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WIRES & CABLES
Industrial Braided
Building Wires
Instrumentation Cables
LV Control
Submersible Cables
Fire Survival
Data Communication
WIRES & CABLES
Single-Core Industrial
Multi-Core Industrial
MV Power Cable
Solar DC
Submersible Flat
Welding Cables
Auto Cables
3 PHASE INDUCTION
Standard Electric Motor
Brake Motor
Cooling Tower Motors
Dual Speed Motor
Flameproof Motors
Pinion Shaft Gear Motors
Round Shaft Gear Motor
1 PHASE INDUCTION
Pinion Shaft Brake
Pinion Shaft C&B
Pinion Shaft Induction
Pinion Shaft Reversible
Pinion Shaft Speed Brake
Pinion Shaft Variable Speed
Round Shaft Induction
Elements of a substation
A: Primary power lines' side
B: Secondary power lines' side
1. Primary power lines
2. Ground wire
3. Overhead lines
4. Transformer for measurement of electric voltage
5. Disconnect switch
6. Circuit breaker
7. Current transformer
8. Lightning arrester
9. Main transformer
10. Control building
11. Security fence
12. Secondary power lines
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.
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.
