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

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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