KAHRAMAA, Qatar

Protection & Substation Automation Systems

using Optical Communication in the Power Network

Reference

Qatar General Electricity and Water Corpora-

tion KAHRAMAA is continuously extending
the infrastructure for electricity and fresh wa-
ter in order to cope with the growing demand
of the country.

For the development and promotion of the

energy sector, KAHRAMAA is investing in
most modern, efficient and well-proven tech-
nologies for power generation, transmission,
distribution and communication.

ABB’s solutions for Communication and

Substation Automation go a long way in sup-
porting KAHRAMAA to achieve reliability
and efficiency improvements in daily opera-
tion.
Increasing reliability for Electrical High Voltage Network
Network Extension
This project involved the construction
of a 132/66/11 kV substation at Gharafa
South West and a 66/11 kV substation at
Education City, supplying power to the
prestigious Qatar Foundation complex.
It further comprises extension of the
communication network and the replace-
ment of some 132 kV overhead lines with
underground cables.
ABB was entrusted with the supply and
delivery of substation automation, control
and protection systems, teleprotection
equipment as well as a communication
system extension to seamlessly integrate
the two new stations into the existing
power system.
Benefits for KAHRAMAA
n Reliable control and supervision of
substations and transmission lines.
n Centralised supervision for efficient
and fast maintenance.
n Future proof Communication and
Substation Automation System.
n Maximum operational safety and
efficiency.
Why ABB
n Combined solution from one supplier -
One-Stop Shop.
n Experience in Protection since 1903
and Utility Communication for many
decades.
n Excellent references of turnkey projects.
n Strong local presence.
Scope of Supply from ABB
n Substation Automation, Control and
Protection Systems for the new substa-
tions.
n Communication System FOX515-
Multiplexers and Teleprotection
Equipment NSD570 for
- New substations
- Upgrading of adjacent substations
and the Control Centre NCC.
n SCADA: Integration of new
substations into existing Supervisory
and Control Systems.
ABB’s Services for this Turnkey Supply:
4 Project Management
4 Design, Configuration and Documen-
tation
4 Installation, Wiring and Testing
4 Commissioning
4 Training of KAHRAMAA’s personnel
for operation and maintenance
 Substation Automation
Control and Protection System
At station level, SAS570 Substation Auto-
mation Solutions with proven functional-
ity including interlocking and automatic
sequences provide high-quality operator
support for control and monitoring of the
entire stations.

Redundant front-end station computers

and working places operating in a hot-
standby mode ensure highest availability
and leave no room for single points of
failure.

On bay level, the modern control and

protection solutions including Touch
Screens respectively displays simplify local
control, monitoring and maintenance.

Station Computer Station Computer Hard Copy Event Printer

STATION Level MAIN HOT STANDBY
Service Printer
Modem

Print Server

Ethernet LAN

4x RER 111
GPS CLOCK Starcoupler
RECEIVER
Optical LON Interbay Bus
BAY Level (in Star Configuration)

Protection unit
RET 521 Bay control unit
REC 316*4

Main 1 Protection Unit

Tap changer controller
REL 316*4
REG Sys
Bay control unit
REL 316*4 BB / BFP bay unit
REB 500
Bay control unit
Main 2 Protection Unit REF 545
REL 316*4

Bay Control Unit

REF 545
BB / BFP bay unit
REB 500
Bay control unit
Bay control unit
REF 541
REC 316*4

Tap changer controller

REG Sys
BB / BFP bay unit
REB 500 BB / BFP bay unit
BB / BFP bay unit
REB 500 REB 500
BB / BFP bay unit
REB 500

4 x 132kV Lines 2 x 132/66kV Trafo 132kV Bus Section 66kV and 11kV Feeders
Multi Service Communication on Optical Network
Communication Network
Back in the nineties KAHRAMAA started to
use optical fibers for the communication be-
tween the substations and the power plants.
Lately this network is now extended by
several new links and ABB is again supplying
utility-grade FOX equipment which supports
all services requested to be interconnected:
n Traditional voice signals (telephone sets)
n Trunk lines between analogue & digital
PAX/PABX
n Data Transmission for SCADA (RTU)
n Transmission of Metering Values
n Data connections based on IP / Ethernet.
The transport capacity in the FOX network is
set to 155 Mbit/s (STM-1) which gives suffi-
cient reserves for the near future and eventual
extensions. Further upgrading to STM-4 and
STM-16 is always possible without interrup-
tion of interconnected services.
In the supervisory center each equipment
can be supervised and all alarms can be
collected and displayed. Based on this
centralised overview of the status of the
communication network fast and efficient
reaction is possible in case of failures.
The new system is designed for transmis-
sion of real-time signals and operation in
the harsh environment of power utilities.
All equipment is mounted into steel cabi-
nets, configured and carefully tested in the
ABB factory. - During installation special
attention was given to the reliable power
supply of the equipment where now 2 in-
dependent supply lines are available - one
of them with an un-interruptable supply
chain using batteries and chargers.
Teleprotection signalling with NSD570
As a standard solution KAHRAMAA is
requesting a dedicated solution with inde-
pendent links using redundant NSD570
equipment for the transmission of the
commands to protect the high voltage
lines. - As an integrated solutions, FOX
can support this service also.
Project Reference:
KAHRAMAA 132/66/11kV Gharafa South West
& 66/11kV Education City Substation
Optical Communication Network
The network consists of
n 1 completely new SDH ring with FOX515
multi-service equipment.
n 1 existing SDH ring with new access
multiplexers FOX515.
n Several dedicated NSD570 links to trans-
mit protection commands. FOX515 for multi-service communication on optical fibres

To comply with KAHRAMAA’s availability

requirements, a high degree of redundancy
was implemented:
n The SDH rings provide full traffic
protection in case of any interruption.
n All dedicated NSD570 links for the
transmission of commands are fully
duplicated.
NSD570 for Teleprotection Signalling

NSD570 NSD570 NSD570 NSD570

Existing RTU
NSD570 NSD570 NSD570
NSD570

NSD570

Gharafa
NSD570
132/66kV/11kV

NSD570 NSD570

FOX515 STM-1 Mux Existing SDH Mux

FOX515 STM-1 Mux Existing SDH Mux

FOX515 STM-1 Mux

FOX515 PDH Mux

FOX515 STM-1 Mux
FOX515 STM-1 Mux FOX515 PDH Mux

FOX515 STM-1 Mux Existing SDH Mux

Existing SDH Mux

Existing RTU
Existing RTU

FOX515 PDH Mux

Existing RTU FOX515 PDH Mux

Edu City Gharafa SW NCC Naeeja


ABB Switzerland Ltd
Power Systems
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CH-5400 Baden/Switzerland
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ABB’s Solutions for Utility Communication
n ETL Family: ABB’s Power Line Carrier equip-
ment is used worldwide to transmit channels
of voice, data, and protection signals on high
voltage lines over distances up to 1,000 km
without intermediate equipment.
n Teleprotection Terminal NSD: Stand-alone
equipment providing maximum flexibility
for all transmission schemes for commands,
such as: Blocking, direct transfer tripping and
permissive transfer tripping. Commands are
transmitted within extremely short transmis-
sion times over different transmission media,
such as pilot wires, optical fibres, PLC links,
and microwave.
n FOX Family: Versatile combined Access and
Transport Multiplexer for optical communi-
cation networks in utilities. Interconnecting
services such as protection signalling, legacy
data, voice signals and LAN traffic.
FOX fully supports PDH and SDH techno-
logy, including equipment and traffic protection
schemes, from 200 bit/s up to N x 64 kbit/s,
and further from 2 Mbit/s (E1) up to 10 Gbit/s
(STM-64).
The utility-graded multiplexers are highly
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reliable and fully managed, for applications
in access, regional and backbone networks.
As network elements they fully comply with
relevant ITU-T recommendations.
n Optical Amplifiers: Cover all requirements
for optical communication links up to 300 km
without intermediate equipment. Standard
transmission capacities range from 155 Mbit/s
(STM-1) up to 2.5 Gbit/s (STM-16).
n PDH Microwave Radio: EL series, 7 GHz
band, 4 x E1, 8 x E1, 16 x E1, protected configu-
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ration with Space Diversity if required.
n SDH MW Radio: 7 GHz band, STM-1,
protected configuration with Space Diversity if
required.
n UHF/VHF Radio: Low capacity point to point
radios with access multiplexers. - Multipoint
solutions for remote SCADA data acquisition.
n PAX Sopho Family: Telephone Exchange
(PAX, PABX) for applications in utility envi-
ronment.