HSIF April 2015

Hitachi Products for the US Grid
Hitachi HVB, Inc.
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Who is Hitachi HVB?
差し替え
Founded:
Located:
Employee:
Capacity:
1977
NE of Atlanta, GA
110
600 GCB’s/year(minimum)
Initially a JV between Hitachi & GE
Approximately 8,000 GCB units in service
Holder of Largest 800kV Blanket in US
Founded:
1910
Located:
Headquarter in Tokyo, JAPAN
Employee: 33,500* (Mar. 2014)
*Consolidated Number of Employees: 320,725
Building transformers since 1910
Nearly 7,000 Large Power Transformers in
service
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Hitachi Contributes to Strong Grid
Hitachi manufactures HV products for a strong US Grid
Wide Product Range &
Extensive Experience
High Reliability
High Quality
High Performance
Strong Grid
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Why HV? – To reduce Losses
U.S. 800 kV NETWORK FUTURE MAP
TRES AMIGAS, LLC
Elements of a Substation
245 kV
38 kV
A - Primary power lines
B - Secondary power lines
1. Primary Power Lines
2. Ground wire
3. Overhead Lines
4. Voltage Transformer
5. Disconnect Switch
6. Circuit breaker
7. Current Transformer
8. Lightning Arrester
9. Main Transformer
10. Control House
11. Security fence
12. Secondary Power Lines
HVB Delivers High Performance
• Flexible Lead Times
• Long Term Warranties
• High Efficiencies
• Low Life Cycle Cost
• After Market Service
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Hitachi Substation Products
Gas Circuit Breakers
Gas Insulated Switchgear
(GIS)
Generator Main
Circuit Breakers
Vacuum Circuit Breakers
Hybrid GIS
Transformers
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The Newest Hitachi Factory
Hitachi introduced the industries newest large power transformer
factory in 2015.
Hitachi
The Newest Factory
Kokubu Factory
In Taiwan
Hitachi increases capacity to manufacture
high quality large power transformers
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Hitachi Substation Products
SF6 Gas Circuit Breakers
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Up to 5,000A Rated Current
Gang or IPO Operation
2 or 3-Cycle Interruption
Optional Pre-insertion
Resistors
• 145kV – 800kV ratings
• Vacuum technology at 72kV
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Grid Solutions
Gas Insulated Switchgear
(GIS)
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Grid Solutions
GENERATOR BREAKERS
(GMCB)
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Environmental Grid Solutions
No SF6.
Environmental-friendly
Insulating medium: Dry air
Technology of
dead tank VCB
The world’s first
Dry Air Insulated Dead Tank Type 72.5kV VCB
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Environmental Grid Solutions
High Voltage contributes Less Land, Steel and other
Components Required