Business meeting of PLUTON representatives and experts of city electric transport from different cities of Ukraine: Sumy, Lutsk, Bila Tserkva, Zhytomyr, Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk, Mykolayiv, Chernivtsi, Kropyvnytskiy, was held with the support of the LME "Lvivelektrotrans" in Lviv on February 2, 2017. The aim of the meeting, which brought together managers, chief engineers, and heads of power utility organizations, was the presentation of PLUTON products in the context of completed projects in the implementation of modular traction substation, as well as modernization of 19 existing traction substations and Lviv city electric transport power supply system operation control center.
All the guests had the opportunity to get acquainted in detail with the new modular substation, which is built using innovative technical solutions designed to provide uninterrupted and reliable power supply, significantly reduce operating costs of substation and extend the lifetime of the equipment.
A modular substation is an automated, low-maintenance traction substation, requiring no personnel on duty. It should be noted that the application of such a complex solution as a modular substation ensures a high speed of installation, minimizing the required space and excluding the costs of capital construction. During the presentation, participants of the meeting observed a modern level of technical solutions and automation, high quality of equipment, and ergonomics.
Besides, during the meeting, there was an excursion to traction substation TSS-1, as an example of outdated traction substations modernization by PLUTON. The applied solutions provide a partial and complete replacement of existing substations equipment (or the main individual components) for the newer equipment, which allows realizing high-energy efficiency, increase reliability of power supply, as well as to transfer the traction substations equipment in general to a qualitatively new level of control, diagnostics, and monitoring.
The project on modernization, implemented in cooperation with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, was carried out in 2016 by PLUTON and included the retrofitting of 19 traction substations and operator control center with modern equipment, in particular:
- Complete and partial modernization of medium voltage switchgear 6 kV and DC switchgear 600 V;
- Modernization of auxiliaries equipment;
- Modernization of substations remote control system and operator control center (including implementation of SCADA system);
- Implementation of a comprehensive energy metering system;
- Installation of security and fire alarm system;
- Implementation of the necessary civil works.
Special attention was attracted to the modern operator control system based on an integrated SCADA system that provides remote control of power supply circuits and continuous monitoring of all the substations equipment conditions.
It should be noted that this was not the first meeting in such a format at LME "Lvivelektrotrans" sites. Representatives of Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk city electric transport enterprises visited modular substation and modernized substation TSS-1 in December 2016. PLUTON is always open to such meetings at the implemented by the company existing sites not only in Ukraine but also abroad. We look forward to seeing our partners, friends, and guests at our meetings and presentations, where we are happy to introduce our equipment to you.
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