Smartgenâ„¢ small and medium hydro excitation system0 pages
HYDRO PRODUCT SOLUTIONS
SMARTGEN™
Small and medium hydro excitation system
Reliable, cost-effective
and easy to use excitation
system for exciter-based
generators.
Reliable, cost-effective and easy to use
AVR to ensure hydro plant availability
SMARTGEN™ is a reliable, cost-effective, easy to install and easy to use brushless
excitation system specically designed for the needs of small and medium hydropower
plant operators.
For small hydro power plants, up to 20 A, an IGBT (insulated gate bipolar transistor)
power converter is integrated. An external thyristor bridge can be added to support
medium hydro power plants up to 200 A.
Brushless exciters or AVRs (automatic voltage regulators) do not require slip-rings or
commutations and, as a result, are virtually maintenance-free.
Customer benets
RELIABLE
SMARTGEN™ is designed to operate in
extreme environments, including humidity,
magnetic interference, wide temperature
variations and the presence of oil vapours.
Without slip-rings or commutations, it is
essentially a maintenance-free excitation
solution.
AVAILABLE
AVRs are part of the “brains” of hydro
power plants and are essential in assuring
the optimum operation of them. With
optional redundancy, SMARTGEN™ provides
customers even greater condence that
their excitation system will remain up and
running under even the most demanding
circumstances.
RPWR/PRSHT/SMRTGN12/EN/7.2014/FRA/2288
COST-EFFECTIVE
SMARTGEN™ is an affordable yet featurerich AVR.
EASY-TO-USE
SMARTGEN™ is an easy to install and
easy to use system, ideally suited for low
complexity environments. It has an intuitive
HMI (human machine interface) that
facilitates usage.
SMARTGEN™ hydro excitation system
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