EPIC – III Function

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8/4/2007

POWER SERVICE
 Signal sources measurement

Power line

Primary Line
voltage
Primary current

SCR
(Thyristor
ignition)

Secondary
current

ESP Secondary
voltage

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 EPIC II spark control - Detection

mA Short 2-9

-kV

Sparks are detected from the

kV measurment samples , they
are continuosly analyzed for
slopes that indicates sparkover.
If found, a signal is given to the
Quenching function to perform
-kV proper action.
Spark sens. kV
A real spark shall on a
oscilloscope look like a spike on
the current (mA) and fast dip of
tension (kV)

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 EPIC II spark control -
Quenching

mA

-kV

SELF

mA Short 2-9

-kV
SHORT 2-9

mA

SELF + -kV
SHORT 2-9

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 Spark level following

This example shows Spark rate limit = 6 sparks per minute

Average time between sparks will be 60/6 = 10s
as long as precipitator voltage is limited by sparkovers.

Slope Rise B=80 %

of step

Slope Rise A=20 % of step

Slope Time A= 80 %
Slope
Time B= 20 %

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 EPIC II spark control
Level following

Step. % of rated current

mA

Slope
Original
EPIC

mA
Step. % of current

EPIC II

1
SPM

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 Arc detection and quenching

mA Quenching 1-99 pulses

-kV

Arc is defined as: -60kV Low voltage alarm

kV V < Arc detection level level (average)
continuously for 10 fired periods
Arc detection level (valley)
-5kV

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 Digital sampling of Primary
waveforms
Primary line voltage
IRMS= i12 + i22 - - - i642 [mA]
64
P= (u1• i1 + u2• i2 - - - u64• i 64) [kW]
64
Ps= (|u1• i1|+ |u2• i2|- - -|u64• i64|) [kVA]

64

Primary current IRMS = Primary Current (root mean square)

P = Active Power (from the mains)
PS = Apparent Power (from the mains)

EPIC-II does very accurate and sophisticated digital wave form sampling and calculations
at a speed of 32 times/ half period of T/R primary, secondary current and voltage, it is very
essential that the signals represent the actual field signal with good accuracy and that the
signals are free from distortion and transients.

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 Secondary Voltage measurement

_
Peak Average Valley
"No" load

Normal load

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 Limitations of ESP voltage and
current

-kV

Ignition angle limit

Volt peak limit
Spark over limit

Optimization Current Primary

limit limit Current
Average limit
pulse RMS

mA

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 Rapper control

Run time

00:00 02:00 04:00 06:00 08:00 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 20:00 22:00 00:00
(24:00)

Repetition time

Start time

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 State diagram, rapper sequence

Feedback from contactor or equal

EPIC II "Runtime"

EPIC II rapper
motor output

Feedback

Motor running

EPIC II alarm
function sensing
the feedback

Alarm will be given Alarm will be

here if motor is given here if
running. (feedback motor is not
= ON) running.
(feedback not =
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 EPIC III Master unit

ETHERNET

EPIC II
MU 1 MU 2

T/R T/R T/R T/R T/R T/R T/R T/R T/R T/R T/R T/R T/R T/R T/R T/R T/R

Address 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

MU1, Address range Low 5, High 15 Opacity

Opacity
MU2, Address range Low 16, High 21 4-20 mA
4-20 mA

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 Master unit functions

• ESP ON All on
STANDBY T/Rs off, Heaters on
OFF All off

• MODE CHANGE

• SUM ALARM RESET

• OpOpt, Opacity optimization control

• Any EPIC II unit can be assigned Master

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 PC-MTU display – IP config

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 Computer display- Main window

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 Computer display- Cascade
coupling of rapping Timer

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 Computer display- Operation window

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 Computer display- ESP Master window

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