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In Moscow, a meeting of experts of units of technological development and innovation of IDGC of Centre and IDGC of Centre and Volga Region was held under the supervision of Alexander Pilyugin, First Deputy General Director - Chief Engineer of IDGC of Centre, the managing organization of IDGC of Centre and Volga Region, at which the participants discussed the implementation of innovative development programs of the two companies.
Dmitry Rybnikov, Deputy Chief Engineer for Technological Development and Innovation of IDGC of Centre, addressed the audience with an introductory word.
He made the meeting’s participants pay their attention to the fact that the goal of implementing innovative development programs for the companies is to switch to an electrical grid of a new technological structure with qualitatively new characteristics of reliability, efficiency, accessibility and manageability.
Further Dmitry Rybnikov told the audience about the main directions of innovative development of the two companies. The main ones will be: transition to digital substations of 35-110 kV; transition to digital smart grids with a distributed intelligent system of control automation; transition to integrated efficiency of business processes and automation of management systems; application of new technologies and materials in the electric power industry, such as composite materials, technologies that increase the capacity of electrical grids without changing its configuration, the use of direct current in the transmission of electricity at medium voltage classes.
Developing the topic of constructing digital substations, Dmitry Rybnikov noted the factors that create risks for the quality implementation of such projects. Among them there is a small experience in the design and construction of facilities with relay protection equipment and an information acquisition & transmission system with the support of the IEC 61850 standard, low level of interaction of manufacturing plants with design and installation organizations in the implementation of the IEC 61850 standard at 35-110 kV facilities, work on compatibility with other manufacturers, solving possible organizational and technical issues.
The main thing, according to him, when constructing digital substations, it is necessary to provide for mandatory technical support of work by specialists of the equipment manufacturing plant. Also, when implementing innovative projects based on the IEC 61850 standard, installation and commissioning supervision, staff training and post-warranty maintenance and technical support for at least 3 years should be planned.
In 2018, specialists of IDGC of Centre and IDGC of Centre and Volga Region should ensure the unity of approaches when developing and implementing projects using innovative equipment. "When developing complicated technical solutions and designing power facilities, the best practices of each company should be applied," stressed Dmitry Rybnikov. At the same time, he recalled the program of import substitution implemented in the power grid complex, the provisions of which envisage minimization of the use of imported electrical equipment, with the exception of products whose production is localized on the territory of Russia, while forming design solutions.
During the meeting, special attention was paid to the organization of contractual work on R&D projects. In 2010-2017 within the framework of the R&D Program of IDGC of Centre, 25 documents of exclusive right (patents, certificates of R&D results) and 30 on part of IDGC of Centre and Volga Region were received. To date, 9 patents of IDGC of Centre are the basis for concluded licensing agreements for the production of: a 10/0.4 kV pole-mounted transformer substation, steel anchor-angled polyhedral poles for 0.4 kV overhead power lines, a package transformer substation with a charging function for electric vehicles, composite poles for 6-20 kV overhead power lines. To date, 14 patents of IDGC of Centre and Volga Region are the basis for concluded licensing agreements.
Currently, work continues on the conclusion of license agreements for the use of positive R&D results of IDGC of Centre and IDGC of Centre and Volga Region and their distribution both in the Group of Companies PJSC Rosseti and in third-party organizations.
The agenda also included the issue of prospective R&D projects, which are now being implemented by IDGC of Centre’s experts. The first R&D project is the development of an automatic control system for an unmanned aerial vehicle used to detect faults in elements of overhead power lines. The second is the creation of a hardware complex for studying characteristics of conducting gases in the internal insulation of oil-filled equipment. The third is the creation of a hardware and software complex to ensure the observability of the grid at 6-10 and 0.4 kV facilities equipped with electricity metering systems. All the projects are primarily aimed at improving the operational efficiency of the two companies. Upon completion of the projects development, their pilot trial is planned to be implemented in the regions of activity of the two companies.
The participants of the event also received information on the implementation of integrated innovative projects as part of the investment programs, the regulation of processes of implementation of energy-efficient technologies in the performance of energy efficiency programs and improving the energy efficiency of IDGC of Centre and IDGC of Centre and Volga Region, interaction between structural divisions in the formation of technical specifications, approval of design estimates and acceptance of capital construction projects containing innovative technical solutions.
Summing up the results of the meeting, Alexander Pilyugin, First Deputy General Director - Chief Engineer of IDGC of Centre, the managing organization of IDGC of Centre and Volga Region, spoke about the need to continue work in accordance with the approved grid strategy and innovative development tasks set by the Government of the Russian Federation.
"The innovative development of the power grid complex is not only the use of new materials and technologies, but it is in many ways a new system of organizational and technical management of the sector. Organizational management and its automation should first of all be aimed at solving a number of key tasks: improving reliability, enhancing the efficiency of the power grid complex, increasing labour productivity, and reducing capital expenditures," Alexander Pilyugin stressed at the end.
