Part of an electrical transmission, and distribution system
Elements of a substation
Primary power lines' side
Secondary power lines' side
Primary power lines
Ground wire
Overhead lines
Transformer for measurement of electric voltage
Disconnect switch
Circuit breaker
Current transformer
Lightning arrester
Main transformer
Control building
Security fence
Secondary power lines
A 50 Hz electrical substation in Melbourne, Australia, showing three of the five 220 kV/66 kV transformers, as well as high-voltage transformer fire barriers, each with a capacity of 150 MVA. This substation uses steel lattice structures to support strain bus wires and apparatus.[1]A 115 kV to 41.6/12.47 kV 5 MVA 60 Hz substation with circuit switcher, regulators, reclosers and control building at Warren, Minnesota. It shows elements of low-profile construction, with apparatus mounted on individual columns.
A substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission, and distribution system. Substations transform voltage from high to low, or the reverse, or perform any of several other important functions. Between the generating station and consumer, electric power may flow through several substations at different voltage levels. A substation may include transformers to change voltage levels between high transmission voltages and lower distribution voltages, or at the interconnection of two different transmission voltages. They are a common component of the infrastructure. There are 55,000 substations in the United States.[2]
Substations may be owned and operated by an electrical utility, or may be owned by a large industrial or commercial customer. Generally substations are unattended, relying on SCADA for remote supervision and control.
The word substation comes from the days before the distribution system became a grid. As central generation stations became larger, smaller generating plants were converted to distribution stations, receiving their energy supply from a larger plant instead of using their own generators. The first substations were connected to only one power station, where the generators were housed, and were subsidiaries of that power station.
220 kV/110 kV/20 kV station in Germany
^"Joint Consultation Paper: Western Metropolitan Melbourne Transmission Connection and Subtransmission Capacity". Jemena. Powercor Australia, Jemena, Australian Energy Market Operator. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^Anguiano, Dani (10 December 2022). "Attacks on Pacific north-west power stations raise fears for US electric grid". The Guardian. Los Angeles. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
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