National Power Grid Company TRANSELECTRICA S.A. - Romania: Refitting Strategy For Romanian Power System Substations

Barcelona 12-15 May 2003
REFITTING STRATEGY FOR ROMANIAN POWER SYSTEM

SUBSTATIONS
National Power Grid Company TRANSELECTRICA

S.A. – ROMANIA
• Joint-Stock, 100% state-owned company

• Operating according to Transmission and System Operator
Licenses and Transmission Grid Code
• Founded further to Government Decision 627/2000 by
splitting former National Electricity Company (CONEL)
into 4 separate legal entities
• 76 substations (voltage levels of 750kV, 400kV, 220kV
and 110kV)
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SUBSTATIONS
• Mission:
Mission
– granting third party regulated access to Transmission
Power Grid
– safe and cost-effective operation within an
encreasing competitive market economy
• Target:
- hub of electricity transmission in S-E Europe
- interconnection to UCTE of Romanian Power System
- transboundary electricity connections on the regional
market
Codification
750kV Ovrhead Line

MAP 400kV Overhead Line
220kV Overhead Line
Electrical Substation
Transmission subsidiaries
ERBIA

SUBSTATIONS
THE NEED FOR SUBSTATIONS REFITTING

 Technological development of primary and auxiliary
equipmet using state-of-the-art technology
 Exceeded operational life and current condition of the
equipment
 Necessity of increasing the computerised degree of
operation, maintenance, supervision of technological
electrical systems

SUBSTATIONS
REFITTING METHODS APPLIED (technical matters)

Principles
1. Reconsidering the single line diagrams of the
substations in terms of :
 structural changes occurring in the related industrial
environment
 interconnection priorities to UCTE’s power systems
 reliability of the new equipment (allowing the
simplification of the connections diagram)
(CONTINUED)

SUBSTATIONS

Principles
2. Replacing the primary and control-protection equipment
at de-centralised level
3. Reconsidering the substation control concept at the
21st century’s technological level for the so-called ‘next
generation control’
4. Remaking the auxiliary services systems in agreement
with the new requirements from the norms and to a
performance level
(CONTINUED)

SUBSTATIONS

Principles
5. Remaking the construction part and the cables system

6. Minimaizing of the impact upon the national power
system reliability
7. Minimizing of impact upon environment

SUBSTATIONS
GATHERED EXPERIENCE
with refitting/extending the electrical substations Portile de Fier, Tantareni,
Urechesti, Arad, Mintia
• ‘turn-key project’
• harmonising the Romanian norms and standards to the
suppliers’
• legislation and equipment solutions
• unity of technical solutions of a project
• simplifying of the substation one-line diagram
• finding and applying proper financing schemes

SUBSTATIONS
GATHERED EXPERIENCE
with refitting/extending the electrical substations Portile de Fier,
Tantareni, Urechesti, Arad, Mintia
• applying the legislation of quality assurance

environmental protection and installation security
• supervising the project development using a dedicated
software
• ensuring of balanced geographical coverage

SUBSTATIONS
CRITERIA FOR SUBSTATION REFITTING HIERARCHY –

BASE OF RELIABILITY & IMPORTANCE METHOD
• The physical wear and the obsolescence of the technological electric

installations that determine their technical condition
• The importance of the substations for the safe operation of the NPS
• The electricity transmitted yearly through the substations
• The economic-financial criteria
• Synchronous and asynchronous interconnection to the neighbouring
electric power systems
Codification
-Refitted/extended substation
-Substations in different stage
of refitting/extending
- Substations to be refitted
MAP II after 2005
-Substations being refitted on
C&P (investments) completed
with advanced maintenance
works (including replacement o
primary equipments)
-Substations forseen to be
refitted by advanced
maintenance works completed
with investment works
-Substations with advanced
maintenance works underway
ERBIA
Romania – Transelectrica S.A.

SUBSTATIONS
Tantareni 400kV Substation (commissioned 2002)

SUBSTATIONS
Urechesti 400220/110kV Substation (commissioned 2002)

SUBSTATIONS
Iron Gates 400220/110kV Substation (commissioned 2002)

SUBSTATIONS
Arad 400kV Substation (extension)

SUBSTATIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The realistic approach to the refitting projects of the substations in the ETG
is based on a stable and modern strategy that:
• is conceptually structured in technical terms by means of advanced
equipping solutions and the control of the electrical technological
process at current world level
• is based on multi-criteria methods determining the sequence of
refitting projects start up
• uses the global solution of “turnkey project”
• provides an efficient project management carried on by the Project
managers
• monitors the project development at different competence levels
using a specialized software
• uses experience gained by already refitted substations in Romania

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Barcelona 12-15 May 2003

REFITTING STRATEGY FOR ROMANIAN POWER SYSTEM