GRID - GAS INSULATED SUBSTATIONS

Aix‐les‐Bains
1, rue Paul Doumer ‐ BP 601 ‐ 73106 AIX‐LES‐BAINS CEDEX (France)
Phone: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 80 ‐ Fax: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 39 – www.grid.alstom.com
ALSTOM GRID SAS
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389 191 800 RCS Nanterre

Single phase GIS

Maintenance, Repair and Extension (MRE)

Solutions assessment in
Double Busbar arrangement

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GRID - GAS INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
Aix‐les‐Bains
1, rue Paul Doumer ‐ BP 601 ‐ 73106 AIX‐LES‐BAINS CEDEX (France)
Phone: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 80 ‐ Fax: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 39 – www.grid.alstom.com
ALSTOM GRID SAS
SAS au capital de 74.478.096 € Siège social : Immeuble Galilée – 51 esplanade du Général de Gaulle – 92907 LA DEFENSE CEDEX
389 191 800 RCS Nanterre

Contents

1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 3

2 Definitions and guidelines .......................................................................................................... 3

2.1 Acronyms ........................................................................................................................................... 3
2.2 Guidelines .......................................................................................................................................... 3
2.3 Substation Operation Modes.............................................................................................................. 4
2.4 Safety rules ........................................................................................................................................ 5
2.4.1 Introduction....................................................................................................................... 5
2.4.2 Safety principles ................................................................................................................ 5
2.4.3 Intervention permissions and constraints ...................................................................... 5
3 MRE solutions Summary (Double busbar arrangement) ....................................................... 7
3.1 Global Chart....................................................................................................................................... 7
4 CB Removal – Basic arrangement ............................................................................................. 8
4.1 Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 8
4.2 Steps of dismantling .......................................................................................................................... 8
5 CB Removal – Standard Arrangement ..................................................................................... 9
5.1 Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 9
5.2 Steps of dismantling .......................................................................................................................... 9
6 CB Removal – MID Arrangement ........................................................................................... 10
6.1 Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 10
6.2 Steps of dismantling ........................................................................................................................ 10
7 Busbar DS Removal – Standard Arrangement ...................................................................... 11
7.1 Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 11
7.2 Steps of dismantling ........................................................................................................................ 12
8 Busbar DS Removal – Buffer Arrangement ........................................................................... 13
8.1 Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 13
8.2 Steps of dismantling ........................................................................................................................ 14
9 Busbar DS Removal – MID Arrangement .............................................................................. 15
9.1 Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 15
9.2 Steps of dismantling ........................................................................................................................ 16
10 Availability matrix .................................................................................................................... 17
10.1 Legend ............................................................................................................................................. 17
10.2 Circuit-Breaker removal availability matrix .................................................................................... 17
10.3 Busbar disconnector removal availability matrix ............................................................................ 17

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GRID - GAS INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
Aix‐les‐Bains
1, rue Paul Doumer ‐ BP 601 ‐ 73106 AIX‐LES‐BAINS CEDEX (France)
Phone: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 80 ‐ Fax: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 39 – www.grid.alstom.com
ALSTOM GRID SAS
SAS au capital de 74.478.096 € Siège social : Immeuble Galilée – 51 esplanade du Général de Gaulle – 92907 LA DEFENSE CEDEX
389 191 800 RCS Nanterre

1 Introduction
In electrical networks, substations are the main nodes where a single event may impact several feeders, if
not the entire substation.
The degree of continuous operation (quite higher for large power plants or aluminum smelters than for
standard substations in a meshed system), safety requirements and repair reliability are altogether fully
driving the decisions to be made when considering the design and planning of any new GIS.
Such safety contingencies, due to the pressurized insulating gas contained in GIS enclosures, require specific
design, especially when Maintenance, Repair and Extension (MRE) processes are considered.
Since completely different, the “immediate”, “under repair” and “during HV test” availabilities require
independent analyses. Customer shall first determine what he is able to tolerate or not during MRE process.

This document is limited to Maintenance, Repair and Extension (MRE) capability in single phase GIS which
may trigger unavailability of several bays, sometimes even of the entire substation.

2 Definitions and guidelines

2.1 Acronyms

Bay: As per IEC standards, a bay corresponds to a 3-phase assembly consisting of one circuit-breaker, its
associated disconnectors, instrument transformers, interconnecting bus up to and including the line
disconnector (if applicable), and the section of main bus (if applicable).

MRE: Maintenance - Repair - Extension

MRE x: In terms of MRE capability, “x” stands for the number of bays which are de-energized during the
repair process associated with the most detrimental failure.

2.2 Guidelines

- Safety is first requirement: No work inside a compartment, one gas-barrier of which remains
pressurized. Exceptions (even with mechanical stress limiter) shall be avoided.

- Reliability is a must: Any major work, such as but not limited to internal parts replacing, shall be
checked by a high-voltage withstand test. Quite often, prerequisites of such a test deeply impact
substation operation.

- Disconnectors cannot withstand the HV test voltage on one terminal while the other one is energized
by the network. Such test requires either de-energizing the entire substation, or having two series
disconnecting gaps between the tested section and the operating section.

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Aix‐les‐Bains
1, rue Paul Doumer ‐ BP 601 ‐ 73106 AIX‐LES‐BAINS CEDEX (France)
Phone: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 80 ‐ Fax: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 39 – www.grid.alstom.com
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- Each busbar section (enclosure and conductor) shall incorporate a dismantling facility (i.e. telescopic
enclosure, bellow, etc.) to provide the required maintainability. The add-on of compartments and/or
disconnecting devices requires the add-on of dismantling facilities.

- Repair process shall remain simple: Replacing a busbar disconnector by a by-passing enclosure shall
not be a standard repair process. Such process, not only quite more complex and longer, requires several
HV tests.

2.3 Substation Operation Modes

The following diagrams illustrate the phases which generally occur during the substation’s lifecycle:

Maintenance: After a given number of operations, normal maintenance is generally recommended by

the manufacturer.

Repair: After a fault occurrence, the substation must be reconfigured as soon as possible before repairs,
in order to minimize the loss of lines.

HV Testing: After heavy maintenance, repairs or extensions, a HV test is required. Availability during testing will
be different in terms of MRE=x levels, depending on the design and specifications of the GIS

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GRID - GAS INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
Aix‐les‐Bains
1, rue Paul Doumer ‐ BP 601 ‐ 73106 AIX‐LES‐BAINS CEDEX (France)
Phone: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 80 ‐ Fax: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 39 – www.grid.alstom.com
ALSTOM GRID SAS
SAS au capital de 74.478.096 € Siège social : Immeuble Galilée – 51 esplanade du Général de Gaulle – 92907 LA DEFENSE CEDEX
389 191 800 RCS Nanterre

2.4 Safety rules

2.4.1 Introduction

These safety rules, which are common sense principles, have been developed in coordination with the
different departments of ALSTOM, including Alstom experts and the intervention teams. The respect
of these principles in GIS design and in substation engineering allows the site staff to work with
confidence, for safe and quick interventions.

The principles presented here are specific to ALSTOM products but should apply globally as a
reference guide to basic security and model evaluation.

2.4.2 Safety principles

The following principles must be strictly observed because they describe the basic principles applied
to gas compartment arrangements and gas barrier and insulating element arrangements.
The combination of gas-compartment arrangements, gas-barrier and insulating elements,
architecture and other possible features lead to different levels of maintenance, repair and
extension capabilities.

The principles are forward thinking and must be applied at the SLD stage to anticipate safety concerns
and to take into account the necessary outages during repairs:

2.4.3 Intervention permissions and constraints

No work must be undertaken inside a compartment of which one gas-barrier remains pressurized.
Exceptions are possible, but only on a case-by-case basis. (See figures 4, 5)

No work can be directly undertaken on a pressurized gas-barrier while an additional mechanical load is
applied or can possibly be applied. (See figure 3)

The partitions or support insulators directly in proximity to an internal flashover in the involved
compartment shall be replaced or require at least a thorough check and cleaning of gas decomposition
products.

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Aix‐les‐Bains
1, rue Paul Doumer ‐ BP 601 ‐ 73106 AIX‐LES‐BAINS CEDEX (France)
Phone: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 80 ‐ Fax: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 39 – www.grid.alstom.com
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Legend :

Direct Contact :

• Stress applied directly to the pressurized partition à risk is very high.

• Risk of mechanical shock on the pressurized partition à risk is very high.

Mechanical Barrier with Partition :

• Stress is not applied directly to the pressurized partition à no risk.

• No risk of mechanical shock on the pressurized partition à no risk.

Mechanical Barrier with Support Insulator (Horizontal arrangement) :

• Stress is not applied directly to the pressurized partition à no risk.

• No risk of mechanical shock on the pressurized partition à no risk.

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Aix‐les‐Bains
1, rue Paul Doumer ‐ BP 601 ‐ 73106 AIX‐LES‐BAINS CEDEX (France)
Phone: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 80 ‐ Fax: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 39 – www.grid.alstom.com
ALSTOM GRID SAS
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389 191 800 RCS Nanterre

3 MRE solutions Summary (Double busbar arrangement)

3.1 Global Chart

The following chart gives, as an example, a summary of the different service continuity possibilities for
the busbar disconnector removal in a double busbar scheme, depending on the type of GIS design selected
for a specific substation.

Legend :

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GRID - GAS INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
Aix‐les‐Bains
1, rue Paul Doumer ‐ BP 601 ‐ 73106 AIX‐LES‐BAINS CEDEX (France)
Phone: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 80 ‐ Fax: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 39 – www.grid.alstom.com
ALSTOM GRID SAS
SAS au capital de 74.478.096 € Siège social : Immeuble Galilée – 51 esplanade du Général de Gaulle – 92907 LA DEFENSE CEDEX
389 191 800 RCS Nanterre

4 CB Removal – Basic arrangement

This first example involves a CB where partitions (1) and (2) of the CB are not removed with the CB,
more specifically the partition on the busbar side (1).

4.1 Summary

4.2 Steps of dismantling

Feeder with CB Degassing and HV testing

failure removal of the
Circuit breaker

In this case, the circuit-breaker can be removed without affecting the neighbor bays. Circuit-Breaker
partition cannot be removed, only cleaning is possible. If the partition has to be removed, both busbar are
out of service. Avoiding this lead to next ‘standard’ arrangement
Only during HV test, an outage of the busbar BB1 and BB2 is requested.

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GRID - GAS INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
Aix‐les‐Bains
1, rue Paul Doumer ‐ BP 601 ‐ 73106 AIX‐LES‐BAINS CEDEX (France)
Phone: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 80 ‐ Fax: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 39 – www.grid.alstom.com
ALSTOM GRID SAS
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389 191 800 RCS Nanterre

5 CB Removal – Standard Arrangement

In this arrangement, the partitions (1) and (2) of the CB can be removed with the CB. In order to carry
out the operation in line with the safety rules, one support insulator (3) is required in the common point.
When the CB is removed, the conductors in the common point do not create any stress on the pressurized
partitions (4) and (5) of the busbar disconnectors.

5.1 Summary

5.2 Steps of dismantling

Feeder with CB Degassing and HV testing

failure removal of the
Circuit breaker
In this case, the circuit-breaker can be removed without affecting the neighbor bays. Circuit-Breaker
partition is removed with the circuit-breaker, both busbars remaining in service.
Only during HV test, an outage of the busbars BB1 and BB2 is requested.

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GRID - GAS INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
Aix‐les‐Bains
1, rue Paul Doumer ‐ BP 601 ‐ 73106 AIX‐LES‐BAINS CEDEX (France)
Phone: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 80 ‐ Fax: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 39 – www.grid.alstom.com
ALSTOM GRID SAS
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389 191 800 RCS Nanterre

6 CB Removal – MID Arrangement

A maintenance isolating device (MID) is integrated in series with the busbar disconnector. The MID is
located in the common point and is not in the same compartment as the busbar DS. This MID provides an
additional isolation facility to be used when the pressure cannot be maintained in the busbar DS. In order to
provide full flexibility, one MID is associated with each busbar DS and an earthing switch is fitted between
each busbar DS and its corresponding MID. The MID is opened only when the corresponding busbar DS is
opened.

6.1 Summary

6.2 Steps of dismantling

Degassing and
Feeder with CB HV testing
removal of the
failure
Circuit breaker
The MID allows the removal of the CB in a safe manner: when the MID is opened, there is no direct
connection between the common point conductors and the corresponding busbar DS. With this arrangement,
there is no direct connection to any pressurized partitions. Another key feature of this arrangement is to provide
the facility for HV testing while keeping one busbar energized

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GRID - GAS INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
Aix‐les‐Bains
1, rue Paul Doumer ‐ BP 601 ‐ 73106 AIX‐LES‐BAINS CEDEX (France)
Phone: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 80 ‐ Fax: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 39 – www.grid.alstom.com
ALSTOM GRID SAS
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389 191 800 RCS Nanterre

7 Busbar DS Removal – Standard Arrangement

The following case shows a typical GIS arrangement as used on most of modern GIS. The busbar
DS and the busbar element are part of the same compartment.
To provide the maximum safety during MRE operations, a support insulator (1) is provided in the common
point. This insulator is used to minimize the stress applied on the adjacent busbar partition (2) and it enables
one busbar to remain in service during the operation.

7.1 Summary

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GRID - GAS INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
Aix‐les‐Bains
1, rue Paul Doumer ‐ BP 601 ‐ 73106 AIX‐LES‐BAINS CEDEX (France)
Phone: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 80 ‐ Fax: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 39 – www.grid.alstom.com
ALSTOM GRID SAS
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7.2 Steps of dismantling

Bay with busbar

DS failure

Degassing and
removal of the
busbar DS

HV testing

With this arrangement, it can be seen that at minimum, 4 feeders need to be out of service (3 adjacent
feeders plus the one where the busbar DS is removed).

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GRID - GAS INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
Aix‐les‐Bains
1, rue Paul Doumer ‐ BP 601 ‐ 73106 AIX‐LES‐BAINS CEDEX (France)
Phone: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 80 ‐ Fax: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 39 – www.grid.alstom.com
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8 Busbar DS Removal – Buffer Arrangement

In the previous standard GIS arrangement, many feeders need to be switched off during MRE
operations. In this solution, we overcome this problem by adding "buffer zones" between feeders. This case
illustrates an optimum arrangement adopted on recent ALSTOM GISs.
An additional partition (1) and an additional support insulator (2) are added in the busbar element.
Depending on the GIS design, an additional dismantling element may also be required to allow dismantling
of the busbar DS. It is not shown on the following diagrams.
As with the previous case, the common point is fitted with the additional support insulator (3).

8.1 Summary

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GRID - GAS INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
Aix‐les‐Bains
1, rue Paul Doumer ‐ BP 601 ‐ 73106 AIX‐LES‐BAINS CEDEX (France)
Phone: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 80 ‐ Fax: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 39 – www.grid.alstom.com
ALSTOM GRID SAS
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389 191 800 RCS Nanterre

8.2 Steps of dismantling

Bay with busbar

DS failure

Degassing and
removal of the
busbar DS

HV testing

With this arrangement, MRE1 availability is achieved.

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GRID - GAS INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
Aix‐les‐Bains
1, rue Paul Doumer ‐ BP 601 ‐ 73106 AIX‐LES‐BAINS CEDEX (France)
Phone: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 80 ‐ Fax: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 39 – www.grid.alstom.com
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389 191 800 RCS Nanterre

9 Busbar DS Removal – MID Arrangement

The following case uses Maintenance Isolating Devices - MID (1) and (2) in the common point. One
partition (3) is also added in the busbar DS. This allows the removal of all partitions of the disconnector in
case of flashover. As observed in Case 1d (CB removal), this arrangement brings many benefits, as we will
show.

The opening of the corresponding MID suppresses any direct connection between removed components and
the pressurized partition. This also creates an additional gap which is useful during the HV test.

The GIS can be quickly re-configured using this solution and the feeder with the faulty busbar DS can be
re-energized, until an outage is available to replace the faulty equipment. This is achieved by isolating the
faulty disconnector, opening the corresponding maintenance isolating device, and switching all feeders to
busbar 2. This temporary configuration can be useful for the customer until the repair procedure is
implemented or in case of a strategic feeder. During this time (which can last for some weeks, depending on
availability of spare parts), MRE0 level is achieved. This sequence is illustrated in the following chart:

9.1 Summary

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GRID - GAS INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
Aix‐les‐Bains
1, rue Paul Doumer ‐ BP 601 ‐ 73106 AIX‐LES‐BAINS CEDEX (France)
Phone: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 80 ‐ Fax: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 39 – www.grid.alstom.com
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389 191 800 RCS Nanterre

9.2 Steps of dismantling

Bay with busbar

DS failure

Degassing and
removal of the
busbar DS

HV testing

The key advantage is to be immediately ready to perform the HV test of the busbar DS after its replacement: all
MIDs are opened on the corresponding section of the busbar. Test voltage can be applied on busbar 1 while
maintaining busbar 2 in service. The replaced busbar DS can be tested in closed and opened positions.

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GRID - GAS INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
Aix‐les‐Bains
1, rue Paul Doumer ‐ BP 601 ‐ 73106 AIX‐LES‐BAINS CEDEX (France)
Phone: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 80 ‐ Fax: 33 (0) 4 79 88 79 39 – www.grid.alstom.com
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10 Availability matrix

10.1 Legend
Remain in service.

State of out of service. In certain case, a number of bays can be indicated.

10.2 Circuit-Breaker removal availability matrix

Standard MID
State of Basic arrangement
arrangement arrangement

Involved bay

Adjacent feeder bay

Busbar BB1

Busbar BB2

During HV test

For BB1

For BB2

10.3 Busbar disconnector removal availability matrix

Standard Buffer MID
State of
arrangement arrangement arrangement

Involved bay MRE 0 **

Adjacent feeder bay MRE 4 * MRE 1 MRE 1 **

Busbar BB1

Busbar BB2

During HV test

For BB1

For BB2

* MRE 5 if Disconnector partition needs to be removed.

** MRE 0 until repair, and MRE 1 during repair and HV tests.

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