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Background and Challenges
During operation, hydropower plants face the following key challenges:
  • High Precision Requirements for Generator Synchronization
    Hydropower units are frequently started and stopped, requiring high-precision synchronous grid connection to ensure system stability.
  • High Reliability of Auxiliary Power Switching
    In the event of a main power supply failure, millisecond-level disturbance-free switching is required to ensure continuous power supply to critical loads.
  • Urgent Demand for Inrush Current Suppression
    Equipment such as transformers and reactors is prone to magnetizing inrush currents during switching operations, which must be effectively suppressed to prevent equipment damage.
Overview

Leveraging over 80% market share in synchronization devices and industry-leading expertise in fast transfer technology, GoLead Intelligent provides an integrated solution featuring precise synchronization, disturbance-free power transfer, and smart inrush current suppression.

The solution covers key scenarios including generator grid connection, auxiliary power switching, and auxiliary equipment drives, enabling zero voltage dip, low switching impact, and long-life operation, while fully adapting to the complex operating conditions and environmental challenges of hydropower plants.

Key Technologies
  • High-Precision Automatic Synchronization Control

    The solution provides high-precision automatic synchronization control with a phase angle deviation of ≤0.5°, supporting fast grid connection of multiple generator units with a first closing success rate exceeding 99.9%. It is well suited for hydropower plants with frequent unit start-stop operations and complex synchronization requirements. In response to localization and reliability demands, GoLead Intelligent has independently developed fully domestic synchronization devices, ensuring high reliability while meeting localization compliance requirements.

  • Millisecond-Level Seamless Fast Transfer

    By coordinating fast transfer devices with high-speed vacuum circuit breakers, the solution achieves an end-to-end switching time of ≤20 ms (≤5 ms detection + ≤15 ms operation), far outperforming conventional automatic transfer schemes with typical response times of around 500 ms. This millisecond-level seamless switching effectively avoids auxiliary equipment outages caused by voltage dips and ensures uninterrupted power supply to critical systems such as turbine governors and excitation systems, maintaining overall system stability.

  • Smart Inrush Current and Overvoltage Suppression

    The solution integrates microprocessor-based inrush current suppressors with a market coverage exceeding 70%, specifically addressing inrush current and operational overvoltage issues during the switching of transformers and reactors. Using the proprietary "residual flux and bias flux cancellation" technology, impact currents are significantly reduced, protecting primary equipment insulation. In addition, phase-selection control optimizes circuit breaker closing timing, minimizing arc re-ignition risks, safeguarding sensitive hydropower equipment, and extending overall equipment service life.

Application Results and Cases

In a large-scale hydropower plant project, GoLead Intelligent’s solution significantly enhanced overall power system performance. The solution ensured 100% power supply continuity for critical loads, effectively eliminating equipment shutdowns caused by power source switching. Through smart inrush current suppression and overvoltage protection, the equipment failure rate was reduced by 30%, extending service life.

In addition, integrated smart monitoring and diagnostic functions reduced the need for manual inspections and improved operation and maintenance efficiency, delivering long-term reliability and operational benefits.

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