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Extra High Voltage Substation Back Up Storage Source
Analysis of Alternative
Background
• Substations use dc supply systems to sustain control functions during periods of loss of the ac power
system.
• Many extra high voltage (EHV) substations have a single battery and charger system to supply dc power.
• The eastern U.S. blackouts of 2003 and other system events have revived interest in redundancy within the
power system.
Lead Acid
Batteries
Initial
Maintenance
Reliability
Cost
Cost
Lifetime
Alone?
High
Low
High
~20 years
Yes
Stand
• The battery and charger can be a significant single point of failure that is expensive to mitigate.
• Maintenance requirements of lead acid batteries have also driven further interest in alternatives
Objective
Ultracapacitors
DC Generators
• Calculate the reliability of the present dc storage system in EHV substations.
Not
Available
Poor
Not
• Compare the present battery system with other storage systems based on reliability and cost.
Fuel Cells
Available
Very High
Minimal
Low
High
Very High
Low
High
Low
Estimated
10 years
~20 years
Estimated
10 years
Yes
No*
No*
• Recommend the most economical and reliable redundant system.
Flywheels
Reliability Analysis
Poor
~10 years
Yes
*Note: To be determined a stand alone source, the source must be able to supply a continuous
current for 8 hours immediately after power is lost. The source must also provide a high
momentary current at the end of an 8 hour period.
These storage alternatives were also analyzed in combination with one another, or as “hybrid
systems.”
Substation Battery Bank
Present Fault Tree
• Reliability of present dc system was determined to be 0.000 027 97. Multiplying by minutes in a year
(525,600) gives the downtime of the present dc system, 14.7 min per year.
• Options to increase reliability include adding a parallel battery source or adding a complete parallel system.
Block Diagram of System
Bench Top Testing
•Adding a redundant battery in parallel with the present battery would increase reliability to 0.000 007 22, or
3.80 min of downtime per year.
• Loads were divided into two separate portions, the momentary load and the continuous load.
•Adding a complete battery system in parallel with the present system would increase reliability to
7.82*10^-10, or 0.025 sec of downtime per year.
• Lesson learned: resonance must be considered when adding capacitance to a RL circuit.
• Showed that ultracapacitors are able to trip a coil (momentary load).
• Lead acid batteries are the least reliable component of the dc system. As a storage source, however, they
are very reliable and the reliability of all storage source alternatives will be compared against batteries.
Conclusion
Team Members:
• Reliability of present dc system is high, but could increase if a redundant battery or a redundant battery
system were put in parallel with present system.
• Due to low initial cost and proven lifetime and reliability, lead acid batteries are still best alternative for the
time being.
• Ultracapacitor and fuel cell hybrid systems (with batteries) are close to being viable alternatives. In order to
become viable, costs need to decrease in the future and these alternatives need to see more field testing.
Rob Butzer
Mitch Colburn
Brian Vandenburg
Instructor: Joe Law