DO NOT USE WATER)
all moving parts must
be greased with
general mechanical
grease
blades must be
greased with
electrical grease
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Maintenance
06: Busbars and
connectors
Not special need of
maintenance, but it is
recommended to
check tightness of the
screws and bolts every
two or three years.
Contamination must
be wiped off, using
duster and a rapidly
evaporating thinner.
(DO NOT USE WATER)

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Maintenance
07: Thyristor valves
Must be checked once
a year
check water
tightness of
cooling system.
clean the
equipment if it is
dirty
quality of water
condition of all
protection
electrodes
tension of
thyristor stacks
check tightness of
electrical
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Maintenance
08: Valvebase
electronics
Must be checked once
a year
shut down power
from the valve base
cubicle
remove dust from the
cabinet with a
vacuum cleaner
check that no
oxidizing or other
material deterioration
is visible in the
modules, replace the
damaged
components.
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Maintenance
09: Cooling unit
Must be checked
weekly
no leakages in
system
no alarms or trips
pressure value
conductivity value
water level
visual check for
electrical cables,
hoses an other
equipment

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Maintenance
09: Cooling unit
Must be checked once
a year
pump vibrations
replacing pump
conductivity too
high replacing
ion exchanger
flow too low
replacing filter
(both primary and
secondary water
circuits)

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Maintenance
10: Protection system
Must be checked daily
No alarms or trips
occurred
Must be checked once a
year
remove dust from the
cabinet with a vacuum
cleaner
check that no oxidizing
or other material
deterioration is visible
in the modules, replace
the damaged
components
Operation of relays must be
check every 5 years

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Maintenance
05: Control system
Must be checked once
a year
change cubicle filters
VME maintenance
check the
operations
cleaning the VME
cooling fan filter
remove dust from the
cabinets and HMI with
a vacuum cleaner
check that no
oxidizing or other
material deterioration
is visible in the
modules, replace the
damaged
components
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Maintenance - Trouble shoot

Harmonic filter banks
Unbalance alarm or
trip
measure the
capacitance of all
capacitors and
replace possible
defective
capacitors and
make a visual
check if there are
any marks of arcs
or mechanical
failures.

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Maintenance - Trouble shoot

Thyristor valve
The following failures
in the thyristor valve
can be detected and
located by the valve
base electronics
thyristor pair
failure
Optical fibre firing
or databack
communication
failure
emergency firings
Check more in
Instruction manuals 2:
Section 1. Thyristor
valve
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Maintenance - Trouble shoot

Valve base electronic
The following failures
in the thyristor valve
can be detected
5 V power supply
module fuse failure
module power
failure
bus failure
module failure
interface failure
Check more in
Instruction manuals 2:
Section 3.
Maintenance of valve
base electronics
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Thank you for your interest!

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