Name: Gabriel O.

Gabuya
EE3-1
EE323 – Instrumentation and Control
Quiz 4
Auxiliary System
1. Discuss the different types of auxiliary system.
Below are the auxiliaries in usual power plant. It can be divided into two
categories: (A) Unit auxiliaries; (B) Station service auxiliaries (C) Another
auxiliaries’ system
a) Unit auxiliaries may consist of the following:
➢ Governor oil pump motor
➢ Cooling water pump motor (if used)
➢ Turbine lubricating and drainage pump motors
➢ Generator space heater
➢ Generator rotor jacking pump motor
➢ Excitation Transformer
➢ Turbo-blower (if necessary, in a variable head plant)
➢ Oil pump motors of oil coolers for unit transformers (if used)
➢ Electric drive for valve motors
➢ High pressure oil pumps
➢ De-humidifying in bulb type units

b) Station service auxiliaries may consist of the following equipment. There

may be several units of each type of equipment:
➢ Static charging8 sets for battery charging
➢ Air-compressor motor
➢ Unwatering pump motor
➢ Drainage pump motor]
➢ Ventilation fans
➢ Air-conditioning equipment
➢ Transformer oil handling pump motor
➢ Governor and lubricating oil handling pump motor
➢ Waste oil disposal pump motor
➢ Oil purifier centrifuge pump motor
➢ Machine shop equipment (for large hydro)
➢ Main power plant crane power supply
➢ Electrical laboratory power supply (for large hydro)
➢ Sewage disposal pump motor
➢ Treated water pump motor (if provided)
➢ Elevator motor generator supply (if provided)
➢ Switchyard power circuit
➢ Power outlet circuit
➢ Lighting power supply

c) Other Auxiliaries System

➢ Dam/weir bye pass etc. auxiliaries
➢ Lighting of the project and adjacent area
➢ Colony lighting (if required)
➢ Uninterrupted power supply

2. Is electrical test equipment an auxiliary system? Give an example.

➢ Yes, an electrical test equipment an auxiliary system. Some of the
examples are shown below. Some of it are used in power generation plants.
Source of supply – Main sources of auxiliary power in a hydro-electric station
may be:
➢ Transformer connected to generator leads
➢ Main station buses through house transformers
➢ Direct supply from another station
➢ House station service generators