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Professional Electrical Engineering Services (High Voltage & Medium Voltage)

Green Energy Solar 80 MW RESOP Project (First Solar, Sarnia)

Client: First Solar [ www.firstsolar.com ]

Location: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Operational: 2010

Description: Elecsar Engineering provided engineering services for specifying power components, producing single line diagrams, and relay selection and coordination, and SCADA interconnection for the complete 80 MVA (27.6-16 kV) plant in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.

Features:
  • Development of electrical single line diagrams, layouts, connection details, and Bill of Materials;
  • Utilizes 28 kV switchgear;
  • High speed remote trips using dedicated teleprotection equipment;
  • Self contained, modular station control/SCADA interface, interconnected by Fiber Optics;
  • Provided AC Arc-Flash studies.
 High Voltage Electrical Engineering, First Solar Layout
High Voltage Electrical Engineering, First Solar Switchgear

Relay Replacement Project (Sarnia)

Client: TransAlta [ www.transalta.com ]

Location: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Operational: 2011

Description: Elecsar Engineering provided engineering services for relay programming and construction specification (complete with corresponding drawings) to upgrade the 14 kV line protection between Sub 181 and Sub 182 at the TransAlta plant in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.

Features:
  • Update of electrical single line diagrams, layouts, connection details;
  • Upgrades 14 kV line protection equipment, utilizes synchrophasers and fast messaging;
  • Novel use of synchrophaser technology programming for synchronization between line ends;
  • Relay mock-up testing;
  • Excellent client liaison, project completed within its budget and timeframe constraints.
 High Voltage Electrical Engineering, TransAlta

230 kV / 27.6 kV Transformer Station Remote Trip Upgrade

Clients: Location: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Operational: 2010

Description: Elecsar Engineering provided engineering services for specifications, relay wiring packages, programming, and construction assistance (complete with corresponding drawings) to upgrade each main incoming 230 kV lines remote trip protection (the main power supply to each of these sites) at these very important petrochemical plants located in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.

Features:
  • Extremely critical relay replacements were done safely and properly;
  • Provides liaison and coordination with Hydro-One and IESO for power outages;
  • Updated all associated electrical drawings, including single line diagrams, layouts, connection details, and schematics.
 High Voltage Electrical Engineering, Imperial Oil


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High Voltage Electrical Engineering, Shell

115 kV Municipal Transformer Substation Upgrade (Bloomsburg MTS)

Client: BG High Voltage [ www.bg-high-voltage.ca ]

Location: Bloomsburg MTS in Bloomsburg, Ontario, Canada

Operational: 2010

Description: Elecsar Engineering provided engineering services producing single line diagrams, relay selection and coordination, and SCADA interconnection for the second transformer installation at the 115 kV, 25/33/42 MVA DESN substation upgrade in Bloomsburg, Ontario, Canada.

Features:
  • Increased reliability by substation upgrade to DESN (full redundant connection)
  • Expansion of GIS switchgear including tie breaker;
  • Primary and backup relay protection upgrades;
  • Replacement of antiquated SCADA master to IEC-61850 compliant system;
  • Updates to security system around substation yard.
 High Voltage Electrical Engineering, Bloomsburg

ESSO CoGeneration Project (Sarnia)

Client: Imperial Oil Ltd.

Location: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Operational: March 2004

Description: Elecsar has provided the high voltage electrical engineering portion relating to the protection and control system of this 100 MVA (80 MW) GE gas turbine which makes both power and steam and supports the existing refinery distribution.

Features:
  • Provided protection and control design, operating manuals, commissioning assistance;
  • Prepared and presented courses on the operation of the co-generation system;
  • Incorporated an "islanding" and "resynch" system (manual and automatic) improving reliability to the refinery process;
  • Utilized a "Double Jones" transformer station configuration to accomodate the co-generation;
  • Modernization of outdoor oil breakers with SF6 dead-tank breakers to support this project, including upgrade of all associated electro-mechanical relays to solid-state programmable relays;
  • Complete upgrade to old electrical hardware within the outdoor station (cap-and-pin insulators to polymer post insulators, cabling upgrade, and mechanical cable connectors to crimp-style connectors)
 High Voltage Electrical Engineering, IOL Cogen

230 kV Transformer Station (Lazenby TS)

Client: Richmond Hill Hydro Electric Commission

Location: Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

Operational: October 1993

Description: This DESN faclity was designed by Elecsar Engineering to provide an installed capacity of 250 MVA, 230-28 kV utilizing an outdoor 230 kV switchyard and indoor 28 kV switchgear.

Features:
  • Arc-resistant, compact, SF6 indoor 28 kV switchgear;
  • Pioneer use of 28 kV, SF6, indoor feeder tie load interrupters;
  • First installation of Hyundai power transformers in Eastern North America;
  • Self contained, modular station control/relay/SCADA interface;
  • Programmable, RS-232 connected feeder relay/control;
  • First municipal station to integrate 230 kV switchyard on an Ontario Hydro transmission corridor.
 High Voltage Electrical Engineering, Lazenby TS

Small Hydraulic Generating Station (Renfrew, Ontario)

Client: Renfrew Hydro Electric Commission

Location: Renfew, Ontario, Canada

Operational: October 1995

Description: This facility, which was originally constructed in the first decade of this century, was rehabilitated by Elecsar Engineering. Both stations together have five generators rated at 2,000 kW with a terminal voltage of 4,160 V.

Features:
  • Arc-resistant, compact SF6 indoor 5 kV generator switchgear;
  • Replaced existing on-line shaft driven exciters with solid state exciters;
  • Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) for automatic generator control;
  • Microprocessor based monitoring and control for Renfrew HEC System and Generating Stations;
  • Optimized PLC programming for controlling power output and peak shaving schemes;
  • Full protection and control package for generators and exciters.
  • Engineering assistance to replace old wooden barrel stave style penstocks with new steel penstocks.
 High Voltage Electrical Engineering, Renfrew, Ontario

Static Capacitor Bank (Greenwood TS)

Client: Vaughan Hydro Electric Commission

Location: Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

Operational: 1993

Description: This installation was designed by Elecsar Engineering to provide system voltage support and improved power factor at the Vaughan HEC Greenwood TS With this installation, the effective station transformation capacity is extended by 10 MW.

Features:
  • 2 x 21.6 MVAr capacity;
  • Utilizes double WYE underground configuration;
  • Neutral unbalance, overcurrent, overvoltage and undervoltage relay protection;
  • Utilizes standard 28 kV SF6 metalclad switchgear;
  • Clearances and construction to industrial and CSA standards.
 High Voltage Electrical Engineering, Vaughan, Ontario

Utility Control Centre (Greenwood TS)

Client: Vaughan Hydro Electric Commission;

Location: Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

Operational: May 1990

Description: This installation was designed by Elecsar Engineering to provide an operational facility for the control of the Vaughan Hydro Greenwood TS and for SCADA monitoring/control of Vaughan Hydro 230 kV and 28 kV system facilities.

Features:
  • Open concept, access flooring;
  • 12m mosaic system wall board;
  • Variable intensity, parabolic polarized control room lighting;
  • Halon under-floor deluge system;
  • Duplicate hard wired and SCADA station control;
  • Duplicate DC batteries and UPS systems.
 High Voltage Electrical Engineering, Vaughan, Ontario

230 kV Transformer Station (Greenwood TS)

Client: Vaughan Hydro Electric Commission

Location: Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

Operational: May 1989

Description: This DESN facility was designed by Elecsar Engineering as the first of its size and voltage in Canada. Greenwood TS provides an installed capacity of 250 MVA, 230-28 kV utilizing an outdoor switchyard and indoor 28 kV switchgear.

Features:
  • First use of arc-resistant, compact, SF6 indoor 28 kV switchgear;
  • Self contained, modular station control/relay/SCADA interface;
  • LPOF, 230 kV Ontario Hydro Supply Cables;
  • 28 kV feeder cable egress in polymeric concrete trough;
  • Clearances and construction to industrial and CSA standards;
  • Programmable 28 kV feeder relaying.
 High Voltage Electrical Engineering, Vaughan, Ontario

230 kV Transformer Station (Torstar)

Client: Vaughan Hydro Electric Commission

Location: Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

Operational: April 1992

Description: This DESN facility was designed by Elecsar Engineering to provide an installed capacity of 250MVA, 230-25 kV utilizing an outdoor 230 kV switchyard and 28 kV switchgear.

Features:
  • Arc-resistant, compact, SF6 indoor 28 kV switchgear;
  • Self contained, modular station control/relay/SCADA interface;
  • Building architeture integrated with the Toronto Star press facility [$ 300M];
  • Programmable, RS-232 connected feeder relay/control;
  • LPOF, 230 kV Ontario Hydro supply cables.
 High Voltage Electrical Engineering, Vaughan, Ontario
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