XXIV Conference - 2023
XXIV SPIE ENERGOTEST Conference
"Automation in Electrical Power Engineering"
Another conference was held on 10 - 12 May 2023 at the Bachleda Kasprowy Hotel in Zakopane, which was devoted to important current and future issues concerning automation, control systems, electrical equipment and systems in transmission, distribution, in utility and industrial power and CHP plants and RES. The conference was organised by SPIE Energotest Sp. z o.o. from Gliwice. Substantive patronage was held by Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne SA and the Economic Society Polish Power Plants. The media patronage was held by Wiadomości Elektrotechniczne.
The seminar was attended by more than 220 people representing the domestic electric power industry (transmission, distribution, generation) and industrial power industry, engineering companies, academic centres and cooperating companies from the country.
Participants of the meeting were welcomed and officially opened by SPIE Energotest Marketing Director Michał Kazmierczak. In his speech, he presented the subject matter of the individual sessions, the history of previous conferences, the history of new fields developed in the company, the ownership changes that have taken place over the last few years and wished the participants fruitful deliberations and constructive technical discussions. The CEO of SPIE Energotest, Tomasz Olszewski, spoke about the new technical challenges and problems related to RES. The history of the establishment and current tasks of the SPIE Group in Poland and Europe was presented by Paweł Skowroński - Chairman of the Board of SPIE Elbud Gdańsk.
The session of the first day was chaired by Michal Kazmierczak and Pawel Kazimierczuk. During the first session, participants listened to the following speakers:
- "Power system with high saturation of distributed generation - challenges facing system automation" - Piotr Kacejko, Paweł Pijarski (Lublin University of Technology);
- "The need to unify the operation of automation based on frequency criteria" - Mariusz Talaga (SPIE Energotest), Adrian Halinka (Silesian University of Technology);
- "Implementation of the Special Protection Scheme (SPS) and construction of the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at the Bystra wind farm as part of the implementation of a demonstration project with the participation of Polish and Japanese companies- Robert Trębski, Łukasz Szczepaniak (PSE), Ireneusz Rogala (Energa Wytwarzanie);
- "ArcPRO-6 - completion of 25 years of SPIE Energotest experience in the field of arc fault protection" - Michał Kaźmierczak, Wojciech Janikowski (SPIE Energotest);
- "Exploiting the innovation potential of WAMS" - Anna Gorczyca-Goraj (University of Economics in Katowice, PSE Innowacje), Mateusz Szablicki (Silesian University of Technology, PSE Innowacje), Marek Głaz (PSE);
- "Adaptation of 200 MW class units to new operation regimes" - Paweł Woszczyk (TGPE);
- "Requirements for offshore wind farm electrical protection automation". - Mateusz Szablicki, Piotr Rzepka (Silesian University of Technology, PSE Innowacje), Stanisław Pokora (PSE).
At the end of the session, in accordance with the existing tradition of these meetings, the seminar participants were immortalised in a joint photo in the open air.
The session ended with a lively discussion of the content.
During the second session, chaired by - Grzegorz Sodzawiczny and Krystian Stęchlicki , the following papers were presented:
- "SSiN investor supply - selected aspects". - Maciej Hoppel, Łukasz Targoński (PSE);
- "Backup excitation system in Kozienice Power Plant" - Łukasz Wójcik, Tomasz Rutkowski (Enea Wytwarzanie), Adam Maj (SPIE Energotest);
- "Microgrid management system". - Adam Adamek (TAURON Polska Energia), Grzegorz Mudrak, Tomasz Rodziewicz (TAURON Dystrybucja), Michał Zając (SPIE Energotest);
- "Laboratory tests of EAZ apparatus in PSE SA in terms of functionality and cyber security" - Norbert Kuc, Witold Turek (PSE);
- "Methodology and sample test results of selected protection functions" - Michał Szewczyk (Silesian University of Technology);
- "Concept of island operation of a steam-gas unit in EC Nowa Czechnica" - Radosław Rusek, Jerzy Zając (Polimex Mostostal), Paweł Kazimierczuk, Mariusz Talaga (SPIE Energotest);
- "Cyber security in OT environments" - Stefan Bednarczyk, Krzysztof Kawecki (Tekniska), Michał Zając (SPIE Energotest);
- "APZplus automaton designed for operation in any switchgear system, performing fast switching" - Rudolf Głowacz, Michał Rzeźniczek (SPIE Energotest);
- "EKM3 Smart protocol converter" - Michał Hanusek (SPIE Energotest);
- "Communication and time synchronisation in a technological network based on IEC 61850 solutions " - Krzysztof Nowacki (Bitstream).
On both the first and second days of the session, there was time to ask questions of the speakers after each presentation. This was accompanied by interesting technical discussions and an exchange of views on the topic presented. The discussion was particularly lively on the topics presented on the new responsibilities of transmission and distribution network operators.
At the end of the last session, SPIE Energotest Marketing Director Michal Kazmierczak gave a word of thanks to the participants, in particular to the authors of the papers and the participants in the discussion. Participants received sets of printed seminar materials together with data sheets of the devices offered.
Such a richly packed day in the seminar hall ended with the participants meeting for a joint collegiate dinner. During the feast, commemorative company gifts were presented to the authors of the three distinguished papers. They were selected on the basis of questionnaires completed by the participants.
The presence of managers and specialists in electrical engineering, automation and computer science from the electric power industry (generation, transmission and distribution) and industrial power industry, as well as engineering companies, research and development units created favourable conditions for sharing experiences, exchanging views and establishing cooperation. In the opinion of many participants, the "Automation in Electrical Power Engineering" seminar is an exceptionally interesting and valuable event in the domestic power industry.
The organisers deserve words of thanks for the exemplary organisation of the proceedings, the well-chosen topics of the papers and inspiring interesting discussions during the sessions.
The technical stands, apart from Energotest, were organised by the following companies: Aplisns, Bitstream, Copa-Data Polska, Drut-Plast Cabeles, Elektrobudowa, EnergoTech Lublin, Megger, Multitechnika, Phoenix Contact, Produs, Rittal, Tekniska Polska, Wago Elwag, ZAZ -En.
Downloadable materials:
The need to unify the operation of frequency-based automation
ArcPRO-6 - the culmination of 25 years of SPIE Energotest experience in arc fault protection