Category: ABB

Installed Base Management

The excitation service portfolio is designed to increase

your return on investment and keep your UNITROL®,

SYNCHROTACT® and MEGATROL® products operating at the

highest efficiency and productivity level throughout their

respective product life cycles. Our experienced and

dedicated service team is ready to provide service

throughout Canada and the United States.

Certifications

As part of our commitment to the environment, the Excitation

Systems Center of Excellence for North America is located in a

state-of-the-art building that is Silver LEED certified.

The Center of Excellence is also ISO 9001:2015 certified for

design, project management, manufacturing, testing and

servicing, ISO 14001:2015 certified for environmental

standards as well as ISO 45001:2018 certified for Health and

Safety standards and have been for over 20 years. All

Excitation Systems and products manufactured at our facility

undergo rigorous testing and are UL and CSA certified.

ABB is committed to a high standard of safety and integrity

which is expected of every employee and in every country

where we do business.

For the past several years, ABB is recognized worldwide by the

research-based Ethisphere® Institute, a leading international

think-tank dedicated to the creation, advancement and sharing

of best practices in business ethics, corporate social

responsibility, anti-corruption and sustainability. Ethisphere

provides the only third-party verifications of compliance

programs and ethical cultures that include Compliance Leader

Verification™ and Anti-Bribery Management System

Verification. ABB has earned both.

The excitation service portfolio is designed to increase

your return on investment and keep your UNITROL®,

SYNCHROTACT® and MEGATROL® products operating at the

highest efficiency and productivity level throughout their

respective product life cycles. Our experienced and

dedicated service team is ready to provide service

throughout Canada and the United States.

ABB’s Excitation Systems service team is ready for emergency travel and dedicated

engineers are available 24/7/365 through the 1-800 technical support service hotline.

Customers come back to ABB time and again because our excitation

systems and services are safe,reliable, and can work with any and

all synchronous generator brands.

Full range of Excitation Systems

ABB’s UNITROL® excitation systems are constantly pushing

the limits of functionality, reliability, and quality using our

state-of-the-art technology. We are able to offer seamless

integration to all power plants with any type of motor or generator.

24/7/365 Customer Support

ABB offers professional product support for all

types of systems. ABB has a service support network

unmatched by our competition, with services such as:

site engineering, equipment retrofits and control upgrades,

installation and commissioning, preventive maintenance,

consultation, spare parts management as well as customer training.

ABB-certified expert training

Knowledge is power. ABB offers expert-level trainings by

experienced ABB-certified trainers. These sessions are

specifically focused on maximizing the operating and

maintenance know-how of operators and technical personnel.

Operation and Maintenance training, e-learning, standard or

tailored classroom courses are all offered at one of our training centers or on-site.

Voltage regulation and power stability expertise NERC-compliant,

reliable and accurate

ABB’s Excitation Systems Center of Excellence in North America has

helped power over 260 GW of electricity produced in the Americas

for over four decades. Backed by over 125 years of experience in design,

manufacturing and testing, we are the world’s leading volume supplier

of high quality automatic voltage regulators (AVR) and static excitation

systems (SES) for any type and size of power plant.

The Excitation Systems team

From concept-to-commissioning, the Excitation Systems team works together

under one roof to manufacture and deliver reliable excitation systems as well as timely

and professional after-sales services.

ABB’s North American Excitation Systems Center of Excellence team is made up of over

100 employees, of which the majority are engineers and technical personnel.

ABB has a vast installed base across North America, with over

1.800 units in operation (over 10.000 units worldwide).

North American Excitation Systems Center of Excellence

The Excitation Systems Center of Excellence in North America is

part of ABB’s Industrial Automation, Energy Industries business.

ABB can help your company maintain its competitive edge through

the latest technology and optimized process concepts.

ABB sees itself as a partner to the power generation industry,

contributing process know-how, hardware systems, and supportive

services that strengthen your generating station’s operational

efficiency, predictability and reliability.

Voltage regulation and power stability expertise NERC-compliant,

reliable and accurate

ABB’s Excitation Systems Center of Excellence in North America has

helped power over 260 GW of electricity produced in the Americas

for over four decades. Backed by over 125 years of experience in design,

manufacturing and testing, we are the world’s leading volume supplier

of high quality automatic voltage regulators (AVR) and static excitation

systems (SES) for any type and size of power plant.

Course goal

The course goal is to teach students how to configure and

operate Advant Controller 400 Series with remote S800 I/O

and MasterPiece 200/1. This course also explains how to write

programs in AMPL.

Participant profile

This training is targeted to system, process and application

engineers. Instrumentation, electrical and service engineers

who have a foundation for maintenance and administration skills.

Prerequisites

– Basic knowledge of logic diagrams

– Basic knowledge of how processes are controlled

– Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows and networking technologies

ABB University

BU Control Technologies

www.abb.com/controlsystems

www.abb.com/abbuniversity

2PAA109511

Topics

– Advant OCS philosophy and products

– Block selection (PC-elements)

– AMPL programming methods

– How to define, dimension, and populate a database

– On-line Builder software (PC programming, dumping, loading,

and parameter adjustment).

– Introduction to AdvaBuild Function Chart Builder (FCB)

Course type and methods

This is an instructor led course with interactive classroom

discussions and associated lab exercises. 

Approximately 50%

of the course is hands-on lab activities.

Course duration

The duration is 5 days.

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to operate and configure the

Advant Controller 400 Series and can write and test control programs.

Course Type

This is an instructor-led course with interactive

classroom discussions and associated lab exercises.

Approximately 50% of the course is hands-on labactivities.

Participant profile

Commissioning, maintenance, project and service

engineers and technicians.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of logic diagrams and how processes

are controlled and Windows.

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

· knows Advant OCS System structure

· knows AC410/450 Basic Hard- and Software

use of Advant Station 100 Series Engineering Station

with Application Builder, Online Builder and Function Chart Builder

· can insert and modify Data base elements

· can create and modify PC s knows Test- and Diagnosis

tools can save and restore applications can create Data set

communication between different Controllers

Topics

· ABB Master and Advant OCS System Overview

· AC410 and AC450 Hardware and Basic Software

·Signal exchange between process and the entire control system

·Project- and Network/Node- management

·Functions of Advant Station 100 Series Engineering

Station: Application Builder APB, Online Builder

ONB and Function Chart Builder FCB

·Source Code Editor AS 100Edit

·DB and PC Elements

·Test- and Diagnosis functions

·Documentation of applications software

·Functional Units

·Data backup and restore, Dump and Load

·MasterNet and Data set Communication

The TU811V1 is a 8 channel 250 V compact module termination unit (MTU) for the S800 I/O.

The MTU is a passive unit used for connection of the field wiring to the I/O modules.

It also contains a part of the ModuleBus.

The MTU distributes the ModuleBus to the I/O module and to the next MTU.

It also generates the correct address to the I/O module by shifting the outgoing position signals to the

next MTU.

Two mechanical keys are used to configure the MTU for different types of I/O modules.

This is only a mechanical configuration and it does not affect the functionality of the MTU or the I/O

module.

Each key has six positions, which gives a total number of 36 different configurations.

Features and benefits

• Compact installation of I/O modules.

• Up to 8 isolated channels of field signals.

• Connections to ModuleBus and I/O modules.

• Mechanical keying prevents insertion of the wrong I/O module.

• Latching device to DIN rail for grounding.

• DIN rail mounting.

The TU805K01 is a kit consisting of 10 pcs TU805. TU805 is a 16-

channel 50 V terminal unit for the S800 I/O modules DI801 and

DO801. The Terminal Unit is a passive unit for the distribution of

external process power.

Features and benefits

• Enables 2- and 3-wire connections of process signals.

• Direct mounting on the I/O module.

• Requires no extra space.

Product and part life cycle report (annual)

The Product Life Cycle annual report is a summary of the

excitation system parts availability and life cycle status. It will

also detail which new material can replace the obsolete ones and

if a mechanical adaptation is needed.

Control upgrade solution (preferential price)

ABB has designed a front-end control upgrade solution using the

latest excitation technology, the UNITROL 6000. for excitation

systems in the Limited or Obsolete phase. It is an efficient

solution that extends the life of the system and brings it to the

Active phase of the Product Life Cycle.

Performance review (preferential price)

The ABB performance review program is designed to ensure

the proper and safe operation of all your UNITROL excitation

products. We accomplish this by running tests on all critical

protection devices and system settings in various operating

conditions. We then prepare a report based on the findings, and

make recommendations on how to keep unplanned downtime at

a minimum.