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Invitation2012 GIS USERS GROUP
26 - 28 November 2012Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Teaming up for tomorrow’s solutions
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4 GIS Users Group Conference - Introduction
4 How to get there
5 Visa Information
5 Registration
6 Agenda Highlights
8 Host and Substation
9 Demo Area
12 Conferences Preview: 12 Future networks developments and characteristics 15 Online partial discharge monitoring 18 Asset management challenges and strategies 21 Enhanced availability during Maintenance, Repair, Extension (MRE): nice-to-have or really needed?
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2012 GIS Users Group ConferenceWe are pleased to invite you to the 5th GIS Users Group. After Endesa in Spain, National Grid in the UK, Axpo in Switzerland and RTE in France, this year’s technical conference will be hosted by DEWA in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.You will find in the next pages a preview of the 2012 conference topics, agenda and all necessary practical information to register and organize your travel. Should you need any further information, please feel free to contact us: [email protected]
How to get there... The conference will take place at the Meydan Hotel in Dubai:
Meydan RacecourseAl Meydan Road, Nad Al ShebaP.O. Box 9305Dubai, United Arab Emirates
More details on http://www.meydanhotels.com/meydan/special.htm
By plane:The Dubai International Airport is 15 minutes away. Shuttle bus will be organized on Monday, November 26 from the airport to the hotel and back to the airport on Wednesday, November 28.
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Registration to the EventYour accommodation will be booked automatically as you register to the conference from noon on November 26 to noon on November 28. Note: Expenses (accommodation, meals, special evening…) during the event will be borne by Alstom Grid. Travel to the Meydan Hotel remains at GIS Users’ expenses. Accommodation expense will not be covered for participants from Dubai.
Online registration:www.support.alstom.com/grid/ug/GIS/2012-conference
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We look forWard To meeTing you aT This year’s conference!
Visa Information If you have a valid passport (valid until May 26th, 2013 at least) from one of the following countries, you will NOT need to apply for a visa:
GCC nationals / Andorra / Austria / Australia / Brunei / Belgium / Denmark / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Iceland / Ireland / Italy / Japan / Liechtenstein / Luxemburg / Malaysia / Monaco / The Netherlands / New Zealand / Norway / Portugal / San Marino / Singapore / South Korea / Spain / Sweden / Switzerland / United Kingdom / USA / Vatican and holders of Hong Kong SAR passport
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If you DO NOT have a passport from one of the above countries, YOU WILL NEED to apply for a visa, at least 30 days before your date of arrival in the UAE. Please send your visa request to our agency at [email protected], enclosing:
– A colour scan of your passport (pages with personal information) – A colour scan of a passport photo – Your flight details (flight number, date of departue/arrival at Dubai)
Contact: [email protected]
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Agenda Highlights
monday, november 26
12:00 h Buffet lunch and networking
afternoon
14:00 h Registration and free time in product Demo Area
16:00 h Opening sessions
17:30 h Conference on Future networks developments and characteristics
20:00 h Dinner
Tuesday, november 27
morning
08:30 h Official address by DEWA MD & CEO Mr. Saeed Mohammad Al Tayer
09:00 h Conference on Online Partial Discharge Monitoring
11:00 h Guided product demos
12:30 h Lunch
afternoon
14:00 h DEWA 400/132kV substation visit
20:00 h Social event Your spouse/companion is welcome to dinner and evening activity. Please inform us during on-line registration.
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Wednesday, november 28
morning
08:00 h Conference on Enhanced availability during Maintenance, Repair, Extension (MRE): nice-to-have or really needed?
10:30 h Conference on Asset management challenges and strategies
12:30 h Lunch
afternoon
14:00 h Guided product demos
16:00 h Conference closing
If you wish to contribute to one of these conference topics, please contact:[email protected]
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Substation VisitDubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), the sole utility of Emirates of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has kindly offered to host the event in Dubai in 2012.
We will have the opportunity to visit an important 400/132kV substation, built by Alstom Grid, which is a crucial node to city’s transmission network.
The technical visit will highlight the features that are incorporated in the substation design to meet or exceed the stringent regulations, for uninterrupted connectivity to the grid.
DEWA delivers electricity to more than 600,000 consumers across the Emirate of Dubai and has well defined policies for conditional monitoring and preventive maintenance, which ensures reliable and quality power for these customers.
The substation equipment including 400kV and 132kV GIS has the required functionalities that contribute to achieve these objectives.
These and other operational and maintenance practices will be explained and deliberated during the visit and it will be a good opportunity for the participants, to share with each other, their experiences as utility and industrial service providers.
132 kV GIS
400 kV GIS
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Demo Area DescriptionproducT pole
a real f35 bay equipped with all digital solutions: • SF6 gas monitoring (BWatch3) • Circuit breaker and point-on-wave controller (RPH3) • Partial discharge monitoring (PDWatch) • Full digital chain (NCIT)
a real 420kV single break circuit breaker pole:
Thanks to the advanced design, our 420kV single breakGIS features competitive advantages: • Reduced footprint • Enhanced reliability • Optimised total cost of ownership
disconnector with enhanced bus transfer current capabilities:
Standards are evolving and Alstom brings a technical solution.
me4 drive:
• Mock-up of ME4 • Standardisation of Disconnector and Earthing Drives
on Alstom GIS • Improved User Interface for safe operation
ME4
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moniToring pole
partial discharge monitoring real demo (pdWatch):
Display of the components and live simulations:
• The PDWatch acquisition and PDWatch Manager software tools for investigation and expertise
• The PDWatch On-Line supervision application for trend evaluation, archive processing and remote communication
• A UHF100 acquisition unit acquiring signals from UHF internal and external sensors
• Remote access
sf6 and gis monitoring (BWatch3):
Display of the components and live simulations:
• The BWatch3 local HMI for solution start-up and maintenance
• The BWatch3 On-Line supervision application for instant monitoring, trend evaluation, archive processing and remote communication
• The BWatch3 Manager software tool for asset planning purpose
• A BWatch3 acquisition and process unit acquiring data from GIS SF6 digital transmitters
UHF sensor
BWatch3 system HMI
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maintenance isolating device (mid):
The MID is a device which enhances the availability during Maintenance, Repair and Extension (MRE) phases. Display of a B105 single-phase double bus-bar assembly with MID: • To show disconnectors, earthing switches and contacts • To describe the combined disconnector and earthing switch • To explain MID operation • To illustrate MID features
maintenance-repair-extension (mre) safety rules
Display of bus enclosures, conductors and insulators assembly: • To explain the MRE safety rules • To show what is a shield insulator • To show that sliding conductors transmit negligible stresses
Double busbar assembly with MID
Bus assembly
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Conference 1
Future Networks Developmentsand Characteristics
TargeTThe purpose of this session is to share between the Participants of the 2012 GIS Users Group Conference the various reasons leading to the introduction of HV switchgear of higher technical performance in their Power Systems, or their on-going consideration of such action. Such decisions – or intentions – may result ultimately in requirement up-rating the values applied, in accordance with the ruling standards or, in some instances, derived from them.Also deemed of utmost interest are the processes undertaken in these Organisations, and how synergies could be developed with the suppliers of Gas-Insulated Substations and their in-house Power Systems expertise, so as to optimise the characteristics of the equipment in order to meet the future demands of the network.
conference descripTionintroductionHigh Voltage Gas-Insulated Substations (GIS) have demonstrated their outstanding performance for almost 50 years. More and more Gas-Insulated Substations are in use, mainly in highly populated area, fast growing industrial zones, coastal sites with specific environmental and operational requirements, and in areas of high strategic importance.
fast changing characteristics of the power systemsThe motives for upgrading, uprating and extension are based on the growing need for energy supply and the needs of network extension to satisfy updated requirements. It has been observed in some instances that the utility decision to prescribe higher performance parameters for their assets may come to pass faster than foreseen.
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Such a situation may arise from an ‘earlier-than-forecasted’ increase in demand, or from the introduction of a massive bulk power generation plan, or, in some instances, from a local infeed of a bulk renewable energy (e.g. connection to the Grid of off-shore wind farms, DC submarine interconnection, etc).
gis supplier’s dutiesThe GIS supplier must run R&D programmes to deliver equipment of appropriately higher performance: fault-current capability, rated current, time constant, maximum time to clear a fault …., together with the challenges inherent in the demands for compactness, interchangeability, interoperability and extended life-span from end-users.Understanding the true reasons for our customers’ demands to cope with the increasing performance demands on their assets is a key requisite to enable the timely development and delivery of superior products and solutions. This will also address the need for sustainability of our solutions.It is our Alstom Grid vision that our GIS offering will also be supported by our long experience in Power Systems planning and engineering in order to optimise our Customers’ strategies.
conference outlineWithin the perspectives of the 2012 GIS Users Group, Alstom Grid will report some cases of programme development and technical solutions to meet some local operational constraints above standard values and also to meet the increasing performances of networks.The 2012 GIS Users Group kindly invites the participants to share their visions and experiences in similar occurrences, and to report in partnership with suppliers -or not-, have enabled their respective organizations to properly assess the required performance characteristics of their assets.
your BenefiTs – Share experience and drivers for higher values or up-ratings on high voltage networks. – Share vision of future network characteristics. – Exchange with peers and Alstom Grid R&D experts . – Potentially impact the technical features of the future GIS ranges so that they best fit
your requirements.
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geTTing prepared for The conference – Please gather the relevant elements of the technical characteristics of your power sys-
tems that are about to be uprated -or have been recently upgraded. These could include the introduction of a higher voltage, new fault current capabilities, new time constant values, higher rated current characteristics etc. ...
– Have you identified any gaps to be filled in the near future by supplier of gas-insulated substations to meet the evolution of your network?
– If relevant, what have been the various stages undertaken in your organization: systems planning (load forecast and network development), new forms of bulk power genera-tion, development of interconnections, etc?
– Have alternative solutions been considered during the process, so as to cope with any local change of the operational characteristics? This could include solutions such as the introduction of FACTS, Fault Current limiters, splitting the architecture of existing sub-stations…
– Do you commonly work with supplier of gas-insulated substations eg. engaging their expertise in network consultancy?
Contacts: franç[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
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conference descripTion During the conference, Alstom Grid experts will present:
– A tutorial about the different techniques of partial discharges detection in a GIS: • conventional method as per the IEC 60270; • UHF method, • acoustic method
– How UHF sensors are designed. – The industrial process required, from calibration in factory to site expertise.
The major benefits provided by partial detection solutions are: – Security
• earlier identification of partial discharge inception and time-evolution• combining different methods enables deep interpretation and criticality diagnosis• enabling identification of defect location
Conference 2
Online Partial Discharge Monitoring
TargeTDuring this event we wish to discuss and exchange on partial discharge monitoring solutions. We will provide a technical presentation by our experts and present some customer site return on experience. This will be followed by a real product presentation.
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PD generator
UHF monitor
Externaldisturbances External
noiseantenna
GIS test set
– Asset management• enable a change from curative to preventive maintenance policy• ease of identification of the type of defect (phase resolved analysis)• provide true insights into the current aging of the components• support of life extension
– Tests and long-term Service• possibility to perform tests with an installed SF6/air bushing, provided by a reliable
discrimination between external noise and PD• enable periodic detection (off-line) and/or continuous monitoring• basis for long-term partnership between GIS manufacturer and end-User
The conference will be followed by live demos performed with real equipment.
live demos
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The partial discharge demo area will feature: – PDWatch Monitor – Partial Discharge generator – External noise antenna – UHF sensors on GIS.
your BenefiTs – Get up to date with the latest techniques. – Learn from peers and their real site experience. – Share visions about these techniques.
geTTing prepared for The conference – What is the trend in your organisation with respect to PD monitoring? – What are your questions about these techniques?
Fill in our technical survey: Link: http://www.support.alstom.com/grid/ug/gis/2012-conference Click on the button on the right hand side.
Contacts: [email protected]
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Conference 3
Asset Management Challenges and Strategies
TargeTDuring this event we wish to take the opportunity to discuss and exchange on the different strategies concerning improvements in cost effectiveness, in operating, maintaining, upgrading and replacing Gas-Insulated Substations.
conference descripTionpart 1: introduction and presentation from alstom gridThe content of the presentation will be an introduction to the current complex process that is the management of transmission and distribution assets through their lifecycle.
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Different aspects of equipment performance and risks as well as the requirement for maintenance and replacement will be discussed.The ageing infrastructure is confronting utilities with additional challenges. An overview of the GIS asset evaluation process and the main factors limiting equipment life-time will be addressed, together with the options utilities have for residual life extension in terms of maintenance procedures, repair, retrofit or replacement. The impacts of various factors like GIS material and design, monitoring devices and diagnostic methods are included as well as operating duties and environmental conditions.
part 2: round TaBle about strategic asset management choices“Should you invest in monitoring devices allowing optimised maintenance or save the investment cost and accept a more costly maintenance program?”“Which features can help you in optimising the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the GIS equipment?”These and other questions related to asset management strategy are going to be addressed at the round table, our exchange platform for asset management strategy matters. A small group of selected asset managers from power utilities and consultants will hold the discussion in front of the entire GUG audience. Everybody will be at liberty to contribute their own opinion during this session. The benefits of your participation in this event are to get an insight into specific aspects of asset management strategies of other utilities and it will allow you to challenge your own asset management policies.
part 3: Workshop sessionThe third part will be a workshop and discussion session. This is your opportunity to express your short-term and long-term objectives and expectations with regard to GIS Asset Management. During the discussion in smaller groups of 30 participants maximum we shall develop ideas targeted at helping to optimise your asset management strategy.
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your BenefiTs – Learn from peers about strategic asset management choices. – Let Alstom Grid as your supplier understand the key user issues of Asset Management,
including yours. – Participate in discussions about current and future requirements regarding GIS equip-
ment and related services for more efficient Asset Management.
geTTing prepared for The conference: – Understand the Asset management process and the responsibilities of asset owner,
asset manager and asset service provider in your organization. – Inquire about your current GIS fleet: What is the number of your GIS substations in
service and their average age per voltage level? Are these GIS equipped with monitoring devices or other features to enhance their availability?
– What are the main drivers of the sourcing strategy with regard to financial and non-financial criteria for decisions on supplier? For example Life Cycle Cost (LCC), environ-mental friendliness or supplier qualification and experience.
– Find out about your current and future maintenance strategy. – Discuss the important features and functionalities of the GIS in your asset management
strategy.
Contact: [email protected]
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Conference 4
Enhanced availability during Maintenance, Repair,Extension (MRE): nice-to-have or really needed?
TargeTThe goal of this topic is to understand the profile of the users who may require a high-level of availability in a contract specification, from an operational and asset management point of view. We should also like to examine the return on experience from those who have specified differing levels of availability for their GIS.
From a technical point of view, what is the value of availability?
It may be widely recognized as a nice-to-have feature, but is it really needed by all the users and what are the parameters that determine the need?
conference descripTion The availability concept, known as MRE (Maintenance, Repair and Extension), has been extensively developed during the last three editions of the GIS Users Group, particularly from a safety, operational and technical point of view.
This year, the view turns to the return of experience of the users, based on their choices of single-line diagrams (SLD), equipment and features as well as their asset management policy and habits.
The topic will be divided into 4 parts: – Market analysis (statistics and trends) of the worldwide Users and their requirements in
term of availability according to the following parameters:• Type of customer• Voltage• Region / country• What SLD is requested?• How is availability defined in the Users’ specifications?• How many feeders or/and busbars as a maximum can be lost during a MRE sequence?
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– Testimonial from a user in favoring a particularly high-level of availability in the initial specification of a contract,
– Open-floor to 2 users who are quite different in their needs, interest and return of expe-rience in terms of availability,
– Open debate between the pros and cons, with all the participants at the GIS Users Group.
The first part will be prepared before the event and the results will be presented as an introduction to the topic. The other parts will take place during a live plenary session where the active involvement of all participants is invited.
In addition to the conference, there will be some MRE hardware solutions presented in the Demo area, as well as some MRE concept technical presentations.
your BenefiTs – Share experience with fellow Users – Identify the return on investment levers when choosing to specify a high-level of avail-
ability on equipment? – Be informed of the asset management model of fellow users
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geTTing prepared for The conference:The plenary session, especially the debate, is an outstanding opportunity for participants to share their vision and experience with peers in other organisations.
Rather like the practice for CIGRE sessions, participants are kindly invited to prepare their questions and testimonies prior to the debate.
If needed, in order to illustrate their contribution, participants may wish to prepare one or two slides.
Some surveys will also be performed prior to the conference. If you wish to participate, please do not hesitate to contact Charlie Girard (e-mail below).
Contact: [email protected]
Alstom Grid - GIS1 rue Paul Doumer73106 Aix-les-BainsTel: +33 (0)4 79 63 88 [email protected]
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