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Selected Projects
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Capacitors for the World
In 2009, Siemens extended its product portfolio and since then delivers
High Voltage Power Capacitors and Capacitor Banks to renowned customers
worldwide. These products and systems fulfill the highest electrical and
mechanical requirements; they are used for the most diversified applications
and can be operated under the most stringent environmental conditions.
Siemens High Voltage Power Capacitors do not only enhance the transmission
capacity or the network stability, but also contribute to economical growth and
enable a significant reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.
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Siemens
Power Capacitor Factory
Siemens Power Capacitor
factory is located in the
industrial complex in
­Jundiaí, Brazil, the largest
production complex of
­Siemens in Latin America.
High Voltage Power Capacitor Factory
Selected Projects
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HVDC AdaniIndia
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HVDC Estlink 2
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FSC Tucuruí-ManausBrazil
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MSCDN Lincs Wind FarmUK
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HVDC HudsonUSA
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HVDC Black SeaGeorgia
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Other selected projects
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Finland & Estonia
History – 50 Years of Experience
1959 Laelc starts operations, manufacturing Power Capacitors for several
projects, including Itaipú HVDC, the first 600 kV HVDC of the world in
the 80’s.
1979 Laelc buys the technology to manufacture internally fused capacitors
2007 Siemens acquires from Laelc the technology to manufacture
power capacitors and capacitor banks
2009 Siemens High Voltage Power Capacitors factory starts commercial
operation and was awarded its first large HVDC order for India
2013 Siemens High Voltage Power Capacitors are globally present
in several countries around the world with a product portfolio
for all types of application
Other selected projects
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Power Capacitors –
Technical Data
Siemens entered the Power Capacitor market with a
product for the most diversified applications. Long-term
reliable technology and intensive R&D investments lead
to a state-of-the-art product, compliant with the most
stringent technical and environmental requirements,
including extremely low temperatures (like -50 °C in
northern Canada), extremely high temperatures (like
+50 °C in India), high humidity (like in the rainforests
of northern Brazil) and the most extreme seismic zones
(like in New Zealand).
Capacitor Banks – Applications
Flexible AC
Transmission
Systems
(FACTS)
Parallel
Compensation
Static Var Compensator (SVC)
Mechanically Switched Capacitor with Damping Network (MSCDN)
Mechanically Switched Capacitors (MSC)
Series
Compensation
Thyristor Controlled Series Compensation (TCSC)
Thyristor Protected Series Compensation (TPSC)
Fixed Series Compensation (FSC)
AC Harmonic Filters
AC PLC Filters
Long Distance and Back-to-Back HVDC – AC & DC Filters
AC & DC Surge Capacitors
Capacitor Unit Design
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Technology
Internally fused, externally fused, fuseless,
and unfused
Rated voltage
With internal fuses: 15 kV
Without internal fuses: 24 kV
Frequency
50 Hz/60 Hz
Rated power
Up to 1000 kvar (50 Hz)
Up to 1200 kvar (60 Hz)
Current
Max. 180 A
BIL
95 kV, 125 kV, 150 kV, 170 kV, 200 kV
Dielectric
Polypropylene film and oil
Impregnant
Biodegradable PCB-free oil
Discharge resistor
75 V/10 min or 50 V/5 min
Losses
With internal fuses: < 0.20 W/kvar
Without internal fuses: < 0.12 W/kvar
Temperature range
-50/+55 ºC
Standards
IEC, IEEE, ABNT, CSA, and others
Quality certificates
ISO 9001; ISO 14001; OHSAS 18001
Final figures to be confirmed during project
For other standards please consult the factory
HVDC Adani –
India
The HVDC system operated by Adani Power Ltd. has a
transmission capacity of 2500 MW and provides low-loss
energy transmission over a distance of approximately
960 km, from the port of Mundra located on the west
coast to the industrial regions in the Haryana state.
The AC filters for this HVDC system represent the first
large order for the capacitor factory in Jundiaí, which
delivered the first units to India only 6 months after
the official inauguration in December 2009. The total
installed output of the 54 single phase high voltage
AC filters was close to 4000 Mvar and the total number
of units supplied was 4840 (including spare parts).
Technical Data
Locations
Mundra and Mohindergarh S/S
Total rated power
3.7 Gvar
Unit output
815.6 to 852.0 kvar
Bank voltages
280.3 to 294.8 kV
Rated unit voltages
7.8 to 9.7 kV
Quantity of units
4,840
Technology
Internally fused
Supply date
August – 2010
Temperature category -5 /+50 ºC
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HVDC Estlink 2 –
Finland & Estonia
In December 2010 Fingrid and Elering awarded the
­contract for the Estlink 2 Converter Stations to Siemens,
using a HVDC Transmission System with a transmission
capacity of 650 megawatts at a DC voltage of
± 450 kilovolts.
The Siemens capacitor factory in Brazil supplied a total
of 24 single phase high voltage AC filter banks (C1-type)
using internally fused and fuseless technology and
36 single phase medium voltage AC filter banks
(C2/C3-type unfused technology).
Technical Data
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Locations
Anttila and Puessi substations
Total rated power
1.17 Gvar
Unit output
113 to 849 kvar
Bank voltages
6.1 to 325.5 kV
Rated unit voltages
3.0 to 19.2 kV
Quantity of units
1,878
Technology
Internally fused, fuseless
and unfused
Supply date
August – 2012
Temperature category
-40/+40 °C
FSC Tucuruí-Manaus –
Brazil
Siemens Ltda. Brazil was awarded the FACTS systems
for the 1800 km long 500 kV HV transmission system
­connecting the Tucuruí Hydro Power Plant with the city
of Manaus in 2010. The scope of supply included a total
of 18 Fixed Series capacitors located at 5 different substations in the Amazon forest.
The Capacitor factory in Jundiaí was responsible for the
supply of all the capacitors of this project, considered to
be the largest FACTS project ever executed worldwide.
Technical Data
Locations
5 substations along the transmission line Tucuruí-Manaus
Total rated power
6.8 Gvar
Unit output
743.8 to 825.4 kvar
Bank voltage
500 kV
Rated unit voltages
6.3 to 7.1 kV
Quantity of units
8,496
Technology
Internally fused
Supply date
2010 – 2012
Temperature category -5/+50 ºC
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MSCDN Lincs Wind Farm –
UK
The Lincs project, owned by Lincs Wind farm Limited is
located in the Greater Wash wind farm park, England and
will generate capacity of 270 MW. The energy generated
offshore is transferred to the grid via the Walpole onshore
substation located in the Norfolk County. ­Siemens Transmission and Distribution Ltd., UK was awarded with the
construction of the entire onshore ­substation in 2010.
The Siemens High Voltage capacitor plant has provided
a total of 6 single phase Capacitor Banks for the 132 kVMSCDN comprising fuseless C1 and C2-banks with a total
installed rating of 246,3 Mvar, as well as 6 single phase
banks with internally fused capacitors for the 13.9 kV
CMSC with a total output of 145.7 Mvar.
Technical Data
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Location
Walpole substation, England
Total Rated Power
392 Mvar
Unit output
180 to 867 kvar
Bank voltage
132 and 13.9 kV
Rated unit voltages
4.3 to 11.8 kV
Total units
576
Technology
Internally fused and fuseless
Supply date
April – 2011
Temperature cat.
-25/+40 °C
HVDC Hudson –
USA
In May 2011 Hudson Transmission Partners, LLC awarded
the contract to Siemens to connect the power supply networks of New Jersey and New York, USA using a 660 MW
back-to-back HVDC system will contribute to the stabilization of the connected systems, a key benefit in the event
of grid disturbances or blackouts.
The capacitor plant in Brazil supplied 18 single phase
High Voltage AC Filter banks (internally fused technology)
and 36 single phase Medium voltage AC Filter banks
(C2/C3 and C4-type, unfused technology) for this HVDC
system, providing unit outputs larger than 1.0 Mvar for
the first time.
Technical Data
Locations
West 49th Street and Bergen
Total Rated Power
1.3 Gvar
Unit output
122 to 1019 kvar
Bank voltages
8.4 to 244.7 kV
Rated unit voltages
7.2 to 17.7 kV
Total units
1,524
Technology
Internally fused and unfused
Supply date
May – 2012
Temperature category
-30/+40 °C
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HVDC Black Sea –
Georgia
In August 2010 Energotrans Ltd. awarded the contract
to Siemens for 350 MW back-to-back HVDC systems in
Georgia. The HVDC converter station will connect the
networks of Georgia and Turkey via two back-to-back
links.
The capacitor plant in Brazil supplied 27 single phase
High Voltage AC Filter banks (internally fused technology) and 36 single phase Medium voltage AC Filter banks
(C2 and C3-type, unfused technology) for this HVDC
­system located at an altitude of 1,100 meters above
sea level in a seismic region.
Technical Data
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Location
Akhaltsikhe substation
Total rated power
1.266 Gvar
Unit output
220 to 722 kvar
Bank voltages
60.7 to 354.6 kV
Rated unit voltages
9.3 to 18 kV
Quantity of units
2,237
Technology
Internally fused & unfused
Supply date
August – 2011
Temperature category
-25/+50 °C
Project
HVDC WATL
Customer/
Country/
Year
AltaLink
Canada
2013
Scope
36 x HV single phase AC filter
banks; 60 x MV single phase
AC filter banks; 6 x HV single
phase shunt banks
Technical Data
Total rated power
Unit output
Bank voltage
5.73 to 440.61 kV
Unit voltage
5.73 to 17.06 kV
Quantity of units
MSCDN 400 kV
RTE
France
2013
17 x MSCDN
(Type 150 Mvar – 380 kV)
Total rated power
ATCO Electric
Canada
2013
36 x HV single phase AC filter
banks; 60 x MV single phase
AC filter banks; 12 x HV single
phase shunt banks
Bank voltage
24.39 to 553.91 kV
Unit voltage
7.04 to 10.66kV
Unit output
Transelec
Chile
2013
1 x MSC
(Type 75.64 Mvar – 12.27 kV)
Unit voltage
5.58 to 18.25 kV
Unit output
National Grid
United Kingdom
2013
5 x MSCDN
(Type 225 Mvar – 400 kV)
Unit voltage
6.133 kV
Unit output
RWE
United Kingdom
2012
6 x 132 kV filter banks;
4 x 13.9 MSC banks
Unit voltage
7.925 and 9.403 kV
Unit output
Hydro Quebec
Canada
2013
2 x three-phase single tuned
filter banks; 2 x three-phase
TSC-banks
Unit voltage
6.735 to 12.256 kV
Unit output
Diaco S.A.
Colombia
2012
3 x three-phase filter circuits
Unit voltage
7.1 to 9.1 kV
Unit output
Ande
Paraguay
2011
3 x three-phase single tuned
filter banks; 2 x three-phase
TSC-banks
Unit voltage
4.04 to 12 kV
Unit output
Energinet
Denmark
2011
1 x three-phase HV filter
(282 kV); 2 x three-phase
MV filter banks
17.7 to 21.42 kV
5.57 to 6.18 kV
Unit output
London Array
United Kingdom
2011
4 x MSCDN
(Type 150 kV)
282 kV
20.7 / 17.2 / 19.2 kV
Unit output
Transpower
New Zealand
2011
27 x HV single phase AC filter
banks; 27 x MV single phase
AC filter banks; 3 x HV single
phase shunt banks
ELETRONORTE
Brazil
2010
4 x MSC
(Type 20.52 Mvar – 242 kV)
150 kV
14.2 / 4.16 kV
Total rated power
Unit output
TAESA
Brazil
2010
Filter I and Filter II for SVC
257 to 348 kV
9.1 to 13.7 kV
Unit output
RIEDER & CIA/
CLYFSA
Paraguay
2009
242 kV
11.646 kV
Unit output
1 x MSC
(Type 12 Mvar – 24 kV)
82.1 Mvar
570 kvar
Unit voltage
Total rated power
Very high seismic requirements, internally fused and
unfused capacitors
First fuseless application
144
42 + 66 Mvar
786 kvar / 916.3 kvar
Bank voltage
23.16 kV / 21.46 kV
Unit voltage
13.369 kV /12.389 kV
First SVC application,
internally fused
54 / 72
Total rated power
12 Mvar
Unit output
500 kvar
Bank voltage
24 kV
Unit voltage
13.2 kV
Quantity of units
Fuseless capacitors
1,690
Bank voltage
Quantity of units
MSC ANDE
Paraguay
1,165 Mvar
270 to 833 kvar
Unit voltage
Total rated power
Noise reduced with external noise damping hoods,
internally fused and unfused
capacitors
445
Bank voltage
Quantity of units
SVC Bom Jesus
da Lapa II
156.2 Mvar
360.5 / 370.2 kvar
Unit voltage
Quantity of units
MSC S/S Jí Paraná,
S/S Vilhena
157
Bank voltage
Quantity of units
HVDC Cookstraight,
Pole 3
96.7 Mvar
643/435/427 kvar
Unit voltage
Total rated power
Internally fused
350
Bank voltage
Quantity of units
MSC London Array
Windfarm
265 Mvar
727.58 to 783.44 kvar
Unit voltage
Total rated power
Industrial electric arc furnace
application, internally fused
180
Bank voltage
Quantity of units
HVDC Kontek
118.5 Mvar
584.4 to 1091.5 kvar
7 to 20.8 kV
Total rated power
Low temperature -40 °C,
internally fused,
high seismic requirements
1,602
Bank voltage
Quantity of units
SVC Horqueta
1,400 Mvar
922 to 934 kvar
28 to 36.5 kV
Total rated power
Internally fused and fuseless
capacitors
642
Bank voltage
Quantity of units
SVC Gerdau Diaco
495 Mvar
212.6 to 875.5 kvar
6.735 to 98.05 kV
Total rated power
Low temperature -25 °C,
internally fused
1,800
Bank voltage
Quantity of units
SVC Bout de L‘lle
1,459 Mvar
719.8 and 825.1 kvar
244 kV and 31.7 kV
Total rated power
High seismic conditions,
internally fused
84
Bank voltage
Quantity of units
MSCDN
Gwynt Y Mor
75.64 Mvar
900.5 kvar
12.27 kV
Total rated power
Very low temperature -50 °C,
internally fused and unfused
capacitors
3,558
Bank voltage
Quantity of units
Harker, Hutton
and Stella
400 kV MSCDN
2,462 Mvar
126.1 to 963.2 kvar
8.86 to 376 kV
Total rated power
Largest MSCDN project
ever awarded to Siemens,
Internally fused
6,528
Bank voltage
Quantity of units
SVC Diego de
­Almagro
5,665 Mvar
593.2 to 886.2 kvar
Total rated power
Very low temperature -50 °C,
internally fused and unfused
capacitors
3,744
Unit output
Quantity of units
HVDC ATCO
3,045 Mvar
122.9 to 993.5 kvar
Highlight/
Technology
First capacitor bank delivery,
internally fused
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