POWER DISTRIBUTION & POWER LOSS REDUCTION METHODS

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Power Distribution System Equipment in Power Distribution Losses in the System Methods of Reducing Losses

POWER DISTRIBUTION Classification of Power Distribution 1. According to type of current a. DC Distribution b. AC Distribution 2. According to construction a. Over head distribution system b. Underground distribution system

3. According to service a. General lighting and power b. Industrial power c. Street Lighting 4. According to number of wires a. Two wire b. Three wire c. Four wire 5. According to scheme of connections a. Radial system b. Ring system c. Inter connected system

CONNECTION SCHEMES OF DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

Radial system: In this system feeders radiate from single sub station and feed the distribution at one end only. Ring system: In this system each consumer is supplied via two feeders. The arrangement is similar to two feeders in parallel on different routes. Inter connected system: In this system the feeder ring is energized by two or more generating stations or sub stations.

POWER DISTRIBUTION AT NFC 132kV MAIN RECEIVING STATION 132kV is step down to 33kV or 11kV over two 3 windings transformer of capacity 20/31.5MVA 132kV/33kV/11kV. The two feeders at 132kV are of 100% capacity An ON LOAD TAP CHANGER (OLTC) which is controlled by automatic voltage regulator to provide a constant secondary voltage of 11kV irrespective of primary incoming feeder voltage in a range of

33kV DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM 33kV is step down to 6.6kV by two 15/20MVA, 33kV/6.6kV transformer. The step down secondary voltage is connected to the switch board through a closed type bus duct 6.6kV switch board as 20 bulk oil circuit breaker to feed the 1250kVA, 6.6kV/433V transformer. 11kV DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM 11kV supply from 20/31.5MVA transformer is drawn to the switch panel through XLPE cables. SF6 gas circuit breaker

CAPTIVE POWER GENERATION PLANT (CPGP)

Maximum demand of NFC made with APTRANSCO is 10MVA. Total capacity of 7.5MVA, consisting of 3 DG sets, each of 2.5MVA capacity. DG sets are connected to an 11kV bus of the power plant which is linked with the 11kV with board of MSDS-1 over to full capacity feeders. Every production unit is provided with a diesel generator set of capacity 40kVA or 180kVA or 500kVA according to their emergency demand.

EQUIPMENT IN POWER DISTRIBUTION Bus bars: Bus bars or buses are conductors to which several local feeders or sources are connected. 1. Outdoor Bus bars 2. Indoor Bus bar 3. Compound Immersed Bus bar Various types of bus bar arrangements: 1. Single Bus bar Arrangement 2. Duplicate Bus bar Arrangement 3. Sectionalization of Bus bar 4. Ring Bus

Circuit breakers: Circuit breaker requires the separation of contacts in a presence of a dielectric medium which serves two functions as 1. It extinguishes arc between two contacts. 2. Provides adequate insulation between the contacts and from each contact to earth. Classification of Circuit Breaker: 1. Air Circuit Breakers 2. Oil Circuit Breakers 3. SF6 Circuit Breakers

Surge Arresters: Surge arresters are used to protect the apparatus insulation from lightning surges and switching surges. Surge arresters are usually connected between phase and ground in distribution system; near the terminals of the large medium voltage machines and in HV, EHV, HVDC substations. Two types of Surge Arresters: 1. Gapping Silicon Carbide Surge Arresters 2. Zinc Oxide Gapless Arresters.

EQUIPMENT IN POWER DISTRIBUTION

S.No 1 Equipment Bus bars Functions Incoming and outgoing circuits are connected to bus bars

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To discharge lightning over voltages and switching over voltages to earth Shunt reactor in E.H.V To provide reactive power substations compensation during low loads. Series reactors To reduce the short circuit currents or starting currents. Neutral Grounding Resistor To limit the earth fault currents. Coupling Capacitor To provide connection between high voltage line and line carrier currents equipment.

Lightening arrestors

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Functions

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Line Trap
Shunt Capacitors

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Power Transformers

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Series Capacitors

To prevent high frequency signal from entering other zones To provide compensations to reactive loads of lagging power factors. To step-up or step-down the voltage and transfer power from one A.C voltage to other A.C voltage at same frequency. Compensation of series reactors of long lines.

LOSSES IN THE POWER DISTRIBUTION

Distribution Line Losses Transformer Losses: 1. Core Losses 2. Copper Losses 3. Dielectric Losses 4. Stray Magnetic Losses: Losses due to Harmonics Losses due to low power factor Miscellaneous losses

IMPROVEMENTS IN POWER DISTRIBUTION IN AN INDUSTRY

Energy Management System Power Factor Correction High Efficiency Transformers 1. Dry Type Transformer 2. Amorphous Core Type Transformer Lighting

Energy Management System

Industrial Energy Management systems are key factors in energy cost conservation. Monitoring and reports Load shedding Load forecasting

Monitoring and Report Monitoring and reports also reveal at what times there were particularly high loads. From here strategies can be developed to avoid such critical situations. Load Shedding Load shedding modules in an energy management system offer the possibility of specifying a "turn-off strategy" which states precisely which consumers may be turned off at all and in which order.

Industrial load forecasting: Load forecasting gives you a preview of your companys load curve, it stores knowledge about the production processes behavior in typical production situations from several hours to several days ahead. Forecasting can be done in three modes: 1. Assistance Mode 2. Semi-automatic Mode 3. Automatic Mode

DRY TYPE TRANSFORMERS

Rating ranges from 100 to 20000 KVA They make use of flame-retardant inorganic insulating materials which free these transformers from all restrictions that apply to oil-filled electrical equipment, such as oil-collecting pits, fire walls, fire extinguishing equipment, etc. Dry Type Transformers are installed wherever oilfilled units cannot be used Their efficiency is rated at 99.02%

DRY-TYPE TRANSFORMERS 1,500 kVA Standard (Aluminum) Load Factor** Efficiency Temp. Rise (100% load) Core Loss Conductor Loss Total Loss Power Saving First Cost Cost Premium 98.64% 150 C 4.3 kW 9.1 kW 13.4 kW Rs.7lacs 65% 99.02% 80 C 5.5 kW 4.1 kW 9.6 kW 3.8 kW Rs.9lacs Rs.2lacs 98.47% 150 C 4.3 kW 15.5 kW 19.8 kW Rs.7lacs High-Efficiency (Copper) Standard (Aluminum) 85% 99.02% 80 C 5.5 kW 7.1 kW 12.6 kW 7.2 kW Rs.9lacs Rs.2lacs High-Efficiency (Copper)

Benefits of Using High-Efficiency Copper-Wound Dry-Type Transformers Electrical Energy Cost Rs.2.25/kWh Rs.3.15/kWh Rs.4.05/kWh Annual Savings Rs.57000 Rs.80000 Rs.1lacs Payback Period 3.5 y 2.5 y 2.0 y Annual Savings Rs.1.05lacs Rs.1.53lacs Rs.2.1lacs Payback Period 1.9 y 1.3 y 1.0 y

AMORPHOUS TRANSFORMERS

Amorphous Transformer has become well known after "Super amorphous transformer" produced by Hitachi Ltd., Amorphous transformer uses amorphous alloy in the core. Core material is an alloy of Fe,B,Si. Low iron loss, High permeability, Low stress sensitivity

Comparison between important transformer characteristics of amorphous material and grain oriented electrical steel.

Performance of 315kVA and 630kVA 3 phase, demonstration transformers with wound amorphous cores.

POWER FACTOR CORRECTION The input power factor is the real power divided by the apparent power BENEFITS 1. Released System Capacity 2. Reduced Power Losses 3. Voltage Improvement