E P Q UM a g azi n e

Electrical Power Quality & Utilization MagazineVolume 3, Issue 2

Andrzej Kowal, KGHM Polska MiedzJerzy Tenerowicz, Pracownia Projektow InnowayjjnychAvailable online June 2008

Reduction of Electricity Costs andInvestment Expenditures in the Power Supply System of a Lubin Mine

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Introduction

Maintaining the copper production at the desired level requires construction of newproduction sections in more and more distant regions of the reserve. Supplying electricpower to production areas at a distance of ten or more kilometers from the shaft,assuring at the same time an adequate power quality (mainly in terms of the voltagemagnitude) poses a major problem. Possible measures to at least partly remedy thesituation are limitation of starting currents by means of soft-start systems, as well asconstruction of new feeders. Their effectiveness is, however, limited by technical andeconomical conditions. Another mean is reactive power compensation.

Power supply system of the Lubin Mine

Fig. 1 View of the Lubin Maine (part of KGHM Polska Miedz)The main switchboards in Lubin Mine (Fig. 2) are supplied from 6 kV network whosepower source are three transformer stations 110/6kV: KLG, KLZ and KLW. In the KLGtransformer station contains three transformers rated 31.5 MVA each, and each stationKLZ and KLW contains two transformers rated at 16 MVA. At the KLG station the 6 kVnetwork is additionally supplied from two CHP generators with rated power 12.5 MVAeach and the third one rated 8.375 MVA. Metering points are located in transformer fieldsat 110 kV side of KLG, KLZ and KLW stations and in 6 kV fields of power interchangewith the heat and power generating plant.