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ABB High Voltage Products
Capacitors and Filters
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Outline
Capacitors and Filters
Outline
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World of ABB
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The need for capacitors
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Product Portfolio
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ABB’s unique features
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Success stories
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Documentation
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Summary
Capacitors and Filters
World of ABB
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A global leader in power and automation technologies
Leading market positions in main businesses
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130,000 employees in around 100
countries
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USD 32 billion in revenue (2010)
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Formed in 1988 merger of Swiss and
Swedish engineering companies
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Predecessors founded in 1883 and
1891
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Publicly owned company with head
office in Switzerland
How ABB is organized
Five global divisions
Power Products
Power Systems
Low Voltage
Products
Process
Automation
Discrete
Automation and
Motion
USD 10 billion
32,500 employees
USD 6.5 billion
17,500 employees
USD 4.5 billion
20,000 employees
USD 7.4 billion
26,500 employees
USD 5.6 billion
15,500 employees
2010 revenues (non-consolidated) and Dec.31, 2010, employee numbers (except Discrete
Automation and Motion division, which includes employees from January acquisition of Baldor)
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ABB Executive Committee
2011-05
Joseph Hogan
CEO
Michel Demaré
CFO
Bernhard Jucker
Power Products
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Frank Duggan
Global Markets
Peter Leupp
Power Systems
Gary Steel
Human Resources
Tarak Mehta
Low Voltage
Products
Brice Koch
Diane de Saint Victor
General Counsel
Marketing and
Customer Solutions
Veli-Matti Reinikkala Ulrich Spiesshofer
Process Automation Discrete Automation
and Motion division
ABB Division Power Products
Bernhard Jucker
Power Product Division
Markus Heimbach
BU Transformers
Antonio Lamanna
PG HV Components
Christina Eriksson
Local Product Group Manager
HV Components (TLC)
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Giandomenico Rivetti
BU High Voltage Products
Werner Hofbauer
PG HV Services
Giandomenico Rivetti
PG Common Apparatus & Devices
Carl-Johan Linér
Local Division Manager
Bruno Melles
BU Medium Voltage
Peter Maritz
PG GIS & GCB
Niklas Persson
PG HV Breakers & Modules
AIS, DTB, PASS
Anders Hultberg
Local Product Group Manager
HV Breakers (TLC)
Welcome to ABB in Ludvika
“The High Voltage Valley”
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ABB in Ludvika
A world center of high voltage
Surge
Arresters
Instrument
Transformers
Capacitor
Banks
Live Tank
Circuit Breakers
Your one-stop source for high voltage products
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Disconnecting
Circuit Breakers
Capacitors in ABB
Production worldwide
Ludvika/TLC HV
Jumet/TLC LV
Quebec/PQC
Xian
Galindo/PQC
Dubai/PQC
Sau Paulo/PQC
Bangalore
 High Voltage
 Low Voltage
 TLC: Technical Lead Center
 PQC: Power Quality Center
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Bangkok
Johannesburg
Lilydale/PQC
Capacitors in ABB
Technical Lead Center in Ludvika
Capacitor
plant area
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Technical lead center for ABB medium
and high voltage capacitors
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One of the worlds largest factories for
capacitors.
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Most modern factory in the world
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Export: >95%
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Employees: app. 150
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Volume: 30 000 Mvar/year
Capacitors in ABB
History
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1870 started Theodor Winborg “Liljeholmens”
fuse factory in Stockholm
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1916 the company was bought by ASEA
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1932 started ASEA/ABB to deliver capacitors
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This design remained the same until the
beginning of the 1960’s
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During the 1960’s and 1970’s the design
accelerated due to the early ASEA projects
for HVDC and FACTS projects.
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Today we supply everything from individual
capacitor units to complete projects
Pictures from old catalogues
Market leader in the capacitor business
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Capacitors and Filters
The need for capacitors
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The need for capacitors
For reactive power compensation
Active Power
Benefits
Reactive Power
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Improves system power factor
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Reduces network losses
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Avoid penalty charges from utilities for
excessive consumption of reactive power
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Reduces cost and generates higher revenue
for the customer
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Increases system capacity and saves cost on
new installations
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Improves voltage regulation in the network
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Increases power availability
cos φ = 0.80
Before compensation
cos φ = 0.95
After compensation
Reactive power compensation implies
compensating the reactive power consumed
by electrical motors, transformers etc.
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The need for capacitors
For Harmonic filtering
Benefits
Current waveform
before
harmonic filtering
Current waveform
after
harmonic filtering
Harmonic filtering implies mitigating
harmonic currents generated by the nonlinear loads like rectifiers, drives, furnaces,
welding machines, converters, HF lamps,
electronic equipments etc in the network.
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Reduces harmonic content in the network
which further reduces disturbances in
telecommunication network, misbehavior in
control equipments and relay protections,
measuring errors in metering system
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Reduces network losses
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Reduces equipment overloading & stress on
insulation
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Reduces cost and generates higher revenue
for the customer
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Reduces unplanned outages and increases
power availability
Where are capacitors placed in the network ?
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Capacitors and Filters
Product Portfolio
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Interrupters
Product Portfolio
A complete resource for clients….
420 kV
Halden, Norway
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ABB a ‘one-stop-shop’ solution
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Extensive application and design knowledge
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ABB premium range of components
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Leading capacitor manufacturer
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Consistency in quality
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Proven technology
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Type tested solution
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Engineering expertise
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Accommodate non-standard designs
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Ongoing product development
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Training & Consulting capabilities
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Strong local presence and competence
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Replacement equipments
Product Portfolio
Ludvika plant’s product line
Product
Product range
HiQ – Capacitor units
1 – 20 kV, 100 – 1100 kvar
QBank – Shunt banks
1 – 500 kV, from 1 Mvar
Charm - Filters
3 – 500 kV, from 1 Mvar
SIKAP – Sealed banks
1 – 24 kV, from 1 Mvar
Special applications
- Test room banks
Please contact factory
- Motor starting banks
Please contact factory
- Banks for HVDC installations
Please contact factory
- Banks for FACTS installations
Please contact factory
Tools - CB-2000
Accessories – Bird Caps
Accessories – Switchsync
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Capacitance meter
Product Portfolio
HiQ Capacitors for all applications
Internally fused units
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Unit voltage range, kV
: 1 -15
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Reactive power range, kvar: 300 – 1200 (50 Hz)
Externally fused units
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Unit voltage range, kV
: 2.4 -25
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Reactive power range, kvar: 100 – 500 (50 Hz)
ABB fuseless units
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Unit voltage range, kV
: 12 -25
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Reactive power range, kvar: 300 – 1200 (50 Hz)
Product Portfolio
QBANK – Open-rack banks up to 800 kV
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Voltage Range
: 1 - 800 kV
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Power Range
: 0.5 - 300 Mvar
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Structures - Hot-dip galvanized steel, copper
bars and wires, porcelain support insulators
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Mechanics - Designed for wind, snow,
seismic requirements etc.
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Connection - Designed from voltage and
system grounding
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Erection - Indoor or outdoor, side-by-side or
stacked
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Delivery - Mounted and connected as far as
possible in the factory (excluding support
insulators)
Product Portfolio
CHARM Filter solutions for all applications
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Voltage Range
: 3 - 500 kV
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Power Range
: 1 - 300 Mvar
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Tuned or de-tuned design
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Tuned filters: Suitable when source of
harmonics, and harmonic content is well
defined
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De-tuned filters: Suitable when harmonics
originate from many sources, and many
harmonic frequencies are present
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Band-pass, High-pass or C-type filters
Our filters are built with quality products
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Product portfolio
SIKAP Enclosed banks, 4.5 – 24 kV
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Voltage Range
: 4.5 - 24 kV
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Power Range
: Up to 18 Mvar
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Protection degree : IP44
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Installation
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Enclosed capacitor bank for fixed
compensation
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Compact design implies space saving
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Enclosure covers the live parts and protects
the bank from short circuit due to external
causes
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Highest safety for personnel
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Delivery - All internal electrical wiring
between capacitors, CT and reactors (if
included) is pre-connected/factory assembled
: Indoor/Outdoor
Product Portfolio
Tools - Portable Capacitance Meter
No disconnections required
in capacitor bank during
measurement
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CB-2000 is developed for capacitance
measurements in HV Capacitor Banks.
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Capacitance measurement is normally a part
of the regular maintenance to:
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Discover early changes and
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Status of the installation
Product Portfolio
Accessories - Bird Caps
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Bird caps can be used to protect against
short circuits caused by birds, snakes,
vermin etc for all type of ABB
installations
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Combined with insulated cable
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For all voltage levels
Avoid risk of flash-over or short-circuits caused by animals.
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Product Portfolio
Controlled switching of capacitor banks
Energizing of
capacitor banks
and harmonic
filters may
cause severe
inrush currents
and voltage
oscillations
A
B
Voltage transients when energizing one phase of a 72 kV capacitor bank
A: Energizing close to the power frequency voltage peak. A high voltage transient is generated
B: With Switchsync™ relay. Energizing close to voltage zero. The transient is considerably reduced
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Controlled switching of the capacitor bank breaker gives efficient
reduction of the switching transients
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Well proven SwitchsyncTM controllers
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ABB’s circuit breakers are well suited
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Damping reactors are normally superfluous
Capacitors and Filters
ABB’s unique features
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ABB’s unique features
Reliable and well utilized capacitor elements
Optimal electric field strength, well
utilized insulation:
Design with safety margins:
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Several film layers (normally three)
100
kV / mm
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50
0
Air Breakdown, AC
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Cables, AC
Capacitors, AC
High electrical withstand
Folded foils at electrode edges
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Low electric stress amplification
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Minimized PD generation
ABB’s unique features
Expertise in all type of fusing technologies
ABB is the only manufacturer supplying all types of fusing technologies
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ABB’s unique features
HiQ units available in all type of fusing technologies
ABB Design
Internally fused
Externally fused
Fuse
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Conventional
Fuseless
Discharge Resistor
ABB’s unique features
Large units - gives lower cost for the customer
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Same dielectric stress
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Less passive material (bushings, insulation etc.)
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Same number of elements
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Less ground area implies
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Same active material
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Less foundation
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Less fence
ABB’s unique features
Modern production facility 1
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ABB’s unique features
Modern production facility 2
One of the most modern production lines with:
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Continuous optimization and improvement
programs
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Certified personnel
Traceability through Electronic control cards
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Order no., part no., batch no., operator’s
name etc. stored at each workstation through
barcode system
Extremely low failure rate for capacitor units
Quality ensured by most modern optimized
production process
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ABB’s unique features
Performance in extreme ambient conditions
Substation
Vågåmo 420 kV,
Norway
Successful installations in various extreme
ambient conditions like
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Extreme temperatures..
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High seismic activity..
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High altitudes..
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High pollution and corrosion levels..
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100% humidity..
....no problem!
Increased network reliability
due to robust design.
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ABB’s unique features
Reduced noise levels
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ABB has patented solutions for low noise
generation
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Mechanical resonance in capacitor units is
eliminated
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Examples of installations with high demands
on low acoustic noise
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Sweden-Poland, HVDC,
11/13/24:th harmonic filter
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Italy-Greece, HVDC,
12/24:th harmonic filter
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Essent, Netherlands,
Shunt compensation,
8 x 48 Mvar, 180 kV
ABB can meet high demands
on low acoustic noise levels
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ABB’s unique features
Environmentally friendly design
Environmentally friendly design for a
sustainable future:
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Non PCB (Polychlorinated biphenyls)
impregnation fluid used in capacitor units
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Recyclable materials
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Minimizing capacitor losses
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Big output per volume unit
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Optimized installations
Manufacturing process are certified by
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ISO 9001
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ISO 14001
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OHSAS 18001
Capacitors and Filters
Success stories
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ABB Capacitor Installations World Wide
Capacitor Banks and Harmonic Filters
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RTE (Réseau de transport d’électricité)
Stabilizing the power grid for 220 kV
The filters will be
installed and
energized during
2006-2012
Customer need
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Stabilize the French network due to overload
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Make the network more stress tolerant*
ABB response
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Taylor made high pass filters solutions
Customer benefits
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Lower content of Total Harmonic Distortion, THD
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Balance overload in French network
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Optimized filter solutions
Polish Power Grid Company
Stabilizing the power grid for 110 kV
The filters were
installed and
energized during
2009
Customer need
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Relieve the load on the distribution line
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Raise the voltage and minimise the losses in the
network
ABB response
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Measurements
Installed three band-pass filters in the Wloclawek,
Torun and Narew substations.
Customer benefits
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A high-end solution in compliance with the Polish
national power grid code regarding permitted
harmonics at 110 kV
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A solution that took consideration to the actual
situation in the grid and eliminated grid
resonance
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Optimized filter components for a small
installation footprint.
ABB Power Transformers, Ludvika, Sweden
Reactive compensation for testing shunt reactors and
large power transformers
The capacitor bank
was installed and
energized during
2008
Customer need
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Upgrade test hall for testing large power
transformers and shunt reactors
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Low PD levels and reconnection capabilities
ABB response
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Flexible capacitor bank solution that permits testing
in various combinations
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< 146 kV 300 Mvar, one- or three-phase
with 50, 60 or 240 Hz
Customer benefits
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A secure and flexible solution which fulfilled the
criteria for testing
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A solution that considered the actual situation in the
test hall
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A complex solution that could in a short time be
designed, produced and installed.
Norwegian Power Grid Company — Statnett
Strengthening the power grid for 300 (420) kV
Vågåmo 100 Mvar
shunt capacitor
bank installed and
commissioned in
2007
Customer need
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Strengthen the 300 (420) kV grid for improved
transmission capacity
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Tough demands such as for low noise levels and
resistance to high wind loads
ABB response
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Flexible shunt bank solutions rated 300 kV,
mechanically designed for 420 kV
Customer benefits
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Increased grid voltage and transmission capacity
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Grid stabilization
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Reduced losses, which increase the effiency of the
grid.
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Low noise emmission
NESA, Denmark
Switchsync™ Capacitor bank switching
Customer need
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Switchsync™ F236
Transient free energization of capacitor bank
ABB Response
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Single pole operated circuit breaker
individually controlled by Switchsync™ F236
Customer Benefits
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Minimized
transients at
energization of a
72 kV capacitor
bank
Transient free connection
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Less stress on equipment
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Improved energy quality
Longer service life
ABB’s capacitors are used all over the world
Example of references
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ESKOM, South Africa
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TNB, Malaysia
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KEPCO, Korea
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EGAT, Thailand
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Vattenfall, Sweden
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Statnett, Norway
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Electrabel, Belgium
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PG&E, USA
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Furnas, Brazil
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Transener, Argentina
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CPG, China
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RTE, France
Capacitors and Filters
Documentation
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Read more …
Download from
abb.com/highvoltage
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Switchgear Specification Manager
SSM
Latest edition 6.3
has four languages
Up to Office 2007
SSM offers you a simple and safe software to create
specifications for AIS high voltage switchgear
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Summary
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Summary
Together we can improve the
quality of your installations
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ABB has more than 75 years of vast
experience in evaluating and addressing
Power Quality issues
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ABB can provide the best possible “Tailor
made” Power Quality solutions for your
installations to make them reliable, longlasting, energy efficient and environmentally
sound
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ABB knows that to be able to produce world
class products, the personnel and machinery
of production have to meet the same high
standards
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ABB Sales force & support is located in
almost every country in the world
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