Electrical Network Management

MV protection retrofit

Industry and Building

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In which situations the retrofit of M
1st case
Present situation
c The protective relays are more than
15 years old.
c Spare parts are not available.
c Protective relays are not periodically checked.
Risks
c Lack of relay setting coordination.
c One relay may not operate or may not operate
correctly.
c Risk of general tripping.
c Risk of production losses.
c Risk for the persons working in the installation.
c Risk of damaging production facilities.
Schneider proposal
c On-site investigation.
c Proposal of MV protection retrofit.
2nd case
Present situation
c The network has been improved:
v addition of generator sets,
v addition of transformers working in parallel,
v modification or extension of internal
distribution,
v the earthing system has been modified,
v relay coordination was not checked at the time
of network improvement.
Risks
c Lack of relay setting coordination.
c Risk of missing protective functions.
c Risk of general tripping.
c Risk of production losses.
c Risk for the persons working in the installation.
c Risk of damaging the production facilities.
Schneider proposal
c On-site investigation.
c Proposal of discrimination studies and
additional protective functions if required.
c Proposal of MV protection retrofit
if required.
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31rdst case 4th case

Present situation
c Lack of discrimination.
c Relays operate incorrectly.
Present situation c General tripping.

c Need for high level of availability.

c Need for energy management. Schneider proposal
c Need for network control and monitoring. c On-site investigation.
c Discrimination studies.
c Retrofit of the protective system if required.
Schneider proposal
c On-site investigation.
c Identification of needs.
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c Proposal of discrimination studies including
logic discrimination.
c Proposal of additional protective functions if
required. TR1 TR2

c Proposal of digital relays with

communication. fault
c Proposal of network control and monitoring
system including energy management, load
shedding and power restoration. tripping

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Schneider proposal: Schneider proposal:
c On-site investigation. c On-site investigation.
c Retrofit of MV protection. c Relay testing.
c Retrofit of the protective
system if required.

Yes Are the relays more than 15 years old?

No Are spare parts available?

Schneider proposal:
Are the relays checked at least every 2 years? No c On-site investigation.
c Discrimination studies.
c Improvement of the protective
Has a discrimination study been performed No system if required.
for the existing network? c Retrofit of the protective
system if required.

Has the network been modified or extended

Yes
without a new discrimination study?

Has incorrect relay operation

or general tripping occurred? Yes

Have any relays failed to trip in fault Yes Schneider proposal:

conditions? c On-site investigation.
c Retrofit of the protective
system if required.
Yes Do you need to improve your network control c Additional protective
and supervision system including energy functions if required.
management? c Discrimination studies.

Yes Do you need a high level of availability?

Schneider proposal:
c On-site investigation.
c Identification of needs.
c Proposal according to needs.
Additional information:

c Customer

Contact: c Site location

Should you need
to retrofit your
MV protection. c Site activity
Contact our local
Schneider c Total power required by the site
organisation.
c Cost of one hour of down time

c Need for network control and supervision yes no

c Manufacturers of existing relays

An example of a MV
protection retrofit project
Site location: United Arab Emirates

Site activity: chemical plant

Total power required by the site: 200 MVA

Number of voltage levels: (4) 132 kV, 33 kV, 11 kV, 3.3 kV

Cost of one hour of down time: US$ 200,000

Reasons for the retrofit project:

c Obsolescence of existing relays.
c Lack of spare parts.
c General tripping at 33 kV level due to incorrect operation of
a protective relay at the 3.3 kV level.

Work performed:
c Retrofit of 86 LV compartments of MV cubicles.
c Discrimination study.
c Upgrading of the protective system.
c Upgrading of relay settings.
c Integration of automatic transfers with the digital relays.

Duration of on-site erection and commissioning:

9 months, scheduled according to the availability of the MV cubicles.

Organization of work: three 8-hour shifts

 MV protection retrofit
means:
c The renovation of the LV compartment of MV cubicles,
including:
v protective relays,
v metering,
v automation and local control,
v remote control and supervision,
v improvement of the whole protective system
including additional protective functions and
discrimination studies.

LV compartment of MV
The main cubicle before retrofit
benefits of
MV protection
c An answer to our customers’ needs:
retrofit:
Lack of reliability due to obsolescence of protective relays
c optimization
and unavailability of spare parts
of the investment,
c upgrading of the
protective system,
c increase of safety
Need for network control Need for additional
and reliability,
and supervision protective functions due
c integration
to network improvements
of the protective
relays in the network
control and
monitoring system,
c reduction
of maintenance cost, Optimization of the investment
c reduction of the
number of spare
parts.
Retrofit of the protective system including network monitoring
instead of replacement of existing relays

LV compartment of MV
cubicle after retrofit
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for the success
of your retrofit projects
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Dedicated services provided
by specialized local teams
c On-site investigations:
v diagnosis of existing relays and protective system,
v survey of existing relays and electrical network configuration,
v identification of additional needs.
c Retrofit proposal:
v quotation for retrofit project including improvement of protective system
and network control.
c Turnkey retrofit project including:
v selection of relays,
v discrimination studies and relay settings,
v checking of CT characteristics,
v programming of control logic,
v cubicle schemes and wiring diagrams,
v door and panel manufacturing,
v on-site erection and commissioning.

Products

c Protective relays, Sepam range:

v a comprehensive range of digital multifunctional relays including:
- protective functions,
- metering,
- programmable control logic,
- communication,
- self-checking,
v dedicated applications for:
- incomers,
- busbars,
- transformers,
- motors,
- generators,
- capacitors,
- cables.
c Supervision and control systems, PowerLogic System:
v flexible control and monitoring systems dedicated to electrical network
and energy management.
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Turnkey retrofit c France:

projects carried out v refineries,
in the following v steel plants,
countries and v glass plants,
areas: v chemical plants,
v paper plants,
v cement plants,
v water treatment plants,
v car industry,
v electronics industry,
v airports.

c Belgium:
v car industry,
v paper plants,
v chemical plants,
v gas treatment,
v textile industry,
v airports.

c Australia:
v distribution of electrical energy,
v mining.

c Bulgaria:
v distribution of electrical energy,
v mining,
v chemical plants.

c Germany:
v metallurgy,
v mechanical industry,
v chemical industry.

c Indonesia:
v refineries.

c Taiwan:
v buildings.

c Brazil:
v refineries.

c Russia:
v refineries.

c United Arab Emirates:

v oil industry.

c Algeria:
v oil industry.

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