Investing in Innovation S&C Electric Company s Advanced Technology Center

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1 Investing in Innovation S&C Electric Company s Advanced Technology Center The Power Affiliates Program 32 nd Annual Review May 20, 2011 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chris Lettow Manager Product Engineering

2 Who Is S&C Electric Company? Specialists in electric power switching and protection Headquartered in Chicago, USA Operations in five countries Employee-Owned Annual sales ~ $500+ million USD 2500 employees globally

3 What is the ATC? A high-power testing laboratory Located in S&C s Chicago, IL industrial campus 2 850MVA generators 1700MVA total Up to 100 ka and up to 230 kv 43,000 Sq Ft facility Environmentally Friendly City of Chicago Green Building Policy LEED Gold Certification Affiliation with NEETRAC

4 Why Build the ATC? Many reasons but shortening product development time is key Prior to ATC construction, S&C s previous High Power Lab test capability was only 100MVA Required testing at outside laboratories in Vancouver and Holland In addition to the cost of testing, this left development teams little flexibility and required long lag times between test, analyze data, re-design and re-test

5 Why Build the ATC? Previous High Power Lab provided ability for proof of concept testing only could usually not test any product to full rating Example: 27kV, 12.5kA interrupter could test only as high as 8kV, 7.5kA Lead times at outside laboratories usually very long and often uncertain difficult to factor in to development project schedule

6 NEETRAC - National Electric Energy Testing Research & Applications Center Affiliated with Georgia Tech College of Engineering Comprised of utilities, manufacturers and educators S&C joined in 2009 NEETRAC shared in funding of the ATC and will use the ATC for its testing programs

7 G G ATC One-Line S/P S/P CB CB D/Y CB CB D/Y CB Qty (2) 850 MVA Generators 4.5 MVA Variable Speed Drive 80 ka air-blast main breakers 63 ka vacuum aux breakers Controlled Closing Make Switch Qty (6) 220 MVA Transformers TRV Control Load Simulation Components Distribution Line Simulator

8 Mayor Daley Chicago Groundbreaking

9 The Beginning

10 Foundation Preparation

11 Foundation (basement)

12 Adding a Main Level Floor

13 The Steel Goes Up

14 One-Half of the Building

15 Shell and then Walls

16 Some of the LEED Stuff

17 LEED Efforts (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) LEED Gold Certification Green/Energy Star roof Recycling storm water for irrigation High efficiency mercury-free lighting Recycling construction materials and debris Landscaping to shade parking areas Committed to 24% minority and 4% women-owned local business participation Pursuing LEED certification for entire JRCIC 20 buildings 45 acre site

18 Exterior Skin Goes On

19 Connecting the Buildings

20 Coming Together

21 Starting the Generator Foundations

22 Looking Down From First Floor

23 Forming the Generator Foundation

24 Pouring the Generator Foundation

25 The Generator Foundation

26 Installing the Spring Mounts

27 Two Completed Generator Foundations

28 Times Two

29 Mounting Plates Installed

30 Completed Foundation

31 Cooling Fans

32 What About the Generators?

33 Generator Rotor

34 Generator Bus - Before

35 Generator Bus - After

36 Completed, Rebuilt Bus Assembly

37 Bus Installation

38 Bringing in the Transformers

39 Transformers continued

40 Just Roll Em In

41 Transformers Scraped & Primed

42 Fresh Coat of Paint

43 Where the Green Roof Will Be Planted

44 Planting Underway

45 Pressure-Relief Vents (Top of Roof)

46 Generator in Storage

47 Leaving the Warehouse...

48 More...

49 So Many Wheels, So Little Time...

50 In Transit On Ridge Boulevard

51 Arrival at S&C

52 Installing the Generators

53 Gantry Crane

54 Tight Fit!

55 Lowering onto Mounting Plate

56 Overhead of Generator Room

57 Inside of Stator

58 Rotors Being Unpacked

59 Installing the Rotor

60 Generator Rotor Near Completion

61 Completed Generator Room

62 Generators with Final Color Scheme

63 Close-up

64 Second Floor of Transformer Room

65 Bus & Switches Above Transformers

66 Completed!

67 Transformer Primary Bus Connection

68 Inductors Being Installed

69 Inductors and Bus Bracing

70 Peak Inductors Control Peak of current in first loop during interrupting testing

71 Bus Construction Inside the ATC

72 Basement Bus Work

73 More Basement

74 Air Blast Breaker

75 Make Switch

76 Enclosure For Roof Bus

77 Installing the Skin on the Building S&C Green

78 Windows Coming Together

79 Exterior Completed!

80 The Green Roof

81 Aerial Shot of ATC

82 ATC Benefits Already Realized ATC opened in January, 2010 Innovation has always been crucial to S&C s success and the ATC has already paid dividends! Within first month of operation, increased testing capabilities of ATC allowed us to perform testing required to expand interrupting rating of an existingo product Several ongoing development projects have been aided by the ability to test, react and re-test quickly without the need for expensive travel and test preparations Engineers more engaged in the testing process - as home lab better understanding of components, lab capabilities and circuit setups

83 ATC Benefits Soon to be Realized Relationship with NEETRAC offers many benefits, chief among them the ability to obtain 3 rd Party Test Certifications in our own laboratory 3 rd Party, independent certifications to industry standards (IEEE, IEC) becoming required by more and more utilities particularly internationally NEETRAC s involvement allows outside customers to make use of the ATC for their own use with confidentiality ensured Separate control room for NEETRAC/outside customers off limits to S&C personnel

84 Questions?