Finally, I would like to add that I am proud to have been able to make a modest contribution to the work of this group of authors, who are well known and esteemed by myself and others in the field.
Uwe Riechert
Switchgear expert, Hitachi Energy Switzerland Ltd
Zurich, Switzerland, November 2021
Foreword Siemens Energy
Today, metal‐enclosed gas‐insulated switchgear (GIS) is indispensable for safe and reliable power grids. The long experience of more than 50 years of worldwide operation in all climatic zones, onshore and offshore installations, speak for an excellent. GIS is mainly used where space is at a premium or environmental conditions significantly impact the reliability of insulators.
This means above all in urban and coastal areas, where load and the importance of reliability is increasing worldwide. The compact size in combination with modular functions offers a high degree of design diversity, enabling not only outdoor but also more easily indoor and underground installation with the least environmental impact. GIS also stands for more safety; the accessible points of live system parts can be reduced to a minimum. If the connections are realized with gas‐insulated lines (GIL) or power cables and without overhead lines, this can even become possible altogether. Today, GIS are available for AC and increasingly also for DC applications.
The GIS success is therefore well‐founded; GIS are made to ensure the best possible balance between design, materials used, maintenance effort, and maintenance intervals.
The development continues, on the way to a carbon‐free economy, alternative gases to SF6 without greenhouse effect have become more and more important in recent years and will be one of the main innovation drivers for the future. Climate neutrality is only achievable with greenhouse and F‐gas‐free technologies enabling electrical power grids with zero emission.
In addition, digital technologies entering including artificial intelligence enabling even higher reliability and more effective operations management.
I hope you enjoy finding all the latest information on GIS in one book, and I am sure that the book will help you to find answers to specific technical aspects and details.
Dr. Mark Kuschel
CTO High Voltage Gas‐insulated Switchgear
Siemens Energy, Switchgear Factory Berlin, Germany, 2021
Acknowledgements
This second edition of Gas‐Insulated Substations (GIS) is created by power engineering experts from the IEEE Power & Energy Society Substations Committee. In Working Group K10 GIS Book of the K0 GIS Subcommittee, more than 50 experts have contributed to this book with their knowledge and own practical experiences. For more than two years, since 2019, and at four working group meetings the content has been presented and discussed by the contributors. Many ideas have been added to this second edition GIS book to create a practical guide. This book is designed to help with the daily work of engineers in the planning, design, and erection of high‐voltage substations above 52 kV using GIS. Focus is given on practical information to find the best, most reliable, and economic solution for substations in the power network.
Thanks to authors and reviewers of the second edition GIS book. Thank you to the 20 authors of the 1st edition Arnaud Ficheux, Arun Arora, Charles Hand, Dave Lin, Dave Solhtalab, Devki Sharma, George Becker, Hermann Koch, James Massura, John Boggess, John Brunke, Jorge Márquez‐Sánchez, Noboru Fujimoto, Peter Grossmann, Pravakar Samanta, Ravi Dhara, Richard Jones, Venkatesh Minisandram, William Labos, and Xi Zhu. Thank you for 10 authors Coboyo Bodjona, Dave Giegel, Dave Mitchell, Dave Solthalab, George Becker, Hermann Koch, Maria Kosse, Pathik Patel, Richard Jones, and Xi Zhu and Aron Heck, and 7 coauthors Dirk Helbig, George Becker, Mark Kuschel, Peter Grossmann, Uwe Riechert, and Vipul Bhagat for their contribution of new text to the second edition.
Thank you to the many reviewers of text with their recommendations to improve the writing of the text, making it easier to read and understand. If you find something wrong, please contact the editor for improvement. Thank you to the 29 reviewers of the 1st edition text Arnaud Ficheux, Chuck Hand, Dave Giegel, Dave Solhtalab, David Lin, Devki Sharma, Richard Jones, Eduard Crockett, Ewald Warzecha, George Becker, Hermann Koch, James Massura, John Brunke, Linda Zhao, Markus Etter, Noboru Fujimoto, Patrick Fitzgerald, Peter Grossmann, Phil Bolin, Pravakar Samanta, Ravi Dhara, Ricardo Arredondo, Richard Jones, Scott Scharf, Shawn Lav, Toni Lin, Venkatesh Minisandram, and Xi Zhu.
After the 1st edition had been published some correction and editorial changes were needed to improve the text which was done by Arnaud Ficheux, Bala Kotharu, Coboyo Bodyona, Devki Sharma, Richard Jones, George Becker, Hermann Koch, James Massura, John Brunke, Michael Novev, Pablo Gonzales Toza, Pathik Patel, Patrick Fitzgerald, Pravakar Samanta, Ryan Stone, and Scott Scharf, thank you for your contribution.
The new text of the second edition was review by Arnaud Ficheux, Aron Heck, Bala Kotharu, Denis Steyn, Dirk Helbig, George Becker, Gerd Ottehenning, Hermann Koch, James Massura, John Brunke, Mark Kuschel, Michael Novev, Nick Matone, Pathik Patel, Patrick Fitzgerald, Petr Rudenko, Robert Lüscher, Ryan Stone, Scott Scharf, and Stefan Schedl, thank you for improving the text and eliminate failures.
Thank you to Siemens‐Energy, GE, Hitachi‐ABB, Mitsubishi, AZZ, Tech S Corp, Kinectrics, Power Engineers, Burns & McDonnell, National Grid, United Illuminating, Pacific Gas & Electric, Dominion, G&E, Southern California Edison the use of photos and graphics.
The authors thank IEEE PES for their permission to reproduce information related to the IEEE Standards C37 series with the main focus on C37.122, C37.122.1, C37.122.2, and C37.122.3 as indicated in the subclause references. Further information on IEC is available from www.ieee.org.
Thanks to International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) for permission to reproduce information of IEC 62271‐203, ‐203, and ‐209. All such extracts are copyright of IEC, Geneva, Switzerland. All rights reserved. Further information on IEC is available from www.iec.ch.
The authors also thanks CIGRE (International Council of Large Electric Systems) for their permission to reproduce information from their Technical Brochures as indicated in the subclause references. Further information on www.CIGRE.org.
IEEE, IEC, and CIGRE have no responsibility for the placement and context in which the extracts and contents are reproduced by the authors, nor in any way responsible for the other content or accuracy therein.
Thanks to John Wiley & Sons and the editing team for their professional work and publishing in a nice‐looking way.
Thank you to my family with my wife Edith, my children Christian and Katrin, their partners Britta and Peter, and my grandson Lukas for the patience to give me the time to work on the book.
The editor and all authors wish you, the reader of the GIS book to find informative and useable information for your work on high voltage substation design.
1 Introduction
Authors: Hermann Koch, John Brunke
Reviewers: Phil Bolin, Devki Sharma, Jim Massura, George Becker, Scott Scharf, and Michael Novev
1.1