power plant construction and qa/qc section 4.3 – electrical interconnections
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Engineering Technology Division. Power Plant Construction and QA/QC Section 4.3 – Electrical Interconnections. Section 4.3 – Electrical Interconnections. Overview. Interconnections provide; Power Distribution – Substations, Grid Protection – Overvoltage, Overcurrent - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Power Plant Construction and QA/QC
Section 4.3 – Electrical Interconnections
Engineering Technology Engineering Technology DivisionDivision
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Section 4.3 – Electrical Interconnections
Overview
• Interconnections provide;
• Power Distribution – Substations, Grid
• Protection – Overvoltage, Overcurrent
• Transformation – Voltage
• Plant base loads– voltage and frequency
• Protection – Relays
• Equipment availability
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Section 4.3 – Electrical Interconnections
Interconnected Generation
• Cogeneration
• Small Power Production – Solar, Waste, Biomass
• Peak Shaving
• Dispersed Storage and Generation – Pump Storage
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
• FERC 1979 Energy Act
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Section 4.3 – Electrical Interconnections
Transformer Connections
P S P S
P SP S
Wye – Delta
Delta – Delta Delta – Wye
Wye – Wye
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Section 4.3 – Electrical Interconnections
Transformer Protection
• Protective Relays;
• Voltage – over and under
• Frequency – over and under
• Differential – internal faults
• Directional – power flow
• Distance – fault distance from source
• Synchronizing – allow synchronization of two sources
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Section 4.3 – Electrical Interconnections