Santiago 26 April 2007

Roberto Pilenga

Jornadas Tcnicas
Medium Voltage SERVICE
Retrofit & Revamping

Factory in Dalmine

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Dalmine

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Activities
Spares
Installation, commissioning, start up
Ordinary and extraordinary maintenance
Repairs
Retrofit & Revamping

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Training

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Spare parts catalogue

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Installation, Commissioning, Start up (local Staff in Chile)
VISUAL INSPECTION

Checking dimensions
Checking interconnections
Checking Flaps, earthing and nameplates

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MECHANICAL TEST
Mechanical functionality test
Doors and isolators operations
Checking mechanical interlocks
ELECTRICAL TEST
Checking electrical functionality
Checking electrical interlocks
Checking signalling circuits
Checking control circuits
Insulation test
Protections setting

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Maintenance and Repairs (local Staff in Chile)

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Maintenance according
to the set procedures
Data sheets provided
for each circuit-breaker
Guarantees for spare
parts
Support for correct
preservation

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Activities
Spares
Installation, commissioning, start up
Ordinary and extraordinary maintenance
Repairs
Retrofit & Revamping

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Training

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Retrofit & Revamping Aim
RETROFIT means the implementation of modern
components (primary switching devices and digital
protection/control technology) in the existing MV installation
with following benefits:

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Cheaper than a complete replacement

Short implementation time for replacement
Minimum shutdown of the switchboard
Remaining service life extension
Improved operator protection
Minimisation of further maintenance costs
Warranty on the conversion work
Spare parts availability for long time

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Product Life Cycle
Active (development and sales phase)
Restricted (limited production, replaced by new product)
Legacy (produced by service only)
Obsolete (retrofit only, no spare parts available)

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Last buy - Notice 1

Active

Restricted

Released
for Sale

Volume Production
Ends

Last buy - Notice 2

Legacy

Last buy - Notice 3

Obsolete

Complete circuit
Spare Part
breaker Production Production Ends
Ends

Annual update of Life Cycle Status

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Retrofit ABB apparatus
Magnetic air blast breaker
Type D6
Type DR

SF6 breaker

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Type HD4
Vacuum breaker
Type VD4, VM1, eVM1

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Retrofit ABB apparatus
Minimum oil breaker
Type RM (low current)

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Type RG (high current)

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Retrofit ABB apparatus
SF6 breaker

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Type SFA

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Retrofit ABB apparatus
Vacuum breaker
Type VRB

Vacuum contactor

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Type VRC

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HPA-HD4 Retrofit

HD4-HPA in SafeSix
12kV and 24kV

ASEA Ltd. Panel

Type SafeSix

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Interchangeable ABB apparatus
SF6/Vacuum breaker
Type HA
Type HA1 3

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Type VD4 (Calor type)

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Retrofit non-ABB apparatus
Vacuum breaker
MAG II

SF6 breaker

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Type HD4

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Retrofit non-ABB apparatus
Minimum Oil breaker
CEM GARDY (product range)

SF6 breaker

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Type HD4

Fully type tested for

Nuclear Power Plants

IEC, Seismic & Climatic Tests

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Retrofit and Interchangeable base breakers
SF6 breaker type HD4

Vacuum breaker type VD4

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Magnetic actuator Vacuum breaker

type VM1
Magnetic actuator Vacuum breaker
type eVM1

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Necessary details for Retrofit solution

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Essential technical data

Name plate on the existing breaker
serial No:
Type:
Rated Voltage:
Breaking Current
Rated Current:
Making Capacity:
Short Time withstand Current:
Clarification of electrical/mechanical interchangeability
Front, Rear, Side CB pictures (prefereable bottom side)
Internal view of the MV panel enclosure (preferably
bottom side)
Existing panel schematic diagram
In case of Generator CB, to be filled the relevant data sheet.

HD4-VM1
Advanced
Technologies

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Auto-Puffer Technology for SF6

breakers
Magnetic Actuator for Vacuum
breakers

HD4
SELF-BLAST
+
PUFFER
=
AUTO-PUFFER

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HD4 series
THE COMBINATION FOR THE BEST
SF6 QUENCHING TECHNIQUE

HD4
SELF- BLAST PROS (high short circuit current) :
LOW OPERATING ENERGY
HIGH MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL LIFE
HIGH RELIABILITY
PUFFER PROS (low short circuit current):
RAPID RESTORATION OF THE DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES DURING
AND AFTER QUENCHING
FAST DUTY CYCLE UP TO THE RATED BREAKING CAPACITY
HIGH PERFORMANCE AND NO REDUCTION OF WITHSTAND
VOLTAGE EVEN WITH SF6 GAS AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

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LOW SF6 FILLING PRESSURE RESPECT TO A PURE SELF-BLAST

HD4
SF6 Breaker FEATURES

gas pressure signaling device, on request

a single operating mechanism for the whole series
reduction in number and type of spare parts
spare parts complete availability

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full range of accessories

HD4

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SF6 quenching
technique

Autopuffer quenching technique

Autopuffer quenching technique : interruption process
I

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Close

Opening of the
main contacts

Opening of the
arcing contacts

Open

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I

Upper
terminal

The circuit-breaker is closed

Nozzle

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The current flows

from the upper
(fixed) terminal to
the moving part
through the main
contacts.

Main
contacts

Arcing
contacts

Moving part

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Opening of the main contacts.

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I
The moving part goes down thus separating
the main contacts. There is no arc striking as
the current keeps flowing from the upper
terminal to the moving parts through the
arcing contacts.
During the downstroke, the moving part
exerts a pressure on the gas housed in the
lower chamber;
the pressure increase
generated in the lower chamber opens the
connection valve of the upper chamber. The
compressed gas flows from the lower to the
upper chamber thus taking both enclosures
at the same pressure level.

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Notes:
1) no leakage from the nozzle as it is blocked by the fixed arcing
contact
2) no leakage from the cylinder of the moving arcing contact as it is
blocked by the fixed arcing contact
3) the upper chamber is connected to the moving mechanism and its
volume remains the same during the downstroke (dead volume)

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4) the only changing volume is the one of the lower chamber, which
decreases during the downstroke of the moving contact
5) this puffer is designed to avoid chopping currents by means of a
dead volume higher than the compressed volume. As the gas
flows towards the upper chamber, the pressure level is equal to
the ratio between the dead volume and the lower chamber volume.

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Opening of the arcing contacts

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The current keeps flowing due to the arc

generated between the fixed and moving
contacts. The gas can leak neither from the
nozzle as the hole is blocked by the fixed
contact nor from the inside of the moving
contact because of the arc clogging effect.

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The breaking chamber undergoes the following

process:
- At low currents : as the current hits the natural
zero and the arc is quenched, the gas flows from
the dead volume to the inside of the moving
contact. The low pressure guarantees the
absence of chopping currents and the small
quantity of gas involved is sufficient to restore
the dielectric strength between the two contacts
by avoiding, at the same time, the re-strike of the
transient recovery voltage.

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Autopuffer quenching technique

- At higher short circuit currents : the pressure

wave of the arc propagates like a supersonic
wave, increasing the gas pressure which closes
the valve between the two chambers. From this
moment on, the device starts working as a pure
self-blast, the gas overheating and the
molecular dissociation due to the high
temperature increase the pressure in the dead
volume. Said pressure is proportional to the arc
and the resulting gas flow guarantees the
quenching at the first passage through zero
natural current.

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Circuit-breaker in the open position

The arc is quenched; the lower chamber

reaches its minimum volume and its maximum
pressure level, kept by the valve locked by the
supersonic wave. As
the self-generated
pressure of the dead volume decreases, due to
the outflow of the gas through the moving
contact, the valve re-opens. From now on, a
new jet of fresh gas flows in and makes the
temperature of the contacts fall. At the same
time, the gas flows through the nozzle, free
from the fixed arcing contact. The cleaning of
the arcing chamber by means of fresh gas
makes the device suitable for another reclosing
and the interruption up to the maximum
breaking capacity.

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Why SF6 Quencing Technology?

SF6 quenching technique is recommended for Plants

with old equipmets.

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Auto-Puffer assures a soft opening and does not

stress the existing equipments.

VM1

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Magnetic
Actuator

VM1 Innovation in medium voltage technology

Vacuum circuit-breaker with magnetic actuator

Die Summe von Vorteilen

Keine Wartung
Wenige Einzelteile
Einfache mechanische Ablufe
Sehr hohe Zuverlssigkeit
Hoher Qualittsstandard

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Sehr hohe Lebensdauer

Main Characteristics
Maintenance-free
Extremely high number of operating cycles
Electronic controller with sensor technology
Vacuum interrupters embedded in epoxy resin
High quality standard
Compatible with conventional circuit-breakers
For universal applications worldwide

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new VD4 and new VM1 have common frame suitable for
interchangeable plug-in actuators

new VD4

new VM1

Emergency manual breaking

mechanism
Electronic controller
Magnetic actuator
Electrical energy store

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Sensors for switching position

detection

Combination of maintenance free magnetic actuator

and maintenence Vacuum interrupters

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Electronic Controller

Sensor technology

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Kabelabgangsfeld

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Upper contact terminal

Vacuum interrupter
Epoxy resin enclosure
Lower contact terminal
Flexible connector
Contact force spring
Insulated coupling rod
Lever shaft
Travel adjuster
Sensors for switch position detection
Closing coil
Permanent magnets
Magnet armature
Opening coil
Emergency manual breaking mechanism
Mechanism enclosure with magnetic actuator

Fig.: 12 kV, 1250 A, 25 kA

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VM1

Magnetic actuator

Actuator is a bi-stable Permanent Magnet

Switchover of the armature is effected by magnetic fiel created by the coils
The armature is held magnectically in limit position by the field of permanent magnets
Switching is released by excitation of a coil until the retaining force of the permanent
magnet is exceeded.

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Representation of magnetic flux density distribution

Magnetic latching in end-of-run

position

Magnetic latching and action of

the magnetic field of a coil

Armature position:
Ampere-turns:

Armature position:
Ampere-turns:

0 mm
0 A

0 mm
12500 A

Moving armature in opposing

position and magnetic end-ofrun latching
Armature position:
Ampere-turns:

20 mm
5000 A

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Switching energy for CO

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Capacitor voltage
Making capacity
with capacitor
without capacitor
Making current
Breaking capacity
with capacitor
without capacitor
Breaking current
Operating time
ON
OFF

VM1:
VD4:
80 V

105 Ws
1000 Ws

max. 100 W for 1 s

max. 2.3 kW for 54 ms
max. 29 A for 44 ms
max. 100 W for 0.5 s
max. 2.1 kW for 27 ms
max. 27 A for 30 ms
50 ms
33 ms

Characteristic
data

Magnetic Actuator
Why Vacuum with magnetic actuator?

When is needed a large number of operations

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Magnetic actuator is maintenance free

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Revamping electromechanical apparatus

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REF542

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Protection
Metering
Switching
Signalling
Interlock
Automation
Communication

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November 2006

Revamping AIS Switchgears

ZS1 (Calor) with VD4
Unisafe with SF6 or
Vacuum CBs
Univer C, C/2 with
SF6
Unimotor with VRC or
V-Contact

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Univer G12, G36

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Safesix Extention panel

November 2006

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November 2006

Revamping GIS Switchgears

BEU 3 (with some limitations)

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BEU 21

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Necessary details for Revamping solution

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Essential Switchboard technical data

Name plate on the existing Switchgear
Type:
Rated Voltage:
Rated Busbar Current:
Short Circuit Current:
Information for ABB SACE switchboard
ABB SACE order nr.
(if available, General Arrangement drawings and
equipment list)
Pictures of the panels to be modified or extended.

November 2006

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SF6 - Vacuum circuit-breakers assembling line

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Test Laboratories

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Test Laboratories

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How to contact us
Roberto Pilenga - Retrofit & Revamping
Tel. 035/395.172

Fax 035/395792

Claudio Balzer - Sales Spares & Contracts

Tel. 035/395.705
Fax 035/395792
Luigi Personeni - Electronic tech. assistance
Tel. 035/395.764
Fax 035/395792

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Silvano Vedovati Switchgear tech. assistance

Tel. 035/395.636
Fax 035/395792
Olivio Erba Apparatus technical assistance
Tel. 035/395.756
Fax 035/395792

EMERGENCY LINE
Tel. 335/7505383

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