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Power Capacitors and Capacitor Banks Selected Projects

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Capacitors for the World In 2009, Siemens extended its product portfolio to deliver high-voltage power capacitors and capacitor banks to cus tomers worldwide. These products and systems fulfill the highest electrical and mechanical requirements; they are used for the most diversified applications and can be operated under the most stringent environmental conditions.

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Siemens High Voltage Power Capacitors do not only enhance the transmission capacity or the network stability, but also contribute to economic growth and enable a significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. 6 10 9

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Selected Projects

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HVDC Hudson

USA

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SVC Bout-de-l’Île

Canada

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HVDC Adani

India

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HVDC Estlink 2

Finland & Estonia

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HVDC Black Sea

Georgia

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FSC Tucuruí-Manaus

Brazil

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MSCDN Lincs Wind Farm

UK

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MSCDN Dudgeon Wind Farm

UK

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High Voltage MSC

Brazil

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SVC Sapeaçu

Brazil

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HVDC Hudson – USA

Technical Data

In May 2011, Hudson Transmission Partners, LLC awarded a contract to Siemens to connect the power supply networks of New Jersey and New York using a 660 MW backto-back HVDC system that will contribute to the stabilization of the connected systems, a key b enefit in the event of grid disturbances or blackouts. The capacitor plant in Brazil supplied 18 single-phase, high-voltage AC filter banks (internally fused technology) and 36 single-phase, medium-voltage AC filter banks (C2/‌C3 and C4-type, unfused technology) for this HVDC system, providing unit outputs larger than 1.0 Mvar for the first time.

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Location

West 49th Street

Total rated power

1.3 Gvar

Unit output

122 to 1,019 kvar

Bank voltages

8.4 to 244.7 kV

Rated unit voltages

7.2 to 17.7 kV

Quantity of units

1,524

Technology

Internally fused and unfused

Supply date

May 2012

Temperature category

–30/+40 °C –22/+104 °F

SVC Bout-de-l’Île – Canada

Technical Data

In February 2013, the capacitor plant in Brazil supplied two three-phase, single tunned filter capacitor banks, two three-phase, thyristor-switched capacitor banks and surge capacitors. These capacitor banks were designed to support a high seismic requirement (0.45 g) and a very low temperature (–40 °C). STF and TSC capacitors units were designed with internally fused technology and surge capacitors with unfused technology. Type and special tests were performed according to CAN/CSA – 60871:03 to assure design is able to withstand environmental and electrical requirements.

Location

Poste du Bout-de-l’Île, Montreal

Total rated power

1,400 Mvar

Unit output

922 to 934 kvar (TSC and STF) and 0.2 µF (surge)

Bank voltages

28 to 36.5 kV

Rated unit voltages

7.1 to 9.1 kV (TSC and STF) and 17.5 kV (surge)

Quantity of units

1,602

Technology


Supply date

2013


–40/+40 °C –40/+104 °F

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HVDC Adani – India

Technical Data

The HVDC system operated by Adani Power Ltd. has a transmission capacity of 2,500 MW and provides low-loss energy transmission over a distance of approximately 960 km, from the port of Mundra located on the west coast to the industrial regions in the Haryana state. The AC filters for this HVDC system represent the first large order for the capacitor factory in Jundiaí, which delivered the first units to India only six months after the official inauguration in December 2009. The total installed output of the 54 single-phase, high-voltage AC filters was close to 4,000 Mvar and the total number of units supplied was 4,840 (including spare parts).

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Locations

Mundra and Mohindergarh S/S

Total rated power

3.7 Gvar

Unit output

815.6 to 852.0 kvar

Bank voltages

280.3 to 294.8 kV

Rated unit voltages

7.8 to 9.7 kV

Quantity of units

4,840

Technology

Internally fused

Supply date

August 2010


–5/+50 °C +23/+122 °F

HVDC Estlink 2 – Finland & Estonia

Technical Data

In December 2010, Fingrid and Elering awarded the contract for the Estlink 2 Converter Stations to Siemens, using a HVDC Transmission System with a transmission capacity of 650 megawatts at a DC voltage of ± 450 kilovolts. The Siemens capacitor factory in Brazil supplied a total of 24 single-phase, high-voltage AC filter banks (C1-type) using internally fused and fuseless technology and 36 single-phase, medium-voltage AC filter banks (C2/ C3-type unfused technology).

Locations

Anttila and Puessi substations

Total rated power

1.17 Gvar

Unit output

113 to 849 kvar

Bank voltages

6.1 to 325.5 kV

Rated unit voltages

3.0 to 19.2 kV

Quantity of units

1,878

Technology

Internally fused, fuseless and unfused

Supply date

August 2012


–40/+40 °C –40/+104 °F

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HVDC Black Sea – Georgia

Technical Data

In August 2010, Energotrans Ltd. awarded a contract to Siemens for 350 MW back-to-back HVDC systems in Georgia. The HVDC converter station will connect the networks in Georgia and Turkey via two back-to-back links. The capacitor plant in Brazil supplied 27 single-phase, high-voltage AC filter banks (internally fused technology) and 36 single-phase, medium-voltage AC filter banks (C2 and C3-type, unfused technology) for this HVDC system located at an altitude of 1,100 meters above sea level in a seismic region.

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Location

Akhaltsikhe substation

Total rated power

1.26 Gvar

Unit output

220 to 722 kvar

Bank voltages

60.7 to 354.6 kV

Rated unit voltages

9.3 to 18 kV

Quantity of units

2,237

Technology


Supply date

August 2011


–25/+50 °C –13/+122 °F

FSC Tucuruí-Manaus – Brazil

Technical Data

Siemens was awarded the FACTS systems for the 1,800 km (> 1,000 miles) long 500 kV high-voltage transmission line connecting the T ucuruí Hydro Power Plant with the city of Manaus in 2010. The scope of the project included a total of 18 fixed series capacitors located at five different substations in the Amazon forest. The capacitor factory in Jundiaí was responsible for the supply of all the capacitors for this project, which, at the time, was considered to be the largest FACTS project ever executed worldwide.

Locations

Five substations along the Tucuruí-Manaus transmission line

Total rated power

6.8 Gvar

Unit output

743.8 to 825.4 kvar

Bank voltage

500 kV

Rated unit voltages

6.3 to 7.1 kV

Quantity of units

8,496

Technology

Internally fused

Supply date

2010 – 2012


–5/+50 ºC +23/+122 ºF

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MSCDN Lincs Wind Farm – UK

Technical Data

The Lincs project, owned by Lincs Wind Farm Ltd. is located in the Greater Wash Wind Farm Park, England and generates a capacity of 270 MW. The energy generated offshore is transferred to the grid via the Walpole Onshore Sub station located in Norfolk Country. Siemens was awarded the contract for the construction of the onshore substation in 2010. The Siemens high-voltage capacitor plant provided a total of six single-phase capacitor banks for the 132 kVMSCDN, comprised of fuseless C1 and C2 banks, with a total installed rating of 246.3 Mvar, as well as six singlephase banks with internally fused capacitors for the 13.9 kV MSC, with a total output of 145.7 Mvar.

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Location

Walpole substation

Total rated power

392 Mvar

Unit output

180 to 867 kvar

Bank voltages

132 and 13.9 kV

Rated unit voltages

4.3 to 11.8 kV

Quantity of units

576

Technology

Internally fused and fuseless

Supply date

April 2011


–25/+40 °C –13/+104 °F

MSCDN Dudgeon Wind Farm – UK

Technical Data

The Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Project is located in the North Sea, approximately 32 km off the UK coast at Cromer, Norfolk. The wind farm generates a total capacity of 402 MW. This power is collected at 33 kV by an AC offshore substation platform, before being exported to shore at 132 kV. In 2015, Siemens was awarded the contract to supply capacitor banks for two 132 kV MSCDNs located in the Necton Onshore Substation. In total, there are six single-phase capacitor banks, comprised of internally fused C1 capacitors and unfused C2 capacitors. Due to extremely low sound pressure requirements, the capacitor units were specially designed and the banks were supplied with sound damping hoods.

Location

Necton Substation

Total rated power

103.68 Mvar

Unit output

233.5 and 396.9 kvar

Bank voltages

8.51 and 96.03 kV

Rated unit voltages

4.25 and 9.60 kV

Quantity of units

276

Technology


Supply date

2015


–25/+40 °C –13/+104 °F

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High Voltage MSC – Brazil

Technical Data

In June 2011, a transmission company from ISA Group awarded a contract to Siemens for two high-voltage shunt capacitor banks. In September 2012, this same company awarded another contract to Siemens to supply two additional high-voltage shunt capacitor banks. These four high-voltage shunt capacitor banks were identical and they were installed in two substations located in São Paulo State, Brazil, to supply reactive power to growing energy demand in the largest industrial and most populous state in Brazil.

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Locations

ISA Group Substations, located in São Paulo State

Total rated power

123.8 Mvar

Unit output

754.7 kvar

Bank voltage

92.5 kV

Rated unit voltage

7.62 kV

Quantity of units

168

Technology

Internally fused

Supply date

2011 and 2013


–10/+40 °C +14/+104 °F

SVC Sapeaçu – Brazil

Technical Data

Siemens was selected to supply the SVC system in the Sapeacu Substation, located in Bahia State, Brazil. In December 2012, the capacitor plant in Brazil supplied two three-phase, single-tunned filter capacitor banks (STF), two three-phase, thyristor-switched capacitor banks (TSC) and surge capacitors. The STF and TSC capacitor units were designed with internally fused technology, and the surge capacitors were designed with unfused technology.

Location

Bahia State

Total rated power

587.9 Mvar

Unit output

917.3 to 999.8 kvar (TSC and STF) and 0.2 µF (surge)

Bank voltages

18.1 to 18.2 kV

Rated unit voltages

6.1 to 9.1 kV (TSC and STF) and 12 kV (surge)

Quantity of units

772

Technology


Supply date

2012


–5/+55 °C +23/+131 °F

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Project

Customer/ Country/ Year

Scope

Pulp & Paper Plant

Pulp & Paper Industry Brazil 2014

9 x 36.2 kV Harmonic Filters (F) 129 x 36.2 kV Surge Capacitor Banks (S)

Technical Data

Total rated power 73 Mvar Unit output 300 to 800 kvar (F) and 0.4 µF (S) Bank voltages 44 kV (F) and 34.5 kV (S) Unit voltages 12.7 kV (F) and 17.25 kV (S) Quantity of units 366

HVDC WATL

MSCDN 400 kV

AltaLink Canada 2013

RTE France 2013 to 2015

36 x HV single-phase AC filter banks; 60 x MV single-phase AC f ilter banks; 6 x HV single-phase shunt banks

Total rated power 3,045 Mvar

20 x MSCDN (Type 150 Mvar – 380 kV)


Unit output 122.9 to 993.5 kvar Bank voltages 5.73 to 440.61 kV

Highlight/ Technology Internally fused, fuseless and surge capacitors. Other filter components (reactors, current transformers, switches, surge arresters) included on scope Very low temperature –50 °C, internally fused and unfused capacitors

Unit voltages 5.73 to 17.06 kV Quantity of units 3,744

Unit output 593.2 to 886.2 kvar

Internally fused capacitors

Bank voltages 24.39 to 553.91 kV Unit voltages 7.04 to 10.66 kV Quantity of units 7,680

HVDC ATCO

SVC Diego de Almagro

ATCO Electric Canada 2013

Transelec Chile 2013



1 x MSC (Type 75.64 Mvar – 12.27 kV)

Total rated power 75.64 Mvar

Unit output 126.1 to 963.2 kvar Bank voltages 8.86 to 376 kV

Very low temperature –50 °C, internally fused and unfused capacitors


Unit output 900.5 kvar

High seismic conditions, internally fused

Bank voltage 12.27 kV Unit voltage 6.13 kV Quantity of units 84

Harker, Hutton and Stella 400 kV MSCDN

National Grid United Kingdom 2013

5 x MSCDN (Type 225 Mvar – 400 kV)

Total rated power 1,459 Mvar Unit output 719.8 and 825.1 kvar

Low temperature –25 °C, internally fused

Bank voltages 244 kV and 31.7 kV Unit voltages 7.92 and 9.40 kV Quantity of units 1,800

MSCDN Gwynt Y Mor

RWE United Kingdom 2012

6 x 132 kV filter banks; 4 x 13.9 MSC banks

Total rated power 495 Mvar Unit output 212.6 to 875.5 kvar

Internally fused and fuseless capacitors

Bank voltages 6.73 and 98.05 kV Unit voltages 6.73 to 12.26 kV Quantity of units 642

SVC Gerdau Diaco

Diaco S.A. Colombia 2012

3 x three-phase filter circuits

Total rated power 118.5 Mvar Unit output 584.4 to 1091.5 kvar Bank voltages 7 to 20.8 kV Unit voltages 4.04 to 12 kV Quantity of units 180

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Industrial electric arc furnace application, internally fused

Project

Customer/ Country/ Year

Scope

SVC Horqueta and SVC Guarambaré

Ande Paraguay 2011 and 2015

4 x three-phase single tuned filter banks; 3 x three-phase TSC-banks

Technical Data

Total rated power 513.9 Mvar Unit output 727.6 to 948.2 kvar

Highlight/ Technology Internally fused capacitors

Bank voltages 17.70 to 21.42 kV Unit voltages 4.9 to 9.6 kV Quantity of units 638

HVDC Kontek

Energinet Denmark 2011

1 x three-phase HV filter (282 kV); 2 x three-phase MV filter banks

Total rated power 96.7 Mvar Unit output 643/435/427 kvar Bank voltage 282 kV Unit voltages 20.7 / 17.2 / 19.2 kV

Noise reduced with external noise damping hoods, internally fused and unfused capacitors

Quantity of units 157

MSC London Array Windfarm

London Array United Kingdom 2011

4 x MSCDN (Type 150 kV)

Total rated power 156.2 Mvar Unit output 360.5 / 370.2 kvar

Fuseless capacitors

Bank voltage 150 kV Unit voltags 14.2 / 4.16 kV Quantity of units 445

HVDC Cookstraight, Pole 3

MSC Jí Paraná, S/S Vilhena

Transpower New Zealand 2011

ELETRONORTE Brazil 2010



4 x MSC (Type 20.52 Mvar – 242 kV)

Total rated power 82.1 Mvar

Unit output 270 to 833 kvar Bank voltages 257 to 348 kV

Very high seismic requirements, internally fused and unfused capacitors


Unit output 570 kvar Bank voltage 242 kV

Fuseless capacitors, high humidity environment (Northern Brazil)

Unit voltage 11.65 kV Quantity of units 144

SVC Bom Jesus da Lapa II

TAESA Brazil 2010, 2011, and 2015

2010: filter I and filter II for SVC (B); 2011: surge capacitor (S); 2015: TSC (B)

Total rated power 343.8 Mvar Unit output 786.0 to 916.0 kvar (B) and 0.1 µF (S) Bank voltages 21.5 to 23.2 kV Unit voltages 5.7 to 13.4 kV (B) and 24 kV (S) Quantity of units 394

MSC ANDE

RIEDER & CIA CLYFSA Paraguay 2009 to 2016

12 x MSC (6 Mvar and 12 Mvar – 24 kV)

Total rated power 120 Mvar Unit output 500 kvar Bank voltage 24 kV Unit voltage 13.2 kV Quantity of units 242

First SVC application with internally fused capacitors delivered in 2010 (Filters I and II). In 2011, surge capacitors were delivered, and in 2015, internally fused capacitors were delivered for the TSC. Twelve capacitor banks supplied from 2009 to 2016. Bank components: internally fused capacitors, reactors and current transformers

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Siemens Power Capacitor Factory Siemens Power Capacitor factory is located in the industrial complex in Jundiaí, Brazil, the largest production complex of Siemens in Latin America.

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History – 50 Years of Experience

Power Capacitor Factory

1959

Laelc starts operations, manufacturing Power Capacitors for several projects, including Itaipú HVDC, the first 600 kV HVDC of the world in the 80’s.

1979

Laelc buys the technology to manufacture internally fused capacitors.

2007

Siemens acquires from Laelc the technology to manu facture power capacitors and capacitor banks.

2009

Siemens Power Capacitor factory starts commercial operation and was awarded its first large HVDC order for India.

Today Siemens Power Capacitor are globally present in several countries around the world with a product portfolio for all types of application.

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Power Capacitors – Technical Data Siemens entered the Power Capacitor market with a product for the most diversified applications. Longterm, reliable technology and intensive R&D investments lead to a state-of-the-art product, compliant with the most stringent technical and environmental requirements, including extremely low temperatures (like –50 °C in northern Canada), extremely high temperatures (like +50 °C in India), high humidity (like in the rainforests of northern Brazil) and the most extreme seismic zones (like in New Zealand).

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Capacitor Banks – Applications Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS)

Parallel Compensation

Static Var Compensator (SVC) Mechanically Switched Capacitor with Damping Network (MSCDN) Mechanically Switched Capacitors (MSC)

Series Compensation

Thyristor Controlled Series Compensation (TCSC) Thyristor Protected Series Compensation (TPSC) Fixed Series Compensation (FSC)

AC Harmonic Filters AC PLC Filters Long Distance and Back-to-Back HVDC – AC & DC Filters AC & DC Surge Capacitors

Capacitor Unit Design Technology

Internally fused, externally fused, fuseless, and unfused

Rated voltage

With internal fuses: up to 15 kV Without internal fuses: up to 24 kV

Frequency

50 Hz/60 Hz

Rated power

Up to 1000 kvar (50 Hz) Up to 1200 kvar (60 Hz)

Current

Max. 180 A

BIL

95 kV, 125 kV, 150 kV, 170 kV, 200 kV

Dielectric

Polypropylene film and oil

Impregnant

Biodegradable PCB-free oil

Discharge resistor

75 V/10 min or 50 V/5 min

Losses

With internal fuses: < 0.20 W/kvar Without internal fuses: < 0.12 W/kvar

Temperature range

–50/+55 ºC

Standards

IEC, IEEE, ABNT, CSA, and others

Quality certificates

ISO 9001; ISO 14001; OHSAS 18001

Final figures to be confirmed during project For other standards please consult the factory

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