Remote Monitoring: Power Generating Units Surveillance System

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Remote Monitoring
POWER GENERATING UNITS
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

SITE PLAN PROPOSAL
by Andr Ttreault, VibroSystM Inc.
VibroSystM 2009. All rights reserved

INTRODUCTION
Preliminary requirements
Human resources
Financial resources

Additional considerations:
Distance, infrastructure and technologies

2 strategies: Protection and/or Diagnostic

Protection: Objective: prevent critical
damage to Units
Alarms set according to manufacturers
recommended thresholds
Drawbacks:
1. Personnel does not acquire expertise
2. Limited functions little or no analysis
INTRODUCTION

Diagnostic: Objective: Analysis and
diagnostic to predict problems before
damage occurs to Units (prevention)

Measurement of all possible parameters
Data analysis on regular basis
Planning / forecasting of actions
to be taken
INTRODUCTION
Recommendations

LAYOUT
Installation &
Commissioning
Maintenance
Surveillance
Planning
Diagnostic
Intervention

LAYOUT
1.0 Planning:

Important parameters to monitor:

Insulation Degradation
Decrease in Polarization Index (PI)
Increase in Leakage Current


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Increasing circuit resistance
Decreasing pole impedance
Decreasing air gap


Increasing
vibrations

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Increasing temperature


Increase in split-phase currents
Displacement of sole plates & stator frame

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Turbine blade clearance
Runner rim clearance
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2.0 Installation and commissioning

Installation in compliance with accepted
standards
Skilled specialists - mobile team for
supervision of
installation and
commissioning


3.0 Maintenance
1st Option: centralized team of specialists
Benefits:
Reduced costs in personnel training
Reduced costs in personnel and equipment
Wider base of acquired experience
Drawbacks:
- Higher costs of transportation and
accommodation expenses
- Longer response delay due to travel and
preparation

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3.0 Maintenance
2nd Option: regional team of specialists
Benefits:
Reduced costs in transportation and
accommodation expenses
Shorter response delay
Drawbacks:
- Higher costs in personnel training
- Higher costs in personnel and equipment
- Expertise is spread out

LAYOUT

3.0 Maintenance
3rd Option: local team of specialists
Benefits:
No transportation or accommodation expenses
Low equipment cost
Very short response delay
Better systems understanding by local
personnel
Drawbacks:
Higher costs of personnel training
Expertise is spread out

LAYOUT

- Provide a summary assessment of monitored
machines
- Correlation of current data with recent and/or
archived data
- Archive gathered data
- Signal all anomalies to diagnostic personnel

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4.0 Surveillance
Surveillance team for continuous
monitoring of various systems :

5.0 Diagnostic
Specialized team, available on call
Establish diagnostics about anomalies
signalled by the surveillance team

3 anomaly levels:
Observation
Alert
Danger
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6.0 Intervention
Intervention team:
Analysis of diagnostic provided by
diagnostic team
Planning and management of actions
undertaken
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7.0 Commissioning and back to service tests
The following dynamic behaviour test measurements are
recommended (and archived for later reference) :
Slow speed
Start-up
Speed no load, no excitation
Field application
Stator voltage variation by 25% increments (if possible)
Synchronization to grid
Load applied by 25% increments
Full load
Under excitation (-MVars)
Over excitation (+MVars)
Full load, nominal temperature
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8.0 Results confirmation

Results are validated and compared to existing
tolerance levels
Data kept in permanent storage at the power
station
Data accessible from a remote control center


Conclusion
Potencial Costs Benefits of Plant Condition Monitoring
1
Reduced Inspection Outage Frequency
Reduced Maintenance Outage Frequency
Reduced Maintenance Outage Repair Time
Reduced Forced Outage Frequency
Reduced Spillage of Water
Reduced Maintenance Hours
Increased Generating Unit Operating Efficiency
Increased Generating Unit Capacity
Improved Equipment Safety
Improved Personnel Safety
Reduced Spare Parts Inventories
Improved Operational and Maintenance Skills
Increased Plant Life Expectancy
Unattended Operation of Units

1.

1. Excerpt of section 4.3 POTENTIAL BENEFITS from IEEE
draft standard P1438/D1.5, Guide for Applications of Plant Monitoring
for Hydroelectric Facilities 1999 by the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, Inc.

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