powersouth lowman ac/dc essential voltage system
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PowerSouth Lowman AC/DC Essential Voltage System
Essential Voltage System• Original Design Weaknesses• Event Report• New Design
Original Design Overview
Original Design Weaknesses• Manual operation• Break-before-make switching• Lack of redundancy• Lack of Data/Alarms
480V Emergency Section• Manual breaker operation with Kirk-key interface
Diesel Generator• No adequate PM testing on Diesel Generator
Chargers/Batteries• Single point of failure with one charger
Inverters• Single point of failure with one inverter feeding
primary and secondary control power in some areas
Event Report
Event Recap• Normal operation• Unit 2 charger is impaired with no direct alarming
Event Recap (cont.)• Batteries become depleted• Switchgear relaying begins to alarm
Event Recap (cont.)• Standby Charger was swapped to Unit 2• DC breaker from Standby Charger tripped
numerous times
Event Recap (cont.)• AC Switchgear not able to transfer to station
service• No DC power • Turbine Trips and spins down without adequate
lube or seal oil supply.
Rotor/Bearing Damage
Hydrogen Seal Casing Damage
Need for Improvement• Safety• Reliability• Adequate feedback• Automated operation where possible
• Redundancy
Upgraded System Overview
480V Automatic Transfer
Normal Feed
Emergency Feed
480V Automatic Transfer Switch
480V Paralleling Switchgear
480V Paralleling SWGR
Diesel Generator/Paralleling
SwitchgearProtective Relay
Sync Indication
Unit 2 Feed
Unit 3 Feed
Diesel Gen Feed
350kW Diesel Generator
Redundant Charging with Standby
Utility Fed Charger
Emer. Fed Charger
Unit 2 Batteries
Standby
Battery Chargers
Unit 3 Chargers
Unit 2 ChargersStandby
Charger
Batteries
Unit 3 Batteries
Standby Batteries
Unit 2 Batteries
DC Switchboard/Distribution
DC Switchboard
Unit 2 Battery Breaker
2A Charger Feed2B Charger Feed
Dual Inverters
Inverter 2A
Inverter 2B
Dual Inverters
Inverter 2A
Inverter 2B
Inverter3A
Inverter3B
120V Essential Power Transformers
120V Essential Power Transformer 2A
120V Essential Power Transformer 2B
Control Screen
DC Voltage Visual
Critical Event Response
Open
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