The Functions of Substations in the Distribution of Electricity

What is a Substation?
Have you ever seen a substation? In electricity, a substation is an electrical facility that houses some equipment and machinery to regulate and distribute electricity to consumers.
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The Functions of Substations in the Distribution of Electricity

What is a Substation?
As you should know, electricity is not delivered straight from the power stations to the consumers. It is a subsidiary station of an electrical system which uses voltage.
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The Functions of Substations in the Distribution of Electricity

What is a Substation?
Most substations are located outdoors, normally enclosed by wire fenced and with danger and no trespassing sings to warn the public to keep away to avoid high voltage electrical risks.

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What is a Substation?
In some residential and high density areas, substations may be housed inside building to reduce noise pollution from the humming of large transformers.
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What is a Substation? Some can even be found at top of buildings. Substations are managed and operated by certain level 1 ASP electricians, engineers and operators who are all substation installation professionals.

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The Functions of Substations Substations are like trains stations or airports where people get on and off ships and airplanes respectively when travelling to far places. With this analogy, we can learn how a substation works.
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The Functions of Substations
Substations are merely relaying stations to assist in the transmission and distribution of energy.

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The Functions of Substations
At substations where the voltage is transformed from high to low and vice versa. Substation engineers use stepup transformers to increase the voltage to high values.

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substations also perform the following functions
Protection of the transmission and distribution systems Regulate the transmission and distribution of energy

Ensure steady and stable flow of electricity to the consumers

Maintain system frequency within the targeted limits
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substations also perform the following functions
Maintain adequate line capacity to secure power supply Transmit data for control, protection and network monitoring

Control voltage
Limit power surges
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Determine energy transfer

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A substation has certain equipment and machinery to help in the transmission and distribution of energy.

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Some Important Components of a Substation
Lightning arresters It protects the facility from voltage surge. It also protects the power poles/towers, circuit breakers and transformers from damage by electrical storms.
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The Functions of Substations in the Distribution of Electricity

Some Important Components of a Substation
Switches and breakers These equipment measures, regulate and switch electrical transmission within the facility.
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The Functions of Substations in the Distribution of Electricity

Some Important Components of a Substation
Transformers They are the largest single component in a substation. These large, box-shaped structures are connected to multiple wires.
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The Functions of Substations in the Distribution of Electricity

Some Important Components of a Substation

Distribution bus They are an array of switches and they direct power out of the facility.

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Substations are vitals systems which help provide our need for electricity. A high voltage risk area, they need to be serviced by competent level 1 ASP electricians, engineers and.
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