Electrical smart microgrid Princess Elisabeth StationLaborelec made the complete electrical analysis converting the theoretical model of the pre study, done by the engineering company 3E, into a detailed operational model. After this we coordinated the detailed study together with Schneider Electric for the electrical boards and switchgear and Pro Engineering for the electrical drawings.In parallel of this Laborelec finished the development of its DPMS (demand power management system) making it possible to implement it in the Princess Elisabeth Antarctic station.
After finishing the detailed study Laborelec participated in the BELARE 2008-2009 to support the implementation of the electrical power production and general distribution(end use was not in the Laborelec scope).
This year (BELARE 2009-2010) Laborelec is on site to commission and hand over the complete electrical smart microgrid.
Since January 21st commissioning and testing of the renewable production plant, including PV, wind, four quadrant inverters with battery support(SI) and automatic synchronization with backup generators, was finished.
Since January 29th commissioning and testing of the DPMS was finished. As this still need to be considered as a functional prototype further fine tuning will be needed to fulfill all needs of the grid users. Worst case scenario testing was not yet allowed by IPF because of the high risk of shutdown of diverse technical installations.
As all possible tests were concluded, Laborelec handed over the part of the electrical grid foreseen in its scope. Laborelec provided detailed training on the electrical power production and the DPMS to the IPF expedition
members and organised basic training sessions for all other expedition members. Two complete sets of documents were delivered on cd-rom and handed to the client. The Laborelec team will continue 2nd line assistance on the electrical grid till the end of the BELARE2009-
2010 expedition. |
