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Safety and Quality in Energy Grids

Safety and Quality in Energy Grids
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Safety and Quality in Energy Grids

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Overview: The document provides a comprehensive guide on the ibaPQU-S Modular Power Quality Monitoring System, focusing on its application in monitoring and optimizing power quality in energy grids. It highlights the integration of IEC 61850-compliant protection devices and the use of WAGO power terminals for power measurement.
Specifications: The ibaPQU-S system is designed to monitor power quality in accordance with IEC 61000-4-30 Class A standards. It measures raw values such as current and voltage in sync with the grid and calculates relevant characteristics for power quality evaluation. The system supports both AC and DC grids, with adjustable frequency settings for special applications.
Procedures: The system allows for continuous monitoring of power quality, fault analysis, and compliance with standards like EN 50160. It integrates with ibaPDA for data acquisition and analysis, enabling users to correlate power quality parameters with plant operations and identify fault causes.
Standards and Compliance: The document emphasizes compliance with EN 50160 and IEC 61000-4-30 standards. It also discusses the importance of adhering to the D-A-CH-CZ Technical rules for power system disturbances and the contractual agreements between power suppliers and consumers regarding grid disturbances.
Recommendations: The document suggests using ibaPQU-S for high-accuracy monitoring and fault recording, while WAGO power terminals offer a cost-effective alternative for less demanding applications. It recommends integrating power quality monitoring with process data for comprehensive analysis and optimization.
Key Data and Analysis: The document includes tables and examples illustrating the calculation of characteristic values, such as RMS, peak, harmonics, and flicker. It provides insights into the impact of grid disturbances and consumer behavior on power quality, using examples like voltage drops and distorted currents.
Success Stories: The document shares success stories of accurate fault analysis and undisturbed operation due to effective voltage monitoring, demonstrating the practical benefits of the ibaPQU-S system.
Overview of Power Measurement with WAGO/Beckhoff I/O Modules: The document discusses the use of WAGO 750 series I/O modules for power measurement, offering a cost-effective alternative for integrating with the iba system via Ethernet or fiber optics. These modules are ideal for expanding the iba system and support various power measurement terminals.
Power Measurement Capabilities: The terminals measure current and voltage in a three-phase power grid, calculating values such as effective/reactive/apparent power, energy, power factor, phase angle, and frequency. They are suitable for low-voltage range measurements directly at consumers and can perform simple grid analyses.
Integration and Configuration: The modules can be integrated into the iba system using standard Ethernet or optical fiber connections. The ibaPDA system allows for easy configuration and automatic detection of connected I/O modules, providing diagnostic signals for monitoring.
Data Acquisition and Transmission: Data acquisition is facilitated via Ethernet with the ibaW-750 device, which supports the ibaNet-E protocol for convenient integration and configuration. Isochronous measurement is possible, with sampling rates adjustable up to 1 kHz. Fiber optic connections via ibaNet750-BM-D allow for higher sampling rates up to 40 kHz.
IEC 61850 Integration: The document details the integration of IEC 61850 compatible protection devices into the iba system, supporting communication types like MMS, GOOSE, and Sampled Values. This integration allows for the acquisition and recording of information from protection devices.
Fault Recording and Analysis: The iba system can function as a digital fault recorder, with customizable trigger conditions for precise recording. The modular hardware supports high-resolution acquisition and multistation operation for complex energy measurement systems. Recorded data can be analyzed using ibaAnalyzer for fault determination and countermeasure implementation.
Application Example: An example is provided of using the iba system as a fault recorder in HVDC systems, highlighting its application in high voltage DC transmission systems with transient fault recording capabilities.
Project Overview: The document discusses a project aimed at monitoring power quality in steel works and metallurgical plants to reduce downtime and repair costs due to power quality disturbances. The project involves monitoring power quality parameters at transformer stations to ensure compliance with EN 50160 standards and optimize transformer workloads.
Technology Used: The project utilizes ibaPQU-S for measurement and ibaAnalyzer for data analysis. This setup helps detect excessive harmonic values and unbalanced phase loads, allowing for optimization of transformer workloads and early intervention in grid dynamics. The integration with PLC data enables quick reactions to process changes, ensuring product quality and reducing downtime.
Software and Modules: The document lists various software and input modules available for power quality monitoring, including ibaPQU-S, ibaPDA, and ibaHD-Server. These tools support different signal capacities and interfaces, such as IEC61850 communication.
Order Information: Detailed order information is provided for various modules and software packages, including their descriptions and order numbers.
Global Presence: iba AG has a global presence with subsidiaries and sales partners across Europe, Asia, Australia, Oceania, Central and South America, North America, and Africa. Contact information for regional offices is provided.
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Safety and Quality in Energy Grids ibaPQU-S Modular Power Quality Monitoring System ibaNet750-BM-D/ibaW-750 Power measurement with WAGO power terminals ibaPDA-Interface-IEC61850-Client /-9-2 Integration of IEC 61850 compatible protection devices Measurement Systems for Industry and Energy www.iba-ag.com

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Monitor and optimize power quality 3 ibaPQU-S Modular Power Quality Monitoring System 7 ibaNet750-BM-D/ibaW-750 Power measurement with WAGO I/O modules 12 ibaPDA-Interface-IEC61850-Client /-9-2 Integration of IEC61850-compliant protection devices 14 Success Stories Accurate fault analysis using the high-speed fault recorder 16 Undisturbed operation due to voltage monitoring 18

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Area of application Power Quality Measuring and monitoring the electric power quality (EPQ) is a crucial tool for energy producers, grid operators and consumers alike to document supply reliability and voltage quality on the one hand and to prove compliance with emission limits on the other hand. But also to analyze and thus avoid downtimes and failures. Your benefits at a glance > Characteristics according to the standard IEC 61000-4-30 class A > Reducing energy costs > Assuring supply > Documenting voltage quality > Observing emission limits > Analyzing faults > Meeting quality requirements...

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With the modular ibaPQU-S system, it is possible to record data from the plant together with the calculated quality characteristics and measured raw values centrally in ibaPDA. This enables users to thoroughly evaluate all data, recognize contexts and thereby determine the root-causes of faults or quality variations. Moreover, the data provide important information about the dimensioning of the plant and its optimal operation. Consumers are obliged to quality Electricity consumers influence the grid quality for example by power electronic devices, e. g. for frequency-regulated drives. Grid reactances...

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„We monitor power q uality in accordance with binding standards.“ Dries Boone, Power Quality Expert Your benefits at a glance: Efficiently analyze faults Document power quality in ccordance a with applicable standards Avoid fines

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The iba system provides a wide range of functions to monitor and optimize electrical power facilities: continuous monitoring of the power quality in energy grids, use as digital fault recorder (transient fault recorder) and integration of the protocol standard IEC 61850. The possible applications complement each other and can be operated in parallel. Proving electric power quality in line with standards Electrical power quality (EPQ) is defined by characteristics such as frequency, height, curve profiles and symmetry of the supply voltage. It is adversely affected to an ever greater extent by...

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The Power Quality Unit ibaPQU-S can be used for high-accuracy monitoring of the power quality in energy grids. For this purpose, characteristics of electric power quality are calculated according to the standard and are acquired and recorded by ibaPDA. At a glance > Modular power quality monitoring system with highest accuracy > Measurement in sync with the grid > Internal calculation of grid quality parameters according to IEC 61000-4-30, class A > Power and energy values > Data acquisition and calculation of statistical and long-term power quality parameters using ibaPDA (FO connection required)...

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ibaPQU-S High voltage 110 kV Example of monitoring of the power quality using ibaPQU-S in the iba system Analyzing fault causes The process data acquisition system ibaPDA connects ibaPQU-S into the overall plant and process monitoring. Thanks to ibaPDA‘s broad connectivity, it is possible to acquire the measured values from various sources and sample them synchronously. Using special mechanisms, the grid synchronous measured energy values are harmonized with the time synchronous process values. So the electric power quality parameters can be correlated with the plant’s operating mode. The synchronous...

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1 time interval of 10 periods in 50 Hz grids

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Examples for measurement and display with ibaPQU-S The following examples show measurements with ibaPQU-S. The display of the characteristic values in ibaPDA allows to draw conclusions about certain events or a possible failure and its cause. Phasor and Spectrum View In the phasor view, voltages and currents are displayed according to magnitude and phase position. So the user recognizes the current load situation. The spectrum diagram shows how much the consumers are burdened with harmonics. Both diagrams allow conclusions on the consumer structure. Power Quality Monitoring with ibaPQU-S Total...

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Example: commutation notches Commutation notches are caused, for example, by power converters. For the peaks being very steep but in fact also very brief, the effective value is only marginally changed. But nonetheless, other consumers can be interfered in their function by this effect. Thanks to the high-resolution (raw) values, this event is also recognized as an error and recorded by ibaPQU-S. Example: voltage drop The signal trend shows a voltage dip and the reaction of the effective values of the conductor currents to this event. Further analysis allows to derive statements on the cause...

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I/O modules of the 750 series from WAGO offer a cost-effective alternative for power measurement. Connection to the iba system is optionally via standard Ethernet or fiber optics. At a glance > Ideal applications: power flow analysis, internal energy management, calculation of energy costs and consumption > Integration into the iba system: - with ibaW-750 via a standard Ethernet connection - with ibaNet750-BM-D via optical fiber with ibaFOB card > Measurement in the low voltage range directly at consumers > Cost-effective alternative to an ibaPQU-S system if no standard-compliant measurement...

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ibaNet750-BM-D Measurement of power characteristics in the low voltage range with WAGO power terminals A new function for device search ensures automatic detection if ibaW-750 is in the same LAN as the ibaPDA computer. Isochronous measurement ibaPDA synchronizes all ibaW-750 systems connected to it, enabling isochronous measurement of several distributed I/O systems via Ethernet. Measured data acquisition via Ethernet The sampling rate can be freely set up to 1 kHz. The maximum amount of data that can be transferred depends on the selected sampling rate. The following applies: The higher the...

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