T&D System Analysis and Planning

The main design and operational parameters for transmission, distribution and industrial grids include: capacity, reliability, quality of power supply and cost effectiveness.

As asset manager you are responsible for the asset's actual and future performance.

As engineer you may be responsible for the connection of power plants or large loads to existing infrastructure. You may ask yourself how to:

• handle more load, add more generation with minimal investment in new equipment?
• get more from your existing electrical grid or industrial infrastructure?
• connect your power plant to the public grid?
• improve the reliability and power quality of your grid?
• cope with uncertainties when planning grid extensions or re-enforcements?

KEMA provides power system analysis and planning studies for reliable and cost effective planning and operation of your electrical grid. Our consultancy includes:

• load flow and short circuit analysis, determining margins for increasing generation, transformer capacity and/or load
• probabilistic grid analysis to deal with uncertainties
• reliability and contingency studies
• dynamic/stability and motor starting analysis and island operation studies
• transient and insulation coordination analysis
• harmonic analysis, filtering and reactive power compensation studies
• electrical protection studies and relay coordination.

Our recent power system analysis and planning studies include: 

• dynamic model of the Dutch transmission system (TenneT)
• reliability improvement and protection studies for the Portuguese transmission and distribution grid (EDP)
• integration of 6000 MW wind power into the Dutch HV grid
• design calculations transmission and distribution grid of “the World”, Dubai (DEWA)
• dynamic and protection studies for several industrial grids (a.o. Shell).