Projects
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| Reference Number | NIA_NGGT0010 | |
| Title | Backup DC Drive Electronic Starter | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Refining, transport and storage of oil and gas) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given National Grid Gas Transmission |
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| Award Type | Network Innovation Allowance | |
| Funding Source | Ofgem | |
| Start Date | 01 June 2012 | |
| End Date | 31 March 2014 | |
| Duration | 22 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £115,000 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Manufacturing | |
| Region | London | |
| Programme | Reliability | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , National Grid Gas Transmission (100.000%) |
| Web Site | http://www.smarternetworks.org/Project/NIA_NGGT0010 |
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| Objectives | The objective of the project is to develop a safer and more reliable alternative to the resistance type motor starters currently installed on compressor sites. Expected Benefits: The project success will be a successful trial of the performance of the dc electronic starter motors on a National Grid Compressor site. A successful starter design will provide a simplified motor starter with less discrete electro-mechanical components |
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| Abstract | Most compressor station Gas Turbine units have a number of battery powered emergency back up dc motors driving the vent fans, lube pumps etc. which are started in the event of a mains power failure. Currently these motors are started from resistor type starters located within each compressor units dc motor control centre. At a number of compressor stations these resistor starters have overheated causing damage to the control equipment and constituting a fire risk. It is proposed to replace these with a new dc electronic motor starter. DC electronic motor starters are not available as off the shelf products for a dc battery supply and will therefore require design and development. A prototype will be designed and tested and then a working unit will be installed at Wooler compressor station for a trial followed by the installation of the remaining 2 within the unit. |
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| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | Backup DC drive electronic starter - Closedown Report - NIA_NGGT0010_CL_5056.pdf (PDF 49 KB) |
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| Added to Database | 07/10/16 | |
