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QuickPanel™ View

Available in a variety of display sizes, the QuickPanel View bundled visualization solution provides the tools required

for today’s application needs. By integrating the best-selling QuickPanel family of touch screens with award-winning

CIMPLICITY® Machine Edition software, QuickPanel View delivers flexible, scalable performance on a rugged hardware

platform. The intuitive environment of Machine Edition View software helps reduce application development time, and

connectivity is made easy with a family of serial, Ethernet and Fieldbus interfaces.

The QuickPanel View Advantage

The QuickPanel View family is a

robust, integrated hardware and

software solution.

Resolution

• 16 bits

Common mode rejection

• >87 dB @ 50/60 Hz

Series mode rejection

• >50 dB @ 50/60 Hz

Common mode voltage between channels

• ± 5 V (max.)

Absolute maximum input voltage

• ± 30 V

Isolation (any channel to Railbus)

• 60 V peak

CONFIGURABLE PARAMETERS

Sensor type

• User selectable

Alarms

• High and low

Input dead zone

• User defined value

Selectable input filtering

• Off / 2 reading avgerage / running avgerage

Drive on open circuit fault

• Disabled / upscale / downscale

Channel status

• Active / Inactive

Cold junction compensation

• Enable / disable / channel number

RESPONSE TIME

Analog signal change to availability on Railbus

• 600 ms (max.)

SAFETY

Field wiring protection

• [EEx ia] IIC

Safety Description (each channel)

• Channels 1. 2. 3. 4. 7 and 8. wired as separate

IS circuits – Uo = 16.4 V, Io = 79 mA, Po = 0.33 W

Channels 5 and 6. wired as separate IS circuits –

Uo = 1 V, Io = 1.1 mA, Po = 0.3 mW

(Input terminals are equivalent to non-energy storing apparatus)

FM entity parameters

• Channels 1. 2. 3. 4. 7 and 8. wired as separate IS

circuits – Voc = 16.4 V, Isc = 63.7 mA, Po = 131mW

• Channels 5 and 6. wired as separate IS circuits –

Uo = 1 V, Io = 1 mA, Po = 0.25 mW

8205-TI-IS

• 8 input channels

• Intrinsically safe field circuits

• Thermocouple and mV

• Cold junction compensation

(internal or remote)

• Built-in thermocouple linearisation

• Channels independently configurable

• Open-circuit field wiring detection

MODULE SPECIFICATION

See also System Specification

INPUTS

Number of channels

• 8

THC inputs

• B,E,J,K,N,R,S or T to EN 60584-1: 1995;

• W3 and W5 to ASTM E 988-96

• Russian K and Russian L to rOCT 3044-84

• User definable linearisation table, NOTE 1

Temperature drift

• < ± 0.003% of span/°C

Cold junction compensation error*

• < ± 1°C (– 40 to + 70°C)

Features

• 2.12 Gbaud serial connection speed

• Supports dynamic packet sizes ranging from 4 to 64 bytes

• Up to 170 Mbyte/s sustained network data rate

• Deterministic transfer rate with only 450 to 500 nanoseconds of latency between nodes

• Error management and detection protects against lost data

• Interrupt transfers support for any node

• 128 or 256 Mbytes of onboard SDRAM

• Multimode fiber support up to 300 m, single mode fiber support up to 10 km

• PMC form factor; other available form factors include low profile PCI Express, PCI Express, PCI, and VME

• Designed to meet the European Union (EU) Restriction of Hazardous Substance (RoHS) Directive

(2002/95/EC) current revision

• Star configuration available by using the ACC-5595 managed hub

GE Intelligent Platforms’ Reflective Memory products are proven, highly reliable,

and have been implemented worldwide in applications such as data acquisition,

simulation and training, industrial automation, and telecommunications.

Best of all, it comes with the global support and services from a company with the experience,

stability, innovation, and commitment you can rely on – GE.

The EX2100e Excitation system is GE Energy’s advanced

platform for generator excitation controls.  The EX2100e

builds on the EX2100 experience of over 700 units in gas,

steam, and hydro applications (for new units and upgrades) in

addition to GE’s 50 years of experience with over 6.000

excitation systems in 70 countries.

The EX2100e has enhanced technology, including a new

controller from the Mark* VIe control line and the current

ControlST* software suite.  In addition, the EX2100e offers a

35A brushless dual redundant regulator option for cost

effective reliability.

Controllers

Now, excitation shares the same controller with Mark VIe

application-based turbine and plant controls. These single

board controllers offer flexible, compact packaging and more

computing power for advanced control features to enhance

grid dynamics and generator performance. In addition, the

stand-alone controllers can be easily upgraded for better life

cycle support of the equipment.

I/O Interface

The controllers communicate to the I/O interface through a

100 MB Ethernet I/O network that can be extended for

remote I/O modules. The large, inflexible I/O cables of the

EX2100 are eliminated. Since there are less electronics in an

EX2100e, a smaller spare parts inventory is needed. Similarly,

less active electronics increases the mean-time-between

failure (MTBF) and improves system reliability.

Controllers, I/O interface, and the bridge(s) are mounted

inside the EX2100e cabinet. Only an optional touchscreen

panel remains on the door for local control and display of

generator parameters along with alarm history and alarm/fault help.

Software

The ControlST software suite is comprised of several

high performance tools for ease of use by operators and

maintenance personnel. These include the WorkstationST*

software for management of HMI and Historian functions, the

ToolboxST application for configuration and diagnostics, and

a CIMPLICITY graphics user interface. Seamless integration

provides direct connectivity from parameters on operator

screens to their corresponding alarm history, trends, logic

diagrams, watch windows, and browsers.

Software tools include system diagrams with signal flow,

sequencing, and regulator control within the excitation

control. The diagrams display variables and their values in

engineering units and in real time. Parameters shown in the

diagrams can be modified.

The flexible communication architecture enables connectivity

to other plant control systems through standard protocols and interfaces.

Dedicated Excitation Retrofit Experts

GE Vernova provides a full range of services and support

capabilities for the EX2100e excitation systems:

• Hardware, software and integration engineering

• Application expertise to support custom solutions

• Installation design and documentation packages

• Single point system responsibility – PPT, cable, bus,

networks, enclosures

• Comprehensive PSS and Modeling services

and documentation

• Project management, installation and

commissioning services

• Nuclear grade retrofit packages and DCN support

Cybersecurity

Upgrading to GE Vernova’s suite of security products allows

you to take advantage of our comprehensive cybersecurity

solutions, helping reduce your risk and ensure maximum

uptime. With over 10 years of industrial network protection

experience and hundreds of installations worldwide, our

cybersecurity solutions provide defense-in-depth protection

and have undergone strict cybersecurity best practices

demonstrating to customers that systems are developed

and implemented securely. The SecurityST platform and

GE Vernova’s Validated Patching Program are designed to

support the plant operation’s compliance to cybersecurity

standards and guidelines including NERC CIP, NEI 08-09 and

ISA99/IEC 62443.

Life Cycle Support

GE Vernova offers System Service Agreements (SSAs) and

Multi-Year Agreements (MYAs) designed to reduce the risk

and cost of maintaining your system. Subscribers benefit from

our expertise and a true partnership in the maintenance and

servicing of control systems. Service Agreement costs are

predictable, simplifying annual maintenance budgets, and

provide a proactive approach to maintenance that reduces

the risk of forced outages.

Comprehensive software libraries – drawing upon years

of OEM experience to ensure safety-related software

updates are delivered as well as built-in generator simulator for training.

I/O expandability – flexible and modular architecture allows

for future growth of capabilities and applications.

Additional capabilities available

Additional options are available with the EX2100e DFE

migration, including a power system stabilizer to meet

system grid connect requirements. Other added features and

protective functions include:

• Autotracking regulators

• PT failure throw-over

• Temperature biasing

• Volts per hertz limit

• Over excitation limit

• Under reactive ampere limit

• Under excitation limit

Benefits of EX2100e Technology

Improved performance – through a precise control and

protection system that maintains unit stability and enhances

operational flexibility.

Maintenance efficiency improvements – a simplified

architecture that shares technology with turbine and plant

controls for improved lifecycle management support and

reduced obsolescence.

Increased operational productivity − user-friendly HMI

graphics, alarm/event management, and trending leading to

improved operator recognition and resolution of system faults.

Enhanced data capture and analysis tools support regulatory

requirements.

Improved flexibility − wide range of configurations for mixed

generator fleets with redundancy options to fit application

and budget demands.

Improved reliability – available TMR controller redundancy

provides 2-out-of-3 voting to improve reliability and eliminate

single-point communication failures within the control.

Intuitive features – powerful ToolboxST software, with

modern drag-and-drop type editors, industry leading

trender with video type forward-reverse-freeze capability,

and code-compare tools.

As a backup, the system accepts a secondary power input from a dc battery bank (125 to

250 Vdc nominal). The dc secondary input is diode-isolated and combined with the

3-phase diode bridge output. These sources energize the dc link, which is an unregulated

source voltage for the control output power through the IGBTs. The dynamic discharge

(DD) circuit limits the dc link voltage level during events such as load rejection or unit trip.

The converter output section uses IGBTs to pulse-width modulate the dc link source

voltage to its final value. The chopping frequency of the IGBTs is approximately 1.000

Hz. This output is fed to the exciter field as a regulated voltage or current. An output

shunt monitors the field current. Continuous dc output is provided up to 100% rating with

temporary forcing capabilities up to 210%. Regulated output flows through a dc contactor

to the exciter field.

The EX2100e Regulator system contains interface boards that are interconnected through

a high-speed serial link (HSSL) and cabled to their associated I/O terminal boards.

DualControl (Power Bridge Warm Backup)

The EX2100e Regulator system is available in a warm backup (WBU) configuration,

which includes dual exciter control I/O and protection. The control includes M1 (Master

One) and M2 (Master Two), with two IGBT bridges that can accept separate or shared ac

input power. The control configuration can also share a common dc output circuit to the

exciter field through the transfer module. M1 and M2 are independent controls, each with

automatic and manual regulator functions. Either M1 or M2 can control bridge firing, as

determined by the operator. In the WBU configuration, M1 controls bridge #1. and M2

controls bridge #2.