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INTRODUCTIO}i
ne} at
the
central station. Such
supervisorv
control
is far
from
being
automatic.
13
devices
have come
into
use
*'hich
tions
put
under
ar:tomatic
eontrol,
automatic
aet
dre
tne reserr
ftfrrP'ol
redtci
Automatic
reclosure
equipment
was
extended
to
include
phase-by-phase
and
some
other
varieties
of
reclosure
not
onIS' on
power
transmission lines, but
also
on br:sbars
and
transformers.
Improvements have
been
made
in both
the
circuitry
and components
of
po*'er
control
systems
and new
automatic
devices
have
appeared.
AIl
this materialll'contributed
to the
creation
of
the
Unified
Power
-Grid
of
the European
USSR
and
its
trouble-free operation.
According
to
the
Regulatious
for Instaliation
of Electrical
Equipment,
the
devices
comprising
automatic
power
controL
systems
must be
considered at
the
design
stage
and
put into
service
at
newl-v*
built
Dower systems. The
iatest
ed.itlon
of
ibese
regulations
(1966) inciudes
a section
"Automatic Control
Systems"
s'hich
covers
automatic
reclosure;
autornatic.
transfer; generator control;
auto-
matic
regulation
of excitation,
voltage
and reactive
power;
automatic
fre-
quency
contro]
of
power systen;
automatic
regulation of
frequency
and active
power;
sectionalizing
_protection'-
Automatic
control
d-evices
mav
be
referred
to
any
particuiar
categor-r'
only
aibitrarily,
because
one
and
the
same
device can
produce man-Y effects.
For
example,
instantaneous
clearing
of
short-circuits
adds
to the
stabiiit'-v
of
parallel
operaiion
of
s-vnchronous
machines,
facilitates
self-start,ilg- of as--vnchronous
Ioads,
reduces-resulting
damage
and improves
the
probability
of
successful
ar,.t,ornatic
reclosure,
i;e,.
contributes,to
the glick
rest,orsiicn
of
the
norrna].
power
s1'stem
operation.
Another example
is'the effeci,ive
use of automatic
iransfer
-
devices in
the house circuits.
Those
devices, u'hen
combined
with
apprapriate
sectionalizing
technjque_,
do not ailou' single
shutdon'ns
or fauits
t.o
grou'into
a major
station
outage
which
ma1'_wel}
explnd_
into a
s-vstenr
otttage.
-There
is
a
close
functionai
tie-in
between
devices
q'hich
automaticallS'
regu-
iate
frequencS'and
activ,'e
poruer; c.ontrol
and
limit
power
florx's in transmission
lines.
unioad
the lines.
and
the
automatic
.sectionalizing
devices.
Where
svstems
are
only
loosel-v
interconnected,
parallel operation ean be
ensured
and'the
power-cariying
capacity
of
the
intertonnections
can be
better
utitized
onl-v
through
the
combined
use
of
the
above devices.
Devices
used for
automatic
excitation
regulation of synchronous
machines
improve
the
stability
ol
parallel
.operat.ion,
add
to the- performance
accuracy
of
protective relaying,
facilitate
the
self-starting
of }oads
after_ clearing
short-
cirCuit
faults and
allow
the
voitage
regulation
process to
be
performed automa-
ticall,v.
i
Ir
some cases?
autorna'r,ic
'uransfer
and reclasure equipment
can
give
a
suf*
ficient
degree
of operational
stability
to
simpiified substations
using inexpen-
sive
switchgear.
Superrisory
control
of
a
power
system finds
its
use along
with-_power
s1'stem
automation.
The
remote
control,
telemetering
and
remote
signalling
(supervi-
sory oontrol)
devices
allow
the
monitoring
and control of
remote
stations
or
uniis
to
be ceni,raiize<i
by
iransmi't'r,ing'r,he
requi-red informa^uion
over a dist,alce,
which
in
turn
makes
it
possible for
the
power
system
or its
part, to
have centra-
lized
control.
Control
operations
in
this
event are
performed
direetll'
by
person-
digital and
analog
electronic
computers.
It should be
noted
that
if
an operation
can
be
performed
automatically
or
rnanuali.V bV superviscry
coltrol
u'ith much the
same technical
and
economil
I-2.
Elements
of Automatic
Control
Systems
Any
automatic control
device including
those
used
in
power
s1'stems
has
in
one
form or another
the
follou'ing
essentials:
an
element
to
sense.
the
effect
of
an external
factor, an
element
to
convert
it into
an output
sig:rai
in
a
prede-
termined manner.
and
-an
element
rryhich
canies into
efiect
th;
action
-ot
ttre
,output.signal
qo
thAtr,She
variahle..m,ay:
be:,u.adt'r
c.ontro.l.,
fhe.se
elements
mav
use combinations. of devices
performing
aurpii{ication,
signa}
de}a-v,
logical
and mathematical operations
.(summation,
inversion,
diffeientiation.
int6gra-
tion,
multiplication. division),
and
also
transducers,
relays
and
regulaiors
or controllers.
Trar*ducers
or
measuri.n,g
elements
respond
t,o
aD
external
action.
When
converting
this
action
into an
output
signal. a
transducer
may
operate
inter-
mittentiy
or continuousil',
as appropriJte to
the
control
"ciioo
adopted.
A
relay
is
a
device designed to
interpret
an
input
value
characLeristic
of
certain externai
ph-enomena
in order
to
automatically
change
in
a stepwise
rnanner
another
value
determining
another
external phenomenon.
An autom a+"ic controller
(regulator)
is
a device
v'hich
maintains
a
desired
guantitv at a
predeterrnined
ralue
or
varies
it according
to
a
predetermined
plaq
or according
to
a self-executed
plan
satisfying the
specified,
iay,
optimum,
conditions
of
operation.
Alttough
they
ma1'
sometimes act
independentlr,
of
one
another,
automatic
control
det'ices
and
their
elements'are usuaiil.
coupled
electricalll',
magnetical-
I-v, mechanically,
hydraulicalll'
or
pneumaticaliy
to
each other
or
to
jlements
essential
to the
operat,ion
of
the
entire
automatic
systenx.
Eiectrical interconnections
of
the
individual
eiements of
a.utomatic
devices
and
various
automatic
systerns
are depicted
in
the
form
of diagrams.
Cirouit diagrams
are drawn
and
circuit symbols
are used
in
icsordance
with
pertinent State Standardstl-11.
High standards of reliability
are an
important
reguirement generally
placed
upon automatic control
devices.
Lately,
it
has
become.possible-to
regaidrelia-